Doubao

Doubao is ByteDance’s consumer AI assistant for Chinese-language conversation, creation, learning, work, and everyday questions. The official product pages describe text creation, image creation, music creation, voice input and output, custom agents, AI search, and multimodal desktop/browser workflows. Doubao is also offered through desktop software, browser features, mobile clients, plugins, mini-programs, SDKs, and APIs; availability and quotas vary by surface and account.

✨ Key Features

• AI conversation — Ask questions, continue a conversation, request suggestions, and get help with practical tasks.
• Text creation — Generate and revise articles, essays, blogs, scripts, and other content across styles and genres.
• Image creation — Turn creative descriptions into visual content through the product’s image-creation experience.
• Music creation — Describe a desired song or style and turn the idea into music where the feature is available.
• Voice input and output — Use speech-to-text input and hear natural-sounding responses with selectable voices.
• Web search and current information — Use the product’s AI search or web-related functions where enabled; verify source freshness and citations.
• File, screenshot, and screen context — Share Word documents, Excel files, screenshots, or VS Code context in supported desktop/browser workflows.
• AI browser assistant — Summarize pages, answer questions about web content, translate, and provide text-selection assistance in the Doubao browser experience.
• Custom agents — Create or select agents with different speaking styles, skills, and backgrounds for learning, creation, career, or emotional-support scenarios.
• Doubao Input Method — Use voice dictation, dialect and mixed Chinese-English recognition, smart association, long-sentence completion, correction, and intelligent text organization.

💳 Pricing

Doubao’s basic service remains available to ordinary users without a subscription, while the official paid-service agreement lists Doubao Professional tiers. The current official help/terms pages list:

• Standard package — Continuous monthly ¥68/month or continuous annual ¥688/year; one-time purchase ¥80 for one month or ¥828 for one year.
• Enhanced package — Continuous monthly ¥200/month or continuous annual ¥2,048/year; one-time purchase ¥240 for one month or ¥2,488 for one year.
• Advanced package — Continuous monthly ¥500/month or continuous annual ¥5,088/year; one-time purchase ¥599 for one month or ¥6,088 for one year.

The agreement says these tiers unlock higher AI-feature quotas, but benefits, durations, names, and prices may change on the product page. Basic features remain free; APIs and related media services are priced separately.

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🎯 Use Cases

• Chinese writing — Draft articles, essays, scripts, notices, and social posts in a requested style.
• Learning support — Explain concepts, summarize study materials, practice questions, and organize revision notes.
• Research and search — Explore a question with AI search, then inspect sources and verify important claims.
• Document work — Share Word or Excel files in supported workflows to summarize material, answer questions, or create charts.
• Creative ideation — Develop image concepts, music ideas, story premises, and campaign directions.
• Voice interaction — Dictate requests, use voice conversations, or select a voice for spoken responses.
• Desktop productivity — Use screenshot questions, text selection, translation, and cross-application assistance.
• Personalized assistance — Create or select an agent for a learning, creative, career, or personal workflow.