What the resolution step costs on Kling AI
Kling publishes a band of eight and a half to seventeen cents a second across 720p and 1080p, and forty-two cents at 4K. The step inside the band is about double; the step to 4K is five times the bottom of it. As of 2026-09-22.
| Tier | Per second, as published |
|---|---|
| 720p to 1080p | Eight and a half to seventeen cents, published as a band |
| 4K | Forty-two cents |
| What the band conceals | Which end belongs to which resolution |
| Package validity behind the rate | 180 days, with no rollover and no extension |
Inclusion rule. Figures on the developer price page and the resolutions each is attached to. A band is recorded as published rather than split into guesses about its ends. Order. Ascending by resolution.
1Where Kling AI sits in this column
| Channel | Step up in resolution |
|---|---|
| Kling AI | Double to 1080p, five times to 4K |
| MiniMax | Half again from 768P to 2K |
| Replicate | Nearly three times for one step |
| Sora | Seven times from the cheapest to the dearest |
| Veo | Free on one tier, twelvefold across the range |
| Vidu | Just over double across three tiers |
| Wan | Four times from 480P to 1080P |
Inclusion rule. Channels publishing a rate at more than one resolution on the same page. A channel with a single figure has no step to price. Order. Alphabetical by channel name.
2A band is a step with the middle removed
Eight and a half to seventeen cents across two resolutions is a doubling, and the page does not say whether the bottom figure is 720p and the top 1080p or whether other settings move it. A buyer delivering at 1080p has to assume the top of the band and hope.
Publishing a band rather than a grid is defensible when several dials move the figure, and it costs the reader the one thing a rate card is for. Two channels in this register print the grid instead, and their pages are longer and more useful.
3The 4K figure is where the curve stops being gentle
Forty-two cents a second is five times the bottom of the band and two and a half times its top. Whatever the band's internal shape, the jump out of it is the largest step on the page by a wide margin.
For serial vertical drama that row is close to irrelevant, which is worth saying plainly: the expensive tier on a rate card is not a criticism of a channel if the work never reaches it. The band is the number that matters here.
4Two other published facts change what the rate means
Each standard developer package lists twenty concurrency and carries a hundred and eighty days of validity with no rollover. The first says the rate is reachable at volume; the second says the units have to be consumed inside a window.
Taken together they describe a channel priced for steady production rather than for occasional use. The band is competitive and the terms around it reward a schedule that actually runs.
- Published per-second price$0.084 to $0.168 per second at 720p to 1080p, and $0.42 per second at 4K
- Unused unitsAPI packages carry 180-day validity with no rollover and no extensionon the developer packages
- ConcurrencyEach standard developer package lists 20 concurrencyfixed per package
5Inside a generated second
Price aside, what goes into the seconds behind “Kling resolution step” is described in SceneMixer's guides:
Sixty to a hundred and twenty seconds is the working band for vertical short drama, and the outline paces for it.
SceneMixer, AI Drama for TikTok & Reels — “How long should a feed episode be?” (read 2026-10-13)
The Seedance 2.0 tiers render segments up to 15 seconds; use a Seedance 2.5 or Wan tier for 30-second takes.
SceneMixer, Seedance 2.0 Fast — “Does Fast render 30-second takes?” (read 2026-10-13)
6Sources
Read from the developer price page published at kling.ai on 2026-09-22. The rate this column sits beside is on Kling AI; what the register accepts as published is on the method page. The same column on other channels: Replicate, MiniMax. Every column: what each channel publishes.