Volcengine model
Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite
Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite is a Volcengine model listed in the NextModel catalog for high-volume chat, classification, lightweight agent steps workloads. Its listed price is $0.087 / 1M tokens input and $0.521 / 1M tokens output per 1M tokens, with a 256k token context window.
Tool callingJSON modeLong contextStreamingLow cost
| Input length | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache hit / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - 32k | $0.087 | $0.521 | $0.017 |
| 32k - 128k | $0.13 | $0.781 | $0.026 |
| 128k - 256k | $0.26 | $1.56 | $0.052 |
What is Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite in NextModel?
Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite is a Volcengine model listed in the NextModel catalog for high-volume chat, classification, lightweight agent steps workloads. Its listed price is $0.087 / 1M tokens input and $0.521 / 1M tokens output per 1M tokens, with a 256k token context window.
Best use cases
- high-volume chat
- classification
- lightweight agent steps
OpenAI-compatible code example
Keep the OpenAI SDK style, set base_url to NextModel, and use the catalog model ID doubao-seed-2-0-lite.
Python
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
base_url="https://api.nextmodel.app/v1"
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="doubao-seed-2-0-lite",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello from NextModel"}]
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Similar alternatives
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FAQ
Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite API questions
What is Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite best for?
High-volume Chinese chat, classification, and lightweight agent steps where cost matters more than peak reasoning quality.
How is Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite priced?
Tiered by input length: $0.087/$0.521 per 1M input/output tokens up to 32K tokens, rising to $0.260/$1.563 above 128K tokens.