Which should you pick?
Seedream 5.0 Flash and Krea 2 Medium start at the same 3 credits for a complete generation.
Krea 2 Medium supports more aspect ratios (8: 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 2.35:1, 4:5, 2:3, 9:16), giving it more format flexibility.
What a job costs
Seedream 5.0 Flash
3 credits
It bills a flat rate per generation.
- Price3 credits
Krea 2 Medium
3 credits
It bills a flat rate per generation.
- Price3 credits
All figures are Versely credits. Your plan's credit allowance is on the pricing page.
Spec comparison
| Spec | Seedream 5.0 Flash | Krea 2 Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ByteDance | Krea |
| Cost per job | 3 credits | 3 credits |
| Billing | a flat rate per generation | a flat rate per generation |
| Max resolution | 2K | — |
| Aspect ratios | 1:1, 9:16, 16:9, 3:4, 4:3 | 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 2.35:1, 4:5, 2:3, 9:16 |
| Durations | — | — |
| Frame rates | — | — |
| Qualities | — | — |
| Requires starting image | No | No |
| Accepts video input | No | No |
| Reference images | — | — |
| Leaderboard | Unranked | #42 in text to image |
| Released | Sep 23, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |
What each one does that the other doesn't
Only Seedream 5.0 Flash
fast, low cost, 2k, text rendering
Only Krea 2 Medium
photoreal, style references, krea
Both list: text to image, text to image.
Leaderboard positions
Versely ranks each capability on its own leaderboard, so a position is only comparable between two models within the same row.
Seedream 5.0 Flash
Not on a Versely leaderboard yet.
Krea 2 Medium
- Text to image#42
Full Seedream 5.0 Flash spec sheet →
Seedream 5.0 Flash is ByteDance Seed's fast, low-cost tier of the Seedream 5.0 image family (September 2026). It turns a text prompt into a 2K image quickly, with clean typography and multilingual text, for drafts, social posts and high-volume work.
Full Krea 2 Medium spec sheet →
Krea 2 Medium text-to-image. Fast, photoreal generation with tunable creativity levels and optional style references.
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Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Seedream 5.0 Flash or Krea 2 Medium?+
Neither — both start at 3 credits for a complete generation on Versely.
What can Seedream 5.0 Flash do that Krea 2 Medium can't, or vice versa?+
Only Seedream 5.0 Flash lists fast, low cost, 2k, text rendering. Only Krea 2 Medium lists photoreal, style references, krea. Both list text to image, text to image.
How do Seedream 5.0 Flash and Krea 2 Medium bill?+
Seedream 5.0 Flash bills a flat rate per generation. Krea 2 Medium bills a flat rate per generation. Both are charged in Versely credits.
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