Kling AI

Kuaishou's AI video generator

by Kuaishou

Overview

Kling AI is Kuaishou's video generator. Its 3.0 series takes text, images, audio or reference video as input and adds native audio and multi-shot control, and the current credit guide describes clips of 3 to 15 seconds; a later release added native 4K output and a Turbo model. What you may do with an output depends on the plan rather than on the tool: the Basic tier costs nothing, carries no monthly credits and does not grant commercial use, paid membership includes watermark removal and commercial rights within its terms, and API output is governed by a separate paid agreement. Choose from the model, the credit cost and the plan you are on.

Kling's user agreement grants it a licence over the inputs you provide and the output generated, and lists creating, testing, improving and training its models among the permitted uses; it also gives an official way to withdraw that authorisation by writing to [email protected]. It states no retention period beyond keeping data as long as needed to provide the service or meet legitimate purposes such as disputes, safety and legal obligations (Kling AI user agreement, read 12 October 2026).

Editor's take

A reasonable candidate when a project needs reference-driven shots, native audio or multi-shot control, and when the plan you buy covers the commercial use you need. Treat the free tier as a trial rather than a working tier - no monthly credits and no commercial rights - and treat any membership figure as conditional: the only rate the vendor's own credit page showed us was a first-month price with a higher renewal.

Our reading of who this suits, based on the sources above. Opinion, offered to help you decide - not a lab result.

Direct comparisons

Kling AI vs Sora

Key Features

•Text, image, audio and reference-video inputs (3.0 series)
•Native audio and multi-shot control
•Clips of 3 to 15 seconds per the current credit guide
•Native 4K output and a Turbo model added in the August 2026 release
•Camera and motion controls
•Paid membership includes watermark removal and commercial rights within its terms

Use Cases

→Short-form social clips
→Promotional and advertising footage, on a plan that grants commercial rights
→Creative and artistic experiments
→Storyboard and concept visualisation

Pros

✓Reference material can carry a character's appearance and voice into the shot
✓Native audio and multi-shot control in the same workflow
✓Paid plans state watermark removal and commercial rights within their terms
✓Durations are documented as 3 to 15 seconds, so a storyboard can be planned against a real range

Cons

✕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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Kling AI free?

The Basic tier costs nothing and comes with no monthly credits; its output is not licensed for commercial use. Whether promotional credits are granted is not something we could confirm - the credit guide we read lists none for Basic.

Is the output commercially usable?

It depends on the plan and the interface: paid membership includes commercial rights within its terms, the free tier does not, and API output is covered by a separate paid agreement rather than by a consumer plan.

How long can a Kling clip be?

The current credit guide describes 3 to 15 seconds, depending on the model and settings.

Can Kling animate a still image?

Yes. The 3.0 series accepts images as input, and reference material can carry a character's appearance and voice into the shot.

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.

Task guides for this product

T4 · Compare tools for ten 1080p clips with sound

Key facts and where they come from

PriceNot established: The 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
AvailabilityNot established: Entry, 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
Commercial useDocumented: The 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
Training on your dataDocumented: 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.Source: Kling AI - user agreement
API billingNot established: The 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
Export formatsNot established: Kling 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.
Usage limitsDocumented: 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. 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

Official sources

The vendor pages we read for the claims on this page, what each one states, and the day we read it.

Kling AI - official site ↗
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 ↗
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 ↗
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 ↗
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 ↗
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

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