Kling AI

Cinematic AI video
that looks real

For marketers shipping video ads with real products and real people. Kling is the workhorse engine on Viral Engine: realistic physics, smooth camera moves, image-to-video that keeps the subject intact. Three versions, one credit wallet: Kling 3.0 for the best motion, Kling 2.6 for native audio, Kling 1.6 for volume at 35 credits per second (175 for a 5-second clip).

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Three versions

Pick the Kling for the job

LATEST

Kling 3.0

80 credits per second (400 per 5s clip)

Latest generation, superior motion, and the most permissive engine on the platform for real people. Powers Motion Control.

  • Best for: people, ad creative, hero motion
  • Essential plan: 10 five-second clips per month

Kling 2.6

85 credits per second (425 per 5s clip)

Native audio generated with the clip, in pro mode, with improved quality over 1.6. Also the engine behind scene effects.

  • Best for: clips that need sound without Veo's price
  • Essential plan: 9 five-second clips per month

Kling 1.6

35 credits per second (175 per 5s clip)

High-quality motion at the lowest Kling price. The volume tier for ad variants and concept tests, and the one Kling clip that fits in the free credits.

  • Best for: volume testing, b-roll
  • Essential plan: 22 five-second clips per month

Every version: text-to-video or image-to-video, 5 or 10 seconds, 16:9 or 9:16.

Strengths

Where Kling beats the field

Real people allowed

Veo blocks recognizable public figures and rejects source images with real people. Kling 3.0 is the most permissive engine on Viral Engine, which makes it the engine for founder videos, testimonials and UGC-style ads.

Image-to-video fidelity

Take a still from Nano Banana Pro or Flux, or your own product photo, and Kling animates it without distorting the subject.

Motion Control

Copy the movement from a reference video onto your character image on Kling 3.0. 400 credits at 720p, 600 at 1080p. The way to get a specific gesture or dance without prompting for it.

Scene effects

Preset interactions on Kling 2.6: a hug, a kiss, a squish, an expansion, applied to one or two images. 200 credits for 5 seconds, 350 for 10. Built for social hooks.

Realistic motion physics

Cloth flows, liquid pours, hair moves. Kling renders motion that obeys real physics, and push-ins, dollies, pans and orbits come out clean when you name the move in the prompt.

Extension and long form

Video extend feeds the last frame back into Kling with a continuation prompt. Long Video Chain runs a whole script on Kling and joins the segments into a single video, with one voiceover on Kling 1.6 (2.6 and 3.0 keep their native audio).

Pipeline

Image to motion to ad in three steps

1

Generate or upload a still

Use Nano Banana Pro for hero shots, Flux for stylized work, or upload your own brand photography. The image is the foundation.

2

Animate with Kling

Send the still to the Video Factory, write a motion prompt, pick 16:9 or 9:16 and 5 or 10 seconds. Kling 3.0 renders the motion; Kling 1.6 does the same for 175 credits per 5s clip when you are testing.

3

Extend, layer, ship

Extend the clip, add a Voice Lab voiceover and captions, and download it ready for paid social. Or let the AI Action Agent run the whole chain from one message.

Questions

Kling AI FAQ

Kuaishou's AI video model and the workhorse engine on Viral Engine. 5 or 10 second clips from a prompt or a still, with realistic motion. Three versions: 3.0, 2.6 and 1.6.
3.0 (400 credits per 5s clip): best motion, real people, Motion Control. 2.6 (425 per 5s clip): native audio. 1.6 (175 per 5s clip): the cheapest Kling and the only one that fits in the free credits.
Kling for cinematic realism, product motion and real people. Luma for stylized scenes. Veo 3.1 for premium quality with native audio, at 240 credits per second for Standard (1,920 for an 8-second clip).
Motion Control copies a reference video's movement onto your character image (Kling 3.0, 400 credits at 720p, 600 at 1080p). Scene effects apply a preset interaction to one or two images (Kling 2.6, 200 credits for 5 seconds, 350 for 10).
Kling 1.6 is 175 credits per 5s clip, Kling 2.6 is 425 and Kling 3.0 is 400 per 5s clip (35, 85 and 80 credits per second). Essential ($14 per month, 4,000 credits) covers about 22 Kling 1.6 or 10 Kling 3.0 five-second clips. 200 free credits on signup.
Yes. Video extend feeds the last frame back into Kling with a continuation prompt; stitch the clips for a longer cut, or let Long Video Chain run a whole script.
Yes. See Terms of Service.

Animate your first image free

200 free credits on signup, enough for one 5-second Kling 1.6 clip. No credit card.

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