by Pika Labs · Video
Worth it if you want cheap entry to video at $10 a month for 900 credits.
Skip if you need a commercial license on a small budget: it starts at Creator, $35.
Start free if the free plan covers you: 0 credits / month · packs only.
| Plan | Monthly USDCAD | Yearly USDCAD/mo | Limits, in Pika Labs’s words |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBest for trying it before you pay | Free | — | 0 credits / month · packs only |
| StarterBest for the lowest paid price | $10.00≈CA$14.20 Estimate | $8.00≈CA$11.36 Estimate≈ $96≈ CA$136.32 yearly Save 20% | 900 credits / month |
| Creator | $35.00≈CA$49.69 Estimate | $28.00≈CA$39.75 Estimate≈ $336≈ CA$477 yearly Save 20% | 3,150 credits / month |
| Fancy (from) | $95.00CA$149.00 App Store CAD | $76.00CA$108.33 App Store CAD≈ $912billed CA$1,299.99 yearly Save 20% | 8,550+ credits / month; $95–$880/mo by credit size |
Before tax, from Pika Labs’s official pricing page ↗. ≈ = converted from USD at 1.4196 (Bank of Canada, Oct 15). Other CAD prices are the vendor’s own Canadian price or the App Store Canada price. Hover a price for its label and checked date.
Fancy scales $95–$880/mo with credits.
Free plan: 0 credits / month · packs only.
| Plan | Monthly USDCAD | Yearly USDCAD/mo | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBest for trying it before you pay | Free | — | Verified · Source for Free: Pika Labs pricing page ↗Verified · Source ↗ |
| StarterBest for the lowest paid price | $10.00≈CA$14.20 Estimate+ 13% HST = ≈CA$16.05/mo in ON | $8.00≈CA$11.36 Estimate≈ $96≈ CA$136.32 yearly Save 20%+ 13% HST = ≈CA$12.84/mo in ON | Verified · Source for Starter: Pika Labs pricing page ↗Checked · BoC rate 1.4196 (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
| Creator | $35.00≈CA$49.69 Estimate+ 13% HST = ≈CA$56.15/mo in ON | $28.00≈CA$39.75 Estimate≈ $336≈ CA$477 yearly Save 20%+ 13% HST = ≈CA$44.92/mo in ON | Verified · Source for Creator: Pika Labs pricing page ↗Checked · BoC rate 1.4196 (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
| Fancy (from) | $95.00CA$149.00 App Store CAD+ 13% HST = CA$168.37/mo in ON | $76.00CA$108.33 App Store CAD≈ $912billed CA$1,299.99 yearly Save 20%+ 13% HST = CA$122.41/mo in ON | Verified · Source for Fancy (from): Pika Labs pricing page ↗Checked · apps.apple.com (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
USD from Pika Labs’s US pricing page, before tax. Switch to CAD to see Canadian prices with sales tax.Official CAD = Pika Labs’s page shows CAD to Canadians. App Store CAD = Apple App Store Canada (web checkout may differ). Estimate (≈) = USD × 1.4196, Bank of Canada, Oct 15, 2026. Tax is an estimate: what you pay depends on the vendor’s GST/HST registration. Yearly totals with tax
Tracking started . No price or plan changes confirmed since then.
| Tool | Cheapest paid USDCAD/mo | Free plan | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kling AIVerified Kuaishou | $8.80CA$14.00 App Store CAD | Yes | Pika vs Kling AI |
| PixVerseVerified PixVerse | $10.00≈CA$14.20 Estimate | Yes | Pika vs PixVerse |
| Hailuo AIVerified MiniMax | $10.50≈CA$14.91 Estimate | No | Pika vs Hailuo AI |
| VEEDPartly verified VEED | $12.00CA$14.00 Official CADbilled $147billed CA$171 yearly | Yes | Pika vs VEED |
| OpusClipVerified Opus | $15.00≈CA$21.29 Estimate | Yes | Pika vs OpusClip |
Prices checked – against official pricing pages. Before tax. ≈ = converted from USD at 1.4196 (Bank of Canada, Oct 15). Other CAD prices are the vendor’s own Canadian price or the App Store Canada price. Hover a price for its label and checked date.
Options for video that you can run yourself or use on a hosted service. Checked .
| Your setup | Option | Licence or price | Needs / free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows or Linux PC with an NVIDIA GPU or CPU only or a laptop | ComfyUI ↗ | GPL-3.0 | As low as 4GB VRAM + 8GB RAM (offloading); NVIDIA/AMD/Intel/Apple Silicon; desktop app Win/macOS |
| Apple Silicon Mac | LTX-Video ↗ | LTXV Open Weights License (custom) | Distilled/fp8 variants low VRAM; macOS MPS supported |
| No hardware (hosted) | RunPod ↗ | Pods: RTX 3090 $0.22 (community)–$0.50/hr, RTX 4090 $0.34–$0.89/hr, A100 80GB $1.19–$1.79/hr; Serverless 24GB $0.69/hr; public endpoints e.g. FLUX schnell $0.0024/MP, Wan 2.2 720p 5s $0.30 | No |
We haven’t recorded a public leaderboard ranking for this use yet, so these aren’t ranked by quality.
USD prices from Pika Labs's official pricing page (US version, before tax), last verified . A script re-checks that every listed price still appears on that page, and nothing here changes until a person confirms it. Each CAD price shows where it came from and when we checked it; estimates use the Bank of Canada rate (1.4196, Oct 15, 2026). Usage limits, credits and models are quoted from the vendor’s page; “Not published” means the page doesn’t say. Full method