Seed-2.0-Lite with Jev
Seed-2.0-Lite is a model from ByteDance Seed, released 2026-03-10. It costs $0.250 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens, reads up to 262K tokens of context, and writes up to 131,072 tokens in one reply. Through llm11, set model to bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite.
- Input price
- $0.250 / 1M
- Output price
- $2.00 / 1M
- Context window
- 262K tokens
- Max output
- 131K tokens
- Released
- 2026-03-10
- Accepts
- text, image, video
Read from the live catalogue and refreshed daily. At blended list price, 51% of the 332 priced models we can call cost more.
Using Seed-2.0-Lite with Jev
Jev is TypeSafe AI's System One model. It reads each request first and decides which model in your pool answers, with a calibrated confidence on that call. Seed-2.0-Lite does the answering when Jev sends it work, or when you name it yourself. At list price Seed-2.0-Lite falls in the llm11-balanced band, but no pack routes to it because ByteDance Seed is not one of the labs the packs draw from. You can still pin it: pass bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite as model and routing steps aside while verification still runs.
Jev is new, so we have not published results for Seed-2.0-Lite with and without it, and this page does not invent any. Every response comes with a receipt that names the model that answered and what it cost against your most expensive model, so you can measure the pairing on your own traffic.
What a request costs
List price arithmetic, the same sum a receipt does. llm11 adds nothing per request; the only fee is on buying credits.
| Request | Tokens in / out | One | A thousand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 500 / 200 | $0.00053 | $0.525 |
| Question over retrieved documents | 4,000 / 500 | $0.00200 | $2.00 |
| Long document summary | 30,000 / 1,000 | $0.00950 | $9.50 |
Cheaper models to try
The catalogue has no benchmark score for Seed-2.0-Lite, so this is a price ordering. It does not claim these answer as well.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | $0.300 | $1.80 | 1M | |
| Qwen Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingRetires 2026-10-09 | $0.180 | $2.10 | 131K | |
| Qwen Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | $0.210 | $1.90 | 262K | |
| Cohere Command A+ | $0.300 | $1.50 | 192K |
Call it
Same OpenAI request shape. Naming the model pins it, so nothing is routed, and the answer is still checked.
python
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://www.llm11.com/v1", api_key="llm11_live_...")
res = client.chat.completions.create(
model="bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)More from ByteDance Seed
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed 2.1 Turbo | $0.500 | $2.50 | 262K | |
| Seed-2.0-CodeRetires 2026-11-11 | $0.500 | $3.00 | 262K | |
| Seed-2.0-Mini | $0.100 | $0.400 | 262K | |
| Seed 1.6Retires 2026-11-11 | $0.250 | $2.00 | 262K | |
| Seed 1.6 FlashRetires 2026-11-11 | $0.075 | $0.300 | 262K |
Questions
- What is Seed-2.0-Lite with Jev?
- Jev is TypeSafe AI's System One model. It reads each request first and decides which model in your pool answers, with a calibrated confidence on that call. Seed-2.0-Lite does the answering when Jev sends it work, or when you name it yourself. At list price Seed-2.0-Lite falls in the llm11-balanced band, but no pack routes to it because ByteDance Seed is not one of the labs the packs draw from. You can still pin it: pass bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite as model and routing steps aside while verification still runs. Routing decisions are made by Jev, TypeSafe AI's System One model.
- Is Seed-2.0-Lite a System One model?
- No. Seed-2.0-Lite answers requests. The System One model is Jev, which decides which model answers each one, so the two do different jobs and llm11 uses both.
- How much does Seed-2.0-Lite cost?
- $0.250 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens. A 4,000 token prompt with a 500 token answer costs about $0.00200, so a thousand of them is about $2.00. llm11 passes provider list price through and charges 5% when you buy credits.
- What is the Seed-2.0-Lite context window?
- 262,144 tokens, with up to 131,072 tokens in a single reply.
- Does Seed-2.0-Lite support tool calling and structured output?
- The catalogue lists tool calling, structured output and reasoning controls.
- Can I use Seed-2.0-Lite through llm11?
- Yes. Set model to bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite on the OpenAI-compatible endpoint and the request goes to it directly, with verification still running.
- Does Jev route to Seed-2.0-Lite?
- Routing decisions are made by Jev, TypeSafe AI's System One model. At list price Seed-2.0-Lite falls in the llm11-balanced band, but no pack routes to it because ByteDance Seed is not one of the labs the packs draw from. You can still pin it: pass bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite as model and routing steps aside while verification still runs.
- What is a cheaper alternative to Seed-2.0-Lite?
- Nearest in price and below it: Qwen Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 at $0.300 in and $1.80 out, Qwen Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking at $0.180 in and $2.10 out and Qwen Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct at $0.210 in and $1.90 out. The catalogue has no benchmark score for Seed-2.0-Lite, so this is a price ordering. It does not claim these answer as well.