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Exchange client ID and secret at https://ims-na1.adobelogin.com/ims/token/v3 for a 24-hour bearer token, then send it with the client ID in x-api-key. The model is chosen with the x-model-version header.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public API price list and no self-serve plan. Access comes with a Firefly Services enterprise contract negotiated through Adobe sales. Consumer Firefly plans don't include API access (https://business.adobe.com/products/firefly-business.html).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Enterprise contract billing only. No x402 in the docs or OpenAPI spec (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 1108, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/firefly-api/", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdobeDocs/ffs-firefly-api/main/static/firefly-api.json", "capabilities": [ "image.generate", "image.edit", "image.upscale", "image.reference" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "enterprise", "openapi", "async-jobs", "commercial-licence", "c2pa" ], "lastRelease": "2026-04-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 803, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 0, "reliability": 55, "schema": 78, "security": 63, "transparency": 69 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-04-24: the Upscale GA removed the `creative_upsampler_v1` header value, which now returns 422, on the day the change was announced. The repository history shows the rename first appears that day in both the spec and the changelog. The endpoint was a month-old beta and the entry gives a migration path, so the smallest deduction. https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/firefly-api/getting-started/changelog/" ], "verdict": "OAuth server-to-server credentials exchanged for 24-hour bearer tokens. Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up and no public price list.", "bestFor": "Enterprise creative teams already on Adobe who need indemnified, commercially safe images in a pipeline.", "strengths": [ "OAuth server-to-server credentials exchanged for 24-hour bearer tokens", "Published OpenAPI 3.1 spec and a dated changelog that flags breaking changes", "Trained on licensed and public-domain content, with IP indemnity available to enterprise buyers", "Composite, expand, fill, upscale and custom-model endpoints aimed at production pipelines" ], "weaknesses": [ "Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up and no public price list", "Default limit of 4 requests a minute per organisation", "Changelog's newest entry is 2026-04-24, and Image 5's endpoint isn't in it", "The only SDK, `@adobe/firefly-apis` 2.0.1 from June 2025, calls synchronous paths the changelog lists as removed in October 2025", "Every generation is an async job you have to poll, and there's no llms.txt" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call the REST async endpoints directly. `@adobe/firefly-apis` 2.0.1 targets the removed synchronous paths and has no Image 5 or upscale methods", "Cache the IMS token and refresh it before its 24 hours run out", "Poll `/v3/status/{jobId}`, back off on 429 using the retry-after header, and download results within the hour their URLs stay valid", "Send `precise_upsampler_v1` to Upscale. `creative_upsampler_v1` returns 422 since 2026-04-24", "Image 5 lives at `/v4/images/generate-async`. Image 3 and 4 stay on `/v3/images/generate-async`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 0, "reliability": 55, "schema": 78, "security": 63, "transparency": 42 }, "provenanceScore": 96 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://firefly-api.adobe.io/v3/images/generate-async \\\n -H \"x-api-key: $FIREFLY_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer $FIREFLY_SERVICES_ACCESS_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"prompt\":\"a realistic illustration of a cat coding\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/adobe-firefly" }, "sameCompany": [ "adobe-pdf-extract", "adobe-photoshop-api", "adobe-commerce", "adobe-acrobat-sign" ], "area": "content", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Adobe Inc.", "domain": "adobe.com", "domainRegistered": "1986-11-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html", "privacy": "https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html", "statusPage": "https://status.adobe.com", "changelog": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/firefly-api/getting-started/changelog/", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The API is served from firefly-api.adobe.io, Adobe's developer API domain, not adobe.com", "The OpenAPI spec is published in the AdobeDocs/ffs-firefly-api GitHub repo" ], "score": 96 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-firefly.json", "live": { "slug": "adobe-firefly", "probe": { "target": "https://firefly-api.adobe.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T04:40:39.284263688Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 245, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 255, "p95ms24h": 322, "samples24h": 248, "samples30d": 2484, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 48, "ok": 48 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.adobe.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T21:18:27.592452392Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@adobe/firefly-apis", "version": "2.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:36:30.679800321Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 886, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://adobe.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-07-30T01:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:12.654656852Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "adobe.com", "registered": "1986-11-17", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/adobe.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:40.934529293Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/firefly-api/getting-started/changelog/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:35:07.263206571Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f5f652835852" }, { "url": "https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:57.217799599Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "15954a961e2a" }, { "url": "https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:55.169206974Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8a4c10adf4f8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T04:40:39.284263688Z" } }, "answer": "Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against Adobe Firefly API's 49 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Firefly API leads on reliability, schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark", "name": "Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk", "vendor": "BytePlus Pte. Ltd. (ByteDance)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.byteplus.com", "kind": "model", "category": "image-generation", "summary": "BytePlus ModelArk's hosted API for ByteDance's Seedream image models. One endpoint handles text-to-image, reference-image editing, batches of related images and layer decomposition, billed per generated image.