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Replicate vs Elyumfor Seedance 2.0

Replicate bills every Seedance 2.0 second you generate. Elyum charges only when you keep a take.

Seedance 2.0 by ByteDanceText to videoImage to videoReference to videoVideo editingNative audio

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Real Seedance 2.0 output, rendered on Elyum, untouched. Cinematic, photoreal. Prompt: “Photoreal handheld documentary shot: a blacksmith hammers glowing steel in a dark forge, sparks arcing toward the lens, slow motion, warm tungsten light and smoke.”

Seedance 2.0 on ReplicateOffered

Seedance 2.0 on Elyum6 credits / second

Clip length4–15 s

Bad takes on ElyumKill, full refund

Facts verified2026-09-07

Seedance 2.0 is ByteDance's video model for grounded clips. Faces, products, and rooms stay consistent instead of drifting, and native audio (dialogue plus room tone) lands with the picture. The Seedance 2.0 page lists text-to-video, image-to-video, reference-to-video (up to nine stills and three clips), and clip edits. You can restyle, extend, or rewrite a clip you already have. That is the job. The host still changes the bill.

The weights are ByteDance's. The bill is not. Replicate is API-first, with no consumer app and no subscription tiers. Replicate's pricing page is pay-as-you-go from the first prediction, about $0.1028/sec at 480p and $0.2312/sec at 720p for Seedance 2.0. Elyum uses one credit balance (1 credit = $0.01): preview free, then keep or kill. Elyum pricing already sits about 20% under comparable studio anchors. Replicate does not publish a failed-generation refund. We never charge a failed take.

Replicate wins if you already call a wide catalog through one SDK and Seedance 2.0 is another endpoint. Elyum has no timeline editor, no team seats, and no community feed. If you are choosing a host for Seedance 2.5 instead, use Replicate vs Elyum for Seedance 2.5.

Seedance 2.0 on Replicate

Seedance 2.0 is live on Replicate with the same per-second structure reported for Seedance 2.5: about $0.1028/sec at 480p and $0.2312/sec at 720p. There are no plans. Elyum's Replicate alternative is the studio writeup. On Replicate you add a card and pay as you go. The official pricing page shows no free tier and no trial credits. New accounts pay from the first prediction.

Replicate is API-first (no consumer app), with a CLI, Python/JS/Go SDKs, webhooks, and a Playground. Limits sit on the model page. Seedance 2.5 on Replicate is documented at 4-30s adaptive clips; a separate Seedance 2.0 duration cap was not published in the 2026-09-07 research pass. A failed or unusable take policy is not published. Official partner models generally allow commercial use per ByteDance's terms. Cloudflare acquired Replicate (announced 2025-11-17, closed early 2026); the existing API and pricing continued under Cloudflare.

Seedance 2.0 on Elyum

On Elyum, Seedance 2.0 does text-to-video, image-to-video, reference-to-video, and clip edits, with native audio, on clips from 4 to 15 seconds. Resolutions are 480p, 720p, and 1080p at 6, 16, and 24 credits per second. A kept 5s take is 30 credits ($0.30) (480p), 80 credits ($0.80) (720p), or 120 credits ($1.20) (1080p). A kept 15s take is 90 credits ($0.90), 240 credits ($2.40), or 360 credits ($3.60).

Every render returns as a free preview. You keep the takes you would ship (that is when credits charge) or kill the rest for a full automatic refund. Failed generations are never charged. Free meters kills at one a month; Plus $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, and Ultra $69/mo kill freely. Start with up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them) and no card. Call the same account from the MCP docs or the REST API.

What a Seedance 2.0 take costs

Scenario	Replicate	Elyum
One 5s take you keep (480p)	About $0.514 ($0.1028/sec x 5)	30 credits ($0.30)
One 5s take you keep (720p)	About $1.156 ($0.2312/sec x 5)	80 credits ($0.80)
Ten 5s 480p takes, keep two	About $5.14 if all ten predictions run	2 × 30 credits = 60 credits ($0.60)
A failed generation	Not published	Never charged
Monthly plan needed to access the model	None. Pay as you go from the first prediction	No. Free plan includes up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them)
Watermark on the kept file	Not published	None on kept takes

Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, charged only when you keep a take. Replicate 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

Billing unit

Replicate meters Seedance 2.0 per second of output (about $0.1028 at 480p, $0.2312 at 720p) on a card. Elyum meters credits per second of a kept take (6, 16, 24 credits/sec) and charges nothing on a kill.

Bad takes and failures

Replicate does not publish a refund for a bad or failed Seedance 2.0 prediction. On Elyum a failed generation is never charged, and a kill refunds the preview hold in full. Free allows one kill a month; paid plans kill freely.

Resolution and duration

Elyum lists Seedance 2.0 at 480p, 720p, and 1080p, clips 4-15s. Replicate's 2026-09-07 research pass reported 480p and 720p per-second rates for 2.0 and a 4-30s window for Seedance 2.5. A distinct 2.0 duration or 1080p rate on Replicate was not published.

