Is Veo 3.1 better than Kling 3.0?

On our scored scene Veo 3.1 passed every check and Kling 3.0 added a person the prompt ruled out. Kling 3.0 offers a 4K tier, longer clips and a square frame. Pick by the shot.

Which one costs less?

It depends on the tier and the length. The prices on this page are read live from the price list, and the Generate button shows the exact price of your settings before you run.

Tested on NOLGIA

Veo 3.1 vs Kling 3.0

On our scored street scene, Veo 3.1 passed all eighteen checks and Kling 3.0 passed fifteen: in both runs it put a person inside a shop the prompt said was empty. Veo 3.1 also came back sooner; Kling 3.0 offers a 4K tier and clips up to 15 seconds.

Our own test, run on September 23, 2026. Every clip below is a real output from it. Model pages: Veo 3.1 and Kling 3.0.

The results at a glance

Two runs each on 23 September 2026, 720p, 6 seconds. Render times are one reading each.
Measure	Same input	Veo 3.1	Kling 3.0
Nine checks, two runs	One text prompt	18 of 18	15 of 18
No people anywhere	Same prompt	No person found in either run	A person in all 24 frames checked, in both runs
Bicycle left of the door, pots right of it	Same prompt	Right in both runs	Reversed in run 2
How much the picture grew on a slow push in	Same prompt	1.76 and 2.65 times	1.37 and 1.34 times
Sound, mean loudness	No sound asked for	About minus 36 dB	About minus 55 dB, close to silent
Request to finished file	Started within five minutes of each other	84 and 113 seconds	188 and 183 seconds

Side by side, on the same inputs

The scored street scene, first run

Same input: One bakery storefront prompt with nine checkable details: a sign spelled BAKERY, a red bicycle left of the door, three pots right of it, a yellow umbrella, a ginger cat walking left to right, a slow push in, and no people. 720p, 6 seconds, two runs each.

Veo 3.1's first run: the bakery storefront with the BAKERY sign, a red bicycle, a yellow umbrella and a ginger cat — Veo 3.1. Run 1: 9 of 9. The camera travels much further than a slow push in.

Kling v3's first run: the same storefront, with a figure standing behind the door glass inside the shop — Kling 3.0. Run 1: 8 of 9. A person stands inside the shop, behind the door glass.

Both spelled the sign, painted the bicycle red and the umbrella yellow, and walked the cat left to right. Kling 3.0 added a person.

Method and every run: One prompt, six video models, nine measured checks

The same prompt, second run

Same input: The same prompt and settings, run again.

Veo 3.1's second run: a large camera move that takes the sign out of the top of the frame — Veo 3.1. Run 2: 9 of 9. The biggest camera move of the twelve clips in the test.

Kling v3's second run: the pots stand left of the door and the bicycle right of it, with a person inside the shop — Kling 3.0. Run 2: 7 of 9. A person inside again, and the bicycle and pots on the wrong sides of the door.

Veo 3.1 passed again. Kling 3.0 missed the empty shop and the layout.

Method and every run: One prompt, six video models, nine measured checks

What each costs today

Read from the live price list when this page loads. The Generate button shows the exact price of your settings before anything runs.

Veo 3.1

per 5s clip · Pro and up

Quality	Credits	USD
720p	112	$7.84
1080p	112	$7.84

Kling 3.0

per 5s clip · Pro and up

Quality	Credits	USD
720p	35	$2.45
1080p	47	$3.29
4K	117	$8.19

Includes 11 credits for the soundtrack

Dollar figures use the 100-credit top-up price, $0.07 per credit.

What each takes and returns

From the public model catalog on 24 and 30 September 2026. Each model page shows today's version.
	Veo 3.1	Kling 3.0
Length	4, 6 or 8 seconds	3 to 15 seconds
Frame shapes	16:9, 9:16	16:9, 9:16, 1:1
Top tier	1080p	4K
Sound	Always on, with speech	Optional, at an added cost; no speech
From a photo	A start frame, or up to 3 reference images, not both	A start frame, on its image to video variant

Which to pick

Your shot	Pick	Why
A detailed brief with things that must not appear	Veo 3.1	18 of 18; Kling 3.0 added a person in both runs
A quicker first draft	Veo 3.1	84 and 113 seconds against 188 and 183, one reading each
A 4K master, or room to crop	Kling 3.0 at 4K	A real 3840 by 2160 picture, measured in our 4K test
A take longer than 8 seconds, or a square frame	Kling 3.0	Up to 15 seconds and 1:1; Veo 3.1 renders 4, 6 or 8 seconds at 16:9 or 9:16
A jump, a dance, a fall	Kling 3.0	It flipped on every roll in our backflip test; that test ran Veo 3.1 Fast, not Veo 3.1, so it says nothing about this tier

What these tests do not tell you

It is one prompt and one kind of scene, with no people and no dialogue.
Two runs each, on the 720p tier.
We have not run Veo 3.1 itself on a movement test yet.

The tests behind this page

One prompt, six video models, nine measured checksSeptember 23, 2026One prompt with nine details a tool can check, sent unchanged to six models on the same morning, two runs each at 720p and 6 seconds, scored with an object detector, text recognition and feature tracking.

FAQ

Questions about Veo 3.1 vs Kling 3.0.

Is Veo 3.1 better than Kling 3.0?: On our scored scene Veo 3.1 passed every check and Kling 3.0 added a person the prompt ruled out. Kling 3.0 offers a 4K tier, longer clips and a square frame. Pick by the shot.
Which one costs less?: It depends on the tier and the length. The prices on this page are read live from the price list, and the Generate button shows the exact price of your settings before you run.