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json", "repo": "https://github.com/volcengine/ark-runtime-go", "license": "Proprietary service under the BytePlus Customer Agreement and Service Specific Terms. The Go and Python SDK repositories are Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "arkruntime" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "byteplus-python-sdk-v2" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/volcengine/ark-runtime-go" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The image endpoint takes a ModelArk API key as a Bearer token and, per its reference, no other credential. Keys are created in the console after a browser sign-up, belong to one resource project and one region, and can be limited to named model IDs or custom inference endpoints and to an IP allowlist. A key can be disabled, re-enabled or deleted, and a primary account holds up to 50. Each model must be activated in the console before use.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go per successfully generated image, in US dollars, published without a login. Seedream 5.0 flash $0.018, 4.0 $0.03, 5.0 lite $0.035, 4.5 $0.04, 5.0 pro $0.045 up to 2.61 million pixels and $0.09 above. Input images are free except on 5.0 pro, which charges $0.003 from the second. No free image quota is listed for Seedream, and an account in arrears for two hours is suspended (https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/model-pricing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the pricing page or the error codes (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/image-generation-api", "capabilities": [ "image.generate", "image.edit", "image.reference" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "api-key", "python", "go", "java", "openai-compatible", "watermark", "streaming", "regional-endpoints" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.8, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 700, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 20, "reliability": 43, "schema": 62, "security": 70, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "The model list (updated 28 September 2026) says `seedream-5-0-lite` is supported in eu-west-1, while the deprecation page says the model was deactivated in that region on 10 September 2026 and the region page lists only `seed-2-0-lite` for the EU. The batch that carries the notice is dated 8 September 2026, two days earlier, against the page's own 30-day minimum. We made no call to confirm which page is right. 3 points (https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/model-deprecation-notice)." ], "verdict": "Per-image prices from $0.018 are public, and API keys can be limited to named models and an IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or OpenAPI file was found, onboarding needs a browser sign-up, and BytePlus says its model services are not available in the United States.", "bestFor": "Agents that need ByteDance's Seedream models first-hand, multi-reference edits, 4K output or layered PNG output at a published per-image price, for users outside the United States.", "strengths": [ "Per-image prices are public for five Seedream models, from $0.018 (5.0 flash) to $0.09 (5.0 pro above 1.5K), and failed or moderated images are not billed", "API keys are scoped to a project and can be limited to named model IDs or endpoints and to an IP allowlist", "Up to 14 reference images on Seedream 5.0 lite, 4.5 and 4.0, and up to 4K output (4096x4096) on those models", "The error reference lists 15 distinct 429 codes, and a burst-traffic guide gives backoff code with jitter", "The service terms say customer data is not used for training unless the customer opts in", "A written deprecation process promises at least 30 calendar days' notice, with dated batches and named replacements" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page, incident history or ModelArk SLA was found in the pages read", "No OpenAPI file, llms.txt or Markdown docs for agents were found. The docs site is drawn by script", "The model list says `seedream-5-0-lite` runs in eu-west-1, while the deprecation page says it was deactivated there on 10 September 2026", "The Service Specific Terms say BytePlus Model Services are not available in the United States", "No idempotency key was found, so a retried request that succeeded is a second paid generation", "Image URLs expire 24 hours after generation, and a watermark is added unless `watermark` is set to false" ], "agentNotes": [ "POST to `https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3/images/generations` with `Authorization: Bearer $ARK_API_KEY`. Keys and model activation are per region", "Set `watermark` to false if the image must not carry the AI-generated mark. The default is true", "Download `data[].url` within 24 hours, or ask for `response_format` `b64_json`", "Check each `data[].error` in a sequential batch. One moderated image does not fail the others, and only `usage.generated_images` is billed", "Stay under 500 images a minute per model and back off with jitter on 429. Layer decomposition reserves 17 against that limit per request" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 20, "reliability": 43, "schema": 62, "security": 70, "transparency": 61 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "connect": { "install": "python -m pip install --upgrade arkruntime", "http": "curl https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3/images/generations \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $ARK_API_KEY\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"seedream-5-0-lite-260128\",\"prompt\":\"A lighthouse at dusk\",\"size\":\"2K\",\"output_format\":\"png\",\"watermark\":false}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark" }, "sameCompany": [ "seedance-on-byteplus-modelark" ], "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Seedream 5.0 flash", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.018 }, { "item": "Seedream 4.0", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.03 }, { "item": "Seedream 5.0 lite", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.035 }, { "item": "Seedream 4.5", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.04 }, { "item": "Seedream 5.0 pro", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.045, "note": "up to 2.61 million pixels (1.5K or lower)" }, { "item": "Seedream 5.0 pro above 1.5K", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.09, "note": "more than 2.61 million pixels" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "BytePlus Pte. Ltd.", "domain": "byteplus.com", "domainRegistered": "2002-09-07", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/legal/docs-customer-agreement", "privacy": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/legal/docs-privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/model-release-announcement", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Customer