Best Seedance Alternatives for Video Ads, Priced per Clip

Before you leave Seedance, price its Flash tier

If Seedance 2.5's price is what has you shopping around, read BytePlus's price list before you switch models. Our table prices one five-second clip at 720p. BytePlus ModelArk last updated its Asia Pacific price list on November 13, 2026. For that clip, with no input video, the list estimates $0.76 on Seedance 2.5 Flash and $1.156 on Seedance 2.5. By our arithmetic, that makes Flash about a third cheaper.

You can't call Flash yet, though. BytePlus's own Seedance 2.5 tutorial says online use and API calls open at 14:00 (UTC+8) on November 15. And BytePlus lists Flash at 480p and 720p only.

On November 5, Google cut Omni's price. Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash costs $0.07 a second for 720p video. Google's launch post says that's 30% less than Omni 1.1 cost.

We read every other price here on November 12, from each maker's own pages and from Runway's API price list. The two clips in this post are our own earlier runs in Novoads, one on Seedance 2.5 and one on Omni Flash. We didn't run any model on another maker's platform for this post, and we haven't tried Flash.

Quick picks by job, then one clip priced three ways

Start with the job the clip has to do. We made these picks by reading each maker's pages, and we haven't pitted the models against one another in a test.

• Talking scenes. Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash. Google's launch post promises clearer lip-sync and distinct multi-speaker conditioning, which covers most of what a spoken ad asks of a model.
• The cheapest drafts with sound. Seedance 2.0 Mini or Omni. BytePlus estimates Mini at $0.38 for our clip, and Runway's API guide lists Mini with optional audio. On Google's API, four seconds of Omni come to about 28 cents.
• Takes up to 30 seconds. Seedance 2.5 itself, or Kling 4.0 on Runway, where a generation can run anywhere from 3 to 30 seconds. Alibaba's Wan 3.0 also reaches 30 seconds, though Alibaba still calls it a preview.
• Short polished finals with sound. Veo 3.1. Google charges $0.40 a second for it with sound, the highest per-second rate in our table, so we'd save it for the take that ships.
• Open weights you run yourself. Wan 2.2. Its README puts the models under the Apache 2.0 license and says the 5B text-and-image-to-video model runs on a GPU with at least 24 GB of memory, such as an RTX 4090.
• Silent visual shots. Runway's Gen-4.5. Runway sells it on motion quality, prompt adherence and visual fidelity, so we'd use it where the picture carries the shot and you add the sound in the edit.

One five-second 720p clip, priced three ways

Prices as of November 12, 2026. The first price column is what the maker charges. The second is Runway's API, where a credit costs $0.01. The third is our credits, converted to dollars at the Plus rate.

Model	Maker's own rate	Runway API	Novoads credits (Plus rate)
Seedance 2.5	$1.156 (BytePlus, estimated)	150 credits ($1.50)	35 (about $1.72)
Seedance 2.5 Flash	$0.76 (BytePlus, estimated, calls from November 15)	not on Runway's list	not offered
Seedance 2.0	$0.76 (BytePlus, estimated)	150 ($1.50)	23 (about $1.13)
Seedance 2.0 Mini	$0.38 (BytePlus, estimated)	75 ($0.75)	5 (about 25 cents)
Gemini Omni Flash, 4 seconds	about 28 cents (Google, Omni 1.2)	28 ($0.28)	12 (about 59 cents)
Kling 3.0	45 Kling credits (about 68 cents)	65 ($0.65), Standard with sound	10 (about 49 cents)
Kling 4.0	no price on Kling's 4.0 post	64 ($0.64) to November 30, then 79	not offered
Wan 3.0	$0.50 at list price (Alibaba, limited-time 30% off)	50 ($0.50)	9 (about 44 cents)
MiniMax H3, 768p	$0.40 (MiniMax)	50 ($0.50)	not offered
Veo 3.1, 4 seconds, with sound	$1.60 (Google)	160 ($1.60)	72 (about $3.53)
Gen-4.5	Runway is the maker	60 ($0.60)	not offered

Some rows don't match the clip exactly, so read the table with these notes in mind.

• BytePlus's prices are its own estimates for a 16:9 clip with no input video.
• MiniMax H3 doesn't have a 720p tier, so its row is 768p.
• Veo 3.1 doesn't have a five-second length, so its row uses four seconds, its shortest. We don't offer a five-second Omni Flash clip either, so that row is four seconds too.
• Kling 4.0 on Runway always comes with sound. Runway's guide says there's no audio toggle.
• Our Kling 3.0 price doesn't specify a resolution, while Kling's own price and Runway's are for 720p with sound.
• Kling's own post on Kling 4.0 doesn't give a price, so that row starts with Runway.
• We multiplied out the per-second rates ourselves and converted Kling's credits at its standard rate of 66 credits per US dollar.
• Our column uses the Plus plan's rate of $0.049 a credit. Plus is a monthly plan, so this isn't a pay-as-you-go price.

