Kling AI vs Runway

Side-by-side comparison of Kling AI and Runway: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Kling AI Kuaishou's video generation model — strong motion quality and support for up to 2-minute clips. Visit	Runway AI video generation and editing — Gen-3 produces cinematic clips from text or image. Visit
Category	Video generation	Video generation
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price	USD 8/mo	USD 12/mo
Free tier
Audience	All audiences	All audiences
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider	Kling AI (proprietary)	Runway
Founded	2024	2018
Headquarters	Beijing, CN	New York, US
Key strengths	·Native 4K video generation ·Text-to-video and image-to-video generation ·Motion control ·AI agent-based creative workflow (Canvas)	·text-to-video ·image-to-video ·inpainting ·motion brush