What is the latest version of Pika?

The current shipped version of Pika is H3 Flex, as of November 3, 2026.

How much does Pika cost?

Pika starts at $10 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of November 3, 2026.

What AI model does Pika use?

Pika runs primarily on Banana 2.1.

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Pika

Name: Pika
Price: 10 USD
Author: Pika Labs

Pika Labs · #2 most active of 17 in Video

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Effects-driven video generation aimed at social content creators.

Trust score · Mixed

3 data points checked · 2026-11-03

Model stack: ContradictedEntry price: VerifiedVersion: VerifiedHow this works →

Current version

H3 Flex

Entry cost

Free tier · from $10/mo

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The short answers · verified November 3, 2026

What is the latest version of Pika?: The current shipped version of Pika is H3 Flex, as of November 3, 2026.
How much does Pika cost?: Pika starts at $10 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of November 3, 2026.
What AI model does Pika use?: Pika runs primarily on Banana 2.1.

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
AI Video
AI Image
AI Audio
Pika Soundtrack
Pika Music
Pika SFX
Pika Speech
Video Studio
Character Studio
Product Shot
Color Grade
Extend Video
Edit Image
Image Studio
Video Generation
Image Generation
Audio Generation
Speech Studio
Pika API Club
Motion Transfer
Video Apps
Image Apps
Audio Apps
Pika API
Character Creator
API Access
Product Ad Swap
Commercial license
Watermark-free
Soundtrack
Product Ad
Swap Anything
Pika for ChatGPT
No watermark
Priority queue
Early access to new models
AI Video Generation
AI Image Generation
AI Audio Generation
Sound Effects Generation
Music Studio
SFX Studio
Commercial License
No Watermark
Pika H3 Flex
Dynamic Captions
Ad Swap

Pricing

Free
Start free, 0 credits (credit packs only), all models included, no watermark, no commercial license
Free
Starter
600 credits/month, commercial license included
$10
Creator
2,600 credits/month, free Pika H3 Flex generations daily
$35
Fancy
8,550 credits/month, priority queue, free Pika H3 Flex generations daily
$95

Entry price over time

12 of 60 points reconstructed from Internet Archive captures (hollow dots) — dated by capture, not by when we first saw the page. View a capture

7/17/2025 · $1011/7/2026 · $10

Geek mode

Models under the hood

Banana 2.1
Banana
disclosed
Eleven Multilingual v2
ElevenLabs
disclosed
Eleven Turbo v2.5
ElevenLabs
disclosed
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2
ElevenLabs
disclosed
ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5
ElevenLabs
disclosed
Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash
Google
disclosed
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash
Google
disclosed
Google Omni Flash
Google
disclosed
Google Veo 3.1
Google
disclosed
GPT Image 2.5
Pika Labs
disclosed
GPT Image 2.5 Nano
OpenAI
disclosed
Grok Imagine
xAI
disclosed
Grok Imagine 1.5
Pika
disclosed
Ideogram 4.5
Ideogram
disclosed
Kling 4.0
Kling
disclosed
MiniMax H3
MiniMax
disclosed
MiniMax Music 3.0
MiniMax
disclosed
Nano Banana 2
Pika Labs
disclosed
Nano Banana 2.1
Banana
disclosed
Pika 2.5
Pika Labs
disclosed
Pika Audio
Pika
disclosed
Pika H3 Flex
Pika
disclosed
Pika Music
Pika
disclosed
Pika SFX
Pika
disclosed
Pika Soundtrack
Pika
disclosed
Pika Speech
Pika Labs
disclosed
Pikaframes
Pika
disclosed
Pro
Pika
disclosed
Pro model
Pika
disclosed
Seedance 2.5
Pika Labs
disclosed
Seedream 4
Seedream
disclosed
Seedream 5
Pika Labs
disclosed
Seedream 5 Lite
Seedream
disclosed
Turbo
Pika
disclosed
Turbo model
Pika
disclosed
Wan 3.0
Wan
disclosed

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.