Agreement (effective 30 September 2026) is made with BytePlus Pte. Ltd. or another BytePlus affiliate named as the contracting entity. The Service Specific Terms, which hold the ModelArk and Model Services sections, rank above it.", "The API answers at ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com and ark.eu-west.bytepluses.com, a different domain from byteplus.com. BytePlus's own docs name both hosts.", "The Privacy Policy names Byteplus Pte. Ltd. in Singapore as controller and says it does not cover personal data processed on behalf of corporate customers. That processing falls under the Data Processing Addendum, which we did not read.", "https://www.byteplus.com/.well-known/security.txt returns the site's HTML shell, not a security.txt file. The SDK repositories carry a SECURITY.md that sends reports to ByteDance's security centre.", "No status page was found in the docs or on the pages of www.byteplus.com that we could read.", "RDAP for byteplus.com gives a registration date of 2002-09-07 and Gandi SAS as registrar." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json", "live": { "slug": "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark", "probe": { "target": "https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T04:41:02.921829271Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 457, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 507, "p95ms24h": 595, "samples24h": 133, "samples30d": 133, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 48, "ok": 48 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "arkruntime", "version": "0.8.0", "released": "2026-09-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:19:00.477962822Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "byteplus-python-sdk-v2", "version": "3.0.61", "released": "2026-09-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:19:00.589058252Z" } ], "githubStars": 1, "pypiWeekly": 1265, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/model-release-announcement", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:54.525658153Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2c972ac5021a" }, { "url": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/model-pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:52.663758009Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "faaf238183a5" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T04:41:02.921829271Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Adobe", "b": "BytePlus Pte. Ltd. (ByteDance)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://firefly-api.adobe.io", "b": "https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under the BytePlus Customer Agreement and Service Specific Terms. The Go and Python SDK repositories are Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-04-24", "b": "2026-09-17", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-10-24", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "1.1k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "1.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against Adobe Firefly API's 49 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Firefly API leads on reliability, schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Firefly API or Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk?" }, { "answer": "Adobe Firefly API uses an OAuth sign-in. Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk needs an API key.", "question": "Do Adobe Firefly API and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Adobe Firefly API has a hosted endpoint at https://firefly-api.adobe.io and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk at https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3.", "question": "Can an agent call Adobe Firefly API and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 55 against 43", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 62", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 60" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Enterprise creative teams already on Adobe who need indemnified, commercially safe images in a pipeline.", "slug": "adobe-firefly", "watchFor": "Enterprise contract only. 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API vs Bria API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-bria" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-fal-image.json", "title": "Adobe Firefly API vs fal image models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-fal-image" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-google-imagen.json", "title": "Adobe Firefly API vs Google Imagen", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-google-imagen" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-ideogram.json", "title": "Adobe Firefly API vs Ideogram API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-ideogram" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-leonardo-ai.json", "title": "Adobe Firefly API vs Leonardo.Ai API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-leonardo-ai" }, { "json": 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Both do image generation.\n\n- Adobe Firefly API: grade D, 49/100, rank #803 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-firefly.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-firefly.json\n- Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk: grade D, 53.8/100, rank #700 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json\n- Best image generation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/image-generation/index.md\n- All 66 image comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/image-generation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Adobe Firefly API (D)\n\nGood for: Enterprise creative teams already on Adobe who need indemnified, commercially safe images in a pipeline.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 55 against 43\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 62\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 60\n\nWatch for: Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up and no public price list\n\n### Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that need ByteDance's Seedream models first-hand, multi-reference edits, 4K output or layered PNG output at a published per-image price, for users outside the United States.