Seedance 1.0 Lite
ByteDanceProprietary
Seedance 1.0 Lite is an AI video model from ByteDance. On LMArena’s Text-to-video leaderboard it ranks 45 of 50 with 1113±10 from 16,258 votes. On LMArena’s Image-to-video leaderboard it ranks 44 of 50 with 1186±8 from 33,744 votes. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- ByteDance
- License
- Proprietary
Not yet available: Released (per AA), AA Elo
Who it is for (from the data)
- When quality is not the top priority: #45 of 50 on Text-to-video, in the bottom half; if quality matters most, check higher-ranked models first.
- Both text- and image-to-video: it is ranked on both boards.
- Use via ByteDance's service or API: LMArena lists it as proprietary.
- Existing ByteDance users: this vendor has 5 models on Text-to-video.
Neighbours on Text-to-video
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 |  Kling 2.1 Master Kling (Kuaishou) | 1163 | 14,104 | – | Proprietary | +50 |
| 43 | LLTX-2 19B | 1156 | 92,462 | – | ltx-2-community-license-agreement | +43 |
| 44 |  Wan 2.2 A14B Alibaba | 1132 | 10,458 | – | Apache 2.0 | +19 |
| 45 | Seedance 1.0 Lite ByteDance | 1113 | 16,258 | – | Proprietary | |
| 46 | KKandinsky 5.0 Video Lite Kandinsky | 1113 | 1,472 | – | MIT | +0 |
| 47 |  Sora OpenAI | 1069 | 4,082 | – | Proprietary | -44 |
| 48 |  Luma Ray2 Luma AI | 1066 | 5,250 | – | Proprietary | -47 |
Alternatives · More from ByteDance
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Dreamina Seedance 2.0 (720p) ByteDance | 1483 | 72,137 | 1085 | Proprietary |
| 7 | Dreamina Seedance 2.5 (720p) ByteDance | 1479 | 25,421 | 1103 | Proprietary |
| 24 | Seedance 1.5 Pro ByteDance | 1256 | 77,992 | – | Proprietary |
| 37 | Seedance 1.0 Pro ByteDance | 1192 | 12,167 | – | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 |  MiniMax H3 MiniMax | 1456 | 29,257 | 1120 | minimax-h3-community-license-agreement |
| 39 | KKandinsky 5.0 Video Pro Kandinsky | 1175 | 2,020 | – | MIT |
| 40 |  HunyuanVideo 1.5 Tencent | 1168 | 4,322 | – | tencent-hunyuan-community |
| 43 | LLTX-2 19B | 1156 | 92,462 | – | ltx-2-community-license-agreement |
| 44 | Wan 2.2 A14B Alibaba | 1132 | 10,458 | – | Apache 2.0 |
How to read the scores
- LMArena score: people blind-pick the better of two anonymous videos for the same prompt, and the votes are fitted into an Elo-style rating; "±" is the 95% confidence interval.
- Text-to-video and image-to-video are separate boards, so scores are not comparable across them; AA Elo comes from Artificial Analysis on a different scale.
- If the gap between two models is smaller than their combined intervals, the order is not statistically reliable; treat them as the same tier. More votes mean narrower intervals.
FAQ
Where does Seedance 1.0 Lite rank among AI video models?
Text-to-video rank 45 (1113); Image-to-video rank 44 (1186) (LMArena, data as of Nov 10, 2026).
Is Seedance 1.0 Lite open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available only through ByteDance’s products or API.
Can Seedance 1.0 Lite turn an image into video?
Who makes Seedance 1.0 Lite?
According to LMArena, Seedance 1.0 Lite is made by ByteDance.
How reliable is Seedance 1.0 Lite's score?
The scores are based on 16,258 votes on Text-to-video (95% CI ±10); 33,744 votes on Image-to-video (95% CI ±8). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is Seedance 1.0 Lite from #1 on Text-to-video?
#1 on Text-to-video is Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash (1540); Seedance 1.0 Lite scores 1113, 427 points behind.
Sources
LMArena Text-to-video data published on Nov 9, 2026.
LMArena Image-to-video data published on Nov 9, 2026.
17NAS syncs the upstream leaderboards daily; this page's data was synced on Nov 10, 2026.
Price, clip length, resolution and speed have no reliable public data yet and are omitted; all values come from the snapshot, blanks show –.