Tool · Video, Pictures

Pika

A web app for making short video clips, lengthening clips, swapping things in a scene and adding a matching soundtrack. It runs several makers' video and image models on one credit balance. Commercial use needs the Creator plan or above.

Go to Pika’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Closed
Only usable through the maker's app or API
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Licence: Pika Terms of Service (The maker's own terms)
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Can I sell what I make?: Yes, on paid plans (from the Creator plan)
Pricing: commercial licence on Creator, Fancy and Enterprise only. Terms: personal use only 'except where your subscription Plan expressly permits commercial use'. Pika claims no ownership of outputs.
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Cost: Free option: All models, 2 parallel generations, no monthly credits (credit packs only), no commercial licence
Plans below.
How you use it: In your browser, Phone app, Maker's own API
Pricing page mentions an iOS app, an API and MCP; homepage links the API at dev.pika.art.
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Skill needed: No setup
Our judgement: browser app.
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Made by: Mellis, Inc. (US)
Terms: operated by Mellis, Inc., Palo Alto, California, USA.
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Status: Available
No closure stated; terms promise 30 days' notice before retiring models in active use.
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What you can make with it

A video, from a description (main use)
A video, by bringing a photo to life
A video, by editing a video I have
A picture, by changing a photo I have
A picture, a product photo

text to videoimage to videovideo to videoimage to imagevideo to audio

Homepage lists Video Studio, Extend Video, Swap Anything, Motion Transfer, Edit Image, Product Shot and Pika Soundtrack; it doesn't use the words text-to-video or image-to-video.

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Plans and prices

Plan	Price	Includes
Free	Free	0 credits a month Commercial use: No
Starter (monthly)	$10 a month	900 credits a month Wan 3.0 720p 5s = 33 credits; Seedance 2.5 720p 5s = 122 credits. Commercial use: No
Starter (annual)	$8 a month, billed yearly	900 credits a month Listed as $8/month on the annual option (20% off). Commercial use: No
Creator (monthly)	$35 a month	3,150 credits a month Commercial use: Yes
Creator (annual)	$28 a month, billed yearly	3,150 credits a month Listed as $28/month on the annual option. Commercial use: Yes
Fancy (monthly)	$95 a month	8,550 credits a month Slider: more credits at higher tiers. Commercial use: Yes
Fancy (annual)	$76 a month, billed yearly	8,550 credits a month Annual option, from $76/month. Commercial use: Yes
Credit pack	$25 one-off	1,500 credits Smallest top-up; 60 credits per $1 (up to $1,000 for 66,000). Pika Create web app only, not API or iOS. Commercial use: The terms don't say clearly

Page says USD. Plan cards and comparison table disagree on annual figures (cards: $10/$30/$90); table figures used. Enterprise is custom.

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Rough cost of 5 seconds of 720p video: about $0.37 / £0.28 (estimate, worked out by Plainly, not a price the maker publishes). Creator monthly: $35 / 3,150 credits = $0.0111 per credit x 33 credits (Wan 3.0, 720p, 5s) = $0.37. GBP at 0.75.

Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: Trains on your work
Pika may use anonymised or aggregated Inputs and Outputs for training. Only exit is deleting your account (excluded from future training); Enterprise contracts may differ.
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Watermark: No watermark
Pricing table shows no watermark on every plan, including Free. Terms don't mention watermarks.
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Real faces and voices: Copies a real face (AI Self), you only promise you have permission
Copies a real voice (AI Self), you only promise you have permission
Terms: an AI Self from someone else's likeness or voice needs their explicit written permission; you declare consent, no identity check described. Feature not shown on the pricing page.
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Models it uses

Seedance

Models it uses (not yet listed on Plainly)

Wan 3.0, MiniMax H3, Google Omni Flash, Pika 2.5, Pikaframes

Other options for “A video, from a description”

Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Premiere, Akool, Animoto, Arcads, Canva AI (Magic Studio), CapCut, Civitai, CogVideoX, ComfyUI, Creatify, DeeVid AI, DomoAI, Dreamina, Dzine, fal, Filmora, FlexClip, Fliki, Fotor, Genmo, getimg.ai, Google Flow

About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.