Kling 3.0 Pro
Kuaishou
- Released
- February 2026
- Data date
- September 28, 2026
- Predecessor
- Kling 2.6 Pro
- Maximum resolution
- Maximum duration
- Native audio
- Price
- Per generated minute
Kling 3.0 Pro belongs to Kuaishou’s multimodal 3.0 family and combines text-to-video, image-to-video, references, and in-video editing. Native audio, multi-shot storyboards, and consistent characters from image or video references make it more useful for planned scenes than for a single throwaway clip. The profile reaches 4K and 15 seconds.
Kuaishou’s API maps kling-v3 Pro to 1080p, while the broader 3.0 offering reaches resolutions up to 4K. Compared with Kling 2.6 Pro, Kuaishou describes 3.0 as built on the 2.6 series and adds reference video, voice characteristics, and storyboard control.
Text-to-video and image-to-video remain separate. Their input tasks differ, so they do not receive a combined overall rank.
Methodology and source
Published benchmarks
LMArena Image to Video
Elo ratings summarize pairwise comparisons within this leaderboard. They are not percentages. The scale does not express absolute quality or linear gaps between models.
higher is betterAs of September 22, 2026Scale: 0 Elo - 1,495 Elo
Methodology and context
- Metric
- elo-rating
- Scale
- No upper bound is documented. The chart spans the recorded values and zero.
- Participants
- 21
- Sample
- 206,221
Recorded measurement details
Every observation retains its source value and published test conditions.
LMArena Image to Video: LMArena Image to Video (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)
- Source value
- 1354
- Score
- 1354
- Metric
- elo-rating
- Unit
- Elo
- Task
- lmarena-image-to-video
- Task label
- LMArena Image to Video
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Source rank
- 19
- Sample
- 206221
- Lower confidence bound
- 1348
- Upper confidence bound
- 1360
- Retrieved at
- 2026-09-22
Sample video
Video sample from our test
This video exists as a documented run for the exact model version. Playback is muted.
Motion and physical consistency
This sample tests Anatomy, object consistency, camera tracking, rain, and reflections.
Prompt and settings
Generate exactly one continuous five-second 16:9 cinematic video. A fictional bicycle courier in a mustard-yellow raincoat rides a red city bicycle from left to right across a rain-wet Hamburg street at blue hour for the entire clip. The camera tracks her smoothly at waist height. Both hands remain visible on the handlebars, the bicycle geometry stays physically correct, and a transparent umbrella fixed to the bicycle moves naturally in the wind. Wet-street reflections and raindrops follow realistic physics. No cuts, no slow motion, no text, no logos, no subtitles, and no audio.
Generated through fal.ai with model fal-ai/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video. Archived settings were 16:9, one request, first output, requested 5 s, seed provider random, request {"prompt":"Generate exactly one continuous five-second 16:9 cinematic video. A fictional bicycle courier in a mustard-yellow raincoat rides a red city bicycle from left to right across a rain-wet Hamburg street at blue hour for the entire clip. The camera tracks her smoothly at waist height. Both hands remain visible on the handlebars, the bicycle geometry stays physically correct, and a transparent umbrella fixed to the bicycle moves naturally in the wind. Wet-street reflections and raindrops follow realistic physics. No cuts, no slow motion, no text, no logos, no subtitles, and no audio.","duration":"5","aspect_ratio":"16:9","generate_audio":false}, configured price estimate $0.56.
Popularity
Popularity
18.2 / 100
Profile
Specifications and access
Published information about this model. Existing estimates are explicitly labeled.
| Specification | Value and source |
|---|---|
| Weights | ProprietarySource |
| Access | API, WebSource |
| Maximum resolution | 4KSource |
| Maximum duration | 15 sSource |
| Native audio | YesSource |
| API mode | Model kling-v3 in mode pro (1080p); the current pricing page lists no tier named Pro, only Kling 3.0 by resolutionSource |
| Resolutions | 720p, 1080p and 4K; duration 3 to 15 secondsSource |
Pricing
Published prices
Prices apply to the stated unit. Resolution, output length, and provider can change the cost.
Head-to-head comparisons
Compare this model
Each matchup compares this model with exactly one other model from the same category.
Show all comparisons (23)
Model generations
Predecessor and successor
Every relationship names its kind, its qualification and the dated source it rests on.
Evidence
Sources and data date
Every statement links to its underlying documentation or leaderboard.
| Type | Evidence and data date |
|---|---|
| Additional source | Kuaishou (retrieved September 28, 2026) · Kling 3.0 API documentation · Editorial description reviewed October 2, 2026 |
| Additional source | Video pricing (retrieved September 28, 2026) |
| Additional source | Kuaishou (retrieved September 28, 2026) |
| Additional source | fal.ai |
| Additional source | LMArena (retrieved September 22, 2026) |
| Additional source | Kuaishou Kling 3.0 launch announcement · Editorial description reviewed October 2, 2026 |
| Additional source | OpenRouter: Popularity index (derived), CC BY 4.0 |
| Additional source | Vercel AI Gateway: Popularity index (derived), CC BY 4.0 |
| Additional source | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |