AI avatar video platform for business training and communications with 230+ avatars and 140+ languages.
Pika
AI Video Creation & EditingPika is a generative video platform with its own Pika 2.5 model plus access to third-party video, image and audio models on a credit system. It offers text-to-video, image-to-video, Pikaffects effects, Pikaformance lip sync, speech, music and sound effect generation, and a separate iOS app focused on social, selfie-based AI videos. Social creators and meme makers are its main audience.
Pricing
Pika pricing
Free plan; Standard ~$8/mo annual (~$10 monthly)
Last checked September 2026 · Confirm on pika.art
Features
What Pika does
- Pika 2.5 text-to-video and image-to-video
- Pikaformance audio-driven lip sync
- Pikaffects and creative effects
- Third-party models such as Seedance and Wan
- Speech, music and sound effect generation
- iOS app for selfie-based social videos
Pros
- No watermark on any plan
- Several models available in one account
- Quick, low-effort results for social content
- Audio generation built in
Cons
- Commercial license only on the Creator plan and above
- Pika's own model outputs top out at 1080p, with lip sync at 720p
- First-party mobile app is iOS only
- No captioning or traditional editing tools
Fit
Who Pika is for
Look elsewhere if: Professionals needing long, high-resolution footage or full editing should use Runway, Veo or a traditional editor.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Enterprise is API-focused (volume pricing, reserved capacity, SLAs); no security certifications are published.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
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- SCIM user provisioning
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- SOC 2
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- ISO 27001
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- HIPAA (BAA available)
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- GDPR DPA
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- Data residency options
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- No training on your data
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- Audit logs
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- Admin controls
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- Deployment
- Cloud
From the vendor's own security documentation. "—" = not confirmed. Verify during your security review. Compare all tools.
| Video feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| AI avatars / presenters | Limited |
| Generative text-to-video | Yes |
| Long-to-short clipping | No |
| Auto captions | No |
| Edit video by editing text | No |
| AI voiceover | Yes |
| Translation / dubbing | No |
| Max export resolution | 1080p |
| Stock media library | No |
Pika compared
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