Kling 1.6
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· Diffusion transformer (DiT)
Pricing — 1 offering(s)
Standard 720p
- $0.040 / second Current 2026-06-15 → present
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Prompt adherence moderate
temporal consistency moderate
motion quality moderate
native audio weak
character consistency moderate
camera control weak
clip duration ceiling moderate
Resolution ceiling weak
Inference speed moderate
cost efficiency moderate
video editing weak
Operator guidance
Choose Kling 1.6 when budget is a primary constraint and Kling 2.x quality is not required. Note that native API pricing is estimated (platform is geo-restricted). Audio is not natively supported in this generation.
Use cases
- Cost-sensitive T2V and I2V workflows where prior-gen quality is acceptable
- Comparison baseline for evaluating Kling generation progression
Provenance notice
- Chinese-origin model; subject to Chinese data regulations and content moderation policies
Limitations
- Prior-generation model; weaker motion and quality than Kling 2.x
- Audio generation not available
- Native API pricing not publicly accessible (geo-restricted)
- 720p maximum resolution
- Checked 2026-08-19 (SCO-462 sweep) against the Artificial Analysis Video Arena (both T2V and I2V leaderboards) — Kling 1.6 does not appear; only current-generation Kling 3.0/3.0 Omni and Kling 2.6 Pro are tracked. Confirmed genuinely unavailable, consistent with this being a superseded prior-generation model
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