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Doubao 1.5 Lite 32K API Pricing

Doubao 1.5 Lite 32K is ByteDance's older low-cost text tier for compact prompts and legacy routes. Volcano Ark lists Y0.30/M input, Y0.60/M output, and Y0.06/M cache-hit input, which AI//COST stores as $0.042/M, $0.085/M, and $0.008/M at Y7.1/USD. Pulled directly from volcengine.com daily.

Input - per 1M tokens
$0.04/M
Original Y0.30/M CNY source
Output - per 1M tokens
$0.09/M
Original Y0.60/M CNY source
Cached input - per 1M tokens
$0.01/M
Original Y0.06/M -81%
Effective - agentic blend
$0.02/M
92/8 split - 82% cache
§ 01 / TERMINAL

Run the numbers.

Live calculator pre-loaded with Doubao 1.5 Lite 32K's public Volcano Ark rate. Use it for archive comparisons, migration planning, and low-context text budget checks.

$ /mo
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Prompt cache hit rate
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§ 02 / SCENARIOS

Real-world presets.

CHATBOT

Support turn

$0.000/turn
3k in - 700 out~526,316 turns/$100
SUMMARY

Ticket summary

$0.000/ticket
2k in - 300 out~943,396 summaries/$100
CLASSIFY

Text routing

$0.000/record
1k in - 100 out~1,886,792 records/$100
RAG

Short-context lookup

$0.000/query
5k in - 1k out~333,333 lookups/$100
§ 03 / TAPE

Price history.

This legacy 32K row still shows Y0.30/M input and Y0.60/M output on the current Volcano Ark table.

Input · $0.04/M
Output · $0.09/M
Cached · $0.01/M
JAN 15 Legacy 1.5 Lite 32K launched as the low-cost text tierMAY 23 Verified on Volcano Ark pricing page at Y0.30/M input, Y0.60/M output, Y0.06/M cache hit
§ 04 / TOKENIZER

Paste text. See tokens. See cost.

Estimate · doubao-tokenizer-estimate · ≈3.85 chars/token Auto-counts as you type

This is a chars-per-token approximation, not a real tokenizer. Actual tokens vary by language, code density, and tool-call overhead — counts are typically ±10–20% off for English prose, more for code or non-Latin scripts. For exact billing, use the vendor's official tokenizer.

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§ 05 / SHELF

Up against the shelf.

All models →
Model Input /M Output /M Effective blended Context Best for
Doubao 1.5 Lite 32K Current $0.04 cache $0.01 $0.09 $0.02 agentic 92/8 32K Legacy 32K budget chat
Doubao Seed 1.6 Flash $0.02 cache $0.00 $0.21 $0.02 modern ultra-budget peer 256K High-volume low-cost chat
Doubao Seed 1.6 Lite $0.04 cache $0.01 $0.34 $0.04 newer light tier 256K Budget multimodal support
Doubao Seed 2.0 Mini $0.03 cache $0.01 $0.28 $0.03 active 2.0 budget tier 256K Fast low-latency routing
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite $0.10 cache $0.01 $0.40 $0.06 cross-vendor baseline 1M Budget multimodal workloads

Frequently asked.

Practical Doubao budget-tier pricing questions, with the live public row separated from migration assumptions.

Q · 01 What is Doubao 1.5 Lite 32K priced at? +
Volcano Ark lists Y0.30/M input, Y0.60/M output, and Y0.06/M cache-hit input for this legacy row. AI//COST stores that as $0.042/M, $0.085/M, and $0.008/M using Y7.1/USD.
Q · 02 Is this still a good option for new traffic? +
Mostly for legacy compatibility, not for new builds. Newer ByteDance rows such as Doubao Seed 1.6 Flash and Doubao Seed 2.0 Mini offer more context and newer capabilities while staying in the same cost neighborhood.
Q · 03 How large is the cache discount? +
The public row shows cache-hit input at Y0.06/M against a base input price of Y0.30/M. That is roughly an 80% reduction for repeated prompt segments.
Q · 04 Does this row have context-based tiering? +
No. Unlike newer Seed-family rows, this legacy 32K model is published as a flat 32K tier rather than a 32K/128K/256K ladder. That is one reason it appears simple but less flexible.
Q · 05 Are taxes and enterprise discounts included here? +
No. This page stores the public Volcano Ark list price before tax, enterprise rebates, or contract-specific terms. The USD layer is only for easier cross-vendor comparison.
Q · 06 What does the $0.02 effective figure mean? +
It is AI//COST's standard 92/8 blended workload with an 82% cache-hit assumption. That makes the public rate easier to compare with other model rows without claiming a different vendor list price.
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Reviewed by Yaroslav Vikhariev Founder - AI//COST - Pricing pulled daily from volcengine.com - Last verified May 23, 2026
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