Google Veo 3.1+2 aliasesGoogle · 6 products
MiniMax H3+1 aliasMiniMax · 6 products
Seedance 2.5Pika Labs · 6 products
MiniMax Music 3.0MiniMax · 4 products
Kling 4.0Kling · 3 products
Nano Banana 2.1+1 aliasBanana · 3 products
Eleven Multilingual v2ElevenLabs · 2 products
- Pika
- ElevenLabs
Gemini Omni 1.1 FlashGoogle · 2 products
- Pika
- Lovable

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

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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Descript

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Version: Underlord
Cost: Free tier · from $24/mo
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Runway

Creative suite for generated video

Version: Gen-4.5
Cost: Free tier · from $15 one-time
Model: Aleph

Hailuo

MiniMaxChina

Fast, cheap video generation with strong character consistency.

Version: H3
Cost: from $4.99/mo
Model: H3

Veo

Google DeepMind

Cinematic video generation

Version: 3.1
Cost: from $20/mo
Model: gemini-omni-1.2-flash

HeyGen

AI avatars and video translation

Version: Avatar V
Cost: Free tier · from $29/mo
Model: Avatar III

Elsewhere on the same models

Products in other segments that name one of Pika's models in their stack.

MiniMax Speech

MiniMaxChina

Multilingual TTS and voice cloning at low per-character rates.

