Magic Hour vs Elyumfor Seedream 5 Pro
Elyum posts a 4 credits ($0.04) keep price and refunds killed previews; Magic Hour offers Seedream 5 Pro without a published per-image cost.
Seedream 5 Pro is ByteDance's flagship image model, released July 8, 2026 by the Seed team. The job it wins is same-person campaign sheets: one face or product held across new poses, outfits, and rooms. It keeps perspective and lighting in multi-subject frames, and it sets native type in more than ten languages (Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Russian). People use it for photoreal portraits, product stills, and infographics with readable labels. On Elyum it is text to image and image editing, five aspect ratios. Specs live on the Seedream 5 Pro page.
The weights are the same ByteDance model. Billing is not. Elyum charges 4 credits ($0.04) only on a keep; killed previews refund, and a failed generation is never charged. Magic Hour lists Seedream 5 Pro on its ai-info page for 'Pro-level detail' but does not publish a per-image price. Paid Magic Hour plans are Creator $19/mo, Pro $39/mo, and Business $99/mo, with export caps of 1024px, 1472px, and 4K. Elyum is Free (up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them)), Plus $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, Ultra $69/mo on Elyum pricing. Magic Hour also ships face swap, lip sync, and 100+ tools. Elyum does not.
One honest gap: Magic Hour's failed-generation refund terms sit on a dedicated page, but the specific Seedream 5 Pro rules were not extracted in this research, so this page does not claim a refund there. Elyum also lacks a timeline editor, stock footage, avatars, a mobile app, team seats, and a community feed. If you want Seedream 5 Pro compared on other studios, see OpenArt vs Elyum for Seedream 5 Pro.
Seedream 5 Pro on Magic Hour
Magic Hour does not publish a Seedream 5 Pro per-image price. The model is listed for design and editing. Access is not gated by plan. Every plan includes every tool. Magic Hour's pricing page posts Creator at $19/mo ($12/mo yearly, 144,000 credits/year, 1024px), Pro at $39/mo ($25/mo yearly, 300,000 credits/year, 1472px), and Business at $99/mo ($66/mo yearly, 840,000 credits/year, 4K). Other Magic Hour model pages (Seedance 2.0) list price as TBD. Outlierkit's 2026 Magic Hour review called the credit usage and pricing structure confusing.
What a bad Seedream 5 Pro render costs on Magic Hour is not published. A refund-policy URL exists; the terms were not extracted in this research. Paid exports are watermark-free. Paid-plan subscribers may use outputs commercially under Magic Hour's Terms of Service. Free video and audio may include a watermark. Credit packs are $10 for 4,000 credits up to $160 for 64,000, all at $1 = 400 credits. Magic Hour also sells a REST API billed separately from the web subscription.
Seedream 5 Pro on Elyum
On Elyum, Seedream 5 Pro is 4 credits per render ($0.04) when you keep it. Text to image and image editing cost the same. Five aspect ratios cover feed, story, and wide crops. You get a free preview first. Keep it and 4 credits leave the balance. Kill it and the refund is automatic and full. A failed generation is never charged. Kept files download clean, full quality, no watermark, commercial use included.
Free is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them) (no card). That is 150 ÷ 4 = 37 keeps if you keep every preview. Plus is $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, Ultra $69/mo. Kills are metered lightly on Free (one kill a month); paid plans kill freely. Pro and Ultra include fair-use unlimited image generation on selected image models; this research does not say Seedream 5 Pro is in that set. You can also drive the studio from Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor through Elyum's MCP server or the Elyum REST API.
