Seedance 2.5 now has three resolution tiers: 480p · 720p · 1080p.
- All six aspect ratios: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9
- Reference images, reference video and audio all work at 1080p too
- Available from the CLI and from Claude / Cursor via MCP
Pricing
1080p costs 2.46× what 720p does. For example, 5 seconds at 16:9 is about 356 Xins (the same clip at 720p is about 145). The price updates live as you switch tiers, so you see it before you run.
Two things worth knowing first
The format is 10-bit HEVC. Finer detail than 8-bit, but some players and editors can't open it — the built-in Windows player and older editing software may show a black screen or refuse the file outright. VLC and QuickTime play it fine; for editing, transcode to H.264 first.
Generation time varies a lot. The same 1080p job can take a few minutes or twenty-odd, depending mostly on upstream queue depth rather than how many seconds you asked for. Jobs run in the background — close the tab and come back.