Kling 4.0 release: 30-second clips, price, vs 3.0
Kling 4.0 launched on 15 October 2026: one 3 to 30 second shot with stereo sound, twice Kling 3.0's length. On Versely since 24 October, from 19 credits.
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Kling 4.0 launched on 15 October 2026: one 3 to 30 second shot with stereo sound, twice Kling 3.0's length. On Versely since 24 October, from 19 credits.
HeyGen launched HeyGen Video on 30 September 2026: 5-15 s clips with sound, up to 2K, $0.03 a second at 768p. On Versely since 22 October, from 8 credits.
Luma released Ray 3.2 on 9 June 2026: 16 keyframes, native 16-bit HDR, 5 or 10 s clips to 1080p, no audio. On Versely since 18 October, from 12 credits.
Compare five AI agents for remote video editing, from invideo timeline control to podcast clips, social video workflows, and desktop cleanup.
Black Forest Labs released FLUX 3 Image Klein on 15 October 2026: a 5.6B open-weights model for images and edits, up to 4K, at $0.009 per 1K image.
Creatify released Boreal on 15 September 2026: product, UGC and presenter video with built-in speech, up to 20 s, from $0.01 per second at 720p on fal.
Grok Imagine Video 1.5: xAI API in June 2026, native 1080p from 31 July, 1-15 s, lip-synced audio, from $0.08/s. Lite $0.02/s. On Versely from 7 credits.
Krea released Krea 3 on 15 October 2026: an image editing model Krea says finishes most edits in under 8 seconds at native 2K, for $0.06 an image.
Google released the Nano Banana 2.1 image model on 6 October 2026: 4K, 14 references, $0.0336 per 1K image on the API, half of Nano Banana 2's price.
ShengShu released Vidu Q4 Preview on 7 October 2026: up to 15 reference images, 16 s clips, native audio, 4K. List price is $0.045 a second at 540p.
On 1 October 2026 YouTube said Shorts will likely cut reach for re-upload channels. From 1 Feb 2027, Shorts earnings need 10M qualified views in 90 days.
ElevenLabs released Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo on 28 September 2026: 90+ languages, audio tags, Turbo at ~150 ms, API list price $0.08 per 1,000 characters.
FLUX 3 Image launched 1 October 2026: JSON bounding boxes, native 4K, 10 references. List price is $0.048 at 1K and $0.607 at 4K; no open weights.
Ideogram 4.5 launched 30 September 2026 as a precise image-edit model. fal lists $0.008 to $0.22 per image by quality tier; open weights aren't out yet.
ByteDance Upscaler Video takes a clip to 1080p, 2K or 4K from 3 credits. A finish pass on locked footage: not a generate, not Topaz, not a still upscaler.
Flux 3 T2V is a 34-credit generate with native audio, 5–20s. Flux 3 extend is 82 credits, native audio, 5–20s. 34 starts the clip; 82 continues it.
Gemini Omni Video starts at 29 credits and runs 4K for 4s / 6s / 8s / 10s. Catalog audio is null. It is the 10s 4K hold, not Veo’s microphone.
HeyGen Avatar V3 starts at 14 credits: premade avatars, audio true, no still required. Cast a library twin, not a mouth pass on your founder photo.
Kling V2.1 is 140-credit image-to-video, 5s or 10s, audio null, resolution unset. It is the legacy expensive still row, not the default.
Kling V2.6 Pro T2V is 56 credits for 5s, 112 for 10s, native audio, 1080p. Same first-5s sticker as O3 Pro T2V, shorter menu. O3 Standard T2V is 45.
LTX 2.3 Image to Video Pro starts at 29 credits: I2V up to 4K for 6s / 8s / 10s. Catalog audio is null. Quiet 4K motion on a still, not a talking Veo.
Luma Ray 2 720p starts at 40 credits: T2V, 5s or 9s, audio null. That is a lot for mute 720p. Grok Imagine Video starts at 24 with native audio at 720p.
Pixverse Effects and Transition share one price card: from 12 credits, 32 at 1080p, for 5s / 8s / 10s. Effects hangs an effect; Transition interpolates.
Pixverse V4 is 12-credit T2V, audio null, 5s/8s. V6 T2V is 10 credits, audio null, 5s/8s, 1080p. Both silent; V4 is the older card, V6 the default.
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