60 other video generation & editing tools you can use instead of Pika, with their free plans and starting prices side by side.
Tools with prices verified on the vendor's own pricing page are listed first, then the rest, each group A to Z. This is not a ranking and no tool pays for its place. See the full Video Generation & Editing list for every tool.
Pika for reference: From $10/mo (Starter) · Free plan · VerifiedFull Pika pricing
Adobe's app for making images, video and audio from text prompts. Paid plans give a monthly pool of generative credits, and all of them include unlimited standard generations.
AI video studio that makes short videos with an AI clone of you or an avatar, with editing, captions and b-roll. Newer pages sell a credit allowance by plan; older posts list Classic, Pro and Scale tiers.
Makers of the FLUX image and video models. The API is pay as you go in credits (1 credit = $0.01), the same price in the Playground and the API, with some open-weight models free to download.
Edits video and podcasts by editing the transcript, with AI tools for cleaning audio, removing filler words and making clips. Plans are limited by media minutes and AI credits.
From $24/mo (Hobbyist)Free plan: 60 media minutes per monthAbout 60 min of media/month
Creates videos with AI presenters (avatars) from a script, and can translate videos into other languages. Free accounts get a small number of short videos; paid plans use monthly credits.
From $29/mo (Creator)Free plan: 3 videos (up to 1 minute each) per monthAbout 3 videos/month, 1 min each
The infinity.ai site now sells LemonSlice interactive AI avatars you can talk to in real time, with an API and widget. It was earlier a synthetic data company.
Generates and edits images, video and 3D from prompts, with real-time generation, upscaling and model training. Every generation spends compute units, and the cost depends on the model.
Browser-based studio for generating images and short videos from several AI models, with a daily free token allowance and paid tiers that add private creations and more tokens.
From $12/mo (Essential)Free plan: 150 fast tokens per day
Generates video and images from text or pictures (the Dream Machine product). Paid plans give a monthly credit balance, and commercial use is limited to paid plans.
Image generator (and short image-to-video tool) sold only as a subscription. Plans differ by how many fast GPU hours you get and whether relaxed-speed generation and private mode are included.
All-in-one AI creation studio with 100+ image, video and audio models, consistent characters and Director mode for multi-scene videos. Plans give monthly credits.
Turns long videos into short clips with captions, automatic reframing and a virality score. Plans are sized in credits. Free clips carry a watermark and cannot be edited.
From $15/mo (Starter)Free plan: 60 credits per month
Fast image and video generation API with pay-per-generation prices across FLUX, Nano Banana, Seedream, Qwen and other models. Volume discounts start at 1M generations.
Reka builds multimodal AI models and products: a model API, Reka Research for web research, Reka Vision for video search, and the Reka Clip app for video clips.
From $22.99/mo (Reka Clip Pro)Free plan: 180 minutes of indexed video (one time)
Generates and edits video and images with several models, billed in credits. The free plan gives a one-time credit deposit; paid plans give a monthly credit allotment.
From $15/mo (Standard)Free plan: 125 credits (one time)About 25 s of video
AI clip maker that cuts long videos into captioned shorts and posts them to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram and X. One credit covers one video of up to 20 minutes.
Video AI platform for real-time conversational AI humans and personalised video generation by API, with stock and custom replicas, a persona builder and enterprise compliance options.
Video understanding API for searching, analysing and embedding video with Marengo and Pegasus models. Free minutes to start, then pay-as-you-go usage pricing.
Paid price not foundFree plan: 600 minutes of video (one time)
AI video editor app that adds captions, edits talking-head videos, makes AI avatars and cuts long videos into clips, with a monthly AI credit allowance.
Turns a photo and text into talking avatar videos, and also offers video translation and conversational avatar agents. Plans are sold in video minutes and credits.
Research lab behind the open-source Mochi video model, with a hosted playground for text-to-video. Free tier plus paid plans billed in credits ('fuel').
Google's AI studio for making videos and images from text, frames or reference clips, using Google's Veo and Gemini Omni video models and Nano Banana for images. It runs on credits that come with Google AI plans; extra AI credits can be bought.
From $4.99/mo (Google AI Plus)Free plan: 50 credits per dayAbout 40 s of video a day
AI video and image studio that bundles many models (Kling, Seedance, Veo, Nano Banana and more) with cinematic camera presets, lip sync and a monthly credit allowance. Higher plans add unlimited generations on selected models.
From $9/mo (Basic)No free plan
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