How to Make Seedance 2.0 Videos in n8n, Without a BytePlus Account (Step by Step, 2026)

You can make Seedance 2.0 videos in n8n with no BytePlus account and no code: install the verified GenMagic node, pick a Seedance model in Video > Generate, and every clip comes back as a file with its cost. Seedance 2.0 Mini costs $0.05 a second at 480p, so a 5-second draft is $0.25, paid from a balance you top up, with no subscription.

This guide covers setting up the node, the fields that matter for Seedance, keeping a character the same in every clip, long jobs and batches, what a clip and an episode cost, and ready-made workflows to start from.

A note on who wrote this: GenMagic makes the node and is the route this guide describes. Prices come from GenMagic's live catalog. ByteDance's own API and its $30 minimum are compared in the Seedance 2.0 API guide and How to use Seedance without a subscription.

Table of contents

1. The short answer
2. Set up the node
3. Generate a Seedance clip
4. Keep a character the same in every clip
5. Long clips, batches and episodes
6. What it costs
7. Workflows to start from
8. Questions

The short answer

• Install the GenMagic node: it is a verified community node, so on n8n Cloud and self-hosted n8n you find it by searching "GenMagic" in the nodes panel.
• Connect it with a GenMagic API key, made at genmagic.co/get-api-key. Verifying your email adds $0.50 of free credit.
• Add a GenMagic node, choose Video > Generate, pick a Seedance model, write the prompt.
• Set Duration, Resolution and Aspect Ratio under Options, and add Reference Image URLs to keep a character or a product the same.
• Run. The clip comes back as binary data and a hosted URL, with cost_usd and your remaining balance.

Set up the node

1. In n8n, open the nodes panel and search for GenMagic. Install it (on self-hosted n8n, community nodes must be enabled; the package is n8n-nodes-genmagic).
2. Create an API key at genmagic.co/get-api-key. The link keeps your place through sign-up and email verification.
3. In the node, create a GenMagic API credential and paste the key.
4. Run Account > Get Balance once to check the connection: it returns your balance and spend.

Generate a Seedance clip

Choose Resource: Video, Operation: Generate, and a model. The model list shows each model's GenMagic price. For Seedance:

Which of the four to pick, with what an episode costs on each: Seedance 2.5 vs 2.0 vs Fast vs Mini.

Then, under Options:

• Duration (Seconds): the clip length. Leave it out and the clip keeps the model's own default length.
• Resolution: for example 480p for drafts and 720p for keepers. Model > Get lists what each model offers.
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9, 9:16 for Shorts and Reels, or 1:1.
• Opening Image (a binary field or a URL): the clip starts on that frame.
• Reference Image URLs or Reference Images (Binary Fields): pictures the model keeps consistent.

Wait for Completion is on by default: the node waits until the clip is ready and returns it, with Max Wait Time as the limit.

Keep a character the same in every clip

Seedance 2.0 and 2.5 take reference images, which is how creators keep one character across a series:

1. Make a character sheet once: the character from the front, the side and the back on a plain background. GenMagic's image models make one in the same workflow (Image > Generate; prompts that work are on the character sheet page), or upload your own.
2. Pass it in Reference Image URLs (or as a binary field) on every clip.
3. In the prompt, say which image is which: "Image 1 is the character sheet of Milo, the same fox from several angles. Keep his face, fur colors, scarf and size exactly."
4. Write the character's fixed traits once and paste them word for word into every scene's prompt.
5. To continue a scene, pass the last frame of the previous clip as the Opening Image.

Seedance does not accept photos of real people's faces; use illustrated or 3D characters, or a model that does, such as Wan 3.0 or Kling 3.0. More: consistent characters in AI video and the Seedance prompt guide.

Long clips, batches and episodes

• Long jobs: turn Wait for Completion off, add a Wait node, then a GenMagic Video > Get with the Video ID. Useful for 15 to 30-second Seedance 2.5 clips or many clips in parallel.
• Batches: put one scene per row in Google Sheets (or a Form), and let the GenMagic node run once per item. Each item gets its own clip and its own cost.
• Budget: every result carries cost_usd and the balance left, so an IF node can stop a run at a budget.
• A request above your balance is refused before anything is charged, with the price and a shorter or lower-resolution setting that fits.

What it costs

What typical Seedance clips cost on GenMagic today:

An episode of twelve 8-second scenes on Seedance 2.0 Mini at 480p costs about $4.84, plus any retakes. Top-ups start at $5 and never expire; monthly plans add more credit than they cost for steady volume.

The same node runs Veo 3.1 ($0.075 a second at 720p on Veo 3.1 Lite, with sound), Kling 3.0 and Wan 3.0 on the same key and balance, so switching a workflow to another model is one field. Veo 3.1 step by step, after Google closed the Gemini API route: Veo 3.1 in n8n.

Workflows to start from

These GenMagic templates are in n8n's own library and import in one click:

• Consistent character episodes from a form: a character sheet, then each scene as a clip with that character.
• Faceless YouTube Shorts in any language: script, scene images and voiceover.
• UGC video ad variants from a product sheet, with an approval email.
• Faceless Shorts from a Google Sheet, rendered with JSON2Video: clips per scene, voiceover and captions, approved by email.
• YouTube Shorts with Veo 3.1, reviewed by email: three ideas a day, filmed when you pick them.

More, with what each costs per run: GenMagic in n8n. Using Zapier instead: AI videos and images in Zapier.

Questions

Can I use Seedance 2.0 in n8n without a BytePlus account? Yes. The GenMagic node runs Seedance 2.0, 2.0 Mini, 2.0 Fast and 2.5 with a GenMagic API key, billed per clip from your balance. BytePlus's own API needs a $30 balance before Seedance switches on.

Does it work on n8n Cloud? Yes. GenMagic is a verified community node, installable from the nodes panel on n8n Cloud and self-hosted n8n.

Which Seedance model should I use? Seedance 2.0 Mini at 480p for drafts and long series, Seedance 2.0 at 720p or 1080p for final shots, and Seedance 2.5 for takes up to 30 seconds.

How do I keep the same character in every scene? Pass a character sheet in Reference Image URLs on every clip, name it in the prompt ("Image 1 is ..."), and repeat the character's fixed traits word for word.

Can I try it for free? Verifying your email adds $0.50 of starter credit, about 9 seconds of Seedance 2.0 Mini at 480p.