Does Pika have a free plan?

Yes. Pika is listed as Freemium.

What are the top alternatives to Pika?

On Video, the other tools are Grok, Runway, Luma Dream Machine, Kling AI, and Veo.

Freemium

Short-form video generator from text and images.

What is Pika best for?: Pika is rank 3 of 5 on Video.
Does Pika have a free plan?: Yes. Pika is listed as Freemium.
What are the top alternatives to Pika?: On Video, the other tools are Grok, Runway, Luma Dream Machine, Kling AI, and Veo.

October 29, 2026
Pika H3 Flex
Pika launched Pika H3 Flex, an open-source video and audio model family post-trained on MiniMax H3, with weights on Hugging Face. Pika says it ranks number 1 among open-source text-to-video models; that ranking is a vendor claim.
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October 16, 2026
Pika plugin for ChatGPT
The official Pika plugin lets ChatGPT use Pika's creation apps to make and edit images, video, music, sound effects, and speech without leaving ChatGPT.
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Video · rank 3 of 5 · composite 54.4 · coverage 100%

Composite 54.4 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Text-to-video Arena Elo.

Pika score breakdown for Video
Metric	Value	Weight	Normalized	Source
Text-to-video Arena Elo	1009pika-v2.21009±15 from 5,763 votes.	34%	1.5	Source for Text-to-video Arena Elo (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-09-21
Free tier	YesFreeThe pricing table lists Price / mo as $0 for the free column.	18%	100.0	Source for Free tier (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16
Entry monthly price	$10StarterThe monthly price row lists $0, $10, $35, and $95. The annual row, marked 20% off, lists $0, $8, $28, and $76. The monthly Starter price scored is $10.	18%	75.0	Source for Entry monthly price (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16
App Store rating	4.73Pika - AI VideoApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.73068 and userRatingCount 4244 for Pika - AI Video by Mellis, Inc.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp.	16%	94.6	Source for App Store rating (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16
App Store reviews	4244Pika - AI VideoApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.73068 and userRatingCount 4244 for Pika - AI Video by Mellis, Inc.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp.	14%	51.8	Source for App Store reviews (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16