Kling AI vs Sora

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Kling AI

The Basic tier has no monthly credits and no commercial use
API output is covered by a separate paid agreement, not by the plan you buy on the site

Soranot a current option

The web and app experiences were discontinued on 26 April 2026
The Sora API and the Sora 2 model snapshots were removed on 24 September 2026

Monthly and annual billing are different commitments: the annual figure is a prepayment, and an annual equivalent is not a monthly price. Nothing on this page is a test of output quality, and the list below names the official sources this entry uses with the date each was read - check them against the plan and the use you have in mind.

Side-by-side comparison of the selected products. An empty cell means we have not verified that fact here - it is not a statement that the product lacks it, nor that the vendor has not disclosed it.
What you are deciding	Kling AIKuaishou	SoraOpenAIRetired
Status	Still available	RetiredSora web and appTook effect April 26, 2026OpenAI states the Sora web and app experiences were discontinued on this date, and that content can be exported from the sunset page until the export window closes.Source ↗ RetiredSora APITook effect September 24, 2026OpenAI removed the Videos API and the Sora 2 model snapshots from the API on this date; its deprecations page now lists them under past deprecations. This fact is about the API only, not about any third-party surface.Source ↗
What it is for	Kuaishou's AI video generator	Web and app discontinued on 26 April 2026; the API was removed on 24 September 2026.
Typical tasks	Short-form social clips Promotional and advertising footage, on a plan that grants commercial rights Creative and artistic experiments Storyboard and concept visualisation	Not verified on this site
Pricing model	Freemium	Not verified on this site
Plan pricing referenceFrom the vendor page listed, for the plan named. Not the lowest price worldwide: billing cycle, region and taxes change it.	No plan price stated on a vendor page we could read	No plan price stated on a vendor page we could read
Where it stops	The Basic tier has no monthly credits and no commercial use API output is covered by a separate paid agreement, not by the plan you buy on the site The only membership rate we could read was conditional: a first-month price with a higher renewal Subscription credits are issued monthly and expire; the older klingai.com host could not be read by our tooling, so the entry we could read is kling.ai	The web and app experiences were discontinued on 26 April 2026 The Sora API and the Sora 2 model snapshots were removed on 24 September 2026 OpenAI states stored data will be deleted after any final export window
Price	Not establishedThe current official credit-cost blog lists Standard at $6.99 for the first subscription month and $8.8 for the next monthly renewal, and tells readers to check the current membership page. A currency-qualified price for a selected purchase market/account remains unestablished; the separate USD credit-pack rate does not establish the subscription currency.Source: Kling AI - video 3.0 credit cost guide	Not establishedCurrent purchasable pricing is not established for this retired entry. The registered records describe closed or retired surfaces; no historical price is presented as a current offer.Source: OpenAI Help Center - Sora discontinuation · OpenAI API - Deprecations
Availability	Not establishedEntry, integration or deployment routes are registered, but the applicable geographic access conditions were not established. No worldwide availability is inferred from these routes.Source: Kling AI - official site	DocumentedThe Sora web and app experiences were discontinued on April 26, 2026. The Sora 2/Videos API entry records removal on 24 September 2026. It does not establish access, prices or a generation result on 23 September; the removed API is not presented as a currently purchasable service.Source: OpenAI Help Center - Sora discontinuation · OpenAI API - Deprecations
Commercial use	DocumentedThe Standard example includes watermark removal and commercial-use access. Monthly and annual memberships; membership carries commercial use and watermark removal within the plan, and subscription credits are granted monthly with a one-month validity. Output produced through the paid API is licensed for commercial use under this separate agreement, not under the consumer plan terms.Source: Kling AI - video 3.0 credit cost guide · Kling AI - paid service terms · Kling AI - API paid service protocol	Not establishedHistorical permission and applicable conditions for the user to use outputs commercially were not established by this retired entry’s registered source statements; no current usable service is inferred.
Training on your data	DocumentedRead on 12 October 2026. Grants a licence over inputs and outputs and lists training and improving its models among permitted uses (4.7.3(f)); section 4.7.4 lets a user revoke that authorisation by emailing [email protected]. Retention is limited to the period needed to provide the service or meet legitimate purposes, without a fixed number.Source: Kling AI - user agreement	Not establishedHistorical training use of the account’s inputs/outputs and applicable opt-out conditions were not established by this retired entry’s registered source statements; no current usable service is inferred.
API billing	Not establishedThe paid API has separate commercial-use agreement terms; whether consumer subscription credits cover API calls and the API rates were not established by this source.Source: Kling AI - API paid service protocol	DocumentedThe Sora 2/Videos API entry records removal on 24 September 2026. It does not establish access, prices or a generation result on 23 September; the removed API is not presented as a currently purchasable service.Source: OpenAI API - Deprecations
