{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "kling", "name": "Kling AI API", "vendor": "Kling AI (Kuaishou)", "vendorUrl": "https://kling.ai", "kind": "model", "category": "video-generation", "summary": "Kuaishou's developer API for its Kling video models (Kling 3.0, 3.0 Omni, Video O1, 2.6, 2.5 Turbo and older).", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kling", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kling.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kling.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kling.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api-singapore.klingai.com", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "AccessKey and SecretKey from the developer console. You sign a short-lived JWT (HS256) with them and send it as a Bearer token. Global endpoint api-singapore.klingai.com, China endpoint api-beijing.klingai.com.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid API resource packages, separate from consumer memberships. Kling 3.0 is $0.084 a second (standard, no audio), $0.126 with audio, $0.112 pro, $0.168 pro with audio, $0.42 at 4K. 3.0 Omni and Video O1 run $0.084 to $0.168 a second. Kling 2.6 is $0.21 per 5 second standard clip, $0.70 per 5 seconds pro with audio. Third-party reviews put packages from a $9.80 trial (30 days) to $7,560, which we couldn't confirm on the JS-only pricing page (https://kling.ai/dev/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in kling.ai/llms.txt or the developer pages (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://kling.ai/document-api/guides/get-started/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://kling.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "video.generate", "video.image-to-video", "video.edit", "video.audio", "video.extend" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "card-required", "llms-txt", "async-jobs", "commercial-licence" ], "lastRelease": "2026-06-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 21.7, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 837, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 27, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 15, "security": 20, "transparency": 43 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Kling 3.0 from $0.084 a second, with audio from $0.126. Developer docs, API terms and pricing render only with JavaScript.", "bestFor": "Buyers who want Kling's quality and price and are willing to sign JWTs and read the docs in a browser.", "strengths": [ "Kling 3.0 from $0.084 a second, with audio from $0.126", "4K on Kling 3.0 and 3.0 Omni, plus motion control and multi-shot", "Every model from kling-v1 to kling-v3 still callable", "kling.ai/llms.txt lists model IDs and per-second prices" ], "weaknesses": [ "Developer docs, API terms and pricing render only with JavaScript", "No official SDK, OpenAPI, status page or changelog", "Auth needs a self-signed JWT, and Turbo and later models need newly generated keys", "Prepaid resource packages, separate from consumer credits", "The Terms of Service let Kling train on your Input unless you revoke it by email" ], "agentNotes": [ "Sign a JWT (HS256) with `iss` set to your AccessKey and a 30 minute `exp`, then send it as a bearer token", "Generate a new key pair if you need Kling 3.0 Turbo. Older keys don't reach it", "Create with POST /v1/videos/text2video or /v1/videos/image2video, then poll the task id until it succeeds", "Take model IDs and prices from kling.ai/llms.txt. The HTML docs need JavaScript", "Email support@kling.ai to revoke training use of your Input. The terms don't exempt API calls" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 21.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 27, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 15, "security": 20, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 56 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api-singapore.klingai.com/v1/videos/text2video \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $KLING_JWT\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model_name\":\"kling-v3\",\"prompt\":\"a red fox running through snow\",\"mode\":\"std\",\"duration\":\"5\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/video.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/kling" }, "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Kling 3.0 std, no audio", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.084 }, { "item": "Kling 3.0 std, with audio", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.126 }, { "item": "Kling 3.0 pro, with audio", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.168, "note": "$0.112 without audio" }, { "item": "Kling 3.0 4K", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.42 }, { "item": "Kling 3.0 Omni pro, video input", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.168 }, { "item": "Kling 2.6 std, no audio", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.042, "note": "$0.21 per 5 second clip" }, { "item": "Kling 2.6 pro, with audio", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.14, "note": "$0.70 per 5 second clip" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Kling AI Pte. Ltd.", "domain": "klingai.com", "domainRegistered": "2024-03-26", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://kling.ai/docs/user-policy", "privacy": "https://kling.ai/docs/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The site moved from klingai.com to kling.ai (registered 2022-06-05). API endpoints stay on klingai.com", "Legal entity taken from the API paid-service terms as shown in search results. The page itself renders only with JavaScript", "Parent company is Kuaishou Technology, Beijing" ], "score": 56 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kling.json", "live": { "slug": "kling", "probe": { "target": "https://api-singapore.klingai.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T09:26:54.108098527Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 863, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 227, "p95ms24h": 897, "samples24h": 261, "samples30d": 2287, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 101, "ok": 101 } ] }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://klingai.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "unknown", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:02.937686213Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://kling.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:33.463569206Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "klingai.com", "registered": "2024-03-26", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/klingai.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:36.938846559Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://kling.ai/dev/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:06.983966463Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b1a9957f712d" }, { "url": "https://kling.ai/docs/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:09.313933915Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "44c37d76f01c" }, { "url": "https://kling.ai/docs/user-policy", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:11.258741258Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "fc7d8efdde4a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T09:26:54.108098527Z" } }, "answer": "Replicate video models scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Kling AI API's 21.7 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "replicate-video", "name": "Replicate video models", "vendor": "Replicate (Cloudflare)", "vendorUrl": "https://replicate.