Video
Pika
Playful effects-led video generation aimed at social formats.
Our ruling
Built for the feed, not the edit suite. Fast and fun, and it knows that is what it is.
Wrong forAnything that needs to look expensive.
- Best for
- Short novelty effects for social
- Pricing
- Free · from $8/mo
Verified facts
- Free tier
- 80 monthly credits, Pika 2.5 capped at 480p, watermarked downloads, no commercial use
- Entry paid plan
- Standard, $8/month billed annually ($10/month billed monthly), 700 credits/month, all resolutions, watermark-free, commercial use allowed
- Bills in
- Credit-based, cost varies by feature: Pikascenes 20-65 credits, Pikaframes 12-200 credits, text/image-to-video 12-80 credits
Verified · source: pika.art
HTTP 200, server-rendered HTML with real price figures embedded in the markup (e.g. $24, $28, $76 appear as plan price text, plus a $0 free tier); multiple paid tier price points are directly readable without JS execution. 2026-08-19 facts pass confirms both free and entry tiers directly from the same page, no conflicts found.
Head to head
What it's actually used for
- Effect presets produce recognisable social formats in one click
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