Where the makers beat our credits, and where we're cheaper

At their own rates, the makers beat our Plus credits on Seedance 2.5, Seedance 2.0, Veo 3.1 and Google's Omni. Seedance 2.5 is the row most readers came for. BytePlus estimates $1.156 for the clip. We charge 35 credits, about $1.72 on Plus. Runway's API comes in under us too, at $1.50. For the same model on HeyGen's and Runway's monthly plans, see our HeyGen vs Runway comparison.

The widest gap is on Veo 3.1, where Google charges $1.60 for four seconds. Our flat price is 72 credits, about $3.53. On Omni, Google's API puts four seconds at about 28 cents. We charge 12 credits, about 59 cents. Seedance 2.0 is closer, at an estimated $0.76 on BytePlus and about $1.13 with us.

We're cheaper on Seedance 2.0 Mini and Kling 3.0, and on Wan 3.0 at Alibaba's list price. Mini costs about 25 cents in our credits, against BytePlus's $0.38. Kling 3.0 is about 49 cents with us and about 68 cents in Kling's own credits. Our price doesn't specify a resolution, though, and Kling's is for 720p. Wan 3.0 is about 44 cents with us, against $0.50 at Alibaba's list price. But while Alibaba's limited-time 30% off lasts, its clip comes to about 35 cents, which undercuts ours.

Starter costs more per credit than Plus, and Ultra costs less, so check your own plan's rate before you compare. And one clip is rarely a whole ad. Our post on what an AI video ad costs adds up the rest.

What each alternative does for an ad

Seedance 2.5 Flash

Flash is a cheaper tier of Seedance 2.5 on BytePlus's list. At 480p, BytePlus estimates $0.34 for the same clip. It marks 1080p as unsupported for Flash, and its price page says you're only charged for videos that generate successfully.

We haven't run Flash ourselves, so we can't tell you how its clips look next to Seedance 2.5's. Runway's API price list doesn't carry it yet. Once calls open, it's the obvious tier to draft on if you're staying with Seedance.

Seedance 2.0 and Seedance 2.0 Mini

BytePlus prices both on the same list. Our clip comes to an estimated $0.76 on Seedance 2.0 and $0.38 on Mini. Mini is the drafting tier. Runway's API guide lists it with duration, aspect ratio, references and optional audio. Runway charges 15 credits a second for it at 720p.

In Novoads, a five-second 720p clip on Mini costs 5 credits, the lowest price in our table. Our Seedance 2.0 pricing post covers the other apps and APIs that sell it.

Gemini Omni Flash

Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash is our pick for talking scenes. Google's November 5 post lists clearer lip-sync and distinct multi-speaker conditioning. You can set a clip's length anywhere from 3 to 15 seconds, in one-second steps. Google's API charges $0.07 a second. That puts the four seconds in our table at about 28 cents. Runway's API sells the same Omni 1.2 model at 7 credits a second at 720p.

We sell Omni Flash at 12 credits for four seconds at 720p. As of November 12, 2026, it runs Google's Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash. The Omni Flash clip further down is from September, when Novoads ran Google's 1.1 model. Our Omni 1.2 Flash post works through a whole ad's cost at Google's prices.

Kling 3.0 and Kling 4.0

Kling's own guide to Kling 3.0 is dated February 6, 2026. It prices 720p with native audio at 9 Kling credits a second. A clip can run from 3 to 15 seconds. Kling's credit policy sets its standard rate at 66 credits per US dollar. At that rate, our five-second clip comes to about 68 cents on Kling. Runway's API sells Kling 3.0 Standard, the 720p version, at 13 credits a second with audio.

We sell Kling 3.0 at 10 credits for five seconds, and our price for it doesn't specify a resolution. Kling 3.0 against Seedance 2.5 compares the two on sound and length.

Kling 4.0 is a different case. Runway and Luma sell it, and we don't. On Runway, a generation can run anywhere from 3 to 30 seconds. One request can combine up to 10 images and 5 video clips. Runway's model page has Kling 4.0 at 25% off on every plan through November 30. The API takes 20% off until then, which puts our clip at 64 credits. From December 1, Runway's list prices apply, and by our arithmetic the same clip comes to 79 credits. Luma's credit table lists Kling 4.0 at 53 credits a second at 720p. There's more in our post on how Runway resells Kling.

