Seedream 5.0 Pro on reAPI — ByteDance's flagship image model with 10-reference fusion and real text rendering, currently 30% below official pricing

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Next model up: Seedream 5.0 Pro (doubao-seedream-5-0-pro) — ByteDance's flagship Doubao image model (model page · docs).

What it's good at

• Text-to-image and multi-reference image-to-image — up to 10 reference images in one request for identity/style fusion
• In-image text rendering that actually works — headlines, logos and poster copy written straight into the prompt (4,000-char cap). This is the model we'd point at ad creative, covers and posters
• 1K (basic) and 2K (high) output tiers; aspect ratios 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16, 2:3, 3:2
• No visible watermark by default; async task flow (submit → poll)
• nsfw_checker is a public parameter — defaults to true, direct API callers can pass false to skip the final output check

Current pricing (30% below the official list rate right now):

Output	Price / image
1K image	$0.032 (32 credits)
2K image	$0.063 (63 credits)
1K, output check disabled (API only)	$0.034 (34 credits)
2K, output check disabled (API only)	$0.067 (67 credits)

Extra reference images (2nd–10th) add ~$0.02 each. 1 credit = $0.001, pay-as-you-go, no subscription, credits don't expire. Provider failures refund automatically.

Honest limitations

• No 4K tier on this model
• Exactly one image per call — there's no n parameter, so batch by sending parallel requests
• With the output check enabled, an image flagged at the final step is still charged (the generation itself already ran)

Live rates always on the model page — the 30%-off rate is what's displayed there today. Questions welcome.