Pika is an AI creative platform for generating and editing video, images, and audio using a wide range of third-party and proprietary AI models. It offers dedicated apps such as Video Studio, Image Studio, Character Studio, Music Studio, and Speech Studio for tasks like full video production, image editing, product ads, soundtracks, and voiceovers. It also runs the Pika API Club, a membership program giving developers API access to over 100 generative media models at discounted usage rates.
What it's for
Features 20
- AI-generated soundtracks synced to video
- Animate between still images (Pikaframes)
- API access to 100+ generative media models via Pika API Club
- Camera angle reshoot of existing footage
- Image editing (swap, remove, restyle elements)
- Motion transfer from reference videos
- Podcast-style video episode creation
- Product ad video creation from a product image
- Product shot image generation
- Reusable character creation (Character Studio)
- Short film creation from a premise
- Talking head / virtual spokesperson video generation
- Text-to-image generation
- Text-to-music generation
- Text-to-sound-effects generation
- Text-to-speech / multilingual voiceover generation
- Text-to-video generation across multiple AI models
- Video and image upscaling
- Video color grading
- Video extension (lengthen existing clips)
At a glance
Integrations
Pricing
Credit packs are one-time top-up purchases usable only on pika.art (not with the API, MCP, iOS app, or old.pika.art); 60 credits per $1 across all packs. Fancy plan pricing scales with chosen credit tier. Enterprise pricing is custom and quote-based. The Pika API Club has separate usage-based pricing per model, in addition to its $10/month membership fee.
Does not include commercial license, priority queue, or early access to new models.
0 credits/month, packs only; 2 video and 2 image+audio generations in parallel
Does not include commercial license, priority queue, or early access to new models. Annual billing equivalent is $8/mo (20% off).
900 credits/month; 2 video · 8 image+audio in parallel
Marked 'Best Value'. Does not include priority queue or early access to new models. Annual billing equivalent is $28/mo (20% off).
3,150 credits/month; 8 video · 32 image+audio in parallel
Price scales with selected credit tier from $95/mo (8,550 credits) up to $880/mo (~79,000 credits); annual billing equivalent ranges $76–$704/mo. Early access to new models included from the $440/mo tier up.
Starts at 8,550 credits/month; unlimited parallel generations
Custom pricing for studios and teams; contact sales.
Custom credits/month
Developer-focused API membership program; claims up to 88% cheaper than other aggregators' model prices.
$10/month membership fee plus pay-per-use model pricing
Launch discount of up to 60% off select models (e.g. Minimax H3, ElevenLabs) for early Pika API Club members.
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