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- Version
- Underlord
- Cost
- Free tier · from $16/mo
- Model
- ChatGPT
Pika
Pika Labs · #4 most active of 17 in Video
Effects-driven video generation aimed at social content creators.
100
Trust score · Verified
3 data points checked · 2026-09-13
Current version
2.5
Entry cost
Free tier · from $10/mo
Changes / 30d
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The short answers · verified September 15, 2026
- What is the latest version of Pika?
- The current shipped version of Pika is 2.5, as of September 15, 2026.
- How much does Pika cost?
- Pika starts at $10 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of September 15, 2026.
- What AI model does Pika use?
- Pika runs primarily on Pika 2.5.
Source: Pika Labs — pika.art · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow
Capabilities
- Pikaffects
- Pikaframes
- Lip sync
- Image to video
- Scene ingredients
- Text-to-Video
- Image-to-Video
- Video-to-Video
- Pikascenes
- Pikatwists
- Pikadditions
- Pikaswaps
- Pikaformance
- Pika Agent
- Pikadditions & Pikaswaps
- Pika MCP
- Pika 2.5
- Commercial use
- Watermark-free downloads
- API
Pricing
Free
Image-to-Video only, Pika 2.5 (480p), includes watermark
Free
Basic
80 monthly video credits, commercial use, no watermark, Pika 2.5 (480p)
$10
Standard
700 monthly video credits, commercial use, no watermark, fast generations, Pika 2.5 (all resolutions)
$35
Pro
2300 monthly video credits, commercial use, no watermark, faster generations, Pika 2.5 (all resolutions)
$95
Fancy
6000 monthly video credits, commercial use, no watermark, fastest generations, Pika 2.5 (all resolutions)
$190
Entry price over time
12 of 36 points reconstructed from Internet Archive captures (hollow dots) — dated by capture, not by when we first saw the page. View a capture
Geek mode
Models under the hood
- disclosed
Pika 2.5
Pika Labs
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Pro
Pika
- disclosed
Pro model
Pika
- disclosed
Turbo
Pika
- disclosed
Turbo model
Pika
Context window
n/a
Public API
yes
Multi-model routing
yes
Stack signals
- Web app
- Mobile app
Shared model stack
Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.
Reported scale
Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.
No public usage figure on record for this product.
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- Version
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- Cost
- Free tier with credits. Paid plans are available but pricing is not disclosed in the text.
- Model
- GPT2
Runway
Runway
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Creative suite for generated video
- Version
- Gen-4.5
- Cost
- Free tier · from $15 one-time
- Model
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Sora
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- Version
- Sora 2
- Cost
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- Model
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Seedance
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- Version
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- Cost
- from $0.15/mo
- Model
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Fast, cheap video generation with strong character consistency.
- Version
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- Cost
- from $4.99/mo
- Model
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Change history
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Pika added Turbo, Pro to its model stack
Pika 2.5, Pro model, Turbo modelPika 2.5, Pro, Pro model, Turbo, Turbo model
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Pika added Pika Pro, Pika Turbo to its model stack
Pika 2.2, Pika 2.5Pika 2.2, Pika 2.5, Pika Pro, Pika Turbo
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New capabilities: Image-to-Video, Video-to-Video, Text-to-Video
9 tracked14 tracked · +Image-to-Video, Video-to-Video, Text-to-Video, Pikascenes, Commercial use
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Pika added Pika 2.2, Pika 2.5 to its model stack
1.0, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, Pro, Turbo1.0, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, Pika 2.2, Pika 2.5, Pro, Turbo
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Pika added 1.0, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, Pro, Turbo to its model stack
Pika 1.0, Pika 1.5, Pika 2.1, Pika 2.2, Pika Pro, Pika Turbo1.0, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, Pika 1.0, Pika 1.5, Pika 2.1, Pika 2.2, Pika Pro, Pika Turbo, Pro, Turbo
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New capabilities: video-to-video, Pikascenes, Commercial use
8 tracked11 tracked · +video-to-video, Pikascenes, Commercial use
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New capabilities: commercial use, Pikadditions, Pikaswaps
9 tracked15 tracked · +commercial use, Pikadditions, Pikaswaps, Pikatwists, Pikaffects, Pikaframes
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Pika compared
Straight head-to-head pages against the busiest products in Video.
How to cite this page
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Tomorrow. (2026). Pika — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/pika
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-pika,
author = {{Tomorrow}},
title = {Pika — version, pricing and model stack},
year = {2026},
publisher = {AlienSquad},
howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/pika}},
note = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}