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Seedance 2.0 Mini
The cheapest way to try Seedance 2.0 — from 4 credits.
Creative Vision
Reference uploads as @Image1, @Image2 … in the prompt.
Video Parameters
AI audio synced to the video. Does not change the price.
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Seedance 2.0 Mini AI Video Generator
Seedance 2.0 Mini is the cheapest way to use ByteDance's reference-casting model: four credits for a four-second clip, with the same @Image1 / @Image2 prompt syntax as the full version. It exists so you can try twenty ideas instead of agonising over one.
At these prices the right instinct is volume — run the same prompt three ways before deciding which one to develop
Why Choose Seedance 2.0 Mini
Mini is the entry tier of ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 line, released February 2026. It keeps the whole control surface of the full model and lowers the ceiling and the price far enough that a failed attempt stops mattering.
Four Credits a Clip
Four seconds at 480p costs 4 credits, five seconds costs 5. On a 600-credit Starter month that is well over a hundred clips — enough that exploring stops being a budgeting decision.
The Full @Image Syntax
Up to five reference images, addressed as @Image1 through @Image5 with the same role-based casting as Standard. The feature that makes Seedance worth using is not held back for the expensive tiers.
Built for Exploration
Three variations of a concept cost 15 credits here and 150 on Standard at 1080p. That ratio changes what you do: you stop defending your first idea and start testing several.
Nothing Is Wasted
All three Seedance tiers take identical parameters, so the prompt and reference set you land on here move to Fast or Standard untouched. Mini is the sketchbook, not a detour.
Audio Included
Sound is generated alongside the picture at no extra charge, so even a four-credit draft comes back with a soundtrack and you can judge the rhythm of the cut rather than imagining it.
Failed Runs Are Refunded
Credits are held when you submit and returned automatically if the run fails or the provider never answers. On a four-credit clip that is a small sum, but the accounting is the same as everywhere else on the site.
Cheap Enough to Be Wrong On
The point of this tier is not that clips are cheap; it is that bad clips are cheap. Prompt development is mostly failed attempts, and this is the page to have them on.
How to Use Seedance 2.0 Mini
Use this page the way you would use a sketchbook: quickly, repeatedly, and without protecting any single attempt. The goal is to leave with a prompt worth rendering, not with a finished video.
Upload the References
Up to five images, 30MB each. The upload order sets the numbering, so @Image1 is whatever you added first. Use your real references from the start — testing with stand-ins teaches you nothing transferable.
Cast Them in the Prompt
Name each reference's job, then the action: "@Image1 for the chef, @Image2 for the kitchen. She plates the dish as the camera pushes in." Same syntax, same behaviour as the paid-up tiers.
Run It Several Ways
Four seconds at 480p is 4 credits, so run three or four variants at once — different camera moves, different aspect ratios, different reference assignments — and compare them side by side in your history.
Promote the Winner
Take the prompt that worked to Seedance 2.0 Fast for a clean 720p version, or straight to Standard for 1080p or 4K. Same references, same order, same text — only the resolution changes.
What 480p Can and Cannot Tell You
It reliably answers whether the references were cast correctly, whether the motion reads and whether the pacing works. It cannot tell you about fine texture, small text or facial detail — judge those a tier up.
Seedance 2.0 Mini
FAQ
Costs, the 480p and 720p limits, how Mini compares with the other tiers, and when a cheaper model makes more sense.
Try Seedance 2.0 Mini
Four credits, four seconds, and the same reference casting as the model's top tier.