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Seedance 2.5

Seedance 2.5 (ByteDance), text to video, served by fal.ai. The OpenAPI schema for the bytedance/seedance-2.5/text-to-video queue. Price: Token formula: (height × width × duration × 24) / 1024 tokens at $0.0214 per 1k (480p, 720p) or $0.0234 (1080p). About $0.22 per second at 480p 16:9, $0.47 at 720p, $1.14 at 1080p; 'auto' aspect ratio priced as 21:9. Asynchronous: returns a request_id; poll fal/status and fetch fal/result with model "bytedance/seedance-2.5".

Usage based fal.aiVideofal/seedance-2-5-text-to-videoListed

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Use this tool with your agent

Give this to your agent
Use my connected Agentik MCP server. I want to use the tool fal/seedance-2-5-text-to-video (Seedance 2.5 (ByteDance), text to video). Call inspect_tool with {"tool_id": "fal/seedance-2-5-text-to-video"} first and tell me the price before anything runs. Ask me for the inputs it needs; never invent values, IDs or file URLs. When I confirm, call run_tool with tool_id "fal/seedance-2-5-text-to-video" and my inputs, follow it with get_run if it is still running, and give me the result and the price Agentik reports. If the tool is unavailable, say so and use discover_tools to propose an alternative.
Show the prompt

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Codex: your agent takes it from there, and shows the price before it runs.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
aspect_ratiostringNoThe aspect ratio of the generated video. Use 16:9 for landscape, 9:16 for portrait/vertical, 1:1 for square, 21:9 for ultrawide cinematic, or auto to let the model decide. Options: auto, 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16.
durationstringNoDuration of the video in seconds. Supports 4 to 30 seconds, or auto to let the model decide based on the prompt. Options: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
bitrate_modestringNoOutput bitrate mode. 'high' requests a higher-quality, larger-file encode from the model; 'standard' uses the default bitrate. Options: standard, high.
promptstringYesThe text prompt used to generate the video
generate_audiobooleanNoWhether to generate synchronized audio for the video, including sound effects, ambient sounds, and lip-synced speech. The cost of video generation is the same regardless of whether audio is generated or not.
end_user_idstringNoThe unique user ID of the end user.
resolutionstringNoVideo resolution - 480p for faster generation, 720p for balance, 1080p for high quality. Options: 480p, 720p, 1080p.

How your agent calls it

First inspect_tool for the current schema and price, then run_tool with the published example after confirming your inputs:

{
  "tool_id": "fal/seedance-2-5-text-to-video",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "a red cube slowly rotating on a white table, soft studio light",
    "resolution": "480p",
    "duration": "4",
    "generate_audio": false,
    "aspect_ratio": "1:1"
  }
}

Price and billing

Price
Usage based
Model
Per unit
Detail
The provider’s price, with no markup. Billed for measured usage.
  • The provider’s price, 0% markup.
  • One prepaid balance for every provider; your agent sees the price before it runs.
  • Pay for measured usage; unused reservations are released.