Live in the Kling AI app and on the Kling developer API (membership plans and API rate card published by the vendor)[1]
Kling 3.0 is the video model Kling AI sells today in its app and on its developer API: single takes up to 15 s[2], a native 4K mode[2], multi-shot scenes and native audio, bought as monthly credit plans or prepaid API units[1]. Its successor Kling 4.0 is in early access from 2026-09-28, with full launch stated for October 2026[3]; Kling's API plans do not cover it[1].
Pricing
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| API price, 720p with audio (per second) | $0.126/s[1] |
| API price, 1080p with audio (per second) | $0.168/s[1] |
| API price, 4K (per second) | $0.42/s (native 4K)[1] |
| API billing basis | Prepaid units at a $0.14 list price per unit. Per second of Kling 3.0 output: $0.084 (720p, no audio), $0.112 (1080p, no audio), $0.42 (4K), $0.126 (720p with native audio), $0.168 (1080p with native audio); Kling 3.0 Turbo with audio $0.112 (720p) / $0.14 (1080p). Prepaid packages from $700 (5,000 units, 180-day validity). The API plans do not support Kling 4.0.[1] |
| Cheapest paid consumer plan | $8.80/mo (Standard, monthly renewal)[4] |
| Consumer plan ladder | Basic $0 (free-credit allowance not published); Standard $8.80/mo after a $6.99 first month (list $10), 660 credits; Pro $32.56/mo after a $25.99 first month (list $37), 3,000 credits; Premier $80.96/mo (list $92), 8,000 credits; Ultra $159.99/mo (list $180), 26,000 credits[4] |
| In-app cost per second | 720p 6 credits/s without native audio, 9 with; 1080p 8 or 12; native 4K 30 credits/s[2] |
| Free tier | Basic plan: $0, free forever; free-credit allowance not published[5] |
Output specs
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Max length, single generation | 15 s[2] |
| Max length with extensions | No public data |
| Max output resolution | 2160p (4K) (native 4K)[2] |
| Frame rate | No public data |
| Aspect ratios | No public data |
| Max reference inputs per generation | No public data |
Features
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Native audio | Yes[2] |
| Lip-sync | Yes[5] |
| Text-to-video | Yes[2] |
| Image-to-video | Yes[2] |
| First / last frame control | Yes[2] |
| Multi-shot in one generation | Yes[2] |
| Video editing | Yes[6] |
| Video extension | Yes (Standard plan and above)[5] |
Access
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Status | Live in the Kling AI app and on the Kling developer API (membership plans and API rate card published by the vendor)[1] |
| Public API | Yes (Kling developer API)[1] |
| Where to use it | Kling AI web and app on credit-based memberships; Kling developer API on prepaid unit packages[1] |
| Regional limits | No public data |
| Release date | 2026-02-05 (announcement date)[6] |
Public leaderboards
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| LMArena text-to-video score | No public data |
| LMArena text-to-video rank (of 48) | No public data |
| LMArena image-to-video score | 1354 ±6 (kling-v3-pro)[7] |
| LMArena image-to-video rank (of 48) | #19 (kling-v3-pro)[7] |
| VGI-Bench overall score | 44.0[8] |
Where Kling 3.0 appears on this site
Kling vs Veo 3 · Sora vs Kling · Alternatives guides
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All head-to-head comparisons
Kling vs Veo 3 · Veo 3 vs Sora · Sora vs Kling · Seedance 2.5 vs Sora 2 · Kling 3.0 vs Seedance 2.5 · Veo 3.1 vs Seedance 2.5 · Kling 3.0 vs Runway Gen-4.5 · Veo 3.1 vs Runway Gen-4.5 · Luma Ray3.2 vs Kling 3.0 · Minimax H3 vs Kling 3.0 · Minimax H3 vs Veo 3.1 · Wan 3.0 vs Kling 3.0 · Seedance 2.5 vs Seedance 2.0 · Veo 3.1 vs Veo 3.1 Lite · PixVerse V6 vs Kling 3.0 · Vidu Q3 vs Kling 3.0
Evidence
Only official sources are cited: vendor pages, and leaderboard publishers for their own rankings. Anything we could not find on such a page is shown as “No public data”.
- Kling AI developer API pricing — Kling AI. kling.ai/dev/pricing. Checked 2026-10-06
- Kling VIDEO 3.0 Model User Guide — Kling AI. kling.ai/quickstart/klingai-video-3-model-user-guide. Checked 2026-10-06
- Kling 4.0 — official model announcement — Kling AI. kling.ai/blog/kling-4-ai-video-model. Checked 2026-10-06
- Kling AI membership plans — Kling AI. kling.ai/app/membership/membership-plan. Checked 2026-10-06
- Kling 3.0 Credit Cost: 4K, Omni Audio, and Multi Shot Pricing — Kling AI. klingai.com/blog/kling-video-3-0-credit-cost-guide. Checked 2026-10-06
- Kling AI Launches 3.0 Model (official press release via PR Newswire) — Kling AI. www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kling-ai-launches-3-0-model-usheri…. Checked 2026-10-06
- Image-to-Video Arena leaderboard — LMArena (arena.ai). arena.ai/leaderboard/image-to-video. Checked 2026-10-06
- VGI-Bench leaderboard (EMNLP 2026) — VGI-Bench research team. hexuan21.github.io/VGI-Bench. Checked 2026-10-06