Hunyuan Video 混元视频 vs Kling 可灵
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Hunyuan Video 混元视频
Tencent's open-weights video model, on consumer GPUs since version 1.5
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Kling 可灵
Kuaishou's AI video generator, with native audio, 4K output and an API
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.4 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Freemium |
| Free tier | Open weights free to self-host outside the EU, UK and South Korea; Tencent Cloud gives 50 one-off trial points | Basic plan: monthly free credits claimed on login (amount not published); no commercial use, HD/4K or watermark removal; 1 video per generation |
| Paid from | ¥5,000 prepaid pack of 5,000 points on Tencent Cloud (a 5-second 720p clip uses 1.5 points) | $8.80/month (Standard, billed monthly; first month $6.99) or $79.20/year |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 100M+ global registered users (60M reported Jan 2026 at CES) |
| Founded | 2024 | 2024 |
| Maker | Tencent | Kuaishou Technology |
| Verdict | HunyuanVideo-1.5 is one of the most practical open video models to self-host: 8.3 billion parameters, 14 GB of GPU memory with offloading, a step-distilled fast mode, training scripts and Diffusers support. For fine-tuni... |
Kling is one of the strongest commercial AI video generators: Kling 3.0 adds native audio and 4K output, motion control and an API priced per second, and Kuaishou's own results show it earning real money, above RMB 850 m... |
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