Model comparison
Up to 4 models side by side, item by item. Every cell comes from a record this site checked: specs are taken from the tools' price lists, so they say what is on sale, not the vendor's advertised maximum.
"At your usage" assumes 200 seconds of generation a month: 20 videos × 5 seconds each × 2 attempts on average. Change usage ↗
| Item | Kling 3.0Kling | Veo 3.1Google | Seedance 2.0ByteDance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||||
| Developer | Kling | ByteDance | ||
| Status | Active | Active | Active | |
| Last confirmed | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | |
| At your usage | ||||
| Cheapest per month | $16.8/mo Kling API · Pay as you go | $40/mo fal · Pay as you go | approx.¥198/mo Volcengine Ark · Pay as you go | |
| Pricing | ||||
| Lowest subscription cost per second | $0.037/s Kling AI · 720p | $0.100/s Google Flow · Not split by resolution | $0.094/s Luma · 480p | |
| Lowest API price per second | $0.084/s fal · Not split by resolution · No audio | $0.200/s Runway API · Not split by resolution · No audio | approx.$0.068/s Volcengine Ark · 480p · Not specified | |
| Official specs | ||||
| Clip length | 3–15 seconds | 4 / 6 / 8 seconds | 4–15 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, Extend video | Text to video, Image to video, First/last frame, Reference to video, Edit video, Extend video | |
| Highest resolution | 4K | 4K | 4K | |
| Audio | Generates its own audio | Generates its own audio | Generates its own audio | |
| Specs (from the price lists) | ||||
| Resolution | 720p · 1080p · 2160p (4K) · 4K | 720p · 1080p · 4K | 480p · 720p · 1080p · 4K | |
| Audio | With or without audio | With or without audio | With audio | |
| Billing | Per second | Per second, Per 8s clip | Per second | |
| Where to buy | ||||
| Subscription tools | Luma, Runway, Kling AI, Krea | Luma, Google Flow, Krea | Luma, InVideo AI, PixVerse, Krea | |
| With an exact published rate | Luma, Kling AI | Luma, Google Flow | Luma | |
| API | fal, Replicate, Kling API, Kling API CN | Gemini API, Runway API, fal, Replicate | Runway API, fal, Replicate, Volcengine Ark | |
| Source | ||||
| Official page | Official source page | Official source page | Official source page | |
"Lowest subscription cost per second" is what one second of the model costs on the confirmed plan with the cheapest credits, if every credit goes on this model. "Lowest API price per second" converts the API providers' official prices. "At your usage" uses the usage entered in the calculator and counts only channels that publish exact rates.