Seedance, free for a month
Is Seedance 2.0 free?
Seedance is ByteDance's video model. On Root every Seedance clip costs credits, and a five-second Seedance 2.0 Mini clip at 720p is $0.65, the cheapest five-second 720p clip in the table below. The first month of Root's Beginner plan is free and comes with 650 credits, enough for ten Seedance 2.0 Mini clips of five seconds at 720p.
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First month free on the Beginner plan, with 650 credits to try any model.
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What a Seedance clip costs
One clip on Root, in dollars, with sound on (sound does not change the price). 100 credits is $1.
| Model | 5 s, 480p | 5 s, 720p | 10 s, 720p | 10 s, 1080p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.5 | $0.89 | $1.99 | $3.95 | $9.71 |
| Seedance 2.0 | $0.61 | $1.30 | $2.59 | $6.39 |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | $0.49 | $1.04 | $2.07 | — |
| Seedance 2.0 Mini | $0.31 | $0.65 | $1.30 | — |
A dash means the model doesn't make that size.
How many Seedance clips a free month makes
The first month of Root's Beginner plan is free and comes with 650 credits. This is how many clips of each kind they pay for, if you spend them all on one kind.
| Model | 5 s, 480p | 5 s, 720p | 10 s, 720p | 10 s, 1080p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Seedance 2.0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | 13 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Seedance 2.0 Mini | 20 | 10 | 5 | — |
After that the plan is $9 a month, and you can cancel whenever you like. A dash means the model doesn't make that size.
Make your credits go further
- Keep clips short while you test. Price goes up with every second.
- Start from an image when you know how the shot should open, so fewer takes miss.
From a cheap draft to the final take
- Draft on Seedance 2.0 Mini. Open a project, add a Video Gen node and choose Seedance 2.0 Mini at 480p, the cheapest clip in the table. Run short takes until the motion and the camera move are right.
- Keep the take you like. Every take is saved in the project, so you can look back and pick the best one.
- Make the final take. Switch the node to Seedance 2.5 or Seedance 2.0, run the same prompt at the length and size you need, and the price shows before it starts.
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Seedance free questions
Is Seedance 2.0 free?
On Root, no: every Seedance clip costs credits, and a five-second Seedance 2.0 Mini clip at 720p is $0.65, the cheapest five-second 720p clip in the table above. But the first month of Root's Beginner plan is free and comes with 650 credits: enough for ten Seedance 2.0 Mini clips of five seconds at 720p, or three Seedance 2.5 clips of five seconds at 720p.
How much does a Seedance clip cost on Root?
A five-second Seedance 2.0 clip at 720p is $1.30. The same clip on Seedance 2.5 is $1.99. On Seedance 2.0 Mini, the cheapest, it is $0.65. Longer clips and larger sizes cost more, and the table above lists each one.
What is the cheapest way to use Seedance?
Draft on Seedance 2.0 Mini at 480p, $0.31 for five seconds, then make the final take on a bigger model once the shot works.
Does sound cost extra on Seedance?
No. Each Seedance model can make dialogue, effects and music with the picture, and a clip costs the same with sound on or off.
Who makes Seedance?
ByteDance makes Seedance. Root runs Seedance 2.5, Seedance 2.0, Seedance 2.0 Fast and Seedance 2.0 Mini, in the Root app, by API, and from Claude and ChatGPT, all paid from one Root balance.
Try Root free for a month
The first month of the Beginner plan is free and comes with 650 credits to spend on any model. After that it's $9 a month, and you can cancel whenever you like.