How much does Seed 1.6 cost?

Seed 1.6 is billed pay-as-you-go at $0.28 per 1M input tokens and $2.20 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.

What can Seed 1.6 do?

Seed 1.6 supports Vision, Tool calling.

Is Seed 1.6 free to use?

Seed 1.6 is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.

How do I use Seed 1.6 via the API?

Seed 1.6 is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID seed-1.6 with your Api.Airforce API key.

Seed 1.6 is ByteDance's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.

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Seed 1.6

API model name: seed-1.6

Seed 1.6 is ByteDance's chat model, served on the Api.Airforce unified API. Capabilities include Vision, Tool calling. It is priced at $0.28 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens. That is below the provider's $0.25 official input rate. Access it through the OpenAI-compatible API with one key, alongside 100+ other models on Api.Airforce.

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Pricing

Input / 1M tokens

$0.28

Output / 1M tokens

$2.20

Official input rate

$0.25

Official output rate

$2.00

Api.Airforce price vs. the provider's official rate.

Pricing by input length

Input length	Input / 1M tokens	Output / 1M tokens
up_to_128000	$0.28	$2.20
remaining	$0.56	$4.40

Specifications

Provider: ByteDance
Type: chat model

Capabilities

VisionTool calling

What is Seed 1.6 used for?

Chatbots & assistants — conversational AI, drafting, summarizing and Q&A.
Image understanding — analyze photos, screenshots, charts and scanned documents.
Agents & automation — function calling and tool use for multi-step workflows.

Seed 1.6 vs. similar models

Model	Intelligence	Context	Input / 1M	Output / 1M
Seed 1.6	—	—	$0.28	$2.20
Doubao 1.5 Pro 32K	—	—	$0.12	$0.29
Doubao 1.5 Vision Pro 32K	—	—	$0.12	$0.29
Doubao Vision Lite 32K	—	—	$0.19	$0.55

Prices are Api.Airforce pay-as-you-go rates per 1M tokens. Context is the maximum input length.

Seed 1.6 — frequently asked questions

How much does Seed 1.6 cost?: Seed 1.6 is billed pay-as-you-go at $0.28 per 1M input tokens and $2.20 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.
What can Seed 1.6 do?: Seed 1.6 supports Vision, Tool calling.
Is Seed 1.6 free to use?: Seed 1.6 is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.
How do I use Seed 1.6 via the API?: Seed 1.6 is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID seed-1.6 with your Api.Airforce API key.
Who makes Seed 1.6?: Seed 1.6 is ByteDance's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.

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Use Seed 1.6 via the API

OpenAI-compatible — point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass seed-1.6 as the model.

cURL

curl https://api.airforce/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIRFORCE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "seed-1.6",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
  }'

Python

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.airforce/v1", api_key="$AIRFORCE_API_KEY")
r = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="seed-1.6",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(r.choices[0].message.content)

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.airforce/v1", apiKey: process.env.AIRFORCE_API_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "seed-1.6",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);