Video Generation Fell Below One Yuan a Second
Seedance 2.5 Flash lands at about RMB 0.99 per second for 720p, roughly 34% cheaper than the flagship and twice as fast.
Volcano Engine released Seedance 2.5 Flash on 12 November 2026, positioning it as the closest-quality alternative to the flagship Seedance 2.5 at double the generation speed. At 720p, text-to-video and image-to-video cost about RMB 0.99 per second, roughly 34% below the flagship; clips run to 30 seconds, with up to 10 images, 5 videos and 5 audio inputs, in 480p and 720p tiers. It lands on Jimeng, LibTV, Updream, Creao AI and TapNow immediately, with the API opening on Volcano Ark on 15 November. The commercial read is that the two-tier model line turns video into a throughput business, which pushes ad creative testing from dozens of variants to thousands — and makes moderation the next bottleneck.