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "video-generation", "summary": "Replicate runs third-party and open video models, among them Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Runway Gen-4.5, Seedance 2.0 and Wan, through one predictions API with Python and JavaScript clients and an MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-video.json", "repo": "https://github.com/replicate/replicate-python", "license": "Proprietary service under Replicate's terms of service. The Python and JavaScript clients and `replicate-mcp` are Apache-2.0, and each model carries its own licence", "transports": [ "http", "sse", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.replicate.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "replicate" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "replicate" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "replicate-mcp" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve. A person signs up in a browser and creates a bearer API token (40 characters, prefix `r8_`) at replicate.com/account/api-tokens. An account can hold several named tokens and disable any of them. Tokens have no scopes or expiry. The hosted MCP server at https://mcp.replicate.com/sse takes the token in a browser flow, and the local `replicate-mcp` package reads `REPLICATE_API_TOKEN`.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go from prepaid credit (valid one year, not refundable) or monthly in arrears. Official video models bill per second of output video, with tiers by resolution, mode and audio shown on each model page. Community models bill per second of hardware time. Failed runs aren't charged, and a cancelled official-model run may be. The try-for-free collection lets a new account run `minimax/video-01` a limited number of times before buying credit (https://replicate.com/collections/try-for-free).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the HTTP API reference or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 917, "npmWeekly": 704939, "pypiWeekly": 356876, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://replicate.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://replicate.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.replicate.com/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "video.generate", "video.image-to-video", "video.audio", "video.edit", "video.extend" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model-platform", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "python", "typescript", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "open-weights", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-15", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 402, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 30, "reliability": 75, "schema": 86, "security": 41, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One bearer token reaches more than twenty official video models at published per-second prices, each with a typed input schema, and failed runs aren't charged. Tokens have no scopes or spend cap, no SLA is published, and the terms let Replicate withdraw any model without notice.", "bestFor": "An agent that wants several vendors' video models behind one token and one request shape, or open models such as Wan next to closed ones.", "strengths": [ "Official video models bill per second of output at prices shown on each model page, from $0.10 for Wan 2.7 to $0.40 for Veo 3.1 with audio", "Every model publishes a typed input schema, and the four we read require only `prompt`", "Failed runs aren't charged, and a `Cancel-After` header ends a job after a set time", "API inputs, outputs, files and logs are deleted after one hour by default", "Public OpenAPI document with 36 operations, llms.txt and Markdown docs pages" ], "weaknesses": [ "Tokens have no scopes, expiry or spend cap, and any token can run every model and delete account resources", "No SLA is published and the terms disclaim service levels. Replicate may withdraw a model without notice", "No idempotency key on prediction creates, and a 429 carries a wait time in the body with no `Retry-After` header documented", "The public changelog's newest entry is 21 April 2026, and the stable npm and PyPI clients date from November and May 2025", "No security.txt, and no certification is named on the pages we read" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call official models at `POST /v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions` with no version, then poll `GET /v1/predictions/{id}` or pass `webhook`. Video jobs usually outlast the 60-second `Prefer: wait` window", "Download the output file within the hour. API predictions lose inputs, outputs and logs after 60 minutes", "Read the model's price tiers before setting `resolution`, `mode` or `generate_audio`. Kling 3.0 runs from $0.168 to $0.42 a second and Veo 3.1 doubles with audio", "Send `Cancel-After` on every create. There is no idempotency key, so a blind retry is a second paid video", "Keep credit above $20 or enable auto-reload. Low balances are throttled, and granted credit with no card is held to 6 requests a minute" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 30, "reliability": 75, "schema": 86, "security": 41, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 87 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.replicate.com/v1/models/google/veo-3.1/predictions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $REPLICATE_API_TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"input\":{\"prompt\":\"a red fox running through fresh snow\",\"duration\":4,\"resolution\":\"720p\"}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add replicate https://mcp.replicate.com/sse --transport sse --scope user", "config": { "mcpServers": { "replicate": { "args": [ "-y", "replicate-mcp@latest" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "REPLICATE_API_TOKEN": "${REPLICATE_API_TOKEN}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/video.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/replicate-video" }, "sameCompany": [ "replicate-deploy", "replicate-image", "replicate-musicgen" ], "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Veo 3.1 with audio", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.4, "note": "$0.20 without audio" }, { "item": "Veo 3.1 Fast with audio", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.15, "note": "$0.10 without audio" }, { "item": "Kling 3.0 pro (1080p)", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.224, "note": "$0.336 with audio, standard 720p $0.168, 4K $0.42" }, { "item": "Runway Gen-4.5", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.12 }, { "item": "Seedance 2.0 720p", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.18, "note": "without video input. 480p $0.08, 1080p $0.45, 4K $1.00, more with video input" }, { "item": "Wan 2.7 text-to-video", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.1 }, { "item": "Wan 3.0 1080p", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.1, "note": "billing table on 8 October 2026 during a promotion. README lists $0.20" }, { "item": "Hailuo 2.3 768p", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.0467, "note": "$0.28 per 6-second video, $0.56 for 10 seconds, $0.49 for 6 seconds at 1080p" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Replicate, LLC", "domain": "replicate.