bytedance

Bytedance Seed 1.8

Input / 1M: $0.2625
Output / 1M: $2.1
Context: 256,000 tokens
Catalog: Gateway catalog

About this model

Bytedance Seed 1.8 features stronger multimodal understanding and agent capabilities. The model delivers superior performance across a wide range of complex real-world tasks, helping enterprises create greater value.

text inputimage inputtext outputlanguage

Use with MiniRouter View docs

Use an endpoint supported by this model.

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1const response = await fetch('https://api.minirouter.sh/v1/chat/completions', {2  method: 'POST',3  headers: {4    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MINIROUTER_KEY}`,5    'Content-Type': 'application/json',6  },7  body: JSON.stringify({8    model: 'bytedance/seed-1.8',9    messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Why is the sky blue?' }],10    max_tokens: 1024,11  }),12})13 14const data = await response.json()15console.log(data.choices[0].message.content)

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Overview

Model type: language
Context window: 256,000
Maximum output: 32,768
Input / 1M tokens: $0.2625
Output / 1M tokens: $2.1
Released: 2025-09-01

Prices include the MiniRouter fee. Compatibility snapshot: 2026-08-06. Input: text, image. Output: text.

Endpoints

/v1/chat/completions/v1/messages/v1/responses

Platform-funded routing only. Caller BYOK credentials and OIDC-based upstream authentication are intentionally excluded; authenticate with a MiniRouter bearer key.

Captured parameters: max_tokens, temperature, stop, tools, tool_choice, reasoning, include_reasoning.

Structured output: Not enforced; a requested format is dropped and the answer is plain text. How it works

API

Use the setup panel above to switch between Chat Completions, Messages, and client configurations. Every snippet keeps the model ID unchanged.

Base URLhttps://api.minirouter.sh/v1

Model IDbytedance/seed-1.8

Providers

MiniRouter selects from the configured routes below. Priority is the catalog order, not a latency or availability score.

Provider	Priority	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Parameters	Access
vercel	1	$0.2625	$2.1	max_tokens, temperature, stop, tools, tool_choice, reasoning, include_reasoning	MiniRouter balance