Same prompt, same settings
Seedance vs Kling: three shots on Seedance 2.5 and Kling 4.0
Kling 4.0 is the lower price at 18 credits for our 4 second 720p clips and pushes the camera in close; Seedance 2.5 costs 24 and frames wider and steadier. Both hit a start and end frame exactly.
ByteDance makes Seedance and Kuaishou makes Kling, and both run on Pixel Dojo under one plan. We ran three briefs on each with the same settings: 720p, 4 seconds and sound on. Each tile shows its prompt and what it cost.
30 credits ($1.88) per 5 s clip at 720p with audio. Included in every plan, from $10/month.
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By Brian Lovett · Updated
Start frames and two more clips
Two stills to start your own version of the tests, plus a faster tier of each model. Prompts, settings and credits are on each tile.
A start frame on Nano Banana 2.1 at 1K, ready to hand to either model.
Cinematic still, close up of a wooden auction gavel resting on a worn leather pad beside a printed sale catalog open to a page headed LOT 47, a pair of half moon glasses folded on top, warm tungsten light, shallow depth of field.
Another 1K start frame on Nano Banana 2.1, cold arena light and empty red seats.
Cinematic still, wide shot of an empty short track speed skating rink seen from high in the stands at night, a lone skater in a blue skinsuit gliding through the far turn, rows of empty red seats, cold blue arena light, no text, no logos.
Kling 4.0 Flash, the faster tier, with a bandoneon in the sound track.
Wide shot of a tango couple in their fifties dancing on a cobblestone street at night under a single warm streetlamp, he in a black suit, she in a dark red dress, a sharp turn and a slow dip, light rain making the stones shine. Sound: a bandoneon melody, heels on wet stone.
Seedance 2.5 at 480p, its lowest price per second.
Close shot of a puppeteer's weathered hands working the wooden control bar of a marionette above a tiny painted wooden stage, the jointed puppet sailor below doing a little jig, warm footlights, dark velvet curtains. Sound: wooden clicks of the puppet's feet, a soft accordion tune.
Seedance 2.5 vs Kling 4.0 at a glance
What each model takes on Pixel Dojo, from its model page, and what our clips cost.
| Question | Seedance 2.5 | Kling 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Our 4 second 720p clip with sound | 24 credits | 18 credits |
| Longest clip | Half a minute | Half a minute |
| Resolutions | 480p, 720p and 1080p | 720p and 1080p |
| Start and end frames | Yes | Yes |
| Reference images | Up to 30, plus reference video and audio | Up to 10, plus reference video |
| Edit an existing clip | Seedance 2.5 Video Edit | Yes, in the same model |
| Faster tier | 480p at a lower rate: 12 credits for our 4 second clip | Kling 4.0 Flash at 720p: 10 credits for our 4 second clip |
A spoken line, a sign and a gavel
An auctioneer at a podium under a banner that reads LOT 47 points into the room, says one line and brings the gavel down. This tests a spoken line, sound effects and text in the frame at once.
Kling 4.0, 720p, 4 s, with sound.
Medium close-up of an antiques auctioneer in his sixties with half-moon glasses and a tweed jacket at a wooden podium in a crowded sale room. Behind him hangs a printed banner that reads "LOT 47". He raises his gavel, points into the room and says, "Sold, to the lady in green!" then brings the gavel down. Sound: the sharp crack of the gavel, a ripple of applause, room murmur. Warm tungsten light, shallow depth of field.
Seedance 2.5, 720p, 4 s, with sound.
Medium close-up of an antiques auctioneer in his sixties with half-moon glasses and a tweed jacket at a wooden podium in a crowded sale room. Behind him hangs a printed banner that reads "LOT 47". He raises his gavel, points into the room and says, "Sold, to the lady in green!" then brings the gavel down. Sound: the sharp crack of the gavel, a ripple of applause, room murmur. Warm tungsten light, shallow depth of field.
- Both wrote LOT 47 cleanly on the banner and kept it steady for the whole clip.
