Seedance 2.5 Price on Kensa: Credits and Dollars per Second and per Clip (October 2026)
As of October 2026, Seedance 2.5 on Kensa costs 10.3 credits per second at 480P, 22.1 at 720P and 55.3 at 1080P (paid plans), rounded up per clip: 42 credits for 4 seconds at 480P, 221 for 10 seconds at 720P and 553 for 10 seconds at 1080P. On monthly plans that is $0.29–$0.36 per second at 480P. It is not free: Google sign-up credits (15) don't cover a clip.
Kensa figures come from Kensa's billing configuration on October 15, 2026, the day Seedance 2.5 launched on Kensa. Kensa publishes this page and sells access to Seedance 2.5. We have not checked other platforms' Seedance 2.5 prices, so this page covers Kensa's prices only; the upstream API page is linked under Sources.
Seedance 2.5 is ByteDance's AI video model with native audio. Its upstream API opened on August 7, 2026, and it has been on Kensa since October 15, 2026, for text to video, image to video (first frame, or first and last frame) and reference images. Kensa bills it per second of video, so the price of a clip is the per-second rate times its length, rounded up to a whole credit.
What you pay in dollars depends on how you buy credits. A plan's price divided by its credits is the dollar value of one credit; multiply that by the credits per second and you have the dollar price per second. The tables below do that for Kensa's three monthly plans and the Starter credit pack.
Seedance 2.5 price per second by plan
On monthly plans Seedance 2.5 works out at $0.29–$0.36 per second at 480P, $0.62–$0.78 at 720P and $1.55–$1.96 at 1080P; the Starter pack costs more per credit.
| How you pay | USD per second (480P / 720P / 1080P) | 4-second 480P clip (42 credits) | 1080P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic, $9.90/month (280 credits) | $0.36 / $0.78 / $1.96 | $1.49 | Yes |
| Pro, $29.90/month (960 credits) | $0.32 / $0.69 / $1.72 | $1.31 | Yes |
| Ultimate, $79.90/month (2,850 credits) | $0.29 / $0.62 / $1.55 | $1.18 | Yes |
| Starter pack, $14.90 one-time (280 credits) | $0.55 / $1.18 / not available | $2.24 | No (1080P needs a paid plan) |
| Google sign-up: 15 free credits, valid 72 hours | — | Not enough (the clip is 42 credits) | No |
Sources
What a Seedance 2.5 clip costs
The cheapest Seedance 2.5 clip is 42 credits (4 seconds at 480P); a 30-second 1080P clip is 1,659 credits.
| Clip | Kensa credits | USD per clip by plan |
|---|---|---|
| 4s 480P | 42 credits | Basic $1.49 · Pro $1.31 · Ultimate $1.18 · Starter pack $2.24 |
| 5s 480P | 52 credits | Basic $1.84 · Pro $1.62 · Ultimate $1.46 · Starter pack $2.77 |
| 10s 480P | 103 credits | Basic $3.64 · Pro $3.21 · Ultimate $2.89 · Starter pack $5.48 |
| 5s 720P | 111 credits | Basic $3.92 · Pro $3.46 · Ultimate $3.11 · Starter pack $5.91 |
| 10s 720P | 221 credits | Basic $7.81 · Pro $6.88 · Ultimate $6.20 · Starter pack $11.76 |
| 5s 1080P (paid plans) | 277 credits | Basic $9.79 · Pro $8.63 · Ultimate $7.77 · Starter pack: needs a paid plan |
| 10s 1080P (paid plans) | 553 credits | Basic $19.55 · Pro $17.22 · Ultimate $15.50 · Starter pack: needs a paid plan · more than the Basic monthly credits |
| 30s 720P | 663 credits | Basic $23.44 · Pro $20.65 · Ultimate $18.59 · Starter pack $35.28 · more than the Basic monthly credits |
| 30s 1080P (paid plans) | 1,659 credits | Basic $58.66 · Pro $51.67 · Ultimate $46.51 · Starter pack: needs a paid plan · more than the Basic and Pro monthly credits |
How Seedance 2.5 pricing works
Kensa bills Seedance 2.5 per second and rounds each clip up to a whole credit: 10.3 credits per second at 480P, 22.1 at 720P and 55.3 at 1080P, so a 5-second 480P clip is 52 credits (10.3 × 5 = 51.5, rounded up). Native audio is generated by default and included in that price. 1080P needs a paid plan (from $9.90 a month). Dollar figures use one formula: credits × plan price ÷ plan credits, with Basic at $9.90 for 280 credits, Pro $29.90 for 960, Ultimate $79.90 for 2,850 and the Starter pack $14.90 for 280. Per second, at 480P on Basic: 10.3 × $9.90 ÷ 280 ≈ $0.36.
What you get on Kensa
What Kensa adds is convenience: no API key, a credit price shown before each clip and one balance for several models.
When Kensa isn't the best fit
Check these limits before you buy credits for Seedance 2.5.
- We have not compared Kensa with Seedance 2.5 API prices for this page. If you write code, check the upstream API (see Sources) before you buy credits.
- Seedance 2.5 isn't free on Kensa: the 15 free credits for Google sign-ups don't cover the cheapest clip (42 credits).
- 1080P needs a paid plan; one-time credit packs alone don't unlock it.
- Long, high-resolution clips use many credits: a 30-second 1080P clip is 1,659 credits, more than the Basic (280) or Pro (960) monthly credits.
- If you don't need clips longer than 15 seconds or 1080P, Seedance 2.0 costs fewer credits per second (7.7 against 10.3 at 480P).
- We have timed one configuration only: about 2.5 minutes for a 4-second 480P text-to-video clip.
Try Seedance 2.5 on Kensa
Clips start at 42 credits (4 seconds at 480P). Plans start at $9.90 a month for 280 credits, and one-time packs at $14.90 for 280 credits.