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
| Rating | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| Reviews | 420 | 1,478 | 2,375 | 932 |
| Price | From $8/mo | From $29/mo | From $29/mo | From $18/mo |
| Free tier | 150 credits/mo | 1 video/mo | 3 videos/mo | 25 min exports/mo |
| API access | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Output | 1080p | 1080p | 1080p | 1080p |
| Watermark | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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