Higgsfield AI vs Kling vs Pollo AI vs Runway
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
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Kling
Kuaishou-spun AI video model, now an $18B independent rival to Sora.
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Pollo AI
Aggregates Kling, Veo, Runway and more AI models in one app
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Runway
AI video generation and editing — Gen-4.5 adds native audio
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 6.9 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | 66 credits per day for video generation | 10 credits at signup (approximately one 5-second video plus 2–3 images); watermarked outputs; no credit card required | 125 one-time credits for video generation |
| Paid from | — | Standard $10/mo; Pro $37/mo; Premier $92/mo; Ultra $180/mo (up from ~$128/mo in Aug 2025) | From $10/month (Lite plan, billed annually) or $15/month (monthly) | Free $0 (125 credits); Standard $12-15/mo; Pro $28-35/mo; Max $76-95/mo; Enterprise custom |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 100M+ global registered users (60M reported Jan 2026 at CES) | 20 million registered users; 6 million monthly active users (self-reported by founder Zhu Chenbiao | ~4M registered users (≈1.2M monthly active, 2025-2026) |
| Founded | 2023 | — | — | 2018 |
| Maker | — | Kuaishou Technology | — | Cristobal Valenzuela, Alejandro Matamala, Anastasis Germanidis |
| Verdict | Higgsfield's real differentiator is control: 70+ named camera moves (Crash Zoom, Bullet Time, 360 Rotation) plus Soul ID let you direct a shot instead of prompting and hoping, and routing to Kling, Sora 2 and Veo 3.1 und... |
Kling, from Kuaishou, ranks among the strongest AI video generators available: Kling 3.0 (February 2026) added native 4K at 60fps, 15-second clips, and synced multilingual audio, with motion and physics that hold up bett... |
Pollo AI's whole pitch is arbitrage: instead of paying for Kling, Runway, Veo and Luma separately, you route prompts to whichever model fits the shot from one dashboard, one bill, one credit pool. For creators who don't... |
Runway is one of the most established AI video platforms, pairing generative models with a real editing suite — inpainting, green-screen, motion tracking, frame interpolation. Gen-4.5 closed the category's oldest gap by... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.