What a Seedream 5 Pro take costs
| Scenario | Magic Hour | Elyum |
|---|---|---|
| One render you keep | Not published; Magic Hour does not list a Seedream 5 Pro per-image price | 4 credits ($0.04) on keep |
| Ten renders, keep three | Not published; credits debit per run with no posted Seedream rate | 4 credits ($0.04); 7 kills refund in full |
| A failed generation | Not published; refund-policy terms were not extracted | Never charged (not a keep) |
| Monthly plan needed to access the model | No tool gate. Creator $19/mo ($12/mo yearly); free tier trials features | No. Free plan, up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card |
| Watermark on the file | Paid: none. Free video/audio may include one (pricing page) | None on kept downloads, Free included |
| Export resolution ceiling | Creator 1024px, Pro 1472px, Business 4K (plan cap) | Five aspect ratios; same 4-credit keep either way |
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, charged only when you keep a take. Magic Hour figures from its own pricing pages and independent reviews, verified 2026-09-07; sources at the end. Full rate card on the Seedream 5 Pro page.
Where the two differ
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, and Seedream 5 Pro is a posted 4 credit keep. Magic Hour: 1 credit is $0.0025 on packs ($1 = 400 credits), with annual plan pools (144k / 300k / 840k). The Seedream 5 Pro debit on Magic Hour is not published.
Elyum previews are free. Keep charges 4 credits. Kill refunds in full. Failed generations are never charged. Free allows one kill a month; paid plans kill freely. Magic Hour's refund-policy page exists; Seedream 5 Pro terms were not extracted, so no refund claim is made here.
Magic Hour caps exports by plan: Creator 1024px, Pro 1472px, Business 4K. Some image models (GPT Image 2) can output up to 4K. A Seedream 5 Pro pixel size on Magic Hour is not listed. Elyum lists five aspect ratios for this model and the same 4 credit keep for generate or edit.
Magic Hour wraps Seedream 5 Pro in 100+ tools (face swap, lip sync, character replacement) plus a REST API. Elyum is one credit balance across 50+ models. Elyum has no timeline editor, stock, avatars, mobile app, or team seats. Studio-level notes are on the Magic Hour alternative page.
Magic Hour sells a REST API for async media jobs, usage-based and billed apart from the web plan, with official SDKs. Elyum exposes MCP and REST so Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor can call the same Seedream 5 Pro keep price.
Elyum kept takes have no watermark and include commercial use. Magic Hour paid exports are watermark-free; paid subscribers may use outputs commercially under its Terms. Free-tier commercial terms are not fully specified. Free Magic Hour video and audio may include a watermark.
Pick Magic Hour when
- You want Seedream 5 Pro beside face swap, lip sync, and the rest of Magic Hour's 100+ tools in one browser.
- Every Magic Hour plan includes every tool. You pay for credits, resolution (1024px / 1472px / 4K), and queue, not a model unlock.
- You need a REST API with official SDKs and Magic Hour's claimed 99.9% API uptime, billed apart from the web plan.
- Annual credit pools (144,000 to 840,000) and $1 = 400 credit packs fit a team that already lives in Magic Hour.
Pick Elyum when
- Posted keep price: 4 credits ($0.04). Kill the rest. Failed takes are never charged.
- Free plan is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card. Previews are free before any keep.
- One balance across Elyum's model catalog, plus MCP and REST, at the same 4 credit Seedream 5 Pro keep.
- Kept downloads are clean, full quality, watermark-free, commercial use included.
Seedream 5 Pro in three styles, rendered on Elyum
Getting the most out of Seedream 5 Pro
- Name the person once, then lock hair, age, skin, and one wardrobe color. Change only pose, outfit, or room on the next take so Seedream 5 Pro can hold the face.
- For edits, attach the still and say what must not move (face, logo, product silhouette). Then name the single change. Two changes in one edit is how identity drifts.
- Put in-image copy in quotes and name the language (Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and the others it supports). Say type size and where it sits. Vague 'add a headline' yields mush.
- Pick the aspect ratio before you write the frame. Elyum offers five crops for feed, story, and wide stills. A 9:16 prompt written as a wide set will clip faces and type.
- Specify one camera height and one light direction. Seedream 5 Pro's launch note was structural coherence. Mixed noon key and dusk rim in the same prompt is how rooms collapse.
- For infographics, list the chart type, the exact labels, and the reading order. Do not ask for five products, a map, and a portrait in one frame.
Frequently asked questions
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