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Kling 4.0's API is live at 11 to 24 cents a second
The same model runs from $0.106 a second at 720p on Luma's Ultra plan to $0.237 at 1080p on Plus, against Kling's own $0.157 and $0.235.
Kling 4.0's API reaches Luma, YouCam and SelfyzAI
Kuaishou's model, public on October 15, is now inside three third-party editors, while Kling's own developer page still lists its API as coming soon.
Kling 4.0's API opens to developers in early access
Kling's own documentation calls the release early access while its pricing table and developer page still say the 4.0 API is coming soon.
Kling 4.0's 30-second clips are not on the API yet
The API pricing page still says its plans don't support Kling 4.0, leaving Runway and Runware to carry Kling 3.0 instead.
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite reaches 1080p by upscaling 720p
xAI's budget video model works out to $8.40 a minute at 1080p on Artificial Analysis's October 16 read, against $2.40 for the cheapest rival on the board.
Higgsfield and Luma tie clip cost to how many tries it takes
Both vendors' own tables price a month of usable clips at two attempts each, and both say the retry count moves the bill more than the per-second rate.
Runway Dev adds Kling 3.0 and O3 video models
The developer platform lists Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro, Kling 3.0 and Kling O3 at 9 to 43 credits per second, with credits selling for one cent each.
HiDream-O1-Video API ships image-to-video only
HiDream.ai announced HiDream-O1-Video-1.0 on September 17 as a natively omnimodal model, but the HiHarness docs describe a single-image API.
HeyGen's first video model sells from 1 cent a second
HeyGen Video is a fine-tune of MiniMax's H3 model and generates 5 to 15 second clips with their own audio, at half its regular price through October.
VideoGen raises $3.3M as it passes 5 million users
The Y Combinator-backed platform sells finished, editable videos rather than clips, and says its agents now work in more than 190 countries.
Higgsfield offers 100% API cashback from a $20M pool
Higgsfield is paying API spending back as API credits on every model in its catalog, capped at $100,000 a business, and unused cashback expires on September 30.
Black Forest Labs ships FLUX Video Edit at 3 cents a second
The model changes only the part of the clip you name and leaves the rest of the shot untouched.