Workflow and API

Replicate is the API, with a CLI, Python/JS/Go SDKs, and a Playground. Elyum is a web studio plus MCP and REST. Elyum has no timeline editor, stock footage, avatars, mobile app, or team seats.

Catalog around the model

Replicate exposes 50,000+ community and official models behind one API, plus training and LoRA hosting. Elyum curates 50+ studio models on one credit balance. See the models catalog.

Commercial rights

Kept Elyum takes include commercial use and no watermark. Replicate commercial use varies by model license; official ByteDance partner models generally follow ByteDance's terms. Replicate does not set one platform-wide commercial license.

Pick Replicate when

You want Seedance 2.0 beside 50,000+ other models on one HTTP API, with CLI and Python/JS/Go clients.
You prefer pay-as-you-go with no subscription. Replicate lists none on its pricing page.
You train or host custom LoRAs. Replicate's training API does that. Elyum does not.
You already ship on Replicate after the Cloudflare close (early 2026) and do not want a second vendor for one model.

Pick Elyum when

You discard a lot. Previews are free. Only kept Seedance 2.0 takes spend credits, and kills refund in full.
You need a listed 1080p price and a 4-15s studio clip. Elyum publishes both. Replicate's 2.0 1080p rate was not published.
You start on Free (up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card). Plus is $9/mo if you need more volume or free kills.
Kept downloads have no watermark and include commercial use on one studio balance.

Seedance 2.0 in three styles, rendered on Elyum

3D animationPromptCharming 3D animated short: a fox kit tumbles through fresh snow chasing its own tail, fur catching low winter sun, tracking shot at ground level.

IllustrationPromptWatercolor illustration in motion: a hot air balloon drifts over terraced rice paddies at dawn, paper texture, soft washes of green and gold, gentle parallax.

Getting the most out of Seedance 2.0

Name one camera move and a lens. 'Locked-off 50mm, slow push-in, window key from camera left' holds on Seedance 2.0. Vague cinematic-camera language does not.
Give the model one primary action and a rest pose. Two walks, a passing car, and a head turn in the same 5s clip is how faces and products smear.
Put identity, wardrobe, and product in stills. Put motion or timing in clip references. Elyum allows up to nine stills and three clips. Mixed lighting across those references is the usual identity break.
Put spoken lines in quotes and name the room tone (office HVAC, street wash). Seedance 2.0 renders dialogue with the picture. Do not plan a silent pass plus a later VO.
State duration and aspect in the prompt (5s, 16:9 or 9:16). Four to eight seconds keeps realism tighter. Elyum caps Seedance 2.0 at 15s.
When you edit a clip, describe only the change: keep blocking, swap the light, rewrite the line. A brand-new scene prompt fights the source footage.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a Seedance 2.0 video cost on Elyum vs Replicate?

On Replicate, research from 2026-09-07 reports about $0.1028/sec at 480p and $0.2312/sec at 720p (a 5s 480p clip is about $0.51). On Elyum a kept 5s take is 30 credits ($0.30) at 480p, 80 credits ($0.80) at 720p, and 120 credits ($1.20) at 1080p. Previews are free.

Is Seedance 2.0 the same model on both?

Yes. Both run ByteDance Seedance 2.0, the same vendor weights. Platforms differ in price, limits, and policy. Replicate uses the same per-second pricing structure reported for Seedance 2.5 (about $0.1028/sec at 480p and $0.2312/sec at 720p). Elyum also lists 1080p and a 4-15s cap. A distinct Replicate duration cap for the 2.0 listing was not published in the 2026-09-07 research pass.

What happens to a bad Seedance 2.0 take?

On Elyum you kill it and the credit hold refunds in full. A failed generation is never charged. Free meters kills (one a month); paid plans kill freely. Replicate does not publish a bad-take or failed-prediction refund for Seedance 2.0.

Do I need a subscription to use Seedance 2.0 on Elyum?

No. The Free plan includes up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), with no card. Previews are free, so you can judge Seedance 2.0 takes before spending. Plus is $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, Ultra $69/mo if you need more credits or free kills. Replicate has no subscription tiers; you pay as you go from the first prediction.

Does Replicate watermark Seedance 2.0 videos?

Not published on Replicate's pricing page or in the 2026-09-07 research pass. Elyum kept takes download clean, full quality, no watermark.

Can I call Seedance 2.0 from code or from Claude?

Replicate is API-first (HTTP, CLI, Python/JS/Go). Elyum has a web studio plus a REST API and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor. For another studio comparison, see Higgsfield vs Elyum for Seedance 2.0.

Facts checked 2026-09-07

Replicate facts on this page come from these sources. Elyum prices are the live rate card.

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Replicate announcement: Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash is live (accessed 2026-09-07)

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