On June 16, the Huoshan Ark experience center under Volcano Engine quietly rolled out the Seedance 2.0 mini video generation model, with plans to launch the API service soon. This model is positioned as a high-cost-effective video generation solution, targeting broader video creation and scaled production needs.
According to public info from Volcano Engine, the Seedance 2.0 mini is priced at 0.023 yuan per thousand tokens for image-to-video generation and 0.014 yuan per thousand tokens for video-to-video generation. When converted to 720P specs, the per-second generation cost for Seedance 2.0 mini is about 0.5 yuan—a roughly 50% reduction compared to the generation cost of Seedance 2.0.