Video · ByteDance
Seedance
ByteDance's AI video model: generate video from a line of text or a still image, with native audio and multiple shots. Reached through CapCut's Dreamina.
Start here
- What this helps you do
- Short social clips, concept and mood pieces, and quick visual drafts, where a rough but fast take beats a slow perfect one.
- What you leave with
- A practical way to use Seedance on real work, plus the human checks before you rely on it.
- What to check before trusting it
- Check the current face, identity and intellectual-property rules before uploading references; obtain consent and rights for every person and asset.
At a glance
- Version at last check
- Seedance 2.5 on Dreamina (with 2.0 and 2.0 Mini also available)
- Category
- Video
- Pricing at last check
- Dreamina advertises free daily credits and Basic, Standard, Advanced and Ultra subscriptions. The model page shows first-month discounts and selectable credit amounts; do not treat a promotional amount as a permanent price. Verify your final checkout, region and chosen credits before budgeting.
What it does
AI video generation
Text to video, image to video and sketch to video, using the Seedance models (2.5 is the newest, with 2.0 also available) inside Dreamina.
For work Short marketing clips, product and ad video, and social content.
Native audio and longer clips
Dreamina lists native audio, up to 30 seconds in standard mode and up to 180 seconds in a beta long-video mode, with up to 50 reference inputs. These are provider limits and quality claims; inspect product details and text in every output.
For work Ads and e-commerce clips where a logo or on-screen text must stay legible.
Dreamina image tools
Text to image with several models, plus restyle, remix and upscale, in the same workspace.
For work Thumbnails, concept art and the still images you feed into a video.
Dreamina talking avatars
Turns a photo into an avatar and drives it with text-to-speech to make a spokesperson-style video without filming.
For work Explainer and social videos where you do not want to be on camera.
Not for
Anything presented as real footage, anything about a real person or event, or work where a client expects filmed, rights-cleared material.
Real work with it
A small-business owner
A product ad clip from a single photo
- Upload a clear photo of the product.
- Use image to video with a short prompt describing the camera move.
- Generate a six to ten second clip and export it.
Human checkpoint Watch for warped logos, hands or text, confirm you own the rights to everything shown, and check any on-screen claim is true.
A marketer
Social variations from one concept
- Generate a strong hero image.
- Feed it as a reference into Seedance for several motion variants.
- Pick the best cut for each platform.
Human checkpoint Decide which output is on-brand and physically plausible, and confirm no real person's face was used.
The part that stays yours
Taste is the whole job here. Storyboarding, choosing the shot that carries the idea, checking nothing misleads, and disclosing that a clip is AI-generated are yours; the model only makes the pixels.
When to pick something else (3)
Google Veo
Run the same brief in Veo and compare motion, audio, editing effort and the terms for your intended use.
Runway
You want a mature creative toolchain with strong reference and camera control for image-to-video.
Kling
Compare the same image-to-video brief in Kling, checking motion, continuity, usable output and total cost.
Watch-outs (5)
- Check the current face, identity and intellectual-property rules before uploading references; obtain consent and rights for every person and asset.
- Paid plans advertise removal of the Dreamina watermark in downloads. Do not assume that removes every provenance marker or changes your rights to the assets.
- The model page promotes commercial storytelling, but marketing copy does not settle licence rights. Confirm the applicable terms and clear every asset, brand, face and distribution right before publishing.
- Credits are shared across video, image and editing and drain fast, and higher resolutions cost far more, so a free or small plan runs out quickly.
- Dreamina shows its tier prices as promotions and asks you to sign in for the final figure, so check the price for your country before you budget.