Version: 2.8
Cost: from $30/mo
Model: MiniMax Music 3.0

Change history

Nov 3, 2026first seenmodel
Pika added Ideogram 4.5, Kling 4.0, MiniMax Music 3.0, Pika H3 Flex, Seedream 5 Lite to its model stack
Banana 2.1, Eleven Multilingual v2, Eleven Turbo v2.5, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, GPT Image 2.5 Nano, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Music, Pika SFX, Pika Soundtrack, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 4, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0Banana 2.1, Eleven Multilingual v2, Eleven Turbo v2.5, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, GPT Image 2.5 Nano, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine 1.5, Ideogram 4.5, Kling 4.0, MiniMax H3, MiniMax Music 3.0, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika H3 Flex, Pika Music, Pika SFX, Pika Soundtrack, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 4, Seedream 5, Seedream 5 Lite, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0
source
Nov 2, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Music Studio, SFX Studio
60 tracked62 tracked · +Music Studio, SFX Studio
source
Nov 1, 2026first seenmodel
Pika added Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5 Nano to its model stack
Eleven Multilingual v2, Eleven Turbo v2.5, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Music, Pika SFX, Pika Soundtrack, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 4, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0Banana 2.1, Eleven Multilingual v2, Eleven Turbo v2.5, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, GPT Image 2.5 Nano, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Music, Pika SFX, Pika Soundtrack, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 4, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0
source
Nov 1, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: AI Video Generation, AI Image Generation, AI Audio Generation
56 tracked60 tracked · +AI Video Generation, AI Image Generation, AI Audio Generation, Sound Effects Generation
source
Oct 30, 2026first seenmodel
Pika added Pika Music, Pika SFX, Pika Soundtrack to its model stack
Eleven Multilingual v2, Eleven Turbo v2.5, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 4, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0Eleven Multilingual v2, Eleven Turbo v2.5, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Music, Pika SFX, Pika Soundtrack, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 4, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0
source
Oct 30, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: No watermark, Priority queue, Early access to new models
53 tracked56 tracked · +No watermark, Priority queue, Early access to new models
source
Oct 29, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Dynamic Captions, Ad Swap
65 tracked67 tracked · +Dynamic Captions, Ad Swap
source
Oct 28, 2026announcedcapability
New capabilities: Commercial License, No Watermark, Pika H3 Flex
62 tracked65 tracked · +Commercial License, No Watermark, Pika H3 Flex
source
Oct 28, 2026announcedversion
Pika moved to H3 Flex
2.5H3 Flex
source
Oct 26, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Pika for ChatGPT
52 tracked53 tracked · +Pika for ChatGPT
source
Oct 25, 2026first seenmodel
Pika added Seedream 4 to its model stack
Eleven Multilingual v2, Eleven Turbo v2.5, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0Eleven Multilingual v2, Eleven Turbo v2.5, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 4, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0
source
Oct 25, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Product Ad, Swap Anything
50 tracked52 tracked · +Product Ad, Swap Anything
source
Oct 20, 2026first seenmodel
Pika added Eleven Turbo v2.5 to its model stack
Eleven Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0Eleven Multilingual v2, Eleven Turbo v2.5, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0
source
Oct 19, 2026first seenmodel
Pika added Grok Imagine to its model stack
Eleven Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0Eleven Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0
source
Oct 18, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Soundtrack
49 tracked50 tracked · +Soundtrack
source
Oct 16, 2026first seenmodel
Pika added Eleven Multilingual v2, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Nano Banana 2.1 to its model stack
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0Eleven Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2.1, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0
source
Oct 7, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Commercial license, Watermark-free
47 tracked49 tracked · +Commercial license, Watermark-free
source
Oct 6, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Product Ad Swap
46 tracked47 tracked · +Product Ad Swap
source
Oct 5, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: API Access
45 tracked46 tracked · +API Access
source
Oct 3, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Character Creator
44 tracked45 tracked · +Character Creator
source
Sep 26, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Video Apps, Image Apps, Audio Apps
40 tracked44 tracked · +Video Apps, Image Apps, Audio Apps, Pika API
source
Sep 25, 2026first seenmodel
Pika added Pikaframes to its model stack
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pikaframes, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0
source
Sep 22, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Motion Transfer
39 tracked40 tracked · +Motion Transfer
source
Sep 20, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Video Generation, Image Generation, Audio Generation
34 tracked39 tracked · +Video Generation, Image Generation, Audio Generation, Speech Studio, Pika API Club
source
Sep 19, 2026first seenmodel
Pika added Pika Speech, Seedream 5 to its model stack
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pika Speech, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Seedream 5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0
source
Sep 18, 2026first seenmodel
Pika added Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Grok Imagine 1.5, Pika Audio to its model stack
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Pika 2.5, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Gemini 1.1 Omni Flash, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, Grok Imagine 1.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Pika 2.5, Pika Audio, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0
source
Sep 18, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Color Grade, Extend Video, Edit Image
30 tracked34 tracked · +Color Grade, Extend Video, Edit Image, Image Studio
source
Sep 17, 2026first seenmodel
Pika added ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, GPT Image 2.5, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Seedance 2.5, Wan 3.0 to its model stack
Pika 2.5, Pro, Pro model, Turbo, Turbo modelElevenLabs Multilingual v2, ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Google Omni Flash, Google Veo 3.1, MiniMax H3, Nano Banana 2, Pika 2.5, Pro, Pro model, Seedance 2.5, Turbo, Turbo model, Wan 3.0
source
Sep 17, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: AI Video, AI Image, AI Audio
20 tracked30 tracked · +AI Video, AI Image, AI Audio, Pika Soundtrack, Pika Music, Pika SFX, Pika Speech, Video Studio, Character Studio, Product Shot
source
Sep 15, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price increased to $10/mo
$8$10
source
Sep 14, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price decreased to $8/mo
$10$8
source
Sep 13, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price increased to $10/mo
$8$10
source
Sep 12, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price decreased to $8/mo
$10$8
source
Sep 9, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price increased to $10/mo
$8$10
source
Sep 8, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price decreased to $8/mo
$10$8
source
Sep 1, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price increased to $10/mo
$8$10
source
Aug 31, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price decreased to $8/mo
$10$8
source
Aug 29, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: API
19 tracked20 tracked · +API
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Aug 26, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price increased to $10/mo
$8$10
source
Aug 25, 2026first seenpricing
Entry price decreased to $8/mo
$10$8
source

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How to cite this page

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APA

Tomorrow. (2026). Pika — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, 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: 2026-11-08}
}