{
  "slug": "pika",
  "name": "Pika",
  "url": "https://pika.art",
  "cat": "gen",
  "group": "ai",
  "tagline": "Short social video + VFX effects",
  "price": "Free 80 credits/mo at 480p, watermarked. Standard $10/mo (700 credits), Pro $35 (2,300), Fancy $95 (6,000). About 20% off annual.",
  "tier": "mixed",
  "pick": false,
  "what": "Consumer-first video generator on <b>Pika 2.5</b>, best known for Pikaffects - one-click physical transformations like melt, explode, crush, inflate and cake-ify applied to an uploaded image or clip. Also handles standard text-to-video and image-to-video.",
  "why": "Cheapest credible entry point into AI video, and the effects library produces exactly the viral formats TikTok and Reels reward. Faster to a usable social clip than any general-purpose model.",
  "warn": "The free tier is watermarked, capped at 480p and <b>personal use only</b> - no commercial licence until $10/mo. Pika trails Runway, Kling and Veo badly on realism and prompt adherence; treat it as a novelty-effects tool, not a film tool.",
  "install": "API available at pika.art/api and resold through fal.ai.",
  "category": {
    "key": "gen",
    "name": "AI media generation",
    "desc": "Image, video, voice and music. Commercial rights differ wildly by tier — check every warn.",
    "group": "ai",
    "groupName": "Put AI inside it"
  },
  "freshness": null,
  "health": {
    "ok": true,
    "status_code": 200,
    "final_url": "https://pika.art/",
    "checked_at": "2026-08-18T23:43:12.623+00:00"
  },
  "corrected_at": null,
  "upstream_changed_at": null
}