Pika · checked 15–16 September 2026
Pika pricing (2026): how many videos does each plan actually give you?
Tired of paying for a video generator, burning the credits in a weekend, and only then finding out what the plan really bought you? Here is Pika's math before you subscribe.
Pika's Standard plan is $10 a month for 700 credits. At 20 per 5-second Pika 2.5 clip that is 35 generations — and if you re-roll every other one, roughly 11 videos you would actually keep.
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Every Pika plan, converted into videos per month
| Plan | Price / month | Allowance | Per clip | Generations | Usable at 3 tries | Cost per usable video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StandardPika 2.5 · 5s · 720p | $10$8/mo yearly | 700 credits | 20 | 35 | 11 | $0.91 |
| ProPika 2.5 · 5s · 720p | $35$28/mo yearly | 2,300 credits | 20 | 115 | 38 | $0.92 |
| FancyPika 2.5 · 5s · 720p | $95$76/mo yearly | 6,000 credits | 20 | 300 | 100 | $0.95 |
“Generations” is the monthly allowance divided by the cost of one clip at the settings shown, rounded down. “Usable at 3 tries” assumes you keep one clip in three; change that assumption on the full comparison. Yearly prices are shown per month. Rows marked “not verified” had no published rate on the day we checked — they are never treated as zero.
The catch
- Annual price is verified on-page. Pika's own pricing page states "-20%" for monthly vs. yearly, but the monthly figure renders via JS the same way regardless of billing toggle, so $10/$35/$95 is a calculation from that stated 20% discount, not a direct on-page reading — corroborated by third-party trackers but not independently confirmed at checkout. 1080p costs 40 credits/5s. Pikascenes and other effects have different rates.
What a real user found
No independent current-model report retained. The quantified comparison uses Pika 2.5 generation, not its effects pricing.
Trade-off: Plain Pika 2.5, Pikascenes, swaps and twists spend credits differently.
Test the exact effect; verify whether the displayed cost is per output or batch.
How Pika compares per video
Pika cannot be ranked per video because its rate is not verified. The cheapest verified entry tiers today are Artlist, Midjourney, Vidofy.
Quick answers
How many videos do you get with Pika Standard?
700 credits ÷ 20 per clip = 35 Pika 2.5 generations a month. Counting 3 attempts per video you keep, plan for about 11 finished videos.
Is Pika cheap per video compared with other AI video generators?
Pika cannot be ranked per video because its rate is not verified; compare the tools that publish one.
Sources
Prices and rates checked 15–16 September 2026. Some “Open pricing” buttons are affiliate links; the numbers and the ranking do not know which ones are.