Updated October 2026 · prices from vendor's pricing page

Pika pricing
Pika has 4 plans: Free, Starter, Creator, Fancy. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/mo (Starter).
Free
$0
- No monthly credits; credit packs only
- Access to all models
- No watermark, no commercial license
Starter
$10/mo
or $96/yr ($8/mo billed annually)
- 900 credits/mo
- No watermark
- No commercial license
Creator
$35/mo
or $336/yr ($28/mo billed annually)
- 3,150 credits/mo
- No watermark, commercial license
- 8 parallel video generations
Fancy
$95/mo
or $912/yr ($76/mo billed annually)
- 8,550 credits/mo
- Commercial license, priority queue
- Unlimited parallel generations
- Free plan limits
- No monthly credits; only 2 parallel video generations and purchased credit packs, no commercial license.
- Discounts
- 20% off with annual billing.
Credits-based; Fancy scales up to about $880/mo with more credits; credit packs sold at about 60 credits per $1.
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Alternatives with a free plan

Runway
Free · $12+AI video · Video editing
Video and image generation platform built by Runway AI, offering its own Gen-4/Gen-4.5 models alongside third-party models like Kling and Veo.

Kling AI
Free · $6.99+AI video
Chinese AI video generator developed by Kuaishou, offering text-to-video and image-to-video generation up to 1080p.

Luma Dream Machine
Free · $9.99+AI video
Luma AI's Dream Machine platform generates video from text and images using the Ray series of models.
Questions people ask
+Is Pika free?
Yes, Pika has a free plan. No monthly credits; only 2 parallel video generations and purchased credit packs, no commercial license.
+How much is Pika Starter?
Pika Starter costs $10/mo billed monthly or $96/yr ($8/mo billed annually).
+How much is Pika Creator?
Pika Creator costs $35/mo billed monthly or $336/yr ($28/mo billed annually).
+How much is Pika Fancy?
Pika Fancy costs $95/mo billed monthly or $912/yr ($76/mo billed annually).
+Does Pika have a discount?
20% off with annual billing.
Sources: pika.art