Seedream (ByteDance)
- Made by
- ByteDance
- Company founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- China
- Category
- AI Models › Image Generation Models
- Type
- Closed source
RankTrusted rankings
How to get it
- Website: seed.bytedance.com
- Dreamina
Key features
- Text-to-image generation at high resolution
- Image editing and reference-based generation
- Bilingual prompts in Chinese and English
- Available in ByteDance's Dreamina and Jimeng apps and through ByteDance's cloud API
Strengths
- Produces highly detailed, photorealistic images at high resolution.
- Strong at both Chinese and English prompts and at rendering text in both languages.
- Ranks among the top image models on public human-preference leaderboards (as of October 2026).
- Reaches users through ByteDance's popular creative apps.
Frequently asked questions
- Who makes Seedream?
- ByteDance, the company behind TikTok and CapCut, through its Seed research team.
- Where can I use Seedream?
- In Dreamina and other ByteDance creative tools, and for developers through ByteDance's cloud API.