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Pika

Pika is a creative AI video generation platform. Subscription-based with credit system. Pika's API backend is served via fal.ai for programmatic access.

Kling AI

Kuaishou's AI video + image generation platform. Credit-based with 4 subscription tiers + large selection of one-time top-up packs. Models include Kling 2.5 Turbo, Kling 2.6, Kling 2.6 Motion, and image modes.

Pricing model

Subscription

Hybrid

Free tier

Yes

Access

Web UI

APIWeb UI

Cheapest plan

Standard3 plans total

Standard5 plans total

Models offered

Pika 2.5, Pika Pikadditions, Pika Pikaffects, Pika Pikaswaps, Pikaformance +4 more

Kling 2.6, Kling 3.0, Kling 3.0 Omni, Kolors Virtual Try-On v1.5, Nano Banana 2 +1 more

Pros

Unique effects (Pikadditions etc.) for creative videos
Pika 2.5 at 1080p with 10s durations on paid tiers
Roll-over credits on paid plans

Cinematic video quality in Kling 2.6/3.0 with synced audio
Kling 2.5 Turbo is fast + cheap at 35 credits per 5s
4 subscription tiers + abundant top-up packs

Cons

Free tier locked to 480p
Pikaframes costs scale with resolution quickly
Pro vs Standard pricing ambiguous on their page

Unit / credit economy differs for video vs image purchases
Watermark removal only on paid tiers
Monthly credits do not roll over

Model availability

Every model offered by at least one selected tool, plus trending models (marked ) shown even when neither tool hosts them. A · means that tool does not host the model.

Nano Banana 2

Google · 1K

≈$0.0246/gen

Nano Banana Pro

Google · 1K

≈$0.0985/gen

Nano Banana Pro

Google · 2K

≈$0.0985/gen

Nano Banana Pro

Google · 4K

≈$0.1723/gen

FLUX.2 Klein 9B

Black Forest Labs

FLUX.2 Max

Black Forest Labs

FLUX.2 Pro

Black Forest Labs

Seedream 4

ByteDance

Midjourney v7

Midjourney

GPT Image 2

OpenAI

Recraft V3

Recraft

Recraft V4

Recraft

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large

Stability AI

Z-Image

Kolors Virtual Try-On v1.5

Kuaishou · 1K

$0.07/gen

Veo 3.1

Google

Kling 3.0 Video Pro

Kuaishou

Kling 3.0 Video Standard

Kuaishou

Ray 2

Luma AI

Magnific Creative Video Upscaler

Magnific

Sora 2

OpenAI

Runway Gen-4

Runway

Grok Imagine Video

xAI

Kling 2.6

Kuaishou · 720p

≈$0.0148/sec

Kling 2.6

Kuaishou · 1080p

≈$0.0246/sec

Kling 3.0

Kuaishou · 720p

$0.0168/sec

Kling 3.0

Kuaishou · 1080p

$0.0224/sec

Kling 3.0

Kuaishou · 4K

≈$0.1477/sec

Kling 3.0 Omni

Kuaishou · 720p

$0.0168/sec

Kling 3.0 Omni

Kuaishou · 1K

≈$0.0049/gen

Kling 3.0 Omni

Kuaishou · 1080p

$0.0224/sec

Kling 3.0 Omni

Kuaishou · 2K

≈$0.0098/gen

Kling 3.0 Omni

Kuaishou · 4K

≈$0.0197/gen

Pika 2.5

Pika Labs · 480p

≈$0.0343/sec

Pika 2.5

Pika Labs · 720p

≈$0.0571/sec

Pika 2.5

Pika Labs · 1080p

≈$0.1143/sec

Pika Pikadditions

Pika Labs · 480p

≈$0.0571/sec

Pika Pikadditions

Pika Labs · 720p

≈$0.10/sec

Pika Pikadditions

Pika Labs · 1080p

≈$0.1857/sec

Pika Pikaffects

Pika Labs · 480p

≈$0.0514/sec

Pika Pikaswaps

Pika Labs · 480p

≈$0.0571/sec

Pika Pikaswaps

Pika Labs · 720p

≈$0.10/sec

Pika Pikaswaps

Pika Labs · 1080p

≈$0.1857/sec

Pikaformance

Pika Labs · 720p

≈$0.0429/sec

Pikaframes

Pika Labs · 480p

≈$0.0343/sec

Pikaframes

Pika Labs · 720p

≈$0.0571/sec

Pikaframes

Pika Labs · 1080p

≈$0.1143/sec

Pikascenes

Pika Labs · 480p

≈$0.0571/sec

Pikascenes

Pika Labs · 720p

≈$0.10/sec

Pikascenes

Pika Labs · 1080p

≈$0.1857/sec

Pikatwists Pro

Pika Labs · 1080p

≈$0.2286/sec

Pikatwists Turbo

Pika Labs · 720p

≈$0.1714/sec

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May 15, 2026

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