Seedream 5.0 Lite
ByteDance (Seedream 5.0 Lite)
The Seedream family's budget tier, and the cheapest model that still reads as finished work. ByteDance Seedream 5.0 Lite — 4K-capable, deep-thinking image generation. Cheapest of the high-quality tier.
Using Seedream 5.0 Lite in uooki
uooki has no model picker. You name the model in the conversation and the agent routes to it — “draw the packaging mockup with Seedream 5.0 Lite” is the whole interface. Common spellings and older ids resolve to the same model, so you do not have to match our internal naming.
Leave the model out and the agent picks one for you based on what you asked for. Naming it is for when you have a reason to — this page is about those reasons.
What it is good at
- Volume work on a budget that still has to look good
- Chinese-context scenes at scale
Where it is not the right pick
Less detail than 5.0 Pro, and no 4K.
When to reach for something else
- Seedream 5.0 Pro
The work is final and needs the detail or the 4K.
- Z Image Turbo
You are exploring and even this is more than you want to spend.
- Nano Banana 2
You want a Google-lineage look instead.
Specifications
| Type | Image generation |
|---|---|
| Billing | Billed per generated image. |
| Plan | Available on every plan |
| Reference images | Up to 10 |
| Text in image | Renders legible text |
| Credits | See pricing |
Specifications are read from uooki’s model registry, not written by hand — if the registry changes, this table changes with it.
Model id
What uooki calls upstream when you pick Seedream 5.0 Lite. You never need this to use it — it is here so the vendor name and the actual model are unambiguous.
Try it in a sentence.
Describe what you want and name Seedream 5.0 Lite in the same breath. The Free plan is $0 and starts with 100 one-time credits.