Pika
by Pika
At a glance
AI video generation platform that creates and edits short videos from text and images.
video text-to-video editing
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Video Generation
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2023-11
Overview
Pika is a creative platform for generating and editing videos, images and audio with its own and partner models. It retains Pikaffects and Pikaframes while also providing task-specific creation apps. The current Free account has no recurring monthly credit allowance; users can buy credit packs without a subscription. Starter, Creator and Fancy add monthly credits and commercial use, subject to plan and model terms. Its developer API is a separate billing surface and does not use Pika product credits.
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Key features
- Text-to-video and image-to-video generation
- Editing and extension of existing clips
- Special effects such as Pikaffects
- Web app with a credit system
Use cases
- Short, shareable social video clips
- Animating images into motion
- Creative effects and experiments
Pricing
Checked 2026-11-02: Free has 0 included monthly credits and can buy packs without a subscription; any signup grant was not confirmed. Starter costs USD 10/month with 900 credits, Creator USD 35/month with 3,150, and Fancy starts at USD 95/month with 8,550. Annual equivalents start at USD 8/month for Starter. API billing is separate.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-11-02
- Pricing
- pika.art ↗
- Documentation
- dev.pika.art ↗
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/pika/
Selection profile
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Selection profile11 fields3 unknown
- Tasks it fits
- Video generation
Derived from the record: category "video-generation".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Web app
Hosted product with no desktop/CLI tag in the record; assumed web-delivered.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Web
Derived from platform words in the record description/features/tags.
Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
The record contains no offline-operation claim.
Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
Mirrors the availability field already on the record ("global").
Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
The official developer page documents an API; no API request or product test was performed.
Suggest a correction - Licence
- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Billing
- Subscription Usage-based USD 10/month Free allowance: Not recorded Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Our inference
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Verified 2026-11-02 dev.pika.art ↗
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
Each fact lists the conditions it holds under, the page it was read from and the day it was checked.
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Pricing: The Free account includes 0 monthly credits; credit packs are purchased separately. Verified 2026-11-02 pika.art ↗
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Pricing: 10 USD/month Verified 2026-11-02 pika.art ↗
Applies to: Web subscription; standard monthly billing, excluding introductory and annual-payment discounts.
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API: yes Verified 2026-11-02 dev.pika.art ↗
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Frequently asked questions
What does Pika do?
Pika generates and edits short videos from text and images, with creative effects for social content.
Who develops Pika?
Pika (Pika Labs) was founded in 2023 by Stanford researchers.
Is Pika free?
There is a Free account, but it has no recurring monthly credits. Credit packs can be purchased without subscribing. This review did not establish whether any one-time signup credits are offered.
What should I check before paying?
Free accounts do not include commercial use, even after buying a credit pack. Paid subscriptions include commercial use subject to model terms. API charges and credits are separate from the web product.
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- InVideo AI — AI video creation tool that generates edited videos with visuals and voiceover from a text prompt.
- Captions — AI-powered video creation and editing app for talking-video content, captions, and dubbing.
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- OpusClip — AI video editing platform that turns long-form videos into short social clips with automatic highlights and captions.
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Sources
- Official website ↗
- SCMP: Pika 1.0 launch ↗
- Official pricing ↗
- Official developer documentation ↗
- Official Pika help and plan restrictions ↗
This record was last reviewed on 2026-11-02.
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