Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API

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Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite is ByteDance’s mid-tier general-purpose language model, designed for reasoning, agent workflows, and

Modalities: Image, Text, VideoText
In / Out price: $0.25/$2per 1M
Context window: 250K tokens
Released: Apr 24, 2026

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite overview

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite by ByteDance

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite is ByteDance's lightweight general-purpose model in the Seed 2.0 lineup, alongside Pro and Mini.

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite specs

Model ID: bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-lite
Developer: ByteDance
Context window: 256,000 tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
Input: Image, Text, Video
Output: Text
API: OpenAI-compatible, base URL https://api.aimlapi.com/v1

What Is Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API?

Dola Seed 2.0 Lite is a ByteDance Seed model in the Seed 2.0 lineup and is presented as the Lite option in that family.

ByteDance describes Seed 2.0 as offering three general-purpose Agent models, Pro, Lite, and Mini, plus a dedicated Code model.

Technical Reference

Developer	ByteDance
Model ID	bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-lite
Release Date	April 23, 2026
Context Window	256,000 tokens (~256K)
Max Output Tokens	128,000 tokens
Modalities	Image, Text, Video → Text
Capabilities	parallel tool calls, reasoning, streaming, structured (JSON schema) output, tool/function calling, vision

What Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite Brings to the Table

Model family position
Seed 2.0 Lite is part of ByteDance’s Seed 2.0 series and is listed as the Lite-tier general-purpose model.

Enterprise availability
The model is shown as available through Merge’s model directory for ByteDance/BytePlus-related access paths.

Provider-listed identifier
Merge documents the model under the exact identifier bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-lite.

Hosting/platform references
The model appears in documentation from AI/ML API, Puter, Synthorai, and Merge under closely related Seed 2.0 Lite naming.

Where Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite Makes the Most Sense

General-purpose agent workloads
ByteDance positions Seed 2.0 Lite within its general-purpose Agent model lineup.

Cost-conscious deployment
Merge describes Lite as sitting in the middle tier of the Seed 2.0 lineup, intended as a lower-cost option than Pro.

Multimodal enterprise workflows
Third-party documentation describes the model as supporting multimodal inputs for text, image, and video use cases.

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite vs the Alternatives

Seed 2.0 Pro
ByteDance lists Pro as a higher-tier general-purpose Agent model in the same Seed 2.0 lineup.

Seed 2.0 Mini
ByteDance lists Mini as another general-purpose Agent model in the same Seed 2.0 lineup.

Sources: https://seed.bytedance.com/en/seed2 · https://docs.merge.dev/merge-gateway/models/details/bytedance-dola-seed-2-0-lite · https://docs.aimlapi.com/api-references/text-models-llm/bytedance/dola-seed-2.0-lite

Use cases

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite is documented for cross-border meeting minutes, using multilingual speech recognition and translation to produce bilingual minutes from multilingual meetings.

It is also documented for customer service quality assurance, where emotion recognition, ambient sound detection, and long-form audio analysis help flag anger, interruptions, or overtime.

Another documented use case is video content moderation, combining audio-video inference and long-sequence tracking to detect dangerous visuals and suspicious sounds at the same time.

It is further documented for desktop agent automation, using GUI understanding and tool calling to complete complex cross-application workflows.

Capabilities

Reasoning
Streaming
Vision

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API pricing

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite pricing in US dollars
Usage	Price	Unit
Input	$0.25	1M tokens
Output	$2	1M tokens
Cached input	$0.05	1M tokens

Prices from the AI/ML API price list, checked on Nov 4, 2026.

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite vs other models: token prices

AI/ML API input and output rates for 5 models, per million tokens.

AI/ML API model prices in USD per million tokens
Model	Input	Output
Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite	$0.25	$2
Dola-Seed 2.0 Mini	$0.1	$0.4
Seed 2.1 Turbo	$0.529	$2.65
Dola-Seed 2.0 Pro	$0.5	$3
Seed 2.0 Code	$0.529	$3.17

How to use the Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API

View docs

Build with your agent

Give your agent the model details, code and documentation.

1Get your API key

Create API key

export AIMLAPI_KEY="8f2b4c7d9a1e6b3f…"

2Make your first request

curl 'https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-lite",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
    }
  ]
}'

import os
import requests

headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AIMLAPI_KEY']}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
    "model": "bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-lite",
    "messages": [
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
        }
    ]
}

response = requests.post("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=120)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-lite",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
      }
    ]
  }),
});

if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.json());

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite FAQ

What is the context window of Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite?

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite has a 256,000 tokens context window and can return up to 128,000 tokens.

What inputs and outputs does Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite support?

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite takes image, text, video as input and returns text.

What is the model ID for Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite?

Use bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-lite as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

When was Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite released?

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite became available on April 24, 2026.

How much does Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite cost?

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite costs $0.25 input and $2 output per 1M tokens on AI/ML API, billed as you go with no subscription.

Does Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite support streaming?

Yes, Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite can stream responses as they are generated.

Can Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite read images?

Yes, Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite accepts image input alongside text.

Who created Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite?

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite was built by ByteDance.

What API endpoint is used to call Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite?

Requests are sent to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

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Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API

bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-lite

Build with your agent

Give your agent the model details, code and documentation.

1Get your API key

Create API key

export AIMLAPI_KEY="8f2b4c7d9a1e6b3f…"

2Make your first request

curl 'https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "model": "bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-lite",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
    }
  ]
}'

import os
import requests

headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AIMLAPI_KEY']}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
    "model": "bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-lite",
    "messages": [
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
        }
    ]
}

response = requests.post("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=120)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "bytedance/dola-seed-2-0-lite",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
      }
    ]
  }),
});

if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.json());

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Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite overview

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite by ByteDance

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite specs

What Is Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API?

Technical Reference

What Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite Brings to the Table

Where Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite Makes the Most Sense

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite vs the Alternatives

Use cases

Capabilities

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API pricing

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite vs other models: token prices

How to use the Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API

Build with your agent

1Get your API key

2Make your first request

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite FAQ

Start building with Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API

Build with your agent

1Get your API key

2Make your first request

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite overview

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite by ByteDance

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite specs

What Is Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API?

Technical Reference

What Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite Brings to the Table

Where Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite Makes the Most Sense

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite vs the Alternatives

Use cases

Capabilities

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API pricing

Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite vs other models: token prices

How to use the Dola-Seed 2.0 Lite API

Build with your agent

1Get your API key

2Make your first request

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