Seedream 5.0 Lite.Visual Intelligence.
Not Just Synthesis.
The first image engine that reasons through physics, space, and real-world logic.
3K results in under a minute.
Prompt
“Young woman with dark hair making a hand gesture near her eye, lavender ribbed sweater, circular studio spotlight, editorial portrait photography”
Seedream 5.0 Lite is an image generation model from ByteDance that plans layout, spatial relationships and text before it renders, for teams whose prompts carry detailed instructions. It creates 2K or 3K images from a text prompt or from up to 14 reference images. On Segmind it runs through one API key at $0.035 per image, with up to 15 images per request.
Sandbox
Creation Without Limits.
See what happens when a model doesn't just draw, but understands.
Prompt
“Ultra-detailed product shot: minimalist perfume bottle on a black obsidian surface, studio rim-lighting, 3K”
Prompt
“Futuristic villa cantilevered over a Norwegian fjord at blue hour, hyper-realistic exterior render”
Prompt
“High-fashion editorial: model in sculptural white asymmetric gown, minimalist desert backdrop, Vogue lighting”
Prompt
“Cross-section anatomical diagram of a human heart with labeled chambers, medical illustration style”
Prompt
“Infographic of global renewable energy adoption 2020 to 2026, data journalism style with clean charts”
The Brand Engine
Built for Brand Professionals.
Three capabilities. Zero compromises.
Subject Locking.
Maintain identity across 15+ variations. From product shots to seasonal campaigns, Seedream 5.0 Lite preserves character, object, and style fidelity with no fine-tuning required. One reference. Infinite consistent outputs.
Studio Shot
Layout-Aware Typography.
Generate images where text isn't an afterthought. It's architecturally integrated. Banners, packaging, posters, social kits: typography that looks designed, not generated.
Show, Don't Tell.
Upload up to 14 reference images. Seedream 5.0 Lite extracts style, composition, subject, and context, then generates new work that feels like a natural extension of your creative language.
Your references
How It Works
Reasons. Searches. Generates.
Intelligence at every layer.
Think Before You Create
Extended Reasoning Mode.
Seedream 5.0 Lite is the first image engine that reasons through physics, space, and real-world logic before generating. It decomposes your prompt, resolves ambiguities in composition and spatial relationships, and plans the scene, all before a single pixel is rendered.
Result: fewer regenerations, higher prompt adherence on the first try, and complex multi-element compositions that actually make sense.
Connected to the World
Real-Time Web Search.
Generate images that reference today's reality. Ask for the current Met Gala theme, real-time weather across global cities, or visualizations of live financial data. Seedream 5.0 Lite searches the web and incorporates that knowledge into the image.
"Show me the gold price trend this week as an infographic" → model searches, retrieves data, and visualizes it accurately.
“NYC weather today, visualized as a cinematic cityscape”
Pixel-Perfect Precision
Control at Every Level.
Describe the exact layout, and Seedream 5.0 Lite executes it. Multi-subject compositions, complex layering, precise object placement: the model understands spatial language and compositional hierarchy natively.
Create e-commerce flatlays with exact product placement, design posters with perfectly rendered type, or generate UI screens with accurate interface elements.
Sample Outputs
See what's possible.
Hover to see the prompt.
All images generated with Seedream 5.0 Lite. No post-processing.
