Kling AI
Kling AI pricing bills video by the second, and the published rate is 0.8 units for a second of 1080p Kling 3.0, which is $6.72 a finished minute.
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Kling AI pricing: the finished minute is priced in seconds, not clips
Kling AI pricing bills video by the second, and the published rate is 0.8 units for a second of 1080p Kling 3.0, which is $6.72 a finished minute. The consumer plans sell credits rather than units, and Kling never publishes how many credits a second costs. Read in USD on 9 October 2026: this machine resolves to India, and both cards served the same figures over a US connection.
Key takeaways
Kling 3.0 costs 0.6 units a second at 720p, 0.8 at 1080p and 3.0 at 4K, so a finished minute runs $5.04, $6.72 or $25.20 at the $0.14 list unit.
Resolution steps rather than scales. 720p to 1080p adds 33%, but 1080p to 4K multiplies by 3.75.
Monthly subscription credits expire 31 days after issue with no rollover, while purchased packs last two years. Kling spends the shortest-dated balance first.
The advertised "100 Credits = $1.06" on Standard uses the discounted first month. At renewal every tier costs about 25% more per credit.
Kling AI pricing in 2026
Plan | First month, then renewal | Credits | Yearly |
|---|---|---|---|
Basic | $0 | Free credits on login, amount unstated | n/a |
Standard | $6.99, then $8.80 | 660/month | $79.20 |
Pro | $25.99, then $32.56 | 3,000/month | $293.04 |
Premier | $64.99, then $80.96 | 8,000/month | $728.64 |
Ultra | $127.99, then $159.99 | 26,000/month | $1,429.99 |
Team | $79 a seat | Shared pool, 3 to 15 seats | $708/seat |
API | Prepaid, $0.14 a unit | 5,000 units for $700, 180-day expiry | n/a |
What Kling AI actually meters
Kling meters a second of generated video, and the developer card prices every model and mode in units worth $0.14 at list. Motion Control and Kling 3.0 Turbo bill the same way.
Model and mode | Units per second | Finished minute |
|---|---|---|
Kling 3.0, 720p, no audio | 0.6 | $5.04 |
Kling 3.0, 1080p, no audio | 0.8 | $6.72 |
Kling 3.0, 1080p, with audio | 1.2 | $10.08 |
Kling 3.0 and Omni, 4K | 3.0 | $25.20 |
Three things move the rate: resolution, whether the model co-generates audio, and whether you feed it a reference video. Each adds roughly 50% at 1080p, and they stack. Duration behaves linearly, because Kling 3.0 charges per second rounded to the whole second. Kling 2.6 doesn't: it bills per 5 or 10 second clip, so a 6 second idea pays for 10.
The consumer side is where disclosure stops. The membership page publishes the price of a credit and never what a generation costs in credits, and no help page, policy page or sitemap entry carries that table. You find out by logging in. The API card admits its own gap: a banner reads "These plans currently don't support Kling 4.0", a model it doesn't list.
How credits work
Credits expire by the batch they arrived in, and nothing rolls over. Monthly subscription credits stay valid 31 days from issue and purchased credits two years. Daily login bonuses expire at midnight, trial credits last a week, and promotional credits carry the campaign's window.
Deduction order follows that expiry: Kling spends the shortest-dated balance first. That's the right default, and it's published, which is more than most credit sellers manage.
A failed generation refunds its credits, so you pay for output rather than attempts. Credits can't move between users, between your own accounts or between personal and team spaces, and they're not refundable for cash. Holding credits doesn't buy the plan either: watermark removal, 1080p and 4K output, fast-track generation and image upscaling need an active subscription.
What happens when you hit the limit
Generation stops and Kling offers two routes: buy a credit pack, which lands at once, or move up a tier. The tier route has a catch. Upgrading to a higher tier, or a longer cycle in the same tier, releases the credits at once, but a same-tier or lower-tier purchase queues behind the current plan and pays out only when it expires.
Letting a subscription lapse forfeits unused monthly credits. Purchased credits survive their two-year window, but the subscriber-only features do not, so a lapsed account holds credits it can't spend on 1080p.
The API is harsher. Prepaid packages carry 180-day validity with no rollover, so unused units at day 181 are gone.
How Kling AI's pricing has changed
Date | Milestone | Source |
|---|---|---|
15 Dec 2025 | Kling 2.6 launches billing per 5 and 10 second clip | Vendor |
22 Dec 2025 | Motion Control arrives per second: 0.5 std, 0.8 high quality | Vendor |
25 Feb 2026 | Kling 3.0 and 3.0 Omni launch, moving video to per-second billing | Vendor |
4 Mar 2026 | V3.0 Motion Control reprices to 0.9 std and 1.2 pro, from 0.5 and 0.8 | Vendor |
23 Apr 2026 | Native 4K output ships at 3 units a second, 3.75x the 1080p rate | Vendor |
17 Jun 2026 | Kling 3.0 Turbo lands at 0.8 units a second, 1.0 at 1080p | Vendor |
Customer
Sentiment Highlights
"when you pay $80+ a month for a video generation tool, you can expect some level of service"
Stefano Zaccarini, Trustpilot review of Kling AI, September 2026
"my account began receiving only 3,000 credits per month instead of the 12,000 credits per month included with my original subscription"
Douglas Brennan, Trustpilot review of Kling AI, September 2026
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