Seedream 4
ByteDance's flagship image generator with strong photoreal output, for generation & editing.
ByteDance$0.03 / imagetext-to-imagebytedancephotoreal
Capability
Est. cost$0.03For $1 you can run this model 33 times.
Example output
$0.03/ image
$0.03 per image. For $1 you can run this model 33 times.
Pay only for successful generations. No idle, no minimums, no per-seat.
API
Wire it up.
Endpoint
POST https://api.tryinfer.com/v1/inference/seedream-4/text-to-imagerequest
curl https://api.tryinfer.com/v1/inference/seedream-4/text-to-image \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $INFER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"input": {
"prompt": "a futuristic Shanghai skyline at blue hour, cinematic, ultra detailed"
}
}'
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| seed | integer | — | — | — |
| prompt | string | Yes | — | — |
| num_images | integer | — | 1 | — |
| aspect_ratio | string | — | 1:1 | 21:916:93:24:31:13:42:39:16 |
| output_format | string | — | png | jpegpngwebp |
Authenticate with a bearer token. Get an API key →
Further reading
From the Infer content directory.
Best ofBest AI models for anime and stylized video in 2026Kling 3.0 Pro leads on documented anime/cinematic motion, Seedance 2.0 Pro adds audio in one pass, Wan 2.2 is the open-weights pick for style fine-tuning.PricingThe cheapest text-to-image APIs in 2026FLUX 1.1 [pro] lists the lowest Infer rate at $0.02 (its page also shows a conflicting $0.04). Seedream 4.0 is the cheapest confirmed price with a leaderboard rank.Best ofBest AI models for text rendering and typographyIdeogram 3.0 is the typography specialist at $0.06/image; Nano Banana 2 claims near-Ideogram fidelity at half the latency for $0.039. Full 2026 ranking below.