Seedance AI video generator
By Yuvraj Singh·Founder, Leaxor·Reviewed
Seedance is ByteDance's video model. Leaxor runs Seedance Lite as the standard quality tier, which sits between Wan 2.2 on the affordable tier and Kling 2.6 on premium.
It is the tier most videos should use. Motion is good enough that scenes read as video rather than as drifting stills, and at 30 credits a finished video it costs a third of premium.
As with every tier, you are buying the finished video — script, illustrated scenes, narration and burned-in captions — not raw model access.
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Seedance AI video generator at a glance
- Quality tier
- Standard
- Price
- 30 credits per finished video
- Video model
- Seedance Lite (seedance-lite-video)
- Image model
- Flux Kontext (flux-kontext)
- Narration
- ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5 (eleven_turbo_v2_5)
How it works
- 1
Choose the standard quality tier
Seedance Lite is the standard tier's video model. Tier selection is per video, so this is a decision you make each time rather than an account setting.
- 2
Give it the topic and format
The script is written from your topic, then split into scenes. Seedance handles the motion for each one — you are never prompting the model directly.
- 3
Scenes are illustrated, then animated
The standard tier illustrates with Flux Kontext before Seedance animates, which is why character appearance holds across scenes rather than resetting each shot.
- 4
Narration and captions finish it
ElevenLabs Turbo narration on this tier, captions burned in, delivered as a 9:16 MP4 ready to upload.
What you can make with Seedance AI
The everyday upload
Most videos are narration over largely static scenes, and this tier is built for exactly that. It is the default for a reason.
How to batch produce YouTube ShortsA week of Shorts in one sitting
Thirty credits a video is the price point where batching ten stops feeling like a decision.
How to plan a month of ShortsTesting a format before committing
Try a format at standard before deciding whether it deserves premium. Two videos here cost less than one there.
How to make a video seriesSeedance AI vs Affordable tier
Affordable tier: 15 credits ($1.50) per video. Credits are $0.10 each, minimum purchase 50 ($5.00).
Affordable runs Wan 2.2 at fifteen credits and is genuinely usable, which matters more than it sounds when you are publishing daily — twice the videos for the same spend is a real advantage early on, when you are still finding out what works. Standard buys visibly better motion and a better narration voice. If you are testing formats rather than polishing one, the cheaper tier is the smarter money.
Seedance AI vs Premium tier
Premium tier: 90 credits ($9.00) per video. Credits are $0.10 each, minimum purchase 50 ($5.00).
Premium runs Kling 2.6 and is the stronger model outright; nobody should pretend otherwise. What standard offers is the trade — a third of the price for output that is close enough on any video without significant movement. Premium wins whenever a subject has to hold together while the camera or the scene moves, and that is worth paying for on the videos that depend on it.
When this is the right page
The middle tier, and the default for volume. Seedance Lite is what you pick when a video needs to look right without needing Kling's motion quality — which is most videos. The premium tier runs Kling 2.6 at 90 credits for shots that genuinely depend on movement; the affordable tier runs Wan 2.2 at 15 credits when output quantity matters more than any single video.
Made with Leaxor
Real output from the product. These are finished frames rather than a showcase for one specific model — a rendered example made with Seedance AI is still in production. Watch full sample videos.
Questions
Which Seedance version does Leaxor run?
Seedance Lite, as the video model behind the standard quality tier. It is not the full Seedance 2.0 model, and this page says so deliberately — a page claiming a model we do not run would be wrong about the only thing it exists to describe.
What does a Seedance video cost here?
The standard tier is 30 credits per finished video, which is $3.00. Credits are $0.10 each with a minimum purchase of 50 ($5.00), so that is the smallest real first spend. Credits never expire and there is no subscription. That covers the whole video rather than one generation attempt.
How does it compare to the premium tier?
Premium runs Kling 2.6 at 90 credits and is meaningfully better at sustained motion — subjects hold together through a moving shot. Standard is three times cheaper and close enough for videos where scenes are mostly static with narration over them, which describes most faceless content.
Should I use standard or affordable?
Standard, unless you are producing at real volume. The affordable tier at 15 credits uses Wan 2.2 and is genuinely usable, but the gap in motion quality is visible. If you are publishing daily and testing formats, affordable lets you make twice as many videos for the same spend — which early on matters more than any single video looking better.
What does the standard tier change besides the video model?
Two other things. Scenes are illustrated with Flux Kontext rather than the affordable tier's HiDream, and narration uses ElevenLabs Turbo rather than the cheaper voice. So the thirty credits buy a better-looking and better-sounding video as well as better motion — the tier is a bundle, not a single model swap.
Can I see which model produced a video after the fact?
The tier you chose is recorded with the video, and the tier determines the model, so yes. This matters more than it sounds when you are testing formats: knowing that your best-performing upload was standard rather than premium is what stops you paying ninety credits a video out of superstition.
Is Seedance better than Kling?
No — Kling 2.6 is the stronger motion model, which is why it costs three times more. Seedance Lite is the better value for most work, and "better" here means the right trade rather than the better model. If a specific video depends on a moving subject holding together, that is the case for paying for premium.
Sources
How to make one
- How to batch produce YouTube Shorts
- How to make YouTube Shorts without showing your face
- How to pace a faceless video
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