Pika
AI video creation platform for text-to-video, image animation, effects, editing and API workflows
Official Pika sources verify text-to-video, image-to-video, Pikaframes, Pikadditions, Pikaswaps, Pikaffects, current Pika 2.5 API models, AI Selves and real-time PikaStream research.
The consumer product emphasizes fast creative generation and effects, while the API adds straightforward per-request or per-second pricing; advanced multi-model and agent features broaden the product but increase complexity.
Free, Starter, Creator and variable Fancy pricing plus annual discounts are public, and API pricing is transparently published per model; commercial rights start at Creator rather than Starter.
Pika publishes current Terms and Privacy policies and clear content/usage rules, but this research pass did not find a public SOC 2 or comparable enterprise assurance page.
Scored by Aditya Verma
Quick facts
- Vendor
- Mellis, Inc.
- Pricing model
- freemium
- Plan pricing
- Free plan with pack-based usage; Starter is USD 10/month
- Free plan
- Yes — check limits
- Free trial
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- 9/24/2026
About Pika
Pika is a generative video platform from Mellis, Inc. that creates and edits short-form AI video from text, images and existing clips. Current consumer capabilities include Pika 2.x video generation, Pikaframes, Pikadditions, Pikaswaps, Pikaffects and other creative transformations, while the Pika API exposes first-party video and audio models with usage-based pricing. Pika's broader 2026 platform also includes AI Selves and real-time agent-video research.
Best for
Creators and marketing teams that want short-form AI video, image animation and playful transformation effects with optional API access for programmatic media generation.
Pika pros and cons
Pros
- Pika offers a broad set of playful video-generation and editing tools, including Pikaframes, Pikadditions, Pikaswaps and Pikaffects rather than only basic text-to-video.
- Current consumer pricing is transparent, with monthly and annual rates, published credit pools and clear parallel-generation limits.
- Creator and Fancy include a commercial license and no watermark, making them better suited to professional output than Free or Starter.
- The separate Pika API publishes per-model pricing such as per-request or per-second costs, which helps developers model usage before integrating.
- Pika is expanding beyond offline generation into AI Selves and real-time video-agent research, showing broader investment in interactive generative media.
Cons
- −G2 currently lists Pika Labs with zero reviews, so there is no meaningful G2 customer-validation signal for the exact product.
- −Free currently includes zero monthly subscription credits and relies on credit packs, which is less generous than traditional free tiers with recurring allowance.
- −Starter does not include a commercial license even though it is paid, so professional users need Creator or higher.
- −Different Pika models, resolutions, durations and API features use different amounts or different billing units, making total usage cost harder to estimate.
- −Pika's current Terms allow anonymized or aggregated content and usage data to be used for model improvement unless otherwise agreed, which may require extra review for sensitive commercial workflows.
Features
Platforms
Integrations
Pricing
Free account with access to all models but no recurring subscription credits. Limit: 0 monthly credits; packs only Limit: No commercial license Limit: No priority queue Limit: No early access Billing unit: per user Minimum seats: 1
Entry paid plan with a recurring credit allowance. Limit: No commercial license Limit: No priority queue Limit: No early access Billing unit: per user/month Minimum seats: 1 Minimum commitment: Monthly or annual
Professional creator tier with commercial licensing and higher parallel generation. Limit: No priority queue Limit: No early access under current table Billing unit: per user/month Minimum seats: 1 Minimum commitment: Monthly or annual
High-volume plan with priority queue and scalable credit packages. Limit: Pricing scales up to USD 880/month or USD 704 annual-equivalent Limit: Early access begins only at selected higher Fancy levels Billing unit: per user/month starting tier Minimum seats: 1 Minimum commitment: Monthly or annual
Custom plan for studios and teams requiring large credit pools and dedicated support. Limit: Custom quote required Billing unit: custom Contact sales for a quote.
Separate developer API with transparent per-model successful-run pricing. Limit: Pika 2.5 starts around USD 0.04/second Limit: Pikadditions/Pikaswaps USD 0.03/request Limit: Pikaffects USD 0.05/request Limit: Audio models use per-minute rates Billing unit: usage based Minimum commitment: Pay as you go
Official pricing / availability source · Checked 23 September 2026. Confirm current taxes, regional terms and allowances. A listed plan is not necessarily the cheapest option.
Editorial verification: 9/24/2026. Check the vendor's site for current pricing.