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Doubao

ByteDance's flagship consumer assistant on its Doubao Seed 2.x models

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What Doubao does

  • ByteDance's flagship consumer assistant on its Doubao Seed 2.x models
  • Voice, image, video and document modes in one free app
  • China-first sign-up; the international sibling app is Dola

Doubao — straight answers

What is Doubao?

Doubao is listed under General Purpose Chatbots, in the AI Chat & Assistants category on Flocci AI Tools. ByteDance's flagship consumer assistant on its Doubao Seed 2.x models. It is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it, and it lives at doubao.com.

Is Doubao free?

Yes, it's free to use, but sign-up needs a mainland-China phone number. If you need it free right now, Dola does the same job for free.

Can I use Doubao in a browser, or is there an app?

Doubao works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on the web, iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. Sign-up may need a mainland-China phone number. Mainland China; Chinese phone number or Douyin login required

What can Doubao do?

Doubao does 3 things the catalog singles out: Bytedance's flagship consumer assistant on its doubao seed 2.x models; voice, image, video and document modes in one free app; china-first sign-up; the international sibling app is dola.

What is the best free alternative to Doubao?

Dola is the best free alternative: it does the same job and you can start without paying. Apertus Chat (Public AI), Falcon LLM Chat (TII) and Google AI Mode also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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