Volcengine model
Doubao-Seed-2.1-lite
Doubao-Seed-2.1-lite is a Volcengine model listed in the NextModel catalogue for Chinese Q&A, general chat workloads. Its listed price is $0.12 / 1M tokens input and $0.4 / 1M tokens output, with a 1M token context window.
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What is Doubao-Seed-2.1 Lite in NextModel?
Doubao-Seed-2.1-lite is a Volcengine model listed in the NextModel catalogue for Chinese Q&A, general chat workloads. Its listed price is $0.12 / 1M tokens input and $0.4 / 1M tokens output, with a 1M token context window.
Doubao-Seed-2.1-lite via NextModel: 1M-token context; $0.12 / 1M tokens in / $0.4 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming.
Best use cases
- Chinese Q&A
- general chat
OpenAI-compatible code example
request.sh
curl https://api.nextmodel.app/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NEXTMODEL_API_KEY" \
-d '{"model":"doubao-seed-2-1-lite","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Reply with OK."}]}'Switching models only changes the model field.
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