specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: ByteDance Doubao
providerId: doubao
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: true
tags:
- AI
- LLM
- ByteDance
- Plans
description: >-
  Volcano Engine Ark exposes pay-as-you-go per-token pricing across the Doubao model family,
  with separate per-call pricing for image (Seedream), video (Seedance), 3D, and TTS surfaces.
  Pricing primarily published in CNY on the Volcano Engine console.
notes: >-
  Verify CNY-denominated rates on the Volcano Engine pricing pages. Doubao-Seed-Code, Doubao-Pro,
  Doubao-Lite tiers are all available; deep-reasoning variants are billed separately.
sources:
- https://www.volcengine.com/docs/82379
- https://console.volcengine.com/ark/
plans:
- id: doubao-pay-as-you-go
  name: Volcano Engine Pay As You Go
  type: usage
  description: Token-metered consumption billed via Volcano Engine account.
  entries:
  - label: Doubao Text Tokens
    name: doubao_tokens
    type: usage
    metric: tokens
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: china
    unit: 1000000
    price: see https://www.volcengine.com/docs/82379
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Embeddings
    name: doubao_embeddings
    type: usage
    metric: tokens
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: china
    unit: 1000000
    price: see Volcano Engine pricing
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Image Generation (Seedream)
    name: seedream_images
    type: usage
    metric: images
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: china
    unit: 1
    price: see Volcano Engine pricing
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Video Generation (Seedance)
    name: seedance_videos
    type: usage
    metric: seconds
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: china
    unit: 1
    price: see Volcano Engine pricing
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: TTS
    name: doubao_tts
    type: usage
    metric: characters
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: china
    unit: 1
    price: see Volcano Engine pricing
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Doubao-Pro / Doubao-Lite / Doubao-Seed
  - name: Doubao-Seed-Code (coding model)
  - name: Doubao deep-reasoning variants
  - name: Seedream (image), Seedance (video)
  - name: 3D generation
  - name: TTS / ASR
- id: doubao-enterprise
  name: Enterprise / Reserved Capacity
  type: enterprise
  description: Reserved-capacity contracts via Volcano Engine sales for predictable workloads.
  entries:
  - label: Custom Contract
    name: enterprise_contract
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: monthly
    geo: china
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Negotiated rate cards and SLAs
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com