Seedance 2.0 Pro: ByteDance AI Video, Explained

Seedance 2.0 Pro is an AI video generation model from ByteDance that turns a text prompt or a still image into a short video clip. It is positioned for realistic, human-centred footage — the natural, phone-shot look that UGC-style ads depend on — and it is the default video model on Flovaly, starting at 30 credits per generation.

What is Seedance 2.0 Pro?

Seedance is ByteDance's family of video generation models, and the 2.0 Pro tier is the version Flovaly runs for both text-to-video and image-to-video. Give it a written description of a shot and it renders the clip; give it a still image and it animates the frame while keeping the original composition intact.

Where some video models chase spectacle — sweeping cinematic camera moves, stylised worlds — the Seedance family is designed for believability. Skin, lighting, and motion are meant to read as footage a real person could have filmed on a phone. That makes it a natural fit for performance creative, where an ad that looks produced often underperforms one that looks candid.

What it's best at

On Flovaly, Seedance 2.0 Pro is the model we recommend first for:

• Product reviews and unboxings — handheld-feeling shots of a person presenting a product to camera.
• Direct-to-camera ads — a single subject speaking or reacting, framed the way creators actually film.
• UGC-style social creative — clips that need to sit natively in a TikTok or Reels feed without looking like an advert.
• Animating stills — bringing a product photo or a generated character image to life via image-to-video.

It is less suited to work that wants an overtly cinematic feel — stylised colour grades, complex camera choreography, fantasy settings. Flovaly offers other models for that, covered below.

How to use Seedance 2.0 Pro on Flovaly

Seedance 2.0 Pro is the default, so there is nothing to configure. The short version:

1. Open the Studio and click the Video tab in the composer mode row.
2. Write the shot as a prompt. Concrete, visual language works best: subject, action, setting, camera. For example, “A woman in her late twenties holding a skincare bottle up to camera, soft window light, handheld phone framing”.
3. Open the settings gear in the composer footer to pick duration (5, 10, or 15 seconds) and resolution (720p or 1080p).
4. Optionally attach a reference image below the prompt area — for image-to-video, the still becomes the opening frame the model animates.
5. Check the live credit cost next to the Run button, then run. The finished clip lands in your gallery, ready to play, download, or re-run with tweaks.

A credit-saving habit: draft at 720p and 5 seconds while you find the prompt, then re-run the winning version at 1080p and your final duration. For a fuller walkthrough of the composer, see Generating videos from text.

One prompt-writing note specific to UGC-style output: describe the person and the framing, not the mood. “Handheld phone framing”, “ring light reflection in the eyes”, or “slightly off-centre selfie angle” steer Seedance towards the candid look far more reliably than adjectives like “authentic” or “natural” do.

Pricing in credits

A Seedance 2.0 Pro generation starts at 30 credits on Flovaly. Your duration and resolution choices move the final figure — longer and sharper costs more — and the exact credit count for your current settings is always shown next to the Run button before you commit, so there are no surprises. Both text-to-video and image-to-video run on the same model at the same pricing.

For how credits map to plans, see Credits, plans, and billing.

Alternatives on Flovaly

Flovaly's Studio lets you switch video models per generation, so Seedance is a default rather than a lock-in:

• Sora 2 Pro (60 credits) — OpenAI's premium model. Cinematic output, slower renders, twice the cost. Pick it when the brief calls for a polished, film-like look.
• Veo 3.1 Fast (45 credits) — Google's model, designed for fast cinematic camera moves and generated with audio. A strong middle option when you want motion energy plus sound.
• Kling 3.0 (25 credits) — the budget pick, with punchy motion and reliable results for quick drafts and volume testing.

When to choose Seedance 2.0 Pro

Choose Seedance 2.0 Pro when the clip needs to look like a person filmed it: product reviews, testimonials, direct-to-camera hooks, and anything destined for a social feed where authenticity carries the ad. At 30 credits it is also the sensible default for iterating — cheap enough to run several prompt variations, good enough that the winner is often ship-ready. For the full field, see every AI video model on Flovaly compared.

Reach for Sora 2 Pro or Veo 3.1 Fast when the brief is explicitly cinematic, and Kling 3.0 when you are drafting in volume. For most UGC-style ad work on Flovaly, though, the default is the right call.

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