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Seedream 5.0 Lite vs MAI-Image-2.5: side-by-side summary

Seedream 5.0 Lite and MAI-Image-2.5 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Seedream 5.0 Lite, from bytedance-seed, is priced at $0.035/image on OpenRouter.

MAI-Image-2.5, from Microsoft, has a 4,096-token context window and is priced at $5/M tokens on OpenRouter.

Context window
  • Seedream 5.0 Lite: Not published
  • MAI-Image-2.5: 4,096 tokens
Price
  • Seedream 5.0 Lite: $0.035/image
  • MAI-Image-2.5: $5/M tokens
Provided by
  • Seedream 5.0 Lite: bytedance-seed
  • MAI-Image-2.5: Microsoft
  • Seedream 5.0 Lite model details, providers and pricing
  • MAI-Image-2.5 model details, providers and pricing