Seedance alternatives
Seedance is ByteDance’s video model family. Pixel Engine runs it alongside 10 other video models on a single credit balance, so this page can do something a review site cannot: quote the real price of every option from the system that bills for them.
Seedance models on Pixel Engine
| Model | Credits | Per generation | Per second | Lengths (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance Pro | 17 | $1.13–$1.70 | $0.226–$0.340 | — |
Alternatives to Seedance Pro
10 of these cost less than Seedance Pro per second of video. The dearer ones are listed too — a more expensive model can still be the right answer, and leaving it out would make this a sales page.
| Model | Credits/sec | Cost per second | vs Seedance Pro | What you give up | Lengths (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTX 1 | 5 | $0.066–$0.100 | 71% cheaper | no image-to-video | — |
| Veo 3.1 Lite | 6 | $0.100–$0.150 | 65% cheaper | — | — |
| Hailuo 02 | 8 | $0.088–$0.133 | 53% cheaper | — | — |
| Kling 1.6 | 8 | $0.106–$0.160 | 53% cheaper | — | — |
| LTX 2 Fast | 9 | $0.100–$0.150 | 47% cheaper | — | — |
| LTX 2 | 10 | $0.112–$0.167 | 41% cheaper | — | — |
| Kling 2.6 Pro | 11 | $0.146–$0.220 | 35% cheaper | — | — |
| Wan | 11 | $0.146–$0.220 | 35% cheaper | needs an input image; no image-to-video | — |
| Kling 3 | 12 | $0.160–$0.240 | 29% cheaper | — | — |
| Veo 3.1 Fast | 12 | $0.200–$0.300 | 29% cheaper | — | — |
What actually changes
Price is the easy part. These are the capability differences between Seedance Pro and the closest alternatives, taken from the same catalogue the generator reads — including the ones that go against the cheaper option.
LTX 1 instead of Seedance Pro
- Durations (s) — Seedance Pro: 5,10 · LTX 1: 5
- Image to video — Seedance Pro: Yes · LTX 1: No
- Negative prompt — Seedance Pro: No · LTX 1: Yes
Veo 3.1 Lite instead of Seedance Pro
- Durations (s) — Seedance Pro: 5,10 · Veo 3.1 Lite: 4s,6s,8s
- Aspect ratios — Seedance Pro: 16:9,9:16,1:1 · Veo 3.1 Lite: 16:9,9:16
- Start + end frame — Seedance Pro: No · Veo 3.1 Lite: Yes
- Native audio — Seedance Pro: No · Veo 3.1 Lite: Yes
- Negative prompt — Seedance Pro: No · Veo 3.1 Lite: Yes
- Served by — Seedance Pro: fal · Veo 3.1 Lite: fal,wavespeed
Hailuo 02 instead of Seedance Pro
- Durations (s) — Seedance Pro: 5,10 · Hailuo 02: 6,10
- Aspect ratios — Seedance Pro: 16:9,9:16,1:1 · Hailuo 02: 16:9
How these prices were worked out
Credit costs are read from the same pricing engine that charges customers, so they cannot drift from what you are billed. Dollar figures divide each paid plan's price by the credits it includes, giving a low bound (the largest plan) and a high bound (the smallest). Video is normalised to cost per second at each model's shortest supported clip, because clip lengths differ across the catalogue and comparing per-clip prices across different lengths would flatter whichever model produces the shortest video. No figure on this page is estimated, and none of it describes what Seedance charges anywhere else.
What this page does not claim
Pixel Engine is not Seedance. It is a multi-model platform that runs Seedance’s models next to the alternatives on one credit balance. This page makes no claim about what Seedance costs on ByteDance’s own service, how fast it is there, or how its output compares — those are not things we can verify, so we do not publish them. If you need something only their own app provides, this is not a replacement for it.
Run the same prompt on each
Every model above draws on one shared credit balance, so you can put the identical prompt through Seedance Pro and its alternatives and judge the output instead of the table. New accounts start with free credits.
Start freeCommon questions
Can I still use Seedance on Pixel Engine?
Yes. Seedance Pro is available on Pixel Engine from the same credit balance as every other model, so switching platform does not mean giving up Seedance.
What is the cheapest alternative to Seedance Pro?
LTX 1, at roughly 71% less than Seedance Pro per second of video on current plan rates. The full ranking is in the table above.
Is LTX 1 as good as Seedance Pro?
This page does not measure output quality — it publishes prices and capabilities, which are things that can be verified. The capability differences are listed above, and both models run from one account, so the practical answer is to send the same prompt to each and compare the results yourself.
Do I need a separate Seedance subscription?
Not for the models listed here. They run on Pixel Engine credits, so one balance covers Seedance and the alternatives rather than one subscription per vendor.