Kling motion control: Standard 9 credits, Pro 12, Sume runs Standard

Kling's guide prices Video 3.0 Motion Control at 9 credits per second in Standard mode and 12 credits per second in Professional mode, rounded to whole seconds (read 2026-10-07). Sume does not sell credits for this route. It runs the Kling 3.0 Standard Motion Control queue and bills US dollars: $0.126 list per output second times a 1.25 margin, so $0.1575 per second.

So the question is not 9 versus 12 credits on Sume. It is whether the Standard queue is good enough for your take, because Sume's request body has no field that selects Professional.

The two price lists side by side

Kling prices in credits and Sume prices in dollars, so the table does not convert one into the other. A credit has a different dollar value in each Kling plan, and this post does not guess it.

What a Sume clip costs

The reservation is computed from the duration_seconds you declare, which should match the length of your motion video. The output length follows the motion video, not the field.

At $0.1575 per second, a 5-second clip reserves $0.7875, a 10-second clip $1.575, a 20-second clip $3.15, and a 30-second clip $4.725. Sume reserves the amount at admit, captures it on completion, and refunds it if the job fails.

• Declare the true length: the field is the reservation basis, and Sume never forwards it to the provider.
• Whole seconds up: 10.2 seconds is billed as 11.
• A 402 at submit means the workspace balance cannot cover the reservation; no job starts.

Why the mode matters less than the reference

Most failed takes in motion transfer come from the inputs, not the mode: a still where the body is cropped, or a motion clip that is shaky or has several people. Fix those first, since a better mode cannot repair them. Kling's guide itself puts the emphasis on a visible head and body and on matching the still's framing to the clip.

If you do need a Professional render, Sume cannot give it to you today through this route. Say so in your plan instead of assuming a parameter will appear.

How to budget a run

Take your total motion seconds, round each clip up, and multiply by $0.1575. Seven 12-second clips are 84 seconds, so $13.23. For a cheaper way to compare video prices across vendors, Runway's developer page lists its own video models in credits at $0.01 per credit (read 2026-10-07), which is another reason to compare in dollars, not credits.