Pika
Free tier availableFast, expressive video creation
About Pika
Creates cinematic clips from text or images with strong motion control and a wide range of visual styles. Popular with social content creators and marketers who need polished, platform-ready video fast — and with directors who want to iterate on a concept before committing to a shoot. Solid free tier to get started without a credit card.
Pricing plans
- 150 credits/mo
- 720p
- 700 credits/mo
- 1080p
- Unlimited uploads
- 2,000 credits/mo
- Priority queue
How Pika compares
| Directr tier | A | S | S | S |
| Price | From $8/mo | From $29/mo | From $15/mo | From $12/mo |
| Free tier | 150 credits/mo | 1 video/mo | 10 credits/day | Limited credits |
| API access | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Output | 1080p | 1080p | — | 4K |
| Watermark | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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