Kling AI

Kling AI is a text-to-video and image-to-video model from Kuaishou, the Chinese short-video giant, accessed through a hosted web app at klingai.com (global) and via an open developer API. The 3.0 generation supports clips up to 15 seconds, multi-shot storytelling chained across up to six connected shots, native audio, motion and camera-path control, and a 4K 60fps mode built on the company's Omni One architecture. Beyond raw generation it ships adjacent tooling: AI digital humans, virtual try-on, lip-sync, and image generation, all wired into the same credit wallet.

It's aimed at creators, marketers, and small studios who want cinematic motion without the licensing cost of Runway or Veo. Consumer plans run from a free tier (66 daily credits, expiring after 24h) through $6.99/mo Standard up to $180/mo Ultra, with annual billing knocking roughly a third off. The API is priced per second of video and is the route most teams take once they're past prototyping. On public head-to-head leaderboards Kling 3.0 has been trading the top spot with Google Veo and Runway Gen-4 through 2026, which is the main reason it gets serious airtime rather than being dismissed as a regional player.

Caveats worth knowing: there's a separate mainland China site with CNY pricing and different feature gating, the Ultra tier has been raised aggressively (41% in six months), and the global app sometimes blocks certain regions and IP ranges at the edge. Output is closed-source and watermark-free only on paid tiers.