Users are unhappy with Dreamina Seedance 2.0’s censorship and pricing
Seedance 2.0 launched to big hype, but the initial user reactions are far from positive.
Dreamina’s Seedance 2.0 generated significant hype before launch. Early demos showed fluid motion, consistent characters, and cinematic multi-shot sequences that had creators calling it a potential turning point for AI video generation.
The public launch this week on CapCut told a different story.
Given the expectations, the disappointment has been sharp. Two problems are dominating the conversation on X.
The first is face censorship. Seedance 2.0 aggressively blocks any realistic human face as a reference image, including custom AI-generated characters that have never appeared anywhere. Users trying to build character-driven stories, short films, or consistent characters are hitting policy violation flags immediately.
- The restriction: Helmets, glasses, and sunglasses over faces still get flagged.
- No exceptions: AI-generated characters with no real-world equivalent still get flagged.
- The irony: Pre-launch promotional material showed none of these restrictions, which is where “scam” is coming from in the replies.
The leading theory in the community is that ByteDance, which owns CapCut, is under pressure from Hollywood over deepfake concerns and applied restrictions so aggressively that legitimate creative use cases got caught in the net.
The second problem is pricing. The Advanced plan at roughly $67 per month works out to around $2.50 per 15-second video on fast generation.
- Basic plan: Users reporting as few as four 15-second videos before hitting the limit.
- International users: Hunting for VPN workarounds to access better regional pricing.
- At scale: One creator reported spending over $1,000 testing earlier versions, noting costs add up fast.
The comparison to Kling Omni 3.0 keeps coming up. Kling is less restricted and delivers comparable quality. Users are already calling Seedance 2.0 “dead on arrival” relative to the competition.
The Bottom Line: Seedance 2.0 is a technically strong tool wrapped in restrictions that make its core creative use case nearly impossible.
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