Seed 2.1 Turbo pricing & price history
Seed 2.1 Turbo by ByteDance Seed costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, with a 262K token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $0.50 input / $2.50 output.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-09-24. We check every 10 minutes.
Which platform runs Seed 2.1 Turbo most reliably
1 platformsBy 30-day real-traffic success rate, Seed is the most stable and also the cheapest.
| Platform | Last 30 days | Stability | 24 h | 30 min | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed official most stable | Occasional issues (4 d)avg 99.56% | 100% | 100% |
Success rates come from real API traffic routed to each platform (public OpenRouter data), not our probes; each daily bar is the average of that day's samples. Green ≥ 99.5 %, yellow ≥ 97 %, orange ≥ 90 %, red < 90 %. Updated 28m ago.
Cost calculator
Cheaper alternatives to Seed 2.1 Turbo
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About Seed 2.1 Turbo
Seed 2.1 Turbo is a multimodal model from ByteDance Seed for coding and long-horizon agent workflows. It is suited for end-to-end software delivery, multi-step task execution, and understanding visual and...
FAQ
How much does Seed 2.1 Turbo cost?
Seed 2.1 Turbo by ByteDance Seed costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, with a 262K token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $0.50 input / $2.50 output. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.0022.
What is the context window of Seed 2.1 Turbo?
Seed 2.1 Turbo supports up to 262,144 tokens of context and up to 235,929 output tokens per request.
Has Seed 2.1 Turbo’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is Seed 2.1 Turbo being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for Seed 2.1 Turbo as of 2026-11-12.
What are cheaper alternatives to Seed 2.1 Turbo?
Cheaper options include GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.0399/$0.0784), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.022/$0.40), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ($0.098/$0.29), Llama 4 Scout ($0.10/$0.30).