# Pika: what's new, verdict & setup

Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/pika · First covered by us (no vendor release date published): 2026-10-25 · Last verified: 2026-10-25 · Evidence: Reported (not run by us) · Vendor: Pika · Official site: https://pika.art/

> AI creative platform with a free plan and monthly tiers at $10, $35 and $95.

## Verdict

**AI creative platform with a free plan and monthly tiers at $10, $35 and $95.**

Good for:
- Creators wanting several video models in one place

Skip if:
- You need open-weight local generation

Status: Reported. Written from official release notes and docs; we have not run this release ourselves.

Pricing: Official page, dated. Read from pika.art pricing on 2026-10-25. (checked 2026-10-25)

## Best for

- [Best AI tool for video](https://theagenticweekly.com/best/ai-video) (#-): Creative platform with multiple video models.

## Key facts

Pika's pricing lists Free, then $10, $35 and $95 a month tiers (annual billing is 20 percent less: $8, $28, $76), a higher range from $95 to $880, and Enterprise; model access and credits vary by plan.

- License: Proprietary
- Platforms: Web
- Pricing model: Freemium
- Free tier: Free plan with limited credits
- Paid plans: $10, $35 and $95 per month (annual about 20 percent less: $8, $28, $76); higher tiers up to $880; Enterprise custom
- How to start: Sign up free and generate a first clip.
- Catalog entry: facts read from the vendor's pages on 2026-10-25. We do not track release notes for this entry.

## How to set it up: Get started with Pika

These steps come from the vendor's own pages as read on 2026-10-25. We have not run Pika.

1. **Get access.** Sign up free and generate a first clip.
2. **Check the limits and costs first.** Free plan with limited credits. Paid: $10, $35 and $95 per month (annual about 20 percent less: $8, $28, $76); higher tiers up to $880; Enterprise custom. Read from pika.art pricing on 2026-10-25.

## Pros and cons

Pros:
- Free plan
- Annual discount

Cons:
- Credits drain by model and length

## Alternatives

- [Runway](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/runway): AI video and creative suite with an MCP server, Agent, and many partner models.
- [Kling AI](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/kling): AI video and image generator whose latest model is Kling 4.0.
- [Luma](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/luma): AI video and image studio with its own Ray models and now Kling 4.0, all in one project board.
- [Descript](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/descript): AI video and audio editor where you edit by editing text; Free plan, paid plans measured in media hours and AI credits.
- [HeyGen](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/heygen): AI avatar video with a Free plan and paid tiers at $29, $49 and $149 a month.
- [invideo](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/invideo): AI video editor with agents; plans at $10, $30 and $75 per seat a month billed annually.
- [OpusClip](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/opus-clip): Turns long videos into shorts and posts to social platforms; Free forever plan.
- [Synthesia](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/synthesia): Business video platform with AI avatars in 140+ languages and a free credit allowance.
- [ComfyUI](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/comfyui): Node-graph engine for local and cloud image, video, audio and 3D generation.

## FAQ

### What is Pika?

Pika's pricing lists Free, then $10, $35 and $95 a month tiers (annual billing is 20 percent less: $8, $28, $76), a higher range from $95 to $880, and Enterprise; model access and credits vary by plan.

### Is Pika free?

Free plan with limited credits. Paid: $10, $35 and $95 per month (annual about 20 percent less: $8, $28, $76); higher tiers up to $880; Enterprise custom. Read from pika.art pricing on 2026-10-25. Checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page.

### What license is Pika under?

Its license: Proprietary. Read from the project's own pages on 2026-10-25.

## What we have not verified

- Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry)
- Credit cost per clip

## Sources

- [Pika](https://pika.art/) (fetched 2026-10-25)

## How to cite

Agentic Weekly, "Pika: what's new, verdict & setup", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/pika

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