SeedDream: Budget AI Image Generator | AI Deck

Name: SeedDream
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)

Key Features

Budget-friendly image generation at $0.035-0.045 per image
Up to 2048x2048 resolution output
7 aspect ratios for different content formats
Improved text rendering in generated images
Style-consistent generation across multiple prompts
Fast inference with sub-3-second generation times
API access through ByteDance cloud services

Pros & cons

Pros

Among the cheapest AI image generators at $0.035-0.045 per image
Strong text rendering capability — handles multilingual text in images
Consistent style output useful for brand asset creation
Fast generation speed competitive with Flash-tier models
Good photorealistic quality for the price point

Cons

Limited availability outside of ByteDance ecosystem
Smaller community compared to Midjourney or Stable Diffusion
Maximum 2048x2048 resolution — no 4K output
Documentation primarily in Chinese with limited English resources
Less artistic variety compared to established generators

Pricing

Plan	Details
Free	Free access through community playgrounds to explore the model.
Pro	API (per image): ~$0.04/image official (~$0.03-$0.045 via providers)
Enterprise	Enterprise: Custom

ByteDance Seedream 4.5 text-to-image/editing. Pay-per-image API ~$0.04/image official; third-party providers (fal, EvoLink, ImagineArt) range ~$0.03-$0.045. Custom enterprise model for large orgs.

Tips & Best Practices

Use detailed prompts with style keywords for best results
Specify text placement and font style explicitly when generating text in images
Test different aspect ratios — results vary significantly by format
Compare with Nano Banana Pro for similar budget tier to find best fit

Final Recommendation

SeedDream is a freemium AI tool best suited for Teams with high-volume image needs on a tight budget, Developers building apps that need cheap per-image API pricing.