Wan 3.0, and Wan 2.2 if you run it yourself

Alibaba's API reference says Wan 3.0 can generate videos up to 30 seconds long at 30fps, and it still marks the model as being in preview. The same reference says turning audio on or off doesn't change the price. Alibaba's international list price at 720P is $0.1 a second. The page marks it as limited-time 30% off, so treat that discount as a promotion. Runway's API charges 10 credits a second for Wan 3.0 at 720p.

In Novoads, a five-second 720p clip on Wan 3.0 costs 9 credits. Our Wan 3.0 post shows a clip we made with it.

If you'd rather run a model on your own machine, Wan 2.2 is the open option. Its README puts the models under the Apache 2.0 license. The 5B text-and-image-to-video model makes 720P video, and the README says it runs on a GPU with at least 24 GB of memory, such as an RTX 4090.

MiniMax H3

MiniMax launched H3 on July 31, 2026. Its launch post describes video with native stereo sound, up to 15 seconds at 2K. MiniMax's price list has 768P at $0.08 a second. That's the lower of H3's two resolutions, and it puts our row at $0.40. Runway's API lists MiniMax H3 at 10 credits a second at 768P. For the model itself, see our post on what MiniMax H3 is.

Veo 3.1

Google set Veo 3 at $0.40 a second on its developer blog, and its Veo 3.1 announcement says Veo 3.1 is the same price. Google's cloud docs give Veo 3.1 three lengths, and four seconds is the shortest. Runway's API charges 40 credits a second for Veo 3.1 with audio. That also comes to $1.60 for four seconds.

We charge a flat 72 credits for Veo 3.1, whatever the length or resolution, so our longest clip costs the same as our shortest. Seedance 2.0 against Veo 3.1 compares the two models' specs, and our Veo 3.1 prompt guide covers dialogue and sound lines.

Gen-4.5

Gen-4.5 is Runway's own model, announced on December 1, 2025. Runway's post leads with state-of-the-art motion quality, prompt adherence and visual fidelity. Runway's API charges 12 credits a second. That makes our five-second clip 60 credits. Runway against Seedance compares the two directly.

When to stay on Seedance 2.5

Some jobs still point back to Seedance 2.5.

• Single takes up to 30 seconds. ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 post says the model extends single-pass generation from 15 to 30 seconds. Kling 4.0 on Runway also reaches 30 seconds, and so does Alibaba's Wan 3.0, which is still in preview.
• Many references in one pass. The same post says Seedance 2.5 takes up to 30 images as references in a single pass. It also takes up to 10 video clips and 10 audio clips. Kling 4.0 on Runway can combine up to 10 images and 5 video clips.
• Scenes where nobody talks. In our own API, we keep scenes where nobody talks, animated characters and square ads on Seedance.

On September 8, 2026, we gave Seedance 2.5 a single prompt with a start time written beside each of eight shots. The film it returned is 20 seconds long, vertical, at 720p, with no dialogue at all. It opens on a white card holding two cut-out runners and a round N logo. From there it cuts to a runner taking off under an overpass, then orange running shoes on a wet footbridge, then water spraying up from a puddle. The N logo comes back, painted large on a gray concrete wall, and two runners stop by the water to catch their breath before the film ends on black. Measured against the start times in our prompt, every cut landed within 0.5 seconds. The render took 7 minutes 12 seconds. The N logo stands in for a running brand we made up. Today the same film costs 140 credits. That's 7 credits a second at 720p.

Made in Novoads with Seedance 2.5 · one timestamped prompt, eight shots, 20 s, 9:16, 720p · 140 credits at today's price · rendered 2026-09-08

How Novoads puts seven of these models on one balance

Novoads is one more way to use several of these models from one monthly credit balance. The video models we sell are Seedance 2.5, Seedance 2.0, Seedance 2.0 Mini, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Omni Flash and Wan 3.0. The same credits also pay for a talking actor and Kling Motion Control. Your ads come out of Novoads as files, and where you run them is up to you.

On September 28, 2026, we made a four-second Omni Flash clip in the app from one line, "A glass skincare bottle on a marble counter, slow push-in, soft morning light", with no reference picture. The camera pushes in on a clear glass dropper bottle with a white cap until the last frame is a close-up of the cap and label. It cost 12 credits, the same as today's price for that clip. It came back in 4 minutes 12 seconds. We count it as a mixed result, because the label has made-up words on it.

Made in Novoads with Omni Flash · one-line prompt, no reference picture, 4 s, 9:16, 720p · 12 credits · rendered 2026-09-28

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