# Kling.ai Alternatives 2027: 16 Paid, Free & Open-Source

Source: https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/kling-ai/
Prices checked: 2026-11-11 (Zekai Price Ledger)

The best Kling.ai alternatives in 2027 are Runway (best overall, $15/mo), Vidu (best free plan: 540P output only) and Wan (best open source, Apache-2.0). Kling.ai itself starts at $10/mo. Zekai checked these prices on vendor pages on 11 Nov 2026; 13 more are compared below, including 3 with a free plan and 7 open source.

| Tool | Type | Starting price | Free plan limit | Licence | Best for | Price checked | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kling.ai (the tool being replaced) | — | $10/mo | Basic: 1 video per generation, no commercial use | — | — | 2026-11-11 | [pricing](https://app.klingai.com/global/membership/membership-plan) |
| Runway | Free plan + paid | $15/mo | 125 one-time credits, 5GB storage | — | Generation plus editing in one studio | 2026-11-11 | [site](https://runwayml.com) [pricing](https://runway.com/pricing) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/runway/) |
| Minimax Hailuo | Free plan + paid | $9.99/mo |  | — | Low entry price for short AI clips | 2026-11-11 | [site](https://hailuoai.video) [pricing](https://hailuoai.video/subscribe) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/hailuo/) |
| Vidu | Free plan + paid | $10/mo | 540P output, 10 references a month | — | Free tier with multi-reference video | 2026-11-11 | [site](https://www.vidu.com) [pricing](https://www.vidu.com/pricing) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/vidu/) |
| Pika | Free plan + paid | $10/mo | No monthly credits; credit packs only | — | Cheap plan for short stylised clips | 2026-11-11 | [site](https://pika.art) [pricing](https://pika.art/pricing) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/pika/) |
| Luma AI | Paid | $30/mo | No free plan | — | Dream Machine clips, large credit pools | 2026-11-11 | [site](https://lumalabs.ai) [pricing](https://lumalabs.ai/pricing) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/luma-ai/) |
| Google Veo 3.1 | Paid | $19.99/mo | No free plan | — | Veo video inside a Google AI plan | 2026-11-11 | [site](https://deepmind.google) [pricing](https://one.google.com/about/google-ai-plans/) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/google-veo-3-1/) |
| Moonvalley | Paid | $14.99/mo | No free plan | — | Studio-oriented clips counted in videos | 2026-11-11 | [site](https://www.moonvalley.com) [pricing](https://www.moonvalley.com/pricing) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/moonvalley/) |
| LTX Studio | Free plan + paid | $15/mo |  | — | Storyboard-first video from scripts | 2026-11-11 | [site](https://ltx.io) [pricing](https://ltx.io/studio/pricing) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/ltx-studio/) |
| Wan | Open source | Free (self-hosted) | No limit (self-hosted) | Apache-2.0 | Self-hosted open video models, no credits |  | [site](https://github.com/Wan-Video/Wan2.2) [code](https://github.com/Wan-Video/Wan2.2) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/wan-ai/) |
| ComfyUI | Open source | Free (self-hosted) | No limit (self-hosted) | GPL-3.0 | Node-based local video workflows |  | [site](https://www.comfy.org/) [code](https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/comfyui/) |
| LTX-Video | Open source | Free (self-hosted) | No limit (self-hosted) | Apache-2.0 (code) | Lightweight open video model for local GPUs |  | [site](https://github.com/Lightricks/LTX-Video) [code](https://github.com/Lightricks/LTX-Video) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/ltx-video/) |
| HunyuanVideo | Open source | Free (self-hosted) | No limit (self-hosted) | Tencent (not OSI-approved) | Open weights from Tencent, big GPU needed |  | [site](https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanVideo) [code](https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanVideo) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/hunyuanvideo/) |
| CogVideoX | Open source | Free (self-hosted) | No limit (self-hosted) | Apache-2.0 | Older open model with small-GPU options |  | [site](https://github.com/zai-org/CogVideo) [code](https://github.com/zai-org/CogVideo) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/cogvideox/) |
| Open-Sora | Open source | Free (self-hosted) | No limit (self-hosted) | Apache-2.0 | 11B open model for text and image video |  | [site](https://github.com/hpcaitech/Open-Sora) [code](https://github.com/hpcaitech/Open-Sora) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/open-sora/) |
| FramePack | Open source | Free (self-hosted) | No limit (self-hosted) | Apache-2.0 | Long clips from one image on 6GB |  | [site](https://github.com/lllyasviel/FramePack) [code](https://github.com/lllyasviel/FramePack) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/framepack/) |
| LongCat-Video | Open source | Free (self-hosted) | No limit (self-hosted) | MIT | MIT-licensed model for long video clips |  | [site](https://github.com/meituan-longcat/LongCat-Video) [code](https://github.com/meituan-longcat/LongCat-Video) [Zekai page](https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/longcat-video/) |

