ByteDance Seed lists 6 models and Particle Ai 1. Particle Ai is cheaper on a typical model ($0.44 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 | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 6 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 6 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.69 | $0.44 |
| Cheapest paid model | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Longest context | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 (262K) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (1.0M) |
| Free models | 0 | 0 |
| Newest model | ByteDance Seed: Seed 2.1 Turbo (2026-08-12) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (2026-10-28) |
| 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 | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $11.63 with ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash | $38.75 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $12.00 with ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash | $40.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| 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 | $42.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $7.80 with ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash | $26.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| 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 | $13.50 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| You need | ByteDance Seed | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With tool calling | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With image input | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With reasoning mode | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 128K+ context | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash ($0.13) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 1M+ context | none listed | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Model type | ByteDance Seed | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 6 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 0 | 1 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | ByteDance Seed | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 2 | 1 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 4 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Particle Ai is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.44 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.69 for ByteDance Seed. The cheapest paid models are ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash at $0.13 and Particle AI: Particle-1 at $0.44.
It depends on the job: ByteDance Seed offers the broader line-up (6 models vs 1), Particle Ai the lower typical price, Particle Ai the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
ByteDance Seed: ByteDance Seed lists 6 models and Particle Ai lists 1.
Particle Ai: ByteDance Seed's longest is ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 at 262K tokens; Particle Ai's is Particle AI: Particle-1 at 1.0M.
Neither lists a free model; both are pay-per-token.
ByteDance Seed: 6 of 6 models accept images. Particle Ai: 1 of 1.