Seedream 5.5 image generator: coming soon to LeafReel

Seedream 5.5 is ByteDance Seed’s image generation and editing model, announced on November 9, 2026. ByteDance says it keeps unedited areas unchanged across up to 100 rounds of edits, outputs transparent images and renders dense text more accurately. It is coming to LeafReel; prices and API access have not been published yet.

Is Seedream 5.5 free?

ByteDance is rolling Seedream 5.5 out gradually in its Doubao and Jimeng apps and on its Volcano Ark platform, and what you pay depends on each service’s plan. It has no price on LeafReel yet. You can try LeafReel now with one free 1K image per account (watermarked) on a current model. Be careful with sites promising unlimited free Seedream 5.5.

Seedream 5.5 vs Seedream 5.0, Nano Banana 2.1 and GPT Image 2.6

Seedream 5.5 follows Seedream 5.0, which LeafReel no longer offers. In ByteDance’s own tests its image-to-image realism scored 55.62% better than Seedream 5.0 Pro, severe text errors fell to 0.4%, and it beat GPT Image 2.5 and Nano Banana 2.1 on text and realism. These are vendor results, not independent tests. The table shows image models you can use on LeafReel today.

How to use

1. 01Open it when it launchesThis page becomes the Seedream 5.5 generator, with prices, once the model is live on LeafReel.
2. 02Write a prompt or add a photoDescribe the image you want, or add a reference image to edit.
3. 03Refine in roundsAsk for one change at a time; ByteDance says Seedream 5.5 keeps the rest of the image unchanged.

Prompt tips

• Put any words that should appear in the image inside quotes, spelled exactly.
• In multi-round edits, name what must stay the same, such as the face, pose or logo.
• For a transparent background, describe only the subject and say “transparent background”.
• Until it launches, the same prompts work as a starting point in Nano Banana 2.1 or GPT Image 2.6.