Seedream 4.5
Provider: ByteDance
OpenRouter ID: bytedance-seed/seedream-4.5
Capabilities
- Text rendering: Improved — particularly strong at small text rendering (improved over v4.0)
- Image input: Yes — editing consistency, preserves subject details, lighting, colour tone
- Sizes: Variable
- Context window: 4K tokens
Pricing
Flat $0.04 per output image — simplest pricing model, no per-token calculation needed. Best for volume.
Best For
- Lifestyle and portrait imagery
- Colour-accurate product editing
- Preserving brand identity and colour tone across variations
- Carousel card production (volume work at predictable cost)
Notes
- The flat-rate pricing makes budgeting straightforward — 25 images = $1
- Colour warmth and portrait refinement are standout strengths
See Also
- FLUX.2 Flex — better for typography-heavy work
- Riverflow V2 Fast — production speed with custom fonts
- AI Image Model Capabilities — OpenRouter — full comparison