# Kling AI

**Type:** AI video generation platform  
**Status:** Active (2026)  
**Domain:** Entertainment / AI filmmaking

## Overview

Kling AI is an AI video generation platform that achieved #1 ranking on ELO benchmarks for character consistency and video quality as of 2026. The platform is particularly noted for maintaining character consistency across multiple shots, solving what practitioners describe as "the single hardest problem in AI video."

## Product

- **Kling AI 2.0/3.0:** Primary video generation models
- **Commercial license:** $6.99/month
- **Strengths:** Human faces, body motion, skin texture, lip-sync, character consistency across shots
- **Market position:** "Best quality-to-cost ratio for character consistency" according to MindStudio 2026 assessment

## Competitive Landscape

Competes directly with Runway Gen-4, Google Veo, and Sora 2. While Runway leads on integrated editing workflow and creative controls, Kling leads on raw generation quality and character consistency. Outperforms Sora 2 specifically on character consistency.

## Timeline

- **2026-01** — Kling AI 2.0/3.0 achieves #1 ELO benchmark ranking for AI video generation; commercial license available at $6.99/month; identified as quality-to-cost leader for character consistency in narrative filmmaking