“A blind box toy designer figurine, kawaii aesthetic, vibrant colors, studio background, product photography”
“Modern app UI on a phone screen, dark mode, glassmorphism, neon accents, 3D mockup render”
“Scientific poster about quantum entanglement, academic style with accurate diagrams and LaTeX-style equations”
“Luxury fashion editorial, model in avant-garde outfit, Tokyo street at night, cinematic film grain”
“E-commerce product shot: handmade ceramic coffee mug on marble surface, morning light, minimal”
“Chinese New Year celebration sticker pack, red envelopes, lanterns, cute cartoon style”
“Fashion portrait of a woman in iridescent silk dress, studio lighting, high fashion editorial, Vogue magazine cover style, elegant”
“Michelin star gourmet dessert, dark chocolate sphere with gold leaf, velvet dark background, macro food photography, luxury dining”
“Epic dragon soaring over a medieval stone castle at golden sunset, volumetric clouds, dramatic cinematic lighting, hyperrealistic fantasy”
“Northern lights aurora borealis over a snow-covered pine forest and frozen lake, long exposure night photography, Iceland, vivid green and purple sky”
“Futuristic skyscraper interior atrium, soaring glass ceiling, lush vertical gardens, warm golden light flooding in, architectural photography”
“Solarpunk city with towering vertical gardens, solar panel rooftops, biopunk architecture, lush green vegetation, utopian future, wide establishing shot”
Hover over any image to copy the prompt · All outputs generated at native resolution
Engineering
Precision at Scale.
The architecture behind the intelligence.
CoT Visual Reasoning
Chain-of-thought inference runs before every generation pass, decomposing prompt intent, resolving physics and spatial logic, then planning the composition.
Native 3K Output
Native 3072px resolution output. No upscaling, no post-processing. Every pixel is generated at maximum fidelity from the start.
Integrated Search Retrieval
Real-time web search is wired directly into the generation pipeline, keeping live data, current events, and trending aesthetics grounded in today's world.
Technical Specifications
Text-to-Image Evaluation
Seedream 5.0 Lite leads on
Marketing
Design
Personalized Expression
Competitive Analysis
The Leader in Visual Logic.
Seedream 5.0 Lite crushes the competition at a fraction of the price.
Seedream 5.0 Lite
via Segmind API
Flat rate, regardless of resolution. 3K included.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image
Tiered by resolution and web search.
71%
savings vs Nano Banana 2
Seedream 5.0 Lite on Segmind costs $0.035/image at 3K, vs $0.12/image for Nano Banana 2 at 2K and $0.19 at 4K. More resolution. Less cost. List prices as of 13 Oct 2026; see Segmind pricing.
Feature
Seedream 5.0 Lite
Nano Banana 2
Use Cases
One model.
Every creative workflow.
Product photography at catalogue scale
Generate thousands of on-brand product images from briefs and references, including studio lighting, multiple angles, and seasonal variants, without a single photoshoot.
Brand assets that stay on-brand
Create cohesive visual identities including logos, icons, style guides, and social templates, with consistent aesthetics across every asset.
Scroll-stopping content at speed
Generate platform-native visuals for Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and LinkedIn that are trend-aware, on-brand, and ready in seconds.
Design mockups, faster
Generate realistic UI mockups, app screens, and design system components from a description or screenshot reference.
Fine art and illustration at any style
From photorealistic portraits to surrealist oil paintings, every creative style and medium delivers consistent quality.
Complex diagrams and scientific visuals
Generate research posters, anatomical diagrams, mind maps, infographics, and data visualizations with accurate labels and scientifically coherent content.
Key facts
- Developer
- ByteDance
- Modes
- Text to image, and image to image from reference images
- Output resolution
- 2K or 3K, at the same price
- Aspect ratios
- 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16, 3:2, 2:3 and 21:9
- Reference images
- Up to 14 per image-to-image request
- Images per request
- 1 to 15, billed per image
- Price on Segmind
- $0.035 per image (as of 13 Oct 2026)
- Typical wait
- About 42 s for text to image, 49 s for image to image (30-day average, as of 13 Oct 2026)
- API
- Synchronous REST: the image comes back in the response
- Billing
- Pay as you go, no minimum; failed requests are not charged
Flexible plans for everyone
Whether you're just starting out or need enterprise-grade power, we have a plan that fits your needs.
Flexible
Pay as you go
Great for getting started and exploring Segmind platform, without any commitments.