## How each alternative compares with Kling.ai

- **Runway** (Free plan + paid, $15/mo, checked 2026-11-11): Runway Standard lists 625 credits a month with no watermark and 4K upscaling on its own models, whereas Kling's Standard plan lists 660 credits and prices output by Kling model. Switch if you want video generation, editing and upscaling inside one studio rather than a generator alone. Stay with Kling.ai if you want Kling's Motion Control and Omni reference with up to 15 combined references.
- **Minimax Hailuo** (Free plan + paid, $9.99/mo, checked 2026-11-11): Hailuo's subscribe page shows a starting price of $9.99 a month and offers new users free credits at sign-up, with its own MiniMax H3 model for video and 4K images. Switch if you want a similar entry price with free sign-up credits and MiniMax's own H3 model. Stay with Kling.ai if you want Kling's multi-shot storyboarding, element references and native 30-second generation.
- **Vidu** (Free plan + paid, $10/mo, checked 2026-11-11): Vidu has a $0 plan with 540P Q4 output and 10 references a month, while Kling's free Basic plan allows one video per generation and no commercial use. Switch if you want a free plan to try multi-reference video before paying for 800 monthly credits. Stay with Kling.ai if you want 1080p and 4K video generation and a larger paid credit pool at each tier.
- **Pika** (Free plan + paid, $10/mo, checked 2026-11-11): Pika Starter lists 600 credits a month with no watermark and a commercial licence, while its free plan carries no monthly credits and only credit packs. Switch if you make short stylised clips and want a commercial licence at ten dollars a month. Stay with Kling.ai if you want native 4K output and image-to-video with consistent characters across scenes.
- **Luma AI** (Paid, $30/mo, checked 2026-11-11): Luma's pricing page shows no free plan; Plus lists 10,000 credits and commercial use, and higher tiers add 40,000 and 150,000 credits. Switch if you want Luma's Dream Machine models with a large credit pool and commercial use from the first paid tier. Stay with Kling.ai if you want a free Basic plan to start on and a cheaper first paid step.
- **Google Veo 3.1** (Paid, $19.99/mo, checked 2026-11-11): Veo is not sold alone: Google lists video generation in Flow within the Google AI Pro plan, bundled with Gemini access and 5 TB of storage. Switch if you already use Google services and want video generation bundled with Gemini and cloud storage. Stay with Kling.ai if you want a video-only plan with its own credits, motion control tools and 4K output.
- **Moonvalley** (Paid, $14.99/mo, checked 2026-11-11): Moonvalley's Standard plan lists 100 monthly credits for up to 10 videos, with no free tier shown on its pricing page. Switch if you prefer a plan counted in videos per month over a credit pool. Stay with Kling.ai if you want a free Basic plan and daily free credits for subscribers.
- **LTX Studio** (Free plan + paid, $15/mo, checked 2026-11-11): LTX Studio lists $15 a month for its entry plan and is built around script-to-storyboard scenes, whereas Kling starts from a prompt, image or element reference. Switch if you plan scenes from a script and want storyboard-style control over each shot. Stay with Kling.ai if you generate from prompts and reference images and want Kling's motion capture tools.