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-05-26", "domainNote": "replicate.com was registered in 1998, long before Replicate the company existed.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://replicate.com/terms", "privacy": "https://replicate.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://replicatestatus.com", "changelog": "https://replicate.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service (last update 1 April 2026) name Replicate, LLC, 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, as the contracting party and govern use of the API and the models.", "The privacy policy was last updated on 1 April 2026.", "replicatestatus.com redirects to https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/services?search=replicate, where Replicate is one component of Cloudflare's status page.", "https://replicate.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 1998-05-26 for replicate.com.", "Replicate's image and music models and its deployments are listed separately." ], "score": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.json", "live": { "slug": "replicate-video", "probe": { "target": "https://api.replicate.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T09:27:02.816328211Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 109, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 109, "p95ms24h": 269, "samples24h": 20, "samples30d": 20, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 20, "ok": 20 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T09:27:02.816328211Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Kling AI (Kuaishou)", "b": "Replicate (Cloudflare)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api-singapore.klingai.com", "b": "https://api.replicate.com/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under Replicate's terms of service. The Python and JavaScript clients and `replicate-mcp` are Apache-2.0, and each model carries its own licence", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-06-17", "b": "2026-09-15", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-04-01", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-04-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "917 stars, 705k npm/wk, 357k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Replicate video models scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Kling AI API's 21.7 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Kling AI API or Replicate video models?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Kling AI API has a hosted endpoint at https://api-singapore.klingai.com and Replicate video models at https://api.replicate.com/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call Kling AI API and Replicate video models without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Buyers who want Kling's quality and price and are willing to sign JWTs and read the docs in a browser.", "slug": "kling", "watchFor": "Developer docs, API terms and pricing render only with JavaScript" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 75 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 15", "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 27", "Security \u0026 auth, 41 against 20", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 48 against 24", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 43" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "An agent that wants several vendors' video models behind one token and one request shape, or open models such as Wan next to closed ones.", "slug": "replicate-video", "watchFor": "Tokens have no scopes, expiry or spend cap, and any token can run every model and delete account resources" } ], "job": { "capability": "video.generate", "name": "Video generate" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-kling.json", "title": "Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Kling AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-kling" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-replicate-video.json", "title": "Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Replicate video models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-replicate-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-kling.json", "title": "fal video models vs Kling AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-kling" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video.json", "title": "fal video models vs Replicate video models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-kling.json", "title": "Google Veo vs Kling AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-kling" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-replicate-video.json", "title": "Google Veo vs Replicate video models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-replicate-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-kling.json", "title": "Higgsfield API vs Kling AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-kling" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-replicate-video.json", "title": "Higgsfield API vs Replicate video models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-replicate-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-luma.json", "title": "Kling AI API vs Luma AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-luma" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-minimax-video.json", "title": "Kling AI API vs MiniMax Video API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-minimax-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-openai-sora.json", "title": "Kling AI API vs OpenAI Sora API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-openai-sora" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-pika.json", "title": "Kling AI API vs Pika API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-pika" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-pixverse.json", "title": "Kling AI API vs PixVerse API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-pixverse" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-runway.json", "title": "Kling AI API vs Runway API", "url": 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Replicate video models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pika-vs-replicate-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pixverse-vs-replicate-video.json", "title": "PixVerse API vs Replicate video models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pixverse-vs-replicate-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-runway.json", "title": "Replicate video models vs Runway API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-runway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-vidu.json", "title": "Replicate video models vs Vidu API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-vidu" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 60, "edge": "replicate-video", "key": "reliability", "kling": 15, "name": "Reliability", "replicate-video": 75, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 71, "edge": "replicate-video", "key": "schema", "kling": 15, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "replicate-video": 86, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 45, "edge": "replicate-video", "key": "ergonomics", "kling": 27, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "replicate-video": 72, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 21, "edge": "replicate-video", "key": "security", "kling": 20, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "replicate-video": 41, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "replicate-video", "key": "payments", "kling": 20, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "replicate-video": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 24, "edge": "replicate-video", "key": "maintenance", "kling": 24, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "replicate-video": 48, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 29, "edge": "replicate-video", "key": "transparency", "kling": 43, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "replicate-video": 72, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Replicate video models scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Kling AI API's 21.