Pika

Playful effects first video app (Pikaffects, Pikaswaps, Pikaframes) for quick social clips.

Best for Social creators making stylized effect videos

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What it does

Pika is a creative platform that unites video, image, and sound generation within focused tools. Users input text prompts, footage, or still photos to generate edited clips, images, and synchronized audio. It is built for creative professionals such as ad creatives, editors, marketers, and filmmakers.

Read more: 5 features and how people use themShow less

Video Studio

Generates videos ranging from brief clips to longer sequences across multiple shots.

Use caseA filmmaker creates a sequence of clips up to thirty seconds long for a project.
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Pika Soundtrack

Scores video with synchronized audio including music, environmental ambience, and sound effects matched directly to visual movement.

Use caseAn editor adds motion aware sound effects and ambient noise directly aligned with the visual actions in a video scene.
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Extend Video

Lengthens video clips past their starting runtime by generating additional frames.

Use caseAn editor prolongs a short video clip that needs extra length for an edit.
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Color Grade

Modifies visual traits such as the contrast, color palette, and mood of existing footage or photos.

Use caseAn ad creative alters the color balance and mood of an image for a campaign.
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Product Shot

Produces styled visual assets featuring products without requiring a physical photo session.

Use caseA marketer creates styled product imagery without staging an in person photoshoot.
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Written from Pika's own website, checked Oct 16, 2026. Each feature links to the page it comes from; images are Pika's own.

Every plan

Plan	Monthly	Billed yearly	Per	What it includes
Free	Free	$0	per account	No monthly credits (top up packs only); 2 parallel video gens; no commercial license
Starter	$10	$8	per account, 900 credits/mo	2 parallel video / 8 parallel image audio gens; no commercial license
Creator	$35	$28	per account, 3,150 credits/mo	8 parallel video gens; commercial license
Fancy	$95	$76	per account, 8,550+ credits/mo (scales to $880/mo, $704/mo annual)	Unlimited parallel gens; commercial license; priority queue; early access from $440/mo tier
Enterprise	Contact sales	Not listed	custom	contact sales

From Pika's own pricing page, checked Oct 16, 2026. Prices are in US dollars per month; "billed yearly" is the monthly price when you pay for a year up front. A few figures (often the yearly price) are derived rather than printed on the page.

Before you pay

Refunds: Payments are non refundable, and no refunds are provided for the remainder of a billing period upon cancellation.
What Pika says
Payments are non refundable, so there is no refund for the rest of the period. Source page
How to cancel: Subscribers can cancel at any time directly from the Subscription page.
What Pika says
Cancel any time from the Subscription page. Your plan stays active until the end of the current billing period Source page
Cancel online yourself: Yes
What Pika says
Cancel any time from the Subscription page. Source page
Unused credits roll over: Partial
What Pika says
Plan credits refresh each billing period and do not roll over. Credits you buy as top ups carry over and expire 365 days after purchase. Source page
Watermark on the free plan: No
What Pika says
Free 0credits / month · packs only Free Start free All models 2 video · 2 image + audio in parallel No watermark Source page
Commercial use: All plans including free
What Pika says
Free 0credits / month · packs only Free Start free All models 2 video · 2 image + audio in parallel No watermark Commercial license Source page