- **Wan** (Open source, Free (self-hosted)): Wan's Apache-2.0 weights run on your own hardware with no credit cap, while Kling meters every generation in credits on a hosted service. Switch if you own a high-memory GPU and want unmetered, locally controlled generation without a subscription. Stay with Kling.ai if you have no GPU and want browser generation, 4K output and ready-made motion control.
- **ComfyUI** (Open source, Free (self-hosted)): ComfyUI is a node-graph interface that runs open video models locally under GPL-3.0, so there is no per-generation credit charge, but you supply the GPU and workflows. Switch if you have a capable GPU and want node-graph control over open video models with no credits. Stay with Kling.ai if you want hosted generation with no GPU setup and prebuilt character consistency.
- **LTX-Video** (Open source, Free (self-hosted)): LTX-Video from Lightricks is Apache-2.0 code with distilled checkpoints, and a community build generates 720x480 clips on an 8GB RTX 4060, far below Wan's 24GB to 80GB. Switch if you want open weights that fit a consumer GPU and can manage Python and CUDA yourself. Stay with Kling.ai if you want a managed interface with queues, upscaling and character tools instead of command-line inference.
- **HunyuanVideo** (Open source, Free (self-hosted)): HunyuanVideo's Tencent licence excludes the EU, UK and South Korea, and its README lists 60GB peak GPU memory for 720x1280 clips; Kling is hosted and bills every generation in credits. Switch if you have a 60GB-class GPU, sit outside the EU, UK and South Korea, and want open weights. Stay with Kling.ai if you want Kling's Motion Control and hosted generation without managing 60GB-class GPU requirements yourself.
- **CogVideoX** (Open source, Free (self-hosted)): CogVideoX has Apache-2.0 code and 2B weights, and its README lists about 4GB of VRAM for the 2B model with optimisations on; Kling is hosted and bills every generation in credits. Switch if you want an older open model with a 2B option that fits small GPUs. Stay with Kling.ai if you want Kling's Motion Control and hosted generation without managing weight downloads and Python scripts yourself.
- **Open-Sora** (Open source, Free (self-hosted)): Open-Sora 2.0 is an Apache-2.0 11B text and image to video model at 256px and 768px, reporting 52 to 60GB peak memory; Kling is hosted and bills every generation in credits. Switch if you have H100-class hardware and want a fully Apache-2.0 11B text and image to video model. Stay with Kling.ai if you want Kling's Motion Control and hosted generation without managing 52GB or more of GPU memory yourself.
- **FramePack** (Open source, Free (self-hosted)): FramePack builds video from an image and prompt in sections, and its README says a 6GB GPU handles a one-minute clip; Kling is hosted and bills every generation in credits. Switch if you have an RTX card with 6GB or more and want long clips from a single image. Stay with Kling.ai if you want Kling's Motion Control and hosted generation without managing a 30GB model download yourself.
- **LongCat-Video** (Open source, Free (self-hosted)): LongCat-Video has MIT-licensed weights for text-to-video, image-to-video and video continuation, aimed at long clips; Kling is hosted and bills every generation in credits. Switch if you want MIT-licensed weights for long clips and video continuation and can build FlashAttention yourself. Stay with Kling.ai if you want Kling's Motion Control and hosted generation without managing FlashAttention builds and weight downloads yourself.

