Seedance 2.0

Seedance 2.0

Developer	ByteDance
Release date	February 12, 2026
Family	Seedance
Generation	Seedance 2
Input	Text, image, video, audio
Output	Video
Weights	Closed
Successor	Seedance 2.5
Website	bytedance.com

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video: $7
video (4k): $4
video (1080p): $7.7
video (without audio): $7
video (with video input): $4.3
video (4k with video input): $2.4
video (1080p with video input): $4.7
Released: 9mo ago

Benchmarks

Arena leaderboards rank models of this kind from pairwise human votes. Missing scores mean the model has not been ranked, not that it scored zero.

How it ranks

Against its predecessor, similarly priced models and the models ranked around it.

Arena Text to Video

Best Arena rating per model · Higher is better

Arena #6

1491
FLUX 3 VideoNearby rank
1488
Grok Imagine Video 1.5Nearby rank
1483
Seedance 2.0
1479
Seedance 2.5Nearby rank
1476
Wan 3.0Nearby rank
1337
Wan 2.7Similar release date
1223
Gen-4.5Similar release date
1216
Kling 2.6 ProSimilar release date
1168
Hunyuan Video 1.5Similar release date

Ahead of 4 of 4 models released around the same time

Arena Image to Video

Best Arena rating per model · Higher is better

Arena #6

1487
Gemini Omni 1.1 FlashNearby rank
1482
Wan 3.0Nearby rank
1480
Seedance 2.0
1463
Gemini Omni Flash PreviewNearby rank
1453
Grok Imagine Video 1.5Nearby rank
1427
Wan 2.7Similar release date
1411
Grok Imagine VideoSimilar release date
1353
Kling 3.0 ProSimilar release date
1199
Hunyuan Video 1.5Similar release date

Ahead of 4 of 4 models released around the same time

Arena Video Edit

Best Arena rating per model · Higher is better

Arena #6

1380
Gemini Omni Flash PreviewSimilar release date
1378
MiniMax H3Nearby rank
1368
Seedance 2.0
1306
HappyHorse 1.0Similar release date
1266
Kling O3 ProSimilar release date
1250
Grok Imagine VideoSimilar release date

Ahead of 3 of 4 models released around the same time

All published scores

Arena Text to VideoArena #61483
- default1483720p95% CI 1476 to 1491 · 72,137 votes
Source:Arena Text to Video leaderboard, 2026-11-09
Arena Image to VideoArena #61480
- default1480720p95% CI 1473 to 1487 · 148,231 votes
Source:Arena Image to Video leaderboard, 2026-11-09
Arena Video EditArena #61368
- default1368720p95% CI 1357 to 1379 · 7,388 votes
Source:Arena Video Edit leaderboard, 2026-11-10

Arena ratings: Arena (lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset), licensed CC BY 4.0. Ratings come from pairwise human votes and are only comparable within one leaderboard; the interval is Arena's 95% confidence interval. Model names are matched to the Vertical Tabs catalog.