Kling 3.0 Turbo
Kling 3.0 Turbo (kling-3.0-turbo) is the cheaper, faster member of the 3.0 family, covering text-to-video and image-to-video at 720P or 1080P for 3 to 15 seconds with native audio.
- Up to
- 15 seconds
- Resolution
- 1080P (exact pixel dimensions not published in the API docs)
- Aspect ratios
- 16:9, 9:16, 1:1
- Weights
- Not released
- API
- Yes
- Commercial use
- Not established
It drops the 4K tier that kling-v3 and 3.0 Omni offer. It was the first model on Kling's simplified API 2.0 request structure, which uses API-key-only authentication.
Output use is governed by Kling's Terms of API Paid Service (https://kling.ai/document-api/guides/protocols/paid-service); that document could not be retrieved for review, so commercial-use rights are recorded as unverified rather than assumed.
Specification
- What it takes in
- text, image
- What it makes
- video, audio
- Maximum duration
- 15 seconds
- Maximum resolution
- 1080P (exact pixel dimensions not published in the API docs)
- Aspect ratios
- 16:9, 9:16, 1:1
- Controls
- image-to-video, lipsync
- Weights
- Not released
- API
- Yes
- Pricing
- Prepaid API units, 1 unit = $0.14 list. With native audio: 0.8 units ($0.112) per second at 720P, 1.0 unit ($0.14) per second at 1080P.
- Released or updated
- 2026-06-17 (official release)
Strengths
- Cheapest way to get 3.0-generation quality with native audio
- Same 3-15s duration range as full Kling 3.0
- Simplified API 2.0 parameter structure with API-key-only auth
Weaknesses
- No 4K tier
- Text and image input only; no video reference
- Kling's own feature matrix does not clearly confirm first/last-frame support for this variant
Best for
- High-volume social and ad production where 1080P with sound is enough and per-second cost matters.
How to prompt it
Written for Kling 3.0 Turbo. See prompt craft for the full vocabulary and cinematic language for the lens, light and mood tables.
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Kling 3.0 and Kling 3.0 Turbo
Cheaper Seedance 2.0 substitute for single-plane scenes without heavy motion; cleanest image-to-video with a start frame; Turbo when the user wants speed or lower cost.
Roles start_image and end_image (Turbo start_image only). 16:9, 9:16, 1:1; duration 3-15s; modes pro/std; sound on/off.
MCP servers that front Kling AI (Kuaishou Technology)
Servers in the media MCP directory whose own description or homepage names this vendor. Absence of a server here is not evidence that none exists: most publish no tool list at all.
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Adclip
Ad creative generation via MCP, copy and static images from a JSON brief. Keyless.
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Aetherwave
Music, image, video and audio generation across top AI providers - one key, one credit pool.
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ArkRoute, Visual AI API Gateway
Generate images and videos using 28+ visual AI models from OpenAI (GPT Image 2, DALL-E 3), Google (Imagen 4, Veo 3.1), ByteDance (Seedream, Seedance 2.0), and Kuaishou (K
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Avocado AI
Generate AI images, videos, music, SFX & speech in any AI assistant. Results appear inline in chat.
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BananaBanana Image & Video Generation
Generate images & video (Nano Banana, Veo, Omni) pay-as-you-go. No subscription, crypto payments.
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BlitzReels Video Editor
Create, edit, reframe, caption, organize, generate, and export short-form videos with BlitzReels.
See it from the vendor
Shotcraft hosts no sample output. Judging a model means watching its own showreel with your own eyes, and a clip re-hosted here would be a clip we chose.
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