## Open-source options in detail

- **Wan** (https://github.com/Wan-Video/Wan2.2): Licence: Apache-2.0; Commercial use: Yes (Apache-2.0); the authors claim no rights over your generated content.; Runs on: 5B model needs one 24GB GPU; the A14B models need at least 80GB VRAM.; Setup: hard: Python install, PyTorch 2.4 or later and large weight downloads.; Last commit: 2026-09-21; GitHub stars: 18,600 (2026-11-13)
- **ComfyUI** (https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI): Licence: GPL-3.0; Commercial use: Yes; GPL-3.0 means sharing changes if you distribute a modified version.; Runs on: Desktop app or manual install; NVIDIA, AMD, Intel or Apple Silicon GPUs.; Setup: moderate: Desktop app installs easily; workflows and model weights need setup.; Last commit: 2026-11-13; Last release: 2026-11-10; GitHub stars: 146,700 (2026-11-13)
- **LTX-Video** (https://github.com/Lightricks/LTX-Video): Licence: Apache-2.0 (code); Commercial use: Yes for the code; check the separate model licence for weights.; Runs on: CUDA GPU, Python 3.10, PyTorch 2.1.2 or later; 2B models need less VRAM.; Setup: hard: Python and CUDA setup plus model downloads from Hugging Face.; Last commit: 2026-11-02; GitHub stars: 11,400 (2026-11-13)
- **HunyuanVideo** (https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanVideo): Licence: Tencent (not OSI-approved); Commercial use: Conditional: excludes EU, UK and South Korea; licence needed above 100M monthly users.; Runs on: Linux with a CUDA NVIDIA GPU; 60GB minimum for 720x1280, 80GB recommended.; Setup: hard: Linux, CUDA and 60GB-class GPU memory, plus large weight downloads.; Last commit: 2026-10-08; GitHub stars: 12,800 (2026-11-13)
- **CogVideoX** (https://github.com/zai-org/CogVideo): Licence: Apache-2.0; Commercial use: Yes for the code and 2B weights; check the separate CogVideoX licence for 5B.; Runs on: GPU with 4GB VRAM minimum for the 2B model with optimisations; 5B needs more.; Setup: hard: Python scripts with diffusers or SAT, and weights from Hugging Face.; Last commit: 2025-11-04; Last release: 2024-11-08; GitHub stars: 13,200 (2026-11-13)
- **Open-Sora** (https://github.com/hpcaitech/Open-Sora): Licence: Apache-2.0; Commercial use: Yes (Apache-2.0); the README adds no separate weights licence.; Runs on: README reports 52-60GB peak GPU memory on H100 or H800 class GPUs.; Setup: hard: Conda environment, xformers and flash-attn builds, 11B weight download.; Last commit: 2026-04-09; Last release: 2025-02-21; GitHub stars: 29,900 (2026-11-13)
- **FramePack** (https://github.com/lllyasviel/FramePack): Licence: Apache-2.0; Commercial use: Yes (Apache-2.0).; Runs on: NVIDIA RTX 30, 40 or 50 series GPU, 6GB minimum; Windows or Linux.; Setup: moderate: Windows one-click package, but over 30GB of models download.; Last commit: 2025-10-16; Last release: 2025-04-18; GitHub stars: 17,400 (2026-11-13)
- **LongCat-Video** (https://github.com/meituan-longcat/LongCat-Video): Licence: MIT; Commercial use: Yes (MIT); the README says the model weights are MIT too.; Runs on: CUDA GPU with PyTorch (CUDA 12.4 builds) and FlashAttention-2; no VRAM figure stated.; Setup: hard: Python environment, FlashAttention-2 and large weight downloads.; Last commit: 2026-05-27; GitHub stars: 9,400 (2026-11-13)

## Questions

### What is the best alternative to Kling.ai in 2027?
Runway is the best overall Kling.ai alternative on this page ($15/mo). For no cost, Vidu has a free plan (540P output, 10 references a month). To self-host, Wan is open source (Apache-2.0).

### Is there a free version of Kling.ai?
Yes. Kling.ai has a free plan: Basic: 1 video per generation, no commercial use. Paid plans start at $10/mo, checked on 11 Nov 2026.

### Is there a 100% free alternative to Kling.ai?
Yes. Wan, ComfyUI, LTX-Video, HunyuanVideo, CogVideoX, Open-Sora, FramePack, LongCat-Video are open source and free to self-host. Runway, Minimax Hailuo, Vidu, Pika, LTX Studio have a free plan with limits, shown in the table.

### What is cheaper than Kling.ai?
Minimax Hailuo starts at $9.99/mo, against $10/mo for Kling.ai, as listed on each vendor's pricing page on 11 Nov 2026.

### How much do Kling.ai alternatives cost for a team of 5?
If each of 5 people buys the entry paid plan, at the prices Zekai checked on 11 Nov 2026, the monthly cost is Minimax Hailuo $49.95/mo, Vidu $50/mo, Pika $50/mo, against Kling.ai $50/mo for Kling.ai. Team and business plans can cost more per seat. The Zekai Cost Finder on this page recalculates for any team size.

### Which is better, Runway or Kling.ai?
Runway Standard lists 625 credits a month with no watermark and 4K upscaling on its own models, whereas Kling's Standard plan lists 660 credits and prices output by Kling model. Choose Runway if you want video generation, editing and upscaling inside one studio rather than a generator alone. Stay with Kling.ai if you want Kling's Motion Control and Omni reference with up to 15 combined references.

### Why are people leaving Kling.ai?
The documented reasons are: Kling's free Basic plan lists no commercial use, no 1080p/4K video generation and no watermark removal; these start on the paid Standard plan (11 Nov 2026); Kling credits are priced per 100 credits, from $1.06 on Standard down to $0.76 on Ultra+, so cost per clip depends on the model and tier (11 Nov 2026). Each is sourced in the section above.

### What is better than Kling AI?
It depends on the job: Runway for editing, Luma for large credit pools, Veo inside Google AI Pro, or Wan for self-hosting on your own GPU.

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