Export formats	Not establishedKling AI: specific downloadable output file formats and applicable surface/plan boundaries were not established by the registered source statements. No contrary conclusion about the capability is inferred.	Not establishedHistorical specific downloadable output file formats and applicable surface/plan boundaries were not established by this retired entry’s registered source statements; no current usable service is inferred.
Usage limits	DocumentedThe Standard example lists 660 monthly credits and 1080p. The article does not give a verified exact rate for an eight-second portrait video with audio. Historical scope read on 2026-09-23, not rechecked in full on 2026-10-15: Clips of 3 to 15 seconds. Basic is $0 with no monthly credits and no commercial output; Standard lists 660 credits a month with watermark removal, 1080p, extension and commercial rights, shown at a first-month rate with a higher renewal. Monthly and annual memberships; membership carries commercial use and watermark removal within the plan, and subscription credits are granted monthly with a one-month validity.Source: Kling AI - video 3.0 credit cost guide · Kling AI - paid service terms	Not establishedHistorical numeric task allowances and applicable reset/carryover rules were not established by this retired entry’s registered source statements; no current usable service is inferred.
Facts	Category Video Generation Launched June 10, 2024	Category Video Generation Launched December 9, 2024
Where to check	Official site ↗ Kling AI - official site ↗ What this source supports The entry that answered us: 3.0 and 3.0 Omni video, plus image, audio and motion tools. The older klingai.com host refused our request. Read on September 23, 2026 Kling AI - video 3.0 credit cost guide ↗ What this source supports The July 28, 2026 credit-cost blog now lists Standard at $6.99 for the first subscription month and $8.8 for the next monthly renewal, with a first-subscription-only qualification and instructions to check the current membership page. It does not state an ISO currency or selected sales region for those subscription amounts. Historical registered scope read on 2026-10-15, not rechecked in full on 2026-10-15: Historical registered scope from 2026-09-23; the entire statement was not re-read on 2026-10-15: Clips of 3 to 15 seconds. Basic is $0 with no monthly credits and no commercial output; Standard lists 660 credits a month with watermark removal, 1080p, extension and commercial rights, shown at a first-month rate with a higher renewal. Official body read on 2026-10-15, limited to this scope: The Standard example lists $6.99 first subscription, $8.80 next renewal, $10 reference, 660 monthly credits, 1080p, watermark removal and commercial-use access. The 3.0 article discusses Native Audio. It does not publish the exact 8-second portrait 1080p-with-audio rate checked in this guide. The Standard example includes watermark removal and commercial-use access. The Standard example lists 660 monthly credits and 1080p. The article does not give a verified exact rate for an eight-second portrait video with audio. Historical scope read on 2026-09-23, not rechecked in full on 2026-10-15: Clips of 3 to 15 seconds. Basic is $0 with no monthly credits and no commercial output; Standard lists 660 credits a month with watermark removal, 1080p, extension and commercial rights, shown at a first-month rate with a higher renewal. Read on October 15, 2026 Kling AI - paid service terms ↗ What this source supports Monthly and annual memberships; membership carries commercial use and watermark removal within the plan, and subscription credits are granted monthly with a one-month validity. Read on September 23, 2026 Kling AI - API paid service protocol ↗ What this source supports Output produced through the paid API is licensed for commercial use under this separate agreement, not under the consumer plan terms. Read on September 23, 2026 Kling AI - user agreement ↗ What this source supports Read on 12 October 2026. Grants a licence over inputs and outputs and lists training and improving its models among permitted uses (4.7.3(f)); section 4.7.4 lets a user revoke that authorisation by emailing [email protected]. Retention is limited to the period needed to provide the service or meet legitimate purposes, without a fixed number. Read on October 12, 2026 Read the full entry Entry read against its sources on September 23, 2026.	Official site ↗ OpenAI Help Center - Sora discontinuation ↗ What this source supports The Sora web and app experiences were discontinued on April 26, 2026. Read on September 23, 2026 OpenAI API - Deprecations ↗ What this source supports Historical registered scope from 2026-10-10; the entire statement was not re-read on 2026-10-15: Under "Past deprecations > 2026-03-24: Sora 2 video generation models and Videos API", the Videos API and the sora-2, sora-2-pro, sora-2-2025-10-06, sora-2-2025-12-08 and sora-2-pro-2025-10-06 snapshots are listed as removed from the API on September 24, 2026. Official body read on 2026-10-15, limited to this scope: The dated DALL·E entry records API removal on May 12, 2026. The Sora 2/Videos API entry records removal on September 24, 2026; this does not establish the September 23 access, price or generation result. The Sora 2/Videos API entry records removal on 24 September 2026. It does not establish access, prices or a generation result on 23 September; the removed API is not presented as a currently purchasable service. Read on October 15, 2026 Read the full entry Entry read against its sources on September 23, 2026.

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How does it compare with Sora?

Sora's entry on this site carries its channel dates: the web and app experiences stopped on 26 April 2026, and the API is announced to shut down on 24 September 2026 - so on 23 September the API is a channel ending the next day, not one that has already gone. The comparison page therefore records what Sora offered rather than presenting it as a current choice; Kling is available through kling.ai on the plan terms above.

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