- All Model APIs
- 1 GB Storage
- 5 Pixelflows
- 60 RPM
- Community Support
Pro
For professionals and small teams looking to build rapid prototypes and scale.
- $50 monthly credits
- 10 GB Storage
- 120 RPM
- Pixelflows basic
- 5 business days support
Business
For working with production environments and professional use cases.
- $99 monthly credits
- 100 GB Storage
- 500 RPM
- 2 business day support
- Pixelflow Premium Templates
Scale
For large companies that requires custom solutions and private deployments.
- $599 monthly credits
- 1 TB Storage
- 1000 RPM pooled
- 1 business day support
- Detailed usage analytics
Enterprise
Custom solutions with enterprise-grade security and support
Frequently asked questions
What is Seedream 5.0 Lite?
Seedream 5.0 Lite is an image generation model from ByteDance that plans composition, spatial relationships and text before it renders. It creates 2K or 3K images from a text prompt or from up to 14 reference images. Segmind serves it through a pay-as-you-go API at $0.035 per image.
How much does Seedream 5.0 Lite cost on Segmind?
Seedream 5.0 Lite costs $0.035 per image on Segmind for both text to image and image to image, as of 13 Oct 2026. 2K and 3K output cost the same, a request for 4 images costs $0.14, failed requests are not charged, and there is no minimum commitment.
What is the difference between Seedream 5.0 Lite and Seedream 4.5?
Seedream 5.0 Lite adds a reasoning step that plans composition and spatial logic before rendering, which helps with complex multi-element prompts and text. It outputs up to 3K, while Seedream 4.5 outputs up to 4K. On Segmind, Seedream 5.0 Lite costs $0.035 per image and Seedream 4.5 costs $0.04.
How do I keep a character consistent across images with Seedream 5.0 Lite?
Send reference images of the character to the Seedream 5.0 Lite image-to-image endpoint, up to 14 per request, and describe the new pose, setting or lighting in the prompt. Seedream 5.0 Lite uses the references to keep the face and distinctive features consistent. Set max_images to get up to 15 variations in one request.
Can Seedream 5.0 Lite render text inside images?
Yes. Seedream 5.0 Lite can render headlines, product labels, posters and menus inside the image, with English and Chinese as its main text languages. Use 3K output when small text needs to stay sharp; on Segmind, 3K costs the same $0.035 per image as 2K.
Can I edit an existing image with Seedream 5.0 Lite?
Yes. Send the image to the Seedream 5.0 Lite image-to-image endpoint with an instruction such as "change only the jacket to leather". Seedream 5.0 Lite keeps the structure of the original and applies the requested change, which covers style transfer, relighting, layout changes and targeted edits.
How fast is Seedream 5.0 Lite?
On Segmind, a Seedream 5.0 Lite text-to-image request takes about 42 seconds on average and an image-to-image request about 49 seconds (30-day averages as of 13 Oct 2026). Setting optimize_prompt to fast shortens text-to-image requests at some cost to prompt accuracy.
How do I use the Seedream 5.0 Lite API?
Create a Segmind API key, then POST a prompt to https://api.segmind.cyou/v1/seedream-v5-lite-text-to-image with the x-api-key header, or send image_input URLs to the seedream-v5-lite-image-to-image endpoint. Seedream 5.0 Lite returns the image directly in the response. Each model page lists every parameter.
What is Seedream 5.0 Lite best used for?
Seedream 5.0 Lite suits production work with detailed prompts: e-commerce product images, marketing and social visuals, posters and mockups with text, editorial illustration and concept art. At $0.035 per image and up to 15 images per request, it is practical for exploring many variations before choosing a final.
Your imagination,
rendered in seconds.
Join thousands of developers and creators already using Seedream 5.0 Lite to build the next generation of visual AI products.
Seedream 5.0 Lite is a ByteDance model, available on Segmind as part of our global model API platform.
Segmind is an official ByteDance AI partner.
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