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 57\n- Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 63\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 23\n\nWatch for: No status page, incident history or ModelArk SLA was found in the pages read\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Adobe Firefly API | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 43 | Adobe Firefly API +12 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 62 | Adobe Firefly API +16 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 72 | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk +15 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 70 | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 20 | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 23 | 73 | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk +50 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 69 | 60 | Adobe Firefly API +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **49 · D** | **53.8 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Adobe Firefly API | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Adobe | BytePlus Pte. Ltd. (ByteDance) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://firefly-api.adobe.io` | `https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the BytePlus Customer Agreement and Service Specific Terms. The Go and Python SDK repositories are Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-04-24 | 2026-09-17 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-24 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 1.1k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Adobe Firefly API.** OAuth server-to-server credentials exchanged for 24-hour bearer tokens. Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up and no public price list.\n\n**Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk.** Per-image prices from $0.018 are public, and API keys can be limited to named models and an IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or OpenAPI file was found, onboarding needs a browser sign-up, and BytePlus says its model services are not available in the United States.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Adobe Firefly API\n\n1. Call the REST async endpoints directly. `@adobe/firefly-apis` 2.0.1 targets the removed synchronous paths and has no Image 5 or upscale methods\n2. Cache the IMS token and refresh it before its 24 hours run out\n3. Poll `/v3/status/{jobId}`, back off on 429 using the retry-after header, and download results within the hour their URLs stay valid\n4. Send `precise_upsampler_v1` to Upscale. `creative_upsampler_v1` returns 422 since 2026-04-24\n5. Image 5 lives at `/v4/images/generate-async`. Image 3 and 4 stay on `/v3/images/generate-async`\n\n### Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk\n\n1. POST to `https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3/images/generations` with `Authorization: Bearer $ARK_API_KEY`. Keys and model activation are per region\n2. Set `watermark` to false if the image must not carry the AI-generated mark. The default is true\n3. Download `data[].url` within 24 hours, or ask for `response_format` `b64_json`\n4. Check each `data[].error` in a sequential batch. One moderated image does not fail the others, and only `usage.generated_images` is billed\n5. Stay under 500 images a minute per model and back off with jitter on 429. Layer decomposition reserves 17 against that limit per request\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Firefly API or Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk?\n\nSeedream on BytePlus ModelArk scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against Adobe Firefly API's 49 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Firefly API leads on reliability, schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Adobe Firefly API and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk need an API key?\n\nAdobe Firefly API uses an OAuth sign-in. Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Adobe Firefly API and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk without installing anything?\n\nYes. Adobe Firefly API has a hosted endpoint at https://firefly-api.adobe.io and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk at https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"adobe-firefly\", \"b\": \"seedream-on-byteplus-modelark\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare adobe-firefly seedream-on-byteplus-modelark`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-firefly.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Adobe Firefly API or Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk\n\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs Black Forest Labs FLUX API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-black-forest-labs.md)\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs Bria API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-bria.md)\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs fal image models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-fal-image.md)\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs Google Imagen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-google-imagen.md)\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs Ideogram API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-ideogram.md)\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs Leonardo.Ai API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-leonardo-ai.md)\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs OpenAI Image API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-openai-image-api.md)\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs Recraft API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-recraft.md)\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs Replicate image models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-replicate-image.md)\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs Stability AI Image API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-stability-ai-image.md)\n- [Black Forest Labs FLUX API vs Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md)\n- [Bria API vs Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bria-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md)\n- [fal image models vs Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-image-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md)\n- [Google Imagen vs Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md)\n- [Ideogram API vs Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ideogram-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md)\n- [Leonardo.Ai API vs Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leonardo-ai-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md)\n- [OpenAI Image API vs Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-image-api-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md)\n- [Recraft API vs Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/recraft-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md)\n- [Replicate image models vs Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-image-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md)\n- [Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk vs Stability AI Image API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark-vs-stability-ai-image.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-10", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Adobe Firefly API vs Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk", "url": "" } ], "description": "Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk scores 53.8 (D) to Adobe Firefly's 49 (D) for image generation. 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