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Kling 3.0

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klingai/kling-3-0 · by Kuaishou Technology · Diffusion transformer (DiT)

Pricing — 1 offering(s)

Kling AI (Kuaishou)

Standard 720p (no native audio)

  • $0.084 / second Current 2026-09-20 → present

    0.6 Units/s at $0.14/unit list price, per the live API pricing table.

Standard 1080p (no native audio)

  • $0.112 / second Current 2026-09-20 → present

    0.8 Units/s at $0.14/unit list price.

Standard 4K (no native audio)

  • $0.42 / second Current 2026-09-20 → present
    3.0 Units/s at $0.14/unit list price. Matches the $0.42/s rate quoted in Kling's own 04/23/2026 API changelog…

    3.0 Units/s at $0.14/unit list price. Matches the $0.42/s rate quoted in Kling's own 04/23/2026 API changelog entry announcing native 4K support for kling-v3 (text-to-video and image-to-video) — same rate, unchanged since launch.

Audio 720p (native audio, no voice control)

  • $0.126 / second Current 2026-09-20 → present

    0.9 Units/s. Native audio without human-voice-control add-on.

Audio 1080p (native audio, no voice control)

  • $0.168 / second Current 2026-09-20 → present

    1.2 Units/s.

Audio 4K (native audio, no voice control)

  • $0.42 / second Current 2026-09-20 → present

    3.0 Units/s — same flat 4K rate regardless of audio.

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Capability profile

How Kling 3.0 rates across core capability dimensions, with the task-level evidence behind each rating.

Prompt adherence Strong

Kling's own docs describe 3.0 as offering "high consistence and precise prompt adherence."

temporal consistency Strong

Improved element consistency over the 2.x line per Kling's own capability map description.

motion quality Strong
native audio Strong

Synchronized audio-video generation with native audio output, per Kling's own model description. Billed as a separate pricing tier (~40-50% surcharge over the no-audio rate).

character consistency Strong

Element reference support for consistent character/subject identity across shots.

camera control Moderate
clip duration ceiling Strong

3-15 seconds per call, wider range than the prior generation's 5-10s.

Resolution ceiling Strong

Up to native 4K via API (added 2026-04-23), beyond the prior generation's 1080p ceiling.

Inference speed Moderate
cost efficiency Strong

$0.084-0.168/s at 720p/1080p (before 4K) is cheaper than several premium- tier peers (e.g. Seedance 2 standard) at comparable resolutions.

video editing Moderate

Element reference and multi-shot/storyboard generation support (via intelligent shot_type). Full reference-video-driven editing is Kling 3.0 Omni's distinguishing feature, not this base model's.

Ratings are estimated — limited independent data is available for this model.

Operator guidance

Choose Kling 3.0 for high-resolution (up to 4K), multi-shot narrative video generation with native audio. Use Kling 3.0 Turbo instead for cost/latency-sensitive workloads that don't need 4K, or Kling 3.0 Omni for reference-video-driven editing and video-to-video workflows.

Use cases

Provenance notice

  • Chinese-origin model; subject to Chinese data regulations and content moderation policies
  • Content policy restrictions may differ from Western providers for certain topics

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