Seedream vs Nano Banana
Seedream 4.5/5.0 vs Nano Banana Pro in NEIRON: covers and palette vs skin and face lock. Do not confuse Seedream with Seedance video. Table, no VPN.
Seedream paints style: lookbook, cover, poster layout. Nano Banana Pro holds a person. Search mix-up is constant: Seedance is video, Seedream is a still.
How we compared
One lookbook prompt about a coat and shop-window light, and one “keep the face 100%” portrait. We scored color vs passport likeness. Not a ByteDance vs Google ranking.
Coat lookbook, shop-window light, cold palette, 3:4. Second run with a face ref: keep likeness, same look, outdoor.
Table
| Criterion | Seedream | Nano Banana Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Face | Style, not a passport | Best lock in the catalog |
| Color / cover | Strength of 4.5 and 5.0 | Can, but not for the palette |
| References | Up to 8–10 for texture and style | Up to 8, tuned to a person |
| Do not confuse | Seedance is video, another button | Not version 2 (that is the cheaper draft of the same line) |
| Price | From 7 credits (5.0 Lite) | From 25 credits at 2K |
Verdict
Cover, lookbook, “pretty in a given style” — Seedream. Same person one-to-one — Nano Banana Pro. A product label is GPT Image, not this pair.
Seedream Lite is cheaper to test an idea at 1K. Do not burn Nano Banana Pro on every story — version 2 exists for volume.
- Seedream: Cover, palette, lookbook, poster
- Nano Banana Pro: Portrait, same-face series, outdoor
Open Seedream · Open Nano Banana Pro · Image generator
Other comparisons
- Nano Banana 2 vs Pro — Nano Banana 2 vs Nano Banana Pro in NEIRON: volume and 14 refs vs skin, light, and one-to-one likeness. Table, one prompt, no VPN.
- Nano Banana vs GPT Image — Nano Banana Pro vs GPT Image 2 on one prompt in NEIRON: skin and likeness vs text and edits. Table, verdict, no VPN.
- Nano Banana Pro vs Flux — Nano Banana Pro vs Flux-2 Pro in NEIRON: face lock vs poster geometry. Not a reprint of GPT Image vs Flux. Table, no VPN.