Leonardo.Ai vs Elyumfor Seedance 2.0
Keep a Seedance 2.0 take on Elyum from 30 credits ($0.30) at 480p; Leonardo.Ai lists Mini but does not publish the token cost.
Seedance 2.0 is ByteDance's video model, launched February 12, 2026. It is known for photoreal motion, physical accuracy, and native audio generated with the picture, not as a second pass. Complex multi-subject action and camera moves hold for a full 4 to 15 second take, which is why it shows up in product and narrative work. Attach up to nine stills and three clips in one generate to lock a face, a product, a camera move, and existing footage. On Elyum the four routes on the Seedance 2.0 page are text to video, image to video, reference to video, and video editing, with four aspect ratios.
The weights come from the same vendor. Billing and bad-take policy do not. Elyum charges only when you keep a preview (1 credit = $0.01). Leonardo.Ai deducts Fast Tokens on generate. Support says failed jobs should restore tokens automatically, but restoration is not necessarily instantaneous. Leonardo.Ai's pricing page is the official plan list. 2026 third-party summaries put Essential at $12/mo (8,500 Fast Tokens plus a 25,500 rollover bank), Premium at $30/mo, and Ultimate at $60/mo. Seedance 2.0 Mini is offered; the per-clip token cost is not independently verified. Elyum publishes 480p at 6 credits per second on the pricing page.
Leonardo.Ai is the better combined image-and-video studio. First-party Lucid Origin, Phoenix, FLUX, and Motion sit next to licensed video models, with canvas and character-consistency tools Elyum does not ship. Elyum does not have a timeline editor, stock footage, avatars, a mobile app, team seats, or a community feed. Team Starter on Leonardo.Ai starts at $72/mo for three seats. If you want one credit balance and MCP from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor, that is Elyum. See the Leonardo.Ai alternative page for the studio-level split.
Seedance 2.0 on Leonardo.Ai
Leonardo.Ai lists Seedance 2.0 Mini among third-party video models added in 2026. Leonardo.Ai's video-models article describes the broader lineup. The Mini token cost was not independently verified, and Leonardo.Ai does not publish a confirmed per-second Seedance 2.0 price. Third-party models consume Fast Tokens at full rate even on Ultimate ($60/mo, 60,000 Fast Tokens plus a 180,000-token bank). Relaxed, token-free generation on Premium and Ultimate applies only to first-party models (Lucid Origin, Phoenix, FLUX, Motion), not Seedance.
A failed generate should restore tokens automatically, per Leonardo.Ai support, but restoration is not necessarily instantaneous. Adobe Community and Trustpilot threads from 2025-2026 describe tokens staying gone on failed or off-instruction jobs until someone emails [email protected] with the generation ID and timestamp. One Adobe Community report described an ~800-credit loss after a video that never appeared. Free-tier outputs carry a Leonardo watermark, stay public by default, and grant Leonardo a broad reuse license. Paid subscribers get private generations, no watermark, and full IP ownership.
Seedance 2.0 on Elyum
On Elyum, Seedance 2.0 bills per second after you keep a take. 480p is 6 credits/s (5s = 32 credits = $0.32; 15s = 96 credits = $0.96). 720p is 16 credits/s (5s = 80 credits = $0.80; 15s = 240 credits = $2.40). 1080p is 24 credits/s (5s = 120 credits = $1.20; 15s = 360 credits = $3.60). Clips run 4 to 15 seconds with native audio. Routes are text to video, image to video, reference to video, and video editing, listed on the Seedance 2.0 page.
Every render returns as a free preview. Keep the takes you want (the only charge) or kill the rest for a full automatic refund. A failed generation is never charged. Free-plan kills are metered at one per month; Plus ($9/mo), Pro ($29/mo), and Ultra ($69/mo) kill freely. The Free plan includes up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card. Kept files download clean and full quality, with no watermark and commercial use included. Drive the same studio from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor via the MCP docs and the REST API.
What a Seedance 2.0 take costs
| Scenario | Leonardo.Ai | Elyum |
|---|---|---|
| One 5s take you keep | Not published. Seedance 2.0 Mini token cost not independently verified. | 480p: 5 × 6.4 = 30 credits ($0.30); 720p: 80 credits ($0.80); 1080p: 120 credits ($1.20) |
| Ten takes, keep two | Tokens deduct on each generate. Mini per-take cost unpublished. | Previews free. Two 5s 480p keeps: 2 × 30 credits = 60 credits ($0.60). Kills refund. |
| A failed generation | Tokens deducted; restore not always instant. Email [email protected] with ID. | Never charged. Kill unused previews for a full automatic refund. |
| Monthly plan to reach the model | Free 150 tokens/day exists. Paid from Essential $12/mo. Mini burn unpublished. | Free: up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card. Plus $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, Ultra $69/mo. |
| Watermark on the file | Free: watermark, public by default. Paid: no watermark, private gens. | Kept downloads: no watermark, full quality, commercial use included. |
| One 15s 1080p keep | Not published. | 15 × 24 credits/s = 360 credits ($3.60) |
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, charged only when you keep a take. Leonardo.Ai figures from its own pricing pages and independent reviews, verified 2026-09-07; sources at the end. Full rate card on the Seedance 2.0 page.
