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Kling vs ByteDance
Kling 3.0 vs Seedance 2.5
Two models line by line: prices from the official rates this site has confirmed, capabilities from the vendor's own page. Generation quality is not compared — we have no same-prompt samples we can publish, so anything said about it would be a guess.
The short answer
200 seconds of generation a month: 20 videos × 5 seconds each × 2 attempts on average.
- At this volume Kling 3.0 costs less: $16.8 a month through Kling API, against ¥302 for Seedance 2.5 through Volcengine Ark.
- Clip length: Kling 3.0 3–15 seconds, Seedance 2.5 4–30 seconds.
- Highest resolution: Kling 3.0 4K, Seedance 2.5 1080p — Kling 3.0 goes higher.
- Seedance 2.5 can also do: Reference to video, Edit video, Extend video.
- Channels this site can price: 36 for Kling 3.0, 16 for Seedance 2.5.
Line by line
| Item | Kling 3.0Kling | Seedance 2.5ByteDance |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Developer | Kling | ByteDance |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Last confirmed | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-17 |
| At your usage | ||
| Cheapest per month | $16.8/mo Kling API · Pay as you go | approx.¥302/mo Volcengine Ark · Pay as you go |
| Pricing | ||
| Lowest subscription cost per second | $0.037/s Kling AI · 720p | $0.122/s Luma · 480p |
| Lowest API price per second | $0.084/s fal · Not split by resolution · No audio | approx.$0.100/s Volcengine Ark · 480p · Not specified |
| Official specs | ||
| Clip length | 3–15 seconds | 4–30 seconds |
| What it can do | Text to video, Image to video, First/last frame | Text to video, Image to video, First/last frame, Reference to video, Edit video, Extend video |
| Highest resolution | 4K | 1080p |
| Audio | Generates its own audio | Generates its own audio |
| Specs (from the price lists) | ||
| Resolution | 720p · 1080p · 2160p (4K) · 4K | 480p · 720p · 1080p |
| Audio | With or without audio | With audio |
| Billing | Per second | Per second, Per 5s clip |
| Where to buy | ||
| Subscription tools | Luma, Runway, Kling AI | Luma, Runway, InVideo AI, Pika, PixVerse |
| With an exact published rate | Luma, Kling AI | Luma, Pika |
| API | fal, Replicate, Kling API, Kling API CN | Runway API, fal, Volcengine Ark |
| Source | ||
| Official page | Official source page | Official source page |
The "at your usage" row uses this site's default volume; with your own numbers the answer can change. Compare at your own usage ↗