How many Kling credits do you need for a video?
Data checked: October 1, 2026
Kling charges credits per second of generated video, and the rate depends on the tier. In our data, 720p · no audio uses 6 credits per second, so one finished minute is 360 credits before retakes.
To turn credits into dollars we use the published top-up rate (1 USD per 66 credits, about $0.015 per credit). Subscription plans give cheaper effective credits, but we could not confirm the credits each plan includes, so we do not price plans here.
Try the calculator: Kling Credits Calculator →
Credits and top-up cost with 30% retakes
| Tier | Credits/s | 60 s | 3 min | 10 min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 720p · no audio | 6 | 468 cr · $7.09 | 1,404 cr · $21.27 | 4,680 cr · $70.91 |
| 1080p · native audio | 12 | 936 cr · $14.18 | 2,808 cr · $42.55 | 9,360 cr · $141.82 |
| 4K | 30 | 2,340 cr · $35.45 | 7,020 cr · $106.36 | 23,400 cr · $354.55 |
Retakes add 30% on top of the final length (an example value). Dollar figures use the published top-up price of $0.015 per credit and are an upper bound if you buy through a plan.
How to estimate your own total
Multiply credits per second by the seconds you plan to generate, then by 1 plus your retake rate. For example, 60 seconds at 12 credits per second with 50% retakes is 60 × 12 × 1.5 = 1,080 credits.
Because the rate jumps with quality tier, the cheapest way to control cost is to draft at the lowest tier and re-render only the approved shots at a higher one.
Frequently asked questions
How many credits is one second of Kling video?
In our data it ranges from 6 credits per second (720p, no audio) to 30 (4K), depending on the tier.
How much is a Kling credit worth in dollars?
The published top-up rate is $1 per 66 credits (about $0.015). Plans can lower the effective price.
Why are plan prices not shown?
We could not confirm how many credits each Kling plan includes, so we avoid guessing.
Sources
Prices updated: October 1, 2026
- Google Gemini API pricing (Veo) ↗
- OpenAI API pricing (Sora) ↗
- Runway API pricing ↗
- Runway plans ↗
- Kling developer pricing ↗
- Luma API pricing ↗
- Luma plans ↗
- Pika pricing ↗
- Higgsfield pricing ↗
Prices are collected from public pages and may change without notice. Entries marked 'secondary' were read through a third-party aggregator because the official page did not render to our fetcher; the official URL is still listed as the source of record.
- Higgsfield and Pika publish credit-based subscription pricing; we did not find public per-second API rates for them, so they appear as effective subscription rates.
- Veo is priced from the Gemini API (Veo on Vertex AI or inside Google AI plans may differ).
- Taxes, free tiers, batch discounts, and enterprise contracts are not included.