Kuaishou
Updated May 2026Kling
China's answer to Sora, built by TikTok's biggest rival
Kling is made by Kuaishou, the Chinese short-video platform that competes with ByteDance's Douyin (TikTok). They had the training data — billions of short videos — and used it to build one of the most physically-realistic video models in the world. Kling 3.0 in 2026 is widely considered the best at human motion, dance, and sports compared to Sora or Veo.
Variants
3
Best at
best human motion modeling
Max context
—
Pricing
Standard
$10
per month
Pro
$37
per month, ~50 videos
Premier
$92
per month
Variants
Sort the table by context window or cost to find the right variant. Click any version below for a battle card with ranks, pricing notes, and official links.
| Modalities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kling 3.0 kling-3 | — | varies / varies | 2026 | video |
Kling 2.0 kling-2 | — | varies / varies | 2025 | video |
Kling 1.6 kling-1-6 | — | varies / varies | 2024 | video |
Battle card
Context rank
N/A
within Kling
Capability rank
#1
modalities + reasoning
Weights
Closed
API/app access
Best fights to pick
- dance and sports content
- human-centered storytelling
- viral short video
Rankings are Tendril directory ranks, computed from the model data shown here. Public benchmark leaderboards change often, so official docs and current benchmark pages should be checked before buying or deploying.
Learn
Lessons about this model
Structured lessons that cover Kling directly or put it in context alongside its rivals.
Check yourself
Quizzes
Short, mixed-difficulty quiz sets on Kling and its model family.
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Try these prompts
Ready-made prompts that show Kling at its best. Use them in your own AI workspace, then compare the output with what you learned in Tendril.
Kling for budget cinematic video
BuildersKling is the cost leader — try a scene that would be 2-3x the price on Sora or Veo.
Wide shot: a chef pulls a sourdough loaf from a stone oven, steam curling, morning light through a bakery window. 10 seconds, photorealistic, 24fps.
Image-to-video on a stylized illustration
CreatorsKling handles stylized inputs well — test with a Midjourney output.
[Upload Midjourney illustration] animate: gentle camera push-in, subtle wind on trees in background, bird flies across frame at second 3. 6 seconds.
Kling for product B-roll
BuildersGenerate short product shots for social ads at pennies per second.
Close-up: hand pouring iced coffee from a clear carafe into a glass with ice cubes, slow motion, bright kitchen light. 4 seconds.
Print & keep
Printable reference
One-page summaries and flowcharts — great for desks, classrooms, or study sessions.
Go deeper
Official resources
Straight from the lab — docs, API references, and the chat surfaces you can try today.
Strengths
- best human motion modeling
- extremely competitive pricing
- long clip duration (up to 2 minutes)
Limits
- Chinese app, account setup harder for US users
- PRC content restrictions
- English prompt understanding weaker