Jimeng AI 即梦 (Dreamina)

ByteDance's AI video and image studio, now hosting rival models too

Video & Audio Freemium Has API
Researched · Published · Reviewed
RECATOOLS Score
7.5 / 10
Capability
8
Value for money
7
Ease of use
8
ASEAN readiness
7
HQ
Shenzhen, China
Launched
Mar 2024
Developer
ByteDance

Overview

Jimeng AI (即梦) and Dreamina are ByteDance's AI creation studios for video (Seedance 2.0/2.5, up to 30 seconds) and images (Seedream 5.0 Pro with layer separation), now also offering Sora 2, Veo 3.1, Nano Banana Pro and GPT Image 2.5. Dreamina gives 120 free credits a day; paid plans priced by region (from S$20 a month in Singapore; Jimeng from ¥69).

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Pricing

Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 2 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.

Free
$0
Dreamina
  • 120 credits a day
  • Watermarked output
Basic
S$20/mo
Singapore, auto-renew; S$215/yr
  • 2,021 credits a month
  • No watermark
  • Higher resolution and up to 60 FPS
  • Lip-sync audio
Advanced
S$204/mo
S$122 first month
  • 22,622 credits a month
  • Highest-priority queue
  • Free 4K
Ultra
S$666/mo
S$400 first month
  • 75,834 credits a month
  • Highest-priority queue
Jimeng (China)
From ¥69/mo
¥33 first month; up to ¥4,299
  • 725 to 54,600 credits a month
  • Dedicated Seedance 2.0 channel
  • No brand watermark

Use cases

Short video generation Image creation Creator content

What you can produce with Jimeng AI 即梦 (Dreamina)

  • Seedance 2.0/2.5 AI video up to 30 seconds
  • Seedream 5.0 Pro image generation and layer editing
  • Sora 2, Veo 3.1 and Nano Banana Pro access
  • Lip-sync and video enhancement
  • Smart Canvas (Jimeng)
  • API service (Jimeng)
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RECATOOLS Verdict

Dreamina and Jimeng give access to ByteDance's strong Seedance and Seedream models, and now several rival models too, with a usable daily free allowance. Prices vary by region and climb steeply, watermark removal needs a paid plan, and public reviews complain about support and billing. Good for creators who want many top models in one place; start monthly and check commercial-use terms per model.

Desk research by RECATOOLS from public sources, written with AI assistance — not a hands-on test. How we review

What we found

Jimeng AI (即梦) in China and Dreamina internationally are ByteDance's AI image and video creation studios, built on its Seedream image and Seedance video models. Seedance 2.5, released in July 2026, generates up to 30 seconds of video per run from text and up to 30 reference images, ten video clips and ten audio clips; Seedream 5.0 Pro, released the same month, edits images by pointing, lassoing, sketching or colour codes and can split them into more than ten layers. Dreamina now also offers other companies' models — OpenAI's Sora 2 and GPT Image 2.5, Google's Veo 3.1 and Nano Banana Pro — alongside lip-sync, frame-rate and resolution upgrades, while Jimeng adds a Smart Canvas and an API service. Dreamina says commercial use depends on the models and assets involved, and third-party guides report that uploading reference images of real people's faces is restricted.

Dreamina is contracted through Bytedance Pte. Ltd. in Singapore for users there, and Jimeng is operated by Shenzhen Lianmeng Technology, the ByteDance unit that also runs Jianying (CapCut).

Dreamina gives free users 120 credits a day; removing the watermark requires a paid plan. Prices vary by region — in Singapore, Basic costs S$20 a month on auto-renewal for 2,021 credits, Standard S$46 for 4,955 credits, Advanced S$204 (S$122 the first month) for 22,622 credits and free 4K, and Ultra S$666 (S$400 the first month) for 75,834 credits, with yearly options. Jimeng in China costs ¥69 a month for Basic after a ¥33 first month, rising through ¥199 and ¥998 to ¥4,299 for its top tier, all with a dedicated Seedance channel and watermark-free output.

Trustpilot rates Dreamina 1.7 from 24 reviews; of 19 recent ones, nine criticised support, five complained about watermarks, three about undelivered credits and two about charges after cancelling. Jimeng and Dreamina suit creators who want ByteDance's video and image models plus rival models in one studio.

Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, and the old "closed platform, no API" criticism is out of date. Both models ship through BytePlus internationally and Volcano Engine in China.
Not reliably. Paid plans still stamp an "AI" watermark on outputs in some workflows despite being marketed as watermark-free.
Seedance blocks uploads containing photorealistic human faces, and it does not tell you that upfront.

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