Seedance 2.0 vs Seedance 2.0 Mini

Specs side by side

Price per unit and per clip

Prices exclude taxes and are charged from your prepaid USD balance. Failed generations cost nothing.

Seedance 2.0 Mini is the budget tier of Seedance 2.0 with the same set of inputs: text, a photo as the first frame, a pair of frames, or references from 1-9 images, 3 clips and 3 audio tracks. At the same resolution it costs about 4.3 times less, but it stops at 720p and does not generate audio by default. For drafts, backgrounds or silent clips for your edit, use Mini. Use the full Seedance 2.0 for 1080p and 4K, for clips with sound baked into the file, and for references with real people.

Key differences

• Price. Seedance 2.0 costs from $0.157 per second, Seedance 2.0 Mini costs from $0.0366 per second (both at 720p). At 480p and 720p the full model costs about 4.3 times more.
• Resolution. Seedance 2.0 has 480p, 720p, 1080p and 4K. Mini has only 480p and 720p.
• Audio. In the full model, speech, effects and music are on by default. In Mini you get picture only until you set generate_audio: true.
• Length. Both do 4-15 s. Only the full model accepts duration: -1, which lets the model pick the length.
• Real people. Seedance 2.0 on Jantaris runs as the variant that accepts references showing real people (with their consent). Mini lists no such option.
• Default aspect ratio. The full model starts from adaptive (ratio taken from the image), Mini from 16:9.
• Shared. Up to 9 images, 3 clips and 3 audio tracks as references, first and last frame, 7 aspect ratios including 21:9, prompts up to 20,000 characters.

When to pick Seedance 2.0

• A 1080p or 4K shot for an ad or music video.
• A reel with audio generated together with the picture.
• A clip featuring a real person from a reference.
• The final version once a prompt has proven itself in Mini.

When to pick Seedance 2.0 Mini

• Prompt drafts at 480p before you pay for a higher resolution.
• Animated backgrounds and B-roll that get your own music anyway.
• Animated product photos for a store at 720p.
• Large batches of short clips where the per-second cost sets the budget.

Cost in practice

At the same resolution Mini is about 4.3 times cheaper. The full Seedance 2.0 at 480p costs roughly as much as two seconds of Mini at 720p, and at 1080p about 10.7 times as much as Mini at 720p. In both models, the seconds of reference clips in video_urls are added to the bill. In the full model, duration: -1 reserves funds for 15 s and settles at the delivered length. Rates for every tier are in the table above and on /pricing.

The full Seedance 2.0 scored 8.5/10 on my coffee-pour prompt, the highest of all models in my AI video ranking (published in Polish on promptowy.com), but badly mangled a spoken Polish sentence. I have not tested Mini, so I make no claims about its image quality. My approach: test the prompt in Mini at 480p and switch to the full model only for the final shot. The faster tier is compared in Seedance 2.0 vs Seedance 2.0 Fast, and the newer generation in Seedance 2.0 vs 2.5.

FAQ

Seedance 2.0 or Mini: which is better for reels?

For silent 720p clips and drafts, Mini, since it costs about 4.3 times less. For reels with model-generated audio or at 1080p, the full Seedance 2.0.

Does Seedance 2.0 Mini generate audio?

It can, but not by default. Set generate_audio: true if you want an audio track in the file.

Does Seedance 2.0 Mini do 1080p?

No, the maximum is 720p. For 1080p and 4K, use Seedance 2.0.

Will a Mini prompt work in the full model?

Yes, both accept the same fields. Set aspect_ratio and generate_audio explicitly, because the defaults differ.

How much do 15 seconds cost in Mini?

Fifteen times the per-second rate at your chosen resolution (from $0.0366 per second at 720p). You see the total before you start, in Studio or in estimated_cost, and a failed run costs nothing.

Vendor examples

Official examples from the model vendors, not our generations.