Question 1

What is Seed 2.0 Lite?

Accepted Answer

Seed 2.0 Lite is a model from ByteDance, released on Feb 14, 2026. Seed-2.0-Lite is a versatile, cost‑efficient enterprise workhorse that delivers strong multimodal and agent capabilities while offering noticeably lower latency, making it a practical default choice for most production workloads across text, vision, and tools. Engineered for high-frequency visual understanding and agentic workflows, it's an ideal choice for deployment at scale with minimal latency.

Question 2

How much does Seed 2.0 Lite cost?

Accepted Answer

On the Respan gateway, input starts at $0.25 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter, and output starts at $2.00 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter, after gateway discounts. Averaged across 2 providers, it costs $0.28 per 1M input tokens and $2.25 per 1M output tokens.

Question 3

Which providers serve Seed 2.0 Lite on Respan?

Accepted Answer

2 providers serve Seed 2.0 Lite: OpenRouter and EmpirioLabs.

Question 4

What is Seed 2.0 Lite's context window?

Accepted Answer

Seed 2.0 Lite accepts up to 262K tokens of context on its largest provider route.

Question 5

How do I use Seed 2.0 Lite with the Respan gateway?

Accepted Answer

Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at https://api.respan.ai/api/ with your Respan API key and set the model to "seed-2.0-lite". To set it up with a coding agent, copy the agent setup prompt at the top of this page.

Question 6

How fast is Seed 2.0 Lite?

Accepted Answer

Over the last 30 days of requests through the Respan gateway, the fastest provider was OpenRouter at 32 tokens per second, and the lowest response latency was 2.3 seconds on OpenRouter. Speed varies with request size and provider.

Provider	Context	Input	Output	Capabilities
OpenRouter`openrouter/bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite`	262K	$0.25/M	$2.00/M
EmpirioLabs`empiriolabs/seed-2-0-lite`	256K	$0.31/M	$2.50/M

Seed 2.0 Lite

Providers

Certified where it counts.

Pricing

Cost by volume

Throughput and latency

Output speed

Response latency

Apps

Seed 2.0 Lite FAQ

Works with your entire stack

Built for AI agents.
Break less.
Ship more.