The facts
Pika at a glance.
From Pika (Mellis Inc.)'s own pages, read Oct 20, 2026. Prices can change at any time; check the maker's page before you pay.
- Made by
- Pika (Mellis Inc.)Based in US
- What it is for
- Video creationShort video clips from words or a still image.
- Free plan
- Yes0 monthly credits ('packs only'); 'Not included: Commercial license'
- Runs on
- web
- Website
- pika.art
Plans and prices
| Plan | A month | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $10 | 900 credits/month; no commercial license |
| Creator | $35 | 3,150 credits/month; commercial license |
| Fancy | $95 | 8,550+ credits/month; up to $880/month; commercial license |
Pika pricing, Oct 20, 2026 · company-reported
Read the small print
What its terms say.
Copied word for word from the maker's terms, with any lawsuits or complaints and their status when we last checked.
“Included: Commercial license”
Our note: Pika now resells many third-party models (Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3, Wan 3.0, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, GPT Image 2.5, Nano Banana) alongside its own Pika 2.5. Maker's legal name not verified.
Ranked by people's votes
Which models people prefer.
On Arena (formerly LMArena), people compare two results for the same request without knowing which model made which, and vote. Many tools of this kind run these models.
Video from words
- 1Gemini Omni 1.1 FlashGoogle1516
- 2gemini-omni-flashGoogle1513
- 3FLUX 3 VideoBlack Forest Labs · preliminary1493
- 4Grok Imagine Video 1.5SpaceXAI · preliminary1492
- 5Dreamina Seedance 2.0 (720p)Bytedance1479
Arena, Sep 21, 2026 · 718,577 votes; 48 models
Video from a picture
- 1MiniMax H3MiniMax1495
- 2Gemini Omni 1.1 FlashGoogle1488
- 3Wan 3.0Alibaba1480
- 4Dreamina Seedance 2.5 (720p)Bytedance1477
- 5Dreamina Seedance 2.0 (720p)Bytedance1475
Arena, Sep 21, 2026 · 2,081,953 votes; 48 models
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