# Kling AI

14 Hacker News commenters recommended Kling AI and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Kling as one of the top AI video generators for cinematic motion, fidelity and longer 15-second clips.

## Why people recommend it

- Ranked among top professional video models (4 comments): "The models most professionals use are Kling o3, Kling 3.0 and, more recently, Seedance 2.0." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774832)) "Seedance 2.0, Kling 3 are regarded the best closed source video models we have." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48160510)) "Offerings like Kling and ByteDance are considered much better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47510703))
- Strong fidelity and cinematic motion (2 comments): "It's quite doable to get this kind of fidelity." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48944543)) "Kuaishou Kling 2.6 (cinematic motion)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46587882))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Seedance 2.0](https://hackerapproved.com/p/seedance-2-5.md): 68 recommend
- [MiniMax H3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/minimax-h3.md): 29 recommend
- [Google Veo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/veo.md): 20 recommend
- [Gemini Omni](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-omni.md): 16 recommend
- [Wan video model](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wan-2-2.md): 15 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://kling.ai/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Kling AI", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kling/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).