🚀 Doubao Seed 2.0 Series — Now Available
Powerful Models at a Fraction of the Cost
Volcengine Doubao series — OpenAI-compatible, one-line migration, no account ban risk
doubao-seed-2-0-mini
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🧠 Deep Thinking
👁 Multimodal
⚡ Low Latency
Designed for high-frequency, high-concurrency and cost-sensitive workloads. Non-thinking mode achieves 85% of thinking quality at 1/10 the tokens. Supports 256k context, 4-level reasoning depth, and multimodal input.
vs Competitor
GPT-4o mini ($0.15 / $0.60)
Same price + Deep Thinking
Input
$0.14
/ M tokens
Output
$0.69
/ M tokens
- ✦ Real-time chatbots, content moderation, classification
- ✦ High-volume API integrations with tight token budgets
- ✦ Image tagging, structured document parsing
⭐ Recommended
doubao-seed-2-0-lite
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🧠 Deep Thinking
👁 Vision + Video
🎬 Multimodal
The enterprise production workhorse — outperforms Doubao Seed 1.8 across the board. Excels at unstructured data processing, content creation, data analysis, and multi-step instruction following. Native implicit caching for Agentic workflows.
vs Competitor
Claude Haiku 3.5 ($0.80 / $4.00)
51% cheaper, stronger
Input
$0.39
/ M tokens
Output
$1.99
/ M tokens
- ✦ Enterprise RAG, Agent pipelines, search & recommendation
- ✦ Long-doc analysis, report generation, email drafting
- ✦ Video & image understanding with structured output
doubao-seed-2-0-code
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💻 Coding Enhanced
🧠 Deep Thinking
👁 Vision
Purpose-built for AI coding tools. Built on Seed 2.0, with enhanced frontend, multi-language, and Agentic Coding capabilities. Drop-in compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, and Cline. Supports Function Call and custom Skills.
vs Competitor
Claude Sonnet 4 ($3.00 / $15.00)
50% cheaper, Coding-optimized
Input
$1.49
/ M tokens
Output
$6.99
/ M tokens
- ✦ Drop-in Claude Sonnet replacement for Claude Code / Cursor / Cline
- ✦ Frontend UI generation, full-stack Agent coding
- ✦ Enterprise multi-language codebase maintenance
Price Comparison with Global Models
| Model | Input / M tokens | Output / M tokens | Deep Thinking | Multimodal | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⭐ doubao-seed-2-0-mini (This API) | $0.14 | $0.69 | ✓ | ✓ | 256k |
| ⭐ doubao-seed-2-0-lite (This API) | $0.39 | $1.99 | ✓ | ✓ | 256k |
| ⭐ doubao-seed-2-0-code (This API) | $1.49 | $6.99 | ✓ | ✓ | 256k |
| GPT-4o mini (OpenAI) | $0.15 | $0.60 | ✗ | ✓ | 128k |
| Claude Haiku 3.5 (Anthropic) | $0.80 | $4.00 | ✗ | ✓ | 200k |
| Claude Sonnet 4 (Anthropic) | $3.00 | $15.00 | ✗ | ✓ | 200k |
| o4-mini (OpenAI) | $1.10 | $4.40 | ✓ | ✓ | 200k |
| GPT-4o (OpenAI) | $2.50 | $10.00 | ✗ | ✓ | 128k |
Why Developers Choose JoAPI
No Foreign Credit Card
Pay via Alipay Global, Visa, or Mastercard. No need for a US/EU payment method that OpenAI requires.
No Account Ban Risk
Your account is never directly on OpenAI/Anthropic, eliminating region-based or usage-based bans permanently.
One-Line Migration
Fully OpenAI-compatible. Change only
base_url; your existing code needs zero changes.
Transparent Billing
Pre-pay credits, pay only for usage, real-time usage dashboard — no surprise monthly invoices.
Deep Thinking at 87% Less Than o4-mini
o4-mini charges $1.10/M input for reasoning; our mini is $0.14/M with the same 4-level reasoning_effort.
Singapore Infrastructure
Low latency · Data compliant · 24/7 uptime