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do video generate.", "verdicts": { "kling": "Kling 3.0 from $0.084 a second, with audio from $0.126. Developer docs, API terms and pricing render only with JavaScript.", "replicate-video": "One bearer token reaches more than twenty official video models at published per-second prices, each with a typed input schema, and failed runs aren't charged. Tokens have no scopes or spend cap, no SLA is published, and the terms let Replicate withdraw any model without notice." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-replicate-video", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-replicate-video.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-replicate-video.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-replicate-video.min.md" }, "markdown": "Replicate video models scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Kling AI API's 21.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do video generate.\n\n- Kling AI API: grade F, 21.7/100, rank #837 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kling.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kling.json\n- Replicate video models: grade B, 62.1/100, rank #402 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-video.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Kling AI API (F)\n\nGood for: Buyers who want Kling's quality and price and are willing to sign JWTs and read the docs in a browser.\n\nWatch for: Developer docs, API terms and pricing render only with JavaScript\n\n### Replicate video models (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that wants several vendors' video models behind one token and one request shape, or open models such as Wan next to closed ones.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 15\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 27\n- Security \u0026 auth, 41 against 20\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 48 against 24\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 43\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: Tokens have no scopes, expiry or spend cap, and any token can run every model and delete account resources\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Kling AI API | Replicate video models | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 75 | Replicate video models +60 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 86 | Replicate video models +71 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 27 | 72 | Replicate video models +45 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 20 | 41 | Replicate video models +21 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Replicate video models +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 24 | 48 | Replicate video models +24 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 72 | Replicate video models +29 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **21.7 · F** | **62.1 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Kling AI API | Replicate video models |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model platform |\n| Vendor | Kling AI (Kuaishou) | Replicate (Cloudflare) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api-singapore.klingai.com` | `https://api.replicate.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Replicate's terms of service. The Python and JavaScript clients and `replicate-mcp` are Apache-2.0, and each model carries its own licence |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-06-17 | 2026-09-15 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-04-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-04-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 917 stars, 705k npm/wk, 357k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Kling AI API.** Kling 3.0 from $0.084 a second, with audio from $0.126. Developer docs, API terms and pricing render only with JavaScript.\n\n**Replicate video models.** One bearer token reaches more than twenty official video models at published per-second prices, each with a typed input schema, and failed runs aren't charged. Tokens have no scopes or spend cap, no SLA is published, and the terms let Replicate withdraw any model without notice.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Kling AI API\n\n1. Sign a JWT (HS256) with `iss` set to your AccessKey and a 30 minute `exp`, then send it as a bearer token\n2. Generate a new key pair if you need Kling 3.0 Turbo. Older keys don't reach it\n3. Create with POST /v1/videos/text2video or /v1/videos/image2video, then poll the task id until it succeeds\n4. Take model IDs and prices from kling.ai/llms.txt. The HTML docs need JavaScript\n5. Email support@kling.ai to revoke training use of your Input. The terms don't exempt API calls\n\n### Replicate video models\n\n1. Call official models at `POST /v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions` with no version, then poll `GET /v1/predictions/{id}` or pass `webhook`. Video jobs usually outlast the 60-second `Prefer: wait` window\n2. Download the output file within the hour. API predictions lose inputs, outputs and logs after 60 minutes\n3. Read the model's price tiers before setting `resolution`, `mode` or `generate_audio`. Kling 3.0 runs from $0.168 to $0.42 a second and Veo 3.1 doubles with audio\n4. Send `Cancel-After` on every create. There is no idempotency key, so a blind retry is a second paid video\n5. Keep credit above $20 or enable auto-reload. Low balances are throttled, and granted credit with no card is held to 6 requests a minute\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Kling AI API or Replicate video models?\n\nReplicate video models scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Kling AI API's 21.7 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Can an agent call Kling AI API and Replicate video models without installing anything?\n\nYes. Kling AI API has a hosted endpoint at https://api-singapore.klingai.com and Replicate video models at https://api.replicate.com/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-replicate-video.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-replicate-video.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"kling\", \"b\": \"replicate-video\"}`. 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