Bytedance Seed lists 6 models and Elorian 1. Bytedance Seed is cheaper on a typical model ($0.69 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Bytedance Seed | Elorian | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 6 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 6 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.69 | $1.20 |
| Cheapest paid model | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| Longest context | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 (262K) | Elorian: Glimpse (262K) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | ByteDance Seed: Seed 2.1 Turbo (2026-08-12) | Elorian: Glimpse (2026-10-17) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 0 | 0 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | Bytedance Seed | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $11.63 with ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash | $105 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $12.00 with ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash | $102 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $12.60 with ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash | $108 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $7.80 with ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash | $66.00 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $4.05 with ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash | $33.00 with Elorian: Glimpse |
| You need | Bytedance Seed | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| With tool calling | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| With image input | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| With reasoning mode | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| 128K+ context | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Elorian: Glimpse ($1.20) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | none listed |
| Model type | Bytedance Seed | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 6 | 1 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Bytedance Seed | Elorian |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 2 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 4 | 1 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Bytedance Seed is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.69 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.20 for Elorian. The cheapest paid models are ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash at $0.13 and Elorian: Glimpse at $1.20.
It depends on the job: Bytedance Seed offers the broader line-up (6 models vs 1), Bytedance Seed the lower typical price. The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Bytedance Seed: Bytedance Seed lists 6 models and Elorian lists 1.
It is a tie: Bytedance Seed's longest is ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 at 262K tokens; Elorian's is Elorian: Glimpse at 262K.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
Bytedance Seed: 6 of 6 models accept images. Elorian: 1 of 1.