Pika
Consumer and creator-focused AI video generation app with a Claude/agent-ready MCP server exposing 58 media tools.
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Pika (Pika Labs) is a Palo Alto-based generative video AI startup offering an app for text-to-video, image-to-video, and stylized video effects (Pikaffects, Pikaswaps, Pikaframes) aimed at consumers and creators. Beyond its credit-based subscription tiers, Pika has published an official remote MCP server (mcp.pika.me) and a Claude Code plugin exposing dozens of atomic media-generation and editing tools with OAuth-based authentication, plus API access via a third-party inference marketplace (Fal AI). Founded in 2023 by Demi Guo and Chenlin Meng, Pika has raised venture funding from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Key features |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/monthly | Pika 2.5 (480p only), Pikascenes, Pikadditions, Pikaswaps, Pikatwists, Pikaffects, Image-to-video only, No commercial use |
| Standard | $8/monthly | All Pika 2.5 resolutions, Pikaframes and all editing features, Commercial use, Watermark-free downloads |
| Pro | $28/monthly | Faster generations than Standard, All features, Commercial use |
| Fancy | $76/monthly | Fastest generations, All features and commercial use |
Source: https://pika.art/pricing
Agent-readiness
- Discoverability
- 55/100
- Machine-readable content
- 62/100
- Programmatic access
- 70/100
- MCP / agent support
- 88/100
- Self-serve transactability
- 80/100
- Transparency
- 40/100
Security & compliance
- SSO / SAML
- Not publicly documented
- Encryption at rest
- Not publicly documented
- Encryption in transit
- Yes
- Audit log
- Not publicly documented
- Pentest report
- Not publicly documented
"Not publicly documented" means Crail found no public evidence either way — not a confirmed absence. See our methodology.
FAQ
Does Pika have a free tier?
Yes, Pika offers a free tier or free trial.
Can you buy Pika without talking to sales?
Yes, Pika can be purchased self-serve without a sales call.
Does Pika have an official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server?
Yes, Pika publishes an official MCP server (https://github.com/Pika-Labs/Pika-Plugins).
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Methodology & disclosure
Data verified via agent crawled, last checked 2026-07-27. Agent-readiness methodology version crail-ar-v0.1. No vendor payment influences these scores — see our methodology page.