- Kling 4.0 played the beat bigger: a wide point into the room, then the gavel coming down.
- Seedance 2.5 framed him square to camera with a deep room of bidders and finished on a satisfied smile.
- Both clips came back with sound in the file, included in the price shown on the tile.
Fast motion on the ice
A short track speed skater leans into a turn with her glove on the ice and then drives out onto the straight. Fast motion is where video models smear limbs and lose blades.
Kling 4.0, 720p, 4 s, with sound.
Low tracking shot beside a short track speed skater in her twenties in a blue skinsuit and a white helmet leaning hard into a turn, her left glove brushing the ice, blades throwing a spray of ice shavings, then exploding out of the corner onto the straight. Bright arena lights, motion blur on the crowd behind. Sound: blades carving the ice, a roar from the stands.
Seedance 2.5, 720p, 4 s, with sound.
Low tracking shot beside a short track speed skater in her twenties in a blue skinsuit and a white helmet leaning hard into a turn, her left glove brushing the ice, blades throwing a spray of ice shavings, then exploding out of the corner onto the straight. Bright arena lights, motion blur on the crowd behind. Sound: blades carving the ice, a roar from the stands.
- Kling 4.0 put the camera right on the ice next to her and let her race out of frame, the more dramatic sports shot.
- Seedance 2.5 held the whole body in frame from the turn to the straight, with clean blades and the lane markers sliding past.
- Both kept the skinsuit, helmet and gloves the same from the first frame to the last.
Hitting a start frame and an end frame
We gave both models the same two stills, a magician with a scarf over his palm and the same man with a dove on that palm, and asked for the reveal in between.
Kling 4.0, 720p, 4 s, from the two frames.
The magician lifts the red silk scarf off his open palm with a flourish, revealing a white dove that ruffles its wings and settles on his hand while he smiles at the camera. The onlookers behind him gasp and start to clap. Sound: a soft whoosh of silk, wings fluttering, light applause.
Seedance 2.5, 720p, 4 s, from the two frames.
The magician lifts the red silk scarf off his open palm with a flourish, revealing a white dove that ruffles its wings and settles on his hand while he smiles at the camera. The onlookers behind him gasp and start to clap. Sound: a soft whoosh of silk, wings fluttering, light applause.
- Both started on our first frame and finished on our last, with his face, the waistcoat and the square unchanged.
- Seedance 2.5 gave the reveal more action: wings open and the crowd behind him reacting.
- Kling 4.0 kept the reveal tight and calm, with the dove landing early and the shot holding on his smile.
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What each clip cost on Pixel Dojo
Every Seedance 2.5 clip in the tests cost 24 credits and every Kling 4.0 clip cost 18, at 720p and 4 seconds with sound. Kling 4.0 Flash cost 10 and Seedance 2.5 at 480p cost 12. Each Nano Banana 2.1 start frame cost 1 credit.
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Seedance vs Kling questions
Is Seedance better than Kling?
They are good at different things. In our tests Kling 4.0 pushed in closer and played bigger, and Seedance 2.5 framed wider and steadier. Kling 4.0 cost 18 credits for a 4 second 720p clip and Seedance 2.5 cost 24.
What about Seedance 2.0 vs Kling 3.0?
Those are the previous versions, and both still run on Pixel Dojo. Seedance 2.5 and Kling 4.0 both go up to half a minute with sound and take start and end frames.
Can Seedance and Kling both start from my photo?
Yes. Both take a start frame and an end frame, as in our third test. Seedance 2.5 also takes up to 30 reference images and Kling 4.0 up to 10.
Is Seedance or Kling free?
No. Both are paid by credits on Pixel Dojo. Every paid plan includes unlimited MiniMax H3 Turbo video, clips up to five seconds at 720p, and anyone can try 3 free effects a day.
Kling vs Veo: is Veo 3.1 on the same plan?
Yes. Veo 3.1 runs on the same Pixel Dojo plan as Seedance 2.5 and Kling 4.0, so you can send it the same prompt.
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