Kling AI: why I left ElevenLabs video for Kling

Three pictures in, one shot out, and what it really costs.

I used to make my AI video clips inside ElevenLabs. Then I tried the higher-end models side by side, and Kling AI won. Here is the switch: why, what it costs, and what a real Kling session looks like when Claude runs it for me while I’m at lunch.

Kling Keyframes take a first, a middle and a last frame and make the shot. In my test, 81 credits bought a 6-second 1080p clip in under four minutes, and one clip cost about $1.06-$1.27 on Kling 4.0 against about $1.76 on Veo 3.1 (my own test, 2026-10-15).

Try it yourself

Make your own Kling account (for me it wasn’t available inside ElevenLabs).
Use Keyframes: give it a first, a middle and a last frame, and let it make the motion between them.
Look at the cost before you approve, and compare clips in dollars, not credits.
Check every clip frame by frame before you use it, and keep only the clean seconds.

Chapters

0:00Superpower: Kling AI
0:15Why I left ElevenLabs video for Kling
1:51Lunch, no mic: Claude proposes the first clip, and how keyframes work
2:10The approval gate: “Your call.”
2:1981 credits, done in under four minutes
2:30“Go all”: seven clips, 620 credits
2:43Checking every clip: one grew a mouth
2:57The scoreboard: 701 credits for the whole episode
3:07Claude’s own take on the cost
3:41The cost of one clip, in dollars
3:55The result: EP02, built from my phone

Next superpower: #3, Animated Diagrams →

Narration is an AI voice (a clone of my own for the lunch footage), and the animation was made with AI tools.

The robot animation is made with Kling. Try Kling with my referral link. It’s a referral link, so signing up through it may earn me credits.

The narration is made with ElevenLabs. Try ElevenLabs with my referral link. It’s an affiliate link, so signing up through it may earn me a commission.