Where the two differ
Leonardo.Ai uses Fast Tokens on the web app (API is a separate dollar product). Elyum uses one credit balance at 1 credit = $0.01, with Seedance 2.0 priced per second by resolution. Leonardo.Ai does not publish Mini tokens per clip.
Leonardo.Ai deducts on generate. Failed jobs should auto-restore, not always instantly; users report emailing [email protected] with generation ID and timestamp. Elyum never charges a failed generate. Kills refund in full (one kill per month on Free).
Elyum lists Seedance 2.0 at 480p, 720p, and 1080p, clips 4 to 15 seconds. Leonardo.Ai clip length and max resolution for Seedance 2.0 Mini were not independently verified. Wan 3.0 on Leonardo.Ai is marketed up to 30 seconds.
Leonardo.Ai ships canvas and character-consistency tools, plus Team Starter at $72/mo (3 seats). Elyum has no timeline editor, stock, avatars, mobile app, team seats, or community feed. It is a single-studio credit balance.
Leonardo.Ai API is billed in dollars, separate from Fast Token plans, with a bearer-token key from the dashboard. Elyum exposes the same Seedance 2.0 studio through MCP and a REST API.
Leonardo.Ai free generations are public, non-exclusive, and watermarked; Leonardo may reuse or display them. Paid subscribers get private generations and full IP ownership. Elyum kept takes download without a watermark, with commercial use included, on Free and paid plans.
Pick Leonardo.Ai when
- One subscription covers first-party Lucid Origin, Phoenix, FLUX, and Motion plus licensed Veo, Kling, Wan, and Seedance Mini in one UI.
- Paid plans include a rollover bank (Essential: 8,500/mo plus 25,500 bank) so unused Fast Tokens are not fully lost.
- Team Starter is $72/mo for three seats and a shared workspace. Elyum has no team seats.
- Canvas and character-consistency tools sit next to video. Elyum does not ship an editor.
Pick Elyum when
- Published per-second prices: a 5s 480p keep is 30 credits ($0.30). Leonardo.Ai Mini tokens are unpublished.
- Previews are free. Credits charge only on keep. Kills refund in full.
- Failed generates are never charged. No support ticket for a refund.
- Same Seedance 2.0 studio via MCP and REST API, one credit balance.
Seedance 2.0 in three styles, rendered on Elyum
Getting the most out of Seedance 2.0
- Name each reference when you attach media: which of the nine stills is the face, which is the product, and which of the three clips is the camera move you want locked.
- Write dialogue, room tone, and effects in the same prompt as the picture. Seedance 2.0 generates native audio with the video, not as a second pass.
- Keep the action inside 4 to 15 seconds. The model is built to hold multi-subject motion and a camera move for one continuous take in that window.
- For a character-locked product film, reuse the same face and product stills across takes instead of swapping in new random references each generate.
- Describe camera as one continuous move (dolly in, pan left, locked off), not as a cut list. You get one clip, not an edited sequence.
- Do not prompt a silent picture and a voiceover later. Speech and effects land in the same take, so specify them with the shot.
Frequently asked questions
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Do I need a subscription to use Seedance 2.0 on Elyum?
Does Leonardo.Ai watermark Seedance 2.0 videos?
Can I run Seedance 2.0 from an API on either platform?
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- Leonardo.AI pricing 2026: plans, tokens, and the real cost — eesel AI (accessed 2026-09-07)
- AI Video Generation Models: What to Use & When — Leonardo.Ai (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Veo 3 AI Video Generator – Try Now — Leonardo.Ai (accessed 2026-09-07)
- video not generated and credits gone — Adobe Community bug report (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Leonardo.Ai Reviews — Trustpilot (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Leonardo.Ai API getting-started docs (authentication and separate API billing) (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Can You Use AI-Generated Images Commercially? — Leonardo.Ai (accessed 2026-09-07)
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Seedance 2.0 is a AI video generator you can preview free on Elyum. Keep the takes you love, kill the rest for a full refund.