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Seedance 2.0

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The most recommended of 9 AI video generators

Recommended for high-quality AI video with consistent characters, long shots and cinematic motion. Common caveat: clips still look like AI video, with stiff motion and over-restrictive filters.

Recommended for high-quality AI video with consistent characters, long shots and cinematic motion. Common caveat: clips still look like AI video, with stiff motion and over-restrictive filters.

89 people gave an opinion

recommend it
68
criticize it
21
approval share
76%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 10 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: recommended
  6. April 2026: recommended
  7. May 2026: recommended
  8. June 2026: recommended
  9. July 2026: recommended
  10. August 2026: recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it carries the badge

  • 68 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
  • 3.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 10 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Consistent characters and motion

    “It supports long-form video generation, stable multi-character identity, and natural camera movement, making videos feel structured and story-driven.”

    Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Seedance 2.0 Pro – Next-Gen AI Video Generator by ByteDance”

    “for seedance you pretty much get stellar output which is extremely consistent in a single shot”

    Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

    “Reference any image, video, or audio to generate consistent, production-ready clips.”

    Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Seedance 2.0 – Multimodal AI Video Generation with Image/Video/Audio References”
  • High-quality, cinematic output

    “Seedance is supplying most of the visible production value: character designs, faces and expressions, linework, backgrounds, lighting, and a coherent anime rendering.”

    Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “The Disappearance of Japan's Animators”

    “It lets you create high-quality videos from text prompts or images, with fast inference and cinematic results.”

    Comment from 21 Feb 2026 on Hacker News

    “It blows everything else out of the water, and it's truly remarkable to experience it in use.”

    Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “OpenAI's $852B valuation faces investor scrutiny amid strategy shift, FT reports”
  • Longer shots and narrative video

    “It supports long-form video generation, stable multi-character identity, and natural camera movement, making videos feel structured and story-driven.”

    Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Seedance 2.0 Pro – Next-Gen AI Video Generator by ByteDance”

    “This will make longer (~30s) narrative add creation a lot better and more interesting at a reasonable price tag”

    Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

    “the industry is already attempting long shots with Seedance 2.0 which cannot be efficiently done without drift”

    Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”
  • Useful for filmmakers and artists

    “Any director, storyteller, or filmmaker can see the potential here to realize scenes that simply wouldn't be possible otherwise.”

    Comment from 1 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

    “Seedance 2.5 even up to 30 seconds”

    Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol”

What people warn about

Each mark is one comment

  • Still looks like AI video

    “With Seedance 2.5, I'm not sure how I'd describe it other than "looking like AI video and all AI video is inherently off-putting"”

    Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

    “the ability to keep details consistent for so long is impressive but it still looks screams of AI in every single shot”

    Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

    “It has improved a lot, but these demo reels still have all AI video issues.”

    Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”
  • Visible glitches and inconsistency between shots

    “The video quality is insane, but is there a model that doesn't make video where it looks like the characters are pausing”

    Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

    “its out of sync such that it would fail a basic QC by any reputable post house”

    Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol”

    “every time the camera angle changed, there would be a glaring inconsistency”

    Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “DaVinci Resolve 21”
  • Restrictions and over-refusal

    “I heard Seedance is also full of restrictions now, although the model seems to be better at that sort of cinematic look”

    Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “OpenAI set to discontinue Sora video platform”

    “extremely conservative safety layers that often result in 'over-refusal'”

    Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Grok Imagine 2 – A preview of the next-gen Grok AI video ecosystem”

    “they nerfed it. I guess so it can't generate things with preexisting IP.”

    Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “OpenAI set to discontinue Sora video platform”
  • Weak audio and dialogue delivery

    “the execution was even worse than when I didn’t provide any music as a reference.”

    Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “I Might Be Wrong”

    “The emotional delivery is so flat and the words are phrased so awkwardly.”

    Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

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What people said

40 of the 111 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“I've spent thousands upon thousands of dollars generating video. I will stand by the claim that nothing touches Seedance 2.0 / 2.5.”

RecommendsComment from 3 Aug 2026 in “MiniMax H3 Day-0 Support in ComfyUI: Open Weights, Native Audio, and 2K Video”

“With Seedance 2.5, I'm not sure how I'd describe it other than "looking like AI video and all AI video is inherently off-putting"”

CriticizesComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“it still looks wrong , stiff and unnatural, eyes aren't right”

CriticizesComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“Judging by the Seedance 2.5 demos today, I'd say it's not that many orders of magnitude away now.”

RecommendsComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Karpathy's Pelican”

“the industry is already attempting long shots with Seedance 2.0 which cannot be efficiently done without drift”

RecommendsComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“Bytedance is a corporation looking for clout, not to help filmmakers. They're releasing a model that makes them look good, and action sequences do that.”

MixedComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“for seedance you pretty much get stellar output which is extremely consistent in a single shot”

RecommendsComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“the way it emulated the optical zoom when switching from the 1x lense to the 3x lense”

RecommendsComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“The emotional delivery is so flat and the words are phrased so awkwardly.”

CriticizesComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“The video quality is insane, but is there a model that doesn't make video where it looks like the characters are pausing”

MixedComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“the ability to keep details consistent for so long is impressive but it still looks screams of AI in every single shot”

MixedComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“It has improved a lot, but these demo reels still have all AI video issues.”

MixedComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“This will make longer (~30s) narrative add creation a lot better and more interesting at a reasonable price tag”

RecommendsComment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“The quality is quite high, but an observation is the direction they're taking these models correlates heavily to the usage demand of China vs the West.”

MixedComment from 1 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“it seems perfect for that - maintaining coherence over 30s-1min type window is achievable”

RecommendsComment from 1 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“This seems extraordinarily good to me, compared to what I've seen before.”

RecommendsComment from 1 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“Any director, storyteller, or filmmaker can see the potential here to realize scenes that simply wouldn't be possible otherwise.”

MixedComment from 1 Aug 2026 in “Seedance 2.5”

“its out of sync such that it would fail a basic QC by any reputable post house”

CriticizesComment from 20 Jul 2026 in “$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol”

“As a tool, I think those video models can be pretty amazing for artists as you can create things not possible before.”

RecommendsComment from 17 Jul 2026 in “$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol”

“Seedance 2.5 even up to 30 seconds”

MixedComment from 17 Jul 2026 in “$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol”

“Fable and Seedance are wildly good products, and they're creating lots of opportunity for disruption.”

RecommendsComment from 14 Jul 2026 in “S&P downgrades Oracle to BBB – only one notch above junk level”

“Seedance is supplying most of the visible production value: character designs, faces and expressions, linework, backgrounds, lighting, and a coherent anime rendering.”

RecommendsComment from 25 Jun 2026 in “The Disappearance of Japan's Animators”

“Seedance 2.0 is categorically the best video model, and it's only a few months old.”

RecommendsComment from 13 Jun 2026 in “Open Source AI Must Win”

“every time the camera angle changed, there would be a glaring inconsistency”

CriticizesComment from 3 Jun 2026 in “DaVinci Resolve 21”

“Now we just need open weights Nano Banana Pro / GPT Image 2, and Seedance 2.0 equivalents.”

MixedComment from 3 May 2026 in “Kimi K2.6 just beat Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in a coding challenge”

“It blows everything else out of the water, and it's truly remarkable to experience it in use.”

RecommendsComment from 15 Apr 2026 in “OpenAI's $852B valuation faces investor scrutiny amid strategy shift, FT reports”

“they nerfed it. I guess so it can't generate things with preexisting IP.”

CriticizesComment from 25 Mar 2026 in “OpenAI set to discontinue Sora video platform”

“I heard Seedance is also full of restrictions now, although the model seems to be better at that sort of cinematic look”

MixedComment from 24 Mar 2026 in “OpenAI set to discontinue Sora video platform”

“It supports long-form video generation, stable multi-character identity, and natural camera movement, making videos feel structured and story-driven.”

RecommendsComment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Seedance 2.0 Pro – Next-Gen AI Video Generator by ByteDance”

“extremely conservative safety layers that often result in 'over-refusal'”

CriticizesComment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Grok Imagine 2 – A preview of the next-gen Grok AI video ecosystem”

“Create stunning AI videos from text descriptions or images with the powerful Seedance 2.0 model”

RecommendsComment from 28 Feb 2026 in “Seedance”

“Seedance have become much stronger at motion, consistency, and prompt adherence”

RecommendsComment from 23 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: AI video is having its "ChatGPT moment" – I built Veemo.ai”

“It lets you create high-quality videos from text prompts or images, with fast inference and cinematic results.”

RecommendsComment from 21 Feb 2026 on Hacker News

“there's been an absolute ton of Seedance videos released, it's not like Bytedance is faking them all with complex workflows”

RecommendsComment from 19 Feb 2026 in “Seedance AI video demo debunked”

“the execution was even worse than when I didn’t provide any music as a reference.”

CriticizesComment from 18 Feb 2026 in “I Might Be Wrong”

“the latest video output we're seeing from Seedance 2.0, etc showing an incredible level of image/video understanding and generation capability”

RecommendsComment from 16 Feb 2026 in “I don't think AGI is imminent”

“The Seedance 2 model is incredibly powerful, completely overshadowing all other models.”

RecommendsComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “I completed the MV in one day. Below is a detailed breakdown of how it was done”

“You get 200 free credits on sign up — enough to try it out and see what the model can do.”

RecommendsComment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Try ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 AI video model”

“Reference any image, video, or audio to generate consistent, production-ready clips.”

RecommendsComment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Seedance 2.0 – Multimodal AI Video Generation with Image/Video/Audio References”

“turning speech or music into short videos with consistent characters and 2K output”

RecommendsComment from 28 Jan 2026 on Hacker News

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