Kling AI
Hacker ApprovedRanked 6 of 9 AI video generators by recommenders
People recommend Kling as one of the top AI video generators for cinematic motion, fidelity and longer 15-second clips.
People recommend Kling as one of the top AI video generators for cinematic motion, fidelity and longer 15-second clips.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 70%
Recommended in 9 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Ranked among top professional video models
“The models most professionals use are Kling o3, Kling 3.0 and, more recently, Seedance 2.0.”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “OpenAI's $852B valuation faces investor scrutiny amid strategy shift, FT reports” “Seedance 2.0, Kling 3 are regarded the best closed source video models we have.”
Comment from 16 May 2026 in “SANA-WM, a 2.6B open-source world model for 1-minute 720p video” “Offerings like Kling and ByteDance are considered much better.”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora” - Comment from 16 May 2026 in “SANA-WM, a 2.6B open-source world model for 1-minute 720p video”
Strong fidelity and cinematic motion
“It's quite doable to get this kind of fidelity.”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol” “Kuaishou Kling 2.6 (cinematic motion)”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Reelive – Access Sora 2, Veo 3, Kling in one place”
Other AI video generators people recommend
The four most recommended other AI video generators, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.0 | 68 | 21 | 76% | 10 | — | Approved |
| MiniMax H3 | 29 | 11 | 73% | 3 | — | — |
| Google Veo | 20 | 11 | 65% | 8 | — | — |
| Gemini Omni | 16 | 21 | 43% | 2 | — | — |
| Kling AIThis page | 14 | 6 | 70% | 9 | — | Approved |
What people said
15 of the 21 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Given money to 2 different companies for access to this one (Hailou, Kling).”
“cannot be efficiently done without drift in other leading models like Kling”
“It's quite doable to get this kind of fidelity.”
“slightly rewards players like Kling because they keep the invisible watermarks for their own use”
“various Kling models etc which are far ahead of others”
“Seedance 2.0, Kling 3 are regarded the best closed source video models we have.”
“The models most professionals use are Kling o3, Kling 3.0 and, more recently, Seedance 2.0.”
“Offerings like Kling and ByteDance are considered much better.”
“Kling is fantastic at generating audio”
“kept running into prompt limits, rewritten outputs, or outright refusals”
“it's a pretty significant jump”
“The 15-second duration is a game changer for narrative content.”
“Kuaishou Kling 2.6 (cinematic motion)”
“Jack Nicholson's Lip sync is shit. The audio is shit, In fact all scenes have dodgy lip sync.”
“It solves the pain of using 5 different tools—Kling O1 does everything in one place.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.