Kling
Long-form text-to-video model from Kuaishou.
Long-form text-to-video model from Kuaishou.
Kling is Long-form text-to-video model from Kuaishou. Freemium, with paid plans from $10/mo.
About Kling
Kling AI is the text-to-video and image-to-video platform from Chinese tech company Kuaishou, the operator of the short-video network Kuaishou. The Kling models, currently at version 2.x, can generate clips up to two minutes long at 1080p with strong physical realism, complex motion and accurate lip sync from uploaded audio. Standout tools include Image-to-Video with start and end frame control, Multi-Elements for compositing several reference images, Motion Brush to direct movement, Virtual Try-On for fashion and a Kolors image model that complements the video stack. Kling is offered on a web app with credit-based pricing and competes with Runway, Pika, Sora and Veo. It is widely used by social creators, marketers and AI artists, particularly outside the United States, and supports both English and Chinese prompts.
Kling pros and cons
Hand-derived from the catalog data, strengths and trade-offs to weigh before signing up.
- Free tier available; paid plans from $10/mo
- Up to 2 min clips
- 1080p output
- Motion Brush
- No autonomous agent, handles single prompts, not multi-step workflows
- Competition is strong in this space, see Hailuo and Higgsfield for comparison
4 plans from Kling
Pulled from Kling’s public pricing page. Prices may change, verify on the vendor’s site before purchasing.
Free
Try Kling AI video
- Limited daily credits
- Standard generation speed
- Watermarked output
Standard
660 credits monthly
- 660 credits/month
- Faster generation
- HD output
- Commercial use
Pro
Most popular plan
- 3,000 credits/month
- Priority queue
- Advanced features
- Commercial use
Premier
For studios
- 8,000 credits/month
- Top priority access
- Highest concurrency
- API access
Kling vs Video Generation
Side-by-side with the top 3 other video generation in this category.
| Picked from the top tools in video generation | Long-form text-to-video model from Kuaishou. | MiniMax's fast, affordable AI video generator with strong image-to-video. | Cinematic AI video built around directed camera moves and motion presets. | Alibaba's strong open-source AI video model you can self-host and fine-tune. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTS AT | $10/mo | Free daily credits; paid plans | Free tier; paid plans | Free (open weights); ~$0.07/sec hosted |
| PRICING | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Free |
| AI AGENT | No | No | No | No |
| EDITOR'S PICK | No | No | No | No |
| KEY FEATURES | Up to 2 min clips, 1080p output, Motion Brush | Fast generation, Excellent image-to-video, Daily free credits | Preset camera motions (dolly, orbit, crash-zoom), Image-to-video, Style presets | Open weights (self-hostable), Competitive quality, Text-to-video & image-to-video |
| BEST FOR | Long-form videos, Story creation, Marketing | Fast social & short-form clips, Image-to-video animation, B-roll and concept tests | Music videos & cinematic shorts, Ads with directed camera moves, Social content with motion | Self-hosted video generation, Fine-tuning & research, Cost-sensitive video pipelines |
| WORKS WITH | #video#long-form#generation | #video#text-to-video#image-to-video | #video#camera-control#motion#cinematic | #video#open-source#text-to-video#self-hosted |
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