compare/Kimi-K2.6vsBytedance Seedance 2.0 (Text To Video)

Kimi-K2.6 vs Bytedance Seedance 2.0 (Text To Video)

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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 Kimi-K2.6
moonshot/kimi-k2.6
Bytedance Seedance 2.0 (Text To Video)
bytedance/seedance-2.0
ProviderMoonshotByteDance
FamilyKimi
Modalitytextvideo
Context window262,144 tok
Max output16,384 tok
Released2026-04-202026-05-17
Input price$0.950 /1M$0.014 /sec
Output price$4.00 /1M
Cache read$0.160 /1M
Toolsyes
Streamingyes
Visionyes
JSON modeyes
Reasoningyes
Prompt cachingyes
Kimi-K2.6
moonshot/kimi-k2.6
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Kimi K2.6 is a frontier-scale open-source 1T parameter model with a 262.1k context window, multi-turn tool calling, vision inputs, and structured outputs for agentic workloads.

Strengths
  • Frontier-scale 1T parameters, open-weight
  • ~10× cheaper than Opus
  • Multi-turn tool calling + vision
Bytedance Seedance 2.0 (Text To Video)
bytedance/seedance-2.0
Full spec →

ByteDance's next-generation video model with a unified multimodal architecture. Generates high-quality video with synchronized audio from text, images, video clips, and audio inputs. Supports multimodal references (up to 9 images, 3 videos, 3 audio files), native audio generation, video editing, video extension, intelligent duration, and adaptive aspect ratio.

Strengths
  • Text-to-video generation
  • Cinematic motion
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try Kimi-K2.6
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshot/kimi-k2.6",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try Bytedance Seedance 2.0 (Text To Video) — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="bytedance/seedance-2.0",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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