Seedance 2 Mini: Text & Image to Video Online
Bottom line
The cheapest Seedance 2 tier: same 4-15s durations and 21:9 support, capped at 480p/720p. Start from a prompt or a still image in the Image to Video tool; VdoBloom shows the exact credit cost before each Seedance 2 Mini run, with no separate Seedance account.
Seedance 2 Mini is ByteDance's lowest-cost entry point into the Seedance 2 family on VdoBloom. It keeps the family's full duration ladder — 4 to 15 seconds in one-second steps — and all six aspect ratios, including 21:9 cinema-wide, but caps output at 480p or 720p. Both text-to-video and image-to-video run from the same page.
Mini is aimed at volume: b-roll variations, animatic passes, prompt experiments, learning what a phrase actually does to the output — work where you need many attempts more than one perfect render. Reference-video mode is supported here too, at a meaningfully lower per-second rate than plain generation, though the same input-plus-output billing rule applies as elsewhere in the Seedance 2 family.
The amount shown before each generation is always the number that applies. Audio generates by default at no extra cost, and a failed generation is refunded automatically rather than silently deducted.
What Seedance 2 Mini costs, with worked examples
Per-second rates without a reference video: about 1.6 credits/second at 480p, 3.3 at 720p. A 4-second 480p clip is 7 credits; a 15-second 720p clip is 50 credits — the cheapest 15-second render in the whole Seedance 2 family. With a reference video the rate drops further (about 1.0/2.0 credits/second) but bills input-plus-output duration up to a 15-second input cap, the same rule that applies to Seedance 2, Fast, and 2.5.
When Mini is — and isn't — the right choice
Mini earns its keep on anything you'll generate many times: a batch of b-roll variants, a prompt you're still tuning, a rough cut you'll replace later. Its 720p ceiling and 15-second limit make it a poor fit for a final 1080p or 4K deliverable, or for a single take longer than 15 seconds — those belong on Seedance 2 or 2.5 respectively, and because Mini shares the same aspect ratios and duration steps as the rest of the family, a composition proven on Mini transfers cleanly if you move up.
What creators use Seedance 2 Mini for
- Bulk-generating b-roll variations for a social content calendar without draining a credit balance.
- Roughing out 21:9 animatics for a pitch deck at 480p before any higher-resolution render.
- Practicing prompt writing on real video output where each miss costs the least of any Seedance model.
- Testing reference-video motion ideas cheaply before committing to Seedance 2 or 2.5.
How to use Seedance 2 Mini on VdoBloom
- 1Open the Image to Video tool and select Seedance 2 Mini from the model picker.
- 2Write your prompt — or upload a starting image for image-to-video.
- 3Choose your duration (4–15s), quality (480p/720p), aspect ratio, review the credit cost, and generate.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Seedance 2 Mini cost?
Plain generation runs about 1.6 credits/second at 480p and 3.3 credits/second at 720p — a 4-second 480p clip is 7 credits, a 10-second 720p clip is 33 credits. Reference-video mode is cheaper still per second (roughly 1.0/2.0 credits/second) but is billed on input-plus-output duration, capped at 15 input seconds. The exact price shows before you generate.
Is Seedance 2 Mini free right now?
It's not free, but it's the cheapest Seedance option, and the 10 free credits every new VdoBloom account starts with cover a short 480p Mini clip (a 4-second 480p run is 7 credits) — enough to test prompts before deciding whether to buy more.
What do I give up compared with Seedance 2 or Seedance 2 Fast?
Against the flagship, you lose the 1080p and 4K tiers — Mini stops at 720p. Against Fast, the resolution ceiling is the same (720p), but Mini is priced lower. Durations (4-15s) and all six aspect ratios are identical across the whole family.
Does Seedance 2 Mini support the full 4-15 second range?
Yes, in one-second steps, in both text-to-video and image-to-video modes — the same duration ladder as every other model in the Seedance 2 family.
How is Seedance 2 Mini's content filtering?
It carries VdoBloom's MODERATE label, the same as Seedance 2 and Seedance 2 Fast. Standard creative and commercial prompts pass; explicit material is refused.
Is Seedance 2 Mini as good as regular Seedance 2?
VdoBloom doesn't rank models by subjective quality, but the concrete difference is resolution: Mini caps at 720p where the flagship reaches 4K, and both share the same duration range and aspect ratios. For quick iteration or low-stakes volume work, the lower resolution ceiling is usually the point, not a downside.
Seedance 2 Mini vs Seedance 2.5 — which is cheaper for a short clip?
Mini, by a wide margin — its 720p rate (about 3.3 credits/second) is roughly an eighth of Seedance 2.5's 720p rate (about 25.2 credits/second). The tradeoff is Mini's 15-second cap versus 2.5's 30-second cap, and Mini's lower resolution ceiling (720p vs 1080p).
Is Seedance 2 Mini open source?
No. It's a proprietary ByteDance model available through VdoBloom's hosted dashboard, like the rest of the Seedance line.