On VdoBloom, ByteDance Seedance 2 Mini costs 6 to 24 credits for a 480p clip and 13 to 50 credits for a 720p clip, depending on whether you pick 4, 15 or any second in between — roughly $0.30 to $2.50 per generation at the Lite plan rate of $0.05 per credit. Add a reference video and the price drops again, to as little as 4 credits for a 4-second 480p clip. Mini is the cheapest member of the Seedance 2 family, and this page lists every tier exactly as the billing table defines it.

How VdoBloom credits convert to dollars

Every model on the platform bills in one shared credit currency, so a Seedance 2 Mini clip and a 4K flagship render draw from the same balance. The conversion depends on how you bought the credits:

Lite subscription, $15/month for 300 credits — $0.05 per credit. This is the reference rate used in every dollar figure below.
Lite billed annually, $10/month — about $0.033 per credit, a third cheaper for identical output.
Credit packs from $2.49 for 75 credits — about $0.033 per credit, and pack credits never expire.
New accounts — 10 free credits, no card required, which is enough for a 480p Mini clip on day one.

Full plan details live on the pricing page. Nothing below changes with your plan — the credit cost of a tier is fixed, only the dollar value of a credit moves.

Seedance 2 Mini: the full credit table

Mini supports every duration from 4 to 15 seconds in one-second steps, at two resolution tiers, across six aspect ratios (16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16 and cinema-wide 21:9). Price is driven by duration and resolution only — aspect ratio is free. The table shows every second so you can pick a length by budget rather than guessing.

Duration	480p credits	480p cost	720p credits	720p cost
4 s	6	$0.30	13	$0.65
5 s	8	$0.40	17	$0.85
6 s	10	$0.50	20	$1.00
7 s	11	$0.55	23	$1.15
8 s	13	$0.65	26	$1.30
9 s	14	$0.70	30	$1.50
10 s	16	$0.80	33	$1.65
11 s	18	$0.90	36	$1.80
12 s	19	$0.95	40	$2.00
13 s	21	$1.05	43	$2.15
14 s	22	$1.10	46	$2.30
15 s	24	$1.20	50	$2.50

Two things fall out of that table. First, the rate is close to linear — about 1.6 credits per second at 480p and 3.3 credits per second at 720p — so there is no volume discount hiding in the long durations, and no penalty for short ones. Second, 720p costs almost exactly twice 480p at every length. That 2× multiplier is the single most important number here: it means a draft-at-480p, finish-at-720p workflow halves the cost of everything you throw away.

The cheaper reference-video rate

Mini has a second, lower price table that applies when your generation includes a reference video — not a reference image. Text-to-video and plain image-to-video both bill at the standard rates above; supplying a video to guide the motion moves you onto this cheaper tier.

Duration	480p w/ reference video	Cost	720p w/ reference video	Cost
4 s	4 credits	$0.20	8 credits	$0.40
5 s	5 credits	$0.25	10 credits	$0.50
8 s	8 credits	$0.40	16 credits	$0.80
10 s	10 credits	$0.50	20 credits	$1.00
12 s	12 credits	$0.60	24 credits	$1.20
15 s	15 credits	$0.75	30 credits	$1.50

The arithmetic is pleasantly simple: exactly 1 credit per second at 480p and 2 credits per second at 720p. A 15-second 720p clip built from a reference video costs 30 credits against 50 for the same clip generated without one — a 40 percent saving. If your project involves matching an existing motion, that is real money.

What a plan actually buys you

Credit tables are abstract until you count clips. Here is what each entry point yields in Seedance 2 Mini output:

What you have	Credits	480p 5 s clips	720p 5 s clips	720p 10 s clips
Free signup	10	1	0	0
75-credit pack ($2.49)	75	9	4	2
Lite ($15/mo)	300	37	17	9
2,000-credit tier (Pro, $49/mo annual)	2,000	250	117	60

The free 10 credits cover one 480p clip of up to 6 seconds, which is a genuine test of the model rather than a teaser. If you want to try the platform before spending, start from the free AI video generator page.

Three ways to spend less per usable clip

Prototype at 480p, 4 seconds. At 6 credits, a 4-second 480p generation is the cheapest way to find out whether a prompt produces the composition you had in mind. Ten failed experiments cost 60 credits — less than two 720p 10-second renders.

Do not over-buy duration. Because pricing is per second, a 15-second clip you trim to 6 seconds in the edit wasted 9 seconds of credits. Generate the length you will actually cut to.

Reuse prompts that already work. The Seedance prompt library is built around this family, and a prompt that landed once will usually land again at a different duration or ratio. If you are animating a photo instead of writing from scratch, the guided effect pages such as fashion walk handle the prompt for you. When those effects animate a photo of a real person, you must have that person’s consent before generating.

When a different model is the better spend

Mini caps out at 720p. If you need 1080p or 4K delivery, no amount of Mini credits gets you there — step up to the flagship in the same family. If you want the same 4–15 second ladder and the same two resolution tiers but tuned for turnaround speed, compare against Seedance 2 Fast. The full spec sheet for this model, including aspect ratios and content labelling, sits on its Seedance 2 Mini model page.

One note on stability: Mini’s current numbers reflect a promotional rate. VdoBloom always shows the exact credit cost of your selected duration and resolution before you press generate, so the figure in the interface is the figure you will be charged — check it there if a campaign has moved the table since this was written.

Frequently asked questions

What is the cheapest Seedance 2 Mini generation?

A 4-second 480p clip with a reference video, at 4 credits — about $0.20 on the Lite plan. Without a reference video, the floor is 6 credits for the same 4-second 480p clip.

Does aspect ratio change the price?

No. All six ratios — 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16 and 21:9 — cost the same. Only duration and resolution affect credits, so shooting 9:16 for vertical social is free of any surcharge.

Can I get 1080p out of Seedance 2 Mini?

No. Mini offers 480p and 720p only, and there is no paid tier that unlocks more. Higher resolutions require a different model in the Seedance family.

Do my credits expire?

Credits bought in one-time packs never expire. Subscription credits refresh on each billing cycle. Paid plans also download watermark-free with commercial rights.

Is the price shown before I generate?

Yes. The exact credit cost for your chosen duration and resolution appears in the interface before the job runs, and the balance check happens up front rather than after the render.

Seedance 2 Mini Pricing: Every Credit Tier on VdoBloom