Can Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit start from a photo?

Yes. Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit starts from words or up to 4 photos.

How is it different from Seedream 4.5, Seedream 5.0 Pro and Seedream 5.0 Lite?

Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit: Fast, low-cost image edits with Seedream 5.0. Seedream 4.5: 2K or 4K images with crisp typography, and edits of up to 14 reference images. Seedream 5.0 Pro: ByteDance's newest: detailed images up to 2K and edits of up to 10 reference images. Seedream 5.0 Lite: The quicker Seedream 5.0: 2K to 4K images and edits of up to 14 reference images. They all run in the same studio, so you can try one prompt on each.

How much does a run cost?

An image costs $0.037. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.

Is Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit free to try?

No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.037 (an image), so $5 covers 135 of those. You pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.

Can I use what I make commercially?

Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.

Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as bytedance/seedream-5.0-flash-edit, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.

Do I need a ByteDance account?

No. Leap sends your request to ByteDance's model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

Seedream 5.0 Flash EditAI image editor

Fast, low-cost image edits with Seedream 5.0. On Leap, it sits beside 174 other models in one studio.

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Pay per run, priced before it starts

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Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit at a glance

Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit is an image editing model from ByteDance. It makes images from words or up to 4 photos.

Made by: ByteDance
Makes: Images
Starts from: Words or up to 4 photos
Shapes: 1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3, 16:9
Per run: Up to 4 images
Prompt: Up to 32,000 characters
Price per run: $0.037
Updated: October 7, 2026

01Describe it, or start from a photo
02See the exact price, then press go
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Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit and its siblings

Model	Best for	Resolution	Price per run
Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit (this page)	Fast, low-cost image edits with Seedream 5.0.	–	$0.037
Seedream 4.5	2K or 4K images with crisp typography, and edits of up to 14 reference images.	Up to 4K	$0.054
Seedream 5.0 Pro	ByteDance's newest: detailed images up to 2K and edits of up to 10 reference images.	Up to 2K	$0.048
Seedream 5.0 Lite	The quicker Seedream 5.0: 2K to 4K images and edits of up to 14 reference images.	Up to 4K	$0.048

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Everything you make stays in your library while your account is active, and you own what you make here.
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One balance for everything
The studio, the API and your agents spend the same balance, and every run shows its price before it starts.
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Questions

Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit, answered

What is Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit?: Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit is an image editing model from ByteDance. Fast, low-cost image edits with Seedream 5.0. On Leap it runs in one studio beside every other top model, with one account.
Can Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit start from a photo?: Yes. Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit starts from words or up to 4 photos.
What resolution and sizes does it make?: 1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3 or 16:9.
How is it different from Seedream 4.5, Seedream 5.0 Pro and Seedream 5.0 Lite?: Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit: Fast, low-cost image edits with Seedream 5.0. Seedream 4.5: 2K or 4K images with crisp typography, and edits of up to 14 reference images. Seedream 5.0 Pro: ByteDance's newest: detailed images up to 2K and edits of up to 10 reference images. Seedream 5.0 Lite: The quicker Seedream 5.0: 2K to 4K images and edits of up to 14 reference images. They all run in the same studio, so you can try one prompt on each.
How much does a run cost?: An image costs $0.037. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.
Is Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit free to try?: No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.037 (an image), so $5 covers 135 of those. You pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.
Can I use what I make commercially?: Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.
Is there an API?: Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as bytedance/seedream-5.0-flash-edit, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.
Do I need a ByteDance account?: No. Leap sends your request to ByteDance's model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs Seedream 5.0 Flash Edit and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

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API docs

Model ID: bytedance/seedream-5.0-flash-edit
Makes: Image
Pricing: Per run, quoted first: POST /v1/quotes

Inputs

What the model takes. Leave out anything with a default.

Promptprompt

Text, up to 32,000 characters, required

Imagesimages

Up to 4 images, requiredUploaded files to edit or combine, by ID.

Aspect ratioaspect_ratio

1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3, 16:9. Default: 1:1

Imagesn

1 to 4. Default: 1

The request

The same envelope for every model; only the model and its input change. With prefer: wait=60 the answer holds the result when the run finishes within a minute; a longer one is read again by its ID. A file input takes the ID that POST /v1/files returns for your upload. Agents can call it through the MCP server at app.tryleap.ai/api/mcp.

curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations \  -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY" \  -H "content-type: application/json" \  -H "prefer: wait=60" \  -d '{    "model": "bytedance/seedream-5.0-flash-edit",    "input": {      "prompt": "A paper boat drifting down a rainy street at dusk",      "images": [        "file_..."      ]    }  }' # Video often outlasts the wait and answers "queued" or "running".# Put its "id" in GENERATION_ID and read it again until it is done:# curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations/$GENERATION_ID -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY"