Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini API

bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-mini
Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini is ByteDance's fast, cost-efficient multimodal model for lightweight tasks, supporting text, image, and video inputs.
Context
256K tokens
Input
$0.13 / 1M tokens
Output
$0.52 / 1M tokens
Released
Apr 24, 2026

How to use Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-mini.
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-mini",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ]
    },
)
print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-mini",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ]
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-mini","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini API Pricing

TypePrice
Input
$0.13 / 1M tokens
Output
$0.52 / 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.026 / 1M tokens

The only documented pricing caveat found for Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini is that OpenRouter shows tiered input pricing above 128K context, rising from $0.10 to $0.20 per 1M input tokens.

Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
$0.13 / 1M tokens
$0.52 / 1M tokens
256K tokens
Agentic workflows and structured output
$0.65 / 1M tokens
$3.9 / 1M tokens
256K tokens
Reasoning + agents
$0.13 / 1M tokens
$0.52 / 1M tokens
256K tokens
Reasoning + agents
$0.325 / 1M tokens
$2.6 / 1M tokens
256K tokens
Reasoning + agents

Frequently asked questions

Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini has a 256,000 tokens context window and can return up to 128,000 tokens.

Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini takes image, text, video as input and returns text.

Use bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-mini as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini became available on April 24, 2026.

Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini is priced at input $0.13 / 1M tokens, output $0.52 / 1M tokens, cached input $0.026 / 1M tokens.

Yes, Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini can stream responses as they are generated.

Yes, Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini accepts image input alongside text.

Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini was built by ByteDance.

It offers reasoning, streaming, vision, and parallel tool calls, so it can handle reasoning tasks, tool-based agent workflows, and lighter multimodal tasks.

Yes, it supports parallel tool calls along with structured output, which allows it to be used in agent-style workflows.

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