AI video and motion tools
Pika
Short answer
Active AI video and image platform offering Pika 2.5 plus many third-party video, image and audio models, with studios for editing, extending and color grading. Free plan. From $10 a month billed monthly, or $8 a month billed yearly (Starter).
Our verdict on Pika
Pika gives creators a low-cost entry to a multi-model video studio, with commercial rights reserved for paid plans.
- Best for
- Creators mixing Pika 2.5 with other video and image models
- Not for
- Free users who need monthly credits or commercial rights
Pros
- Model choice includes Pika 2.5, Seedance and MiniMax.
- Starter is $10 a month, and API and MCP access are confirmed.
Cons
- The free plan has no monthly credits and no commercial license.
- Payments are non-refundable, and Fancy reaches $880 a month.
Based on the vendor's own pages, not hands-on testing.
What is Pika?
Active AI video and image platform offering Pika 2.5 plus many third-party video, image and audio models, with studios for editing, extending and color grading.
The vendor describes it as: AI Creative Tools Built for Creatives
- Vendor
- Pika
- Works through
- Web
- Built for
- Marketers, Hobbyists, Designers
How much does Pika cost?
| Free plan | Free plan: No monthly credits (credit packs only), no commercial license, no watermark. |
|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | From $10 a month billed monthly, or $8 a month billed yearly (Starter) |
| Highest self-serve plan | 95 a month (Fancy) |
| Credit-based usage | Yes |
Not verified: free trial, enterprise plan.
Prices are in US dollars, as shown on the vendor's own page on November 1, 2026. Vendors change them often, so confirm on the pricing page before you buy.
What does Pika make, and from what?
- Output
- Video, Image
- Starting points
- Text prompt, Image reference, Video
- Way of working
- Prompt box, then canvas
- Models named by the vendor
- Pika 2.5, Pikaframes, Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3, Wan 3.0, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash
What features does Pika have?
5 of 23 tracked features have a verified answer from an official page. The rest are folded under Not verified.
Creating
- Visual editor for the outputYes
- Start from an image or screenshotYes
Working with others and other tools
- Integrations or pluginsYes
- API accessYes
- MCP serverYes
Not verified (18)
We could not read these from an official page. That is neither a yes nor a no.
- Refine the result by chatting
- Multi-page output
- Responsive output
- Brand kit or design system
- Template library
- Start from a URL
- Clickable prototypes
- Train a custom style or model
- Real-time collaboration
- Version history
- Mobile app
- Import from Figma
- Export to Figma
- Export code
- One-click publish or hosting
- Custom domain
- Backend and database
- Built-in sign-in or payments
What can you export from Pika?
Export formats named by the vendor: MP4.
Who owns the output and what happens to your content?
| Commercial use of output | Partly |
|---|
Not verified: Trains on your content, SOC 2 stated, GDPR stated, Single sign-on, Open source, Self-hostable.
Read the vendor's terms and privacy policy before uploading client or confidential work.
What are the alternatives to Pika?
Other tools in AI video and motion tools, chosen for overlapping output and audience. The order is alphabetical among close matches, not a ranking.
Google
Google Flow / Veo
Google creative studio for AI video and image generation using Veo; page content was minimal, so plans and features were not verifiable from official pages.
- Price not verified
Little verified
MiniMax
Hailuo AI (MiniMax)
MiniMax AI video and image creation site running the H3 video model, with templates, Omni Reference and a Hailuo Agent; pricing was not shown on the page.
- From $9.99/mo
Little verified
Kling AI
Kling AI
AI video and image generation service with Kling 4.0 audio-visual video, Image 3.0, a node-based canvas, motion control, API platform and MCP/CLI tools.
- Price not verified
Partly verified
Luma AI
Luma Dream Machine
Luma platform for AI video, image and audio generation with its Ray models and many third-party models; plans give monthly credits, with team and enterprise tiers.
- From $30/mo
Partly verified
How they differ from Pika
- Google Flow / VeoSuits creators exploring Veo video and image generation in Google's studioCompare Pika with Google Flow / Veo
- Hailuo AI (MiniMax)Lower entry price: $9.99/mo against $10/moCompare Pika with Hailuo AI (MiniMax)
- Kling AISuits creators wanting audio-visual video generation with a node-based canvasCompare Pika with Kling AI
- Luma Dream MachineCosts more to start: $30/mo against $10/mo. Supports real-time collaborationCompare Pika with Luma Dream Machine
How was this checked?
Verification level: Partly verified. 5 of 23 tracked features have a verified answer. Last checked November 1, 2026. We have not tested Pika hands-on. See the methodology.
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