Runway vs Pika

Runway

Plan price reference: Standard $15/month, or $12/month billed annually

Standard and Pro monthly credits do not roll over, while Max allows up to one month of rollover and purchased credits do not expire
Free credits are one-time, not monthly

Pika

Plan price reference: Displayed Starter $10/month with 900 credits and commercial licence; currency and purchase market unverified

Free downloads have no Pika watermark but do not carry a commercial licence, even with top-up credits; model and uploaded-material rights still apply
Free is $0 with no monthly credits; credit packs are bought on demand

Monthly and annual billing are different commitments: the annual figure is a prepayment, and an annual equivalent is not a monthly price. Nothing on this page is a test of output quality, and the list below names the official sources this entry uses with the date each was read - check them against the plan and the use you have in mind.

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What you are deciding	RunwayRunway	PikaPika
What it is for	AI video generation platform	AI video, image and audio creation
Typical tasks	Short-form video Concept and pre-visualisation Marketing and social content Image editing and effects	Social clips from a prompt Turning a still or a short clip into a moving shot Promotional video on a plan that grants the commercial licence Experiments with effects and references
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Plan pricing referenceFrom the vendor page listed, for the plan named. Not the lowest price worldwide: billing cycle, region and taxes change it.	Standard $15/month, or $12/month billed annually	Displayed Starter $10/month with 900 credits and commercial licence; currency and purchase market unverified
Where it stops	Standard and Pro monthly credits do not roll over, while Max allows up to one month of rollover and purchased credits do not expire Free credits are one-time, not monthly Model access per tier should be checked on the current pricing page	Free downloads have no Pika watermark but do not carry a commercial licence, even with top-up credits; model and uploaded-material rights still apply Free is $0 with no monthly credits; credit packs are bought on demand Plan credits do not roll over, and add-on credits expire in 365 days Top-up credits work in Pika Create and its pika.art MCP, not in the API, iOS app or old.pika.art
Price	Not establishedThe registered record gives plan amounts and billing cadence, but the applicable purchase market/region and full account/channel conditions were not established. These are not asserted as a current global purchasable quote.Source: Runway pricing	Not establishedCurrent Pika Create plans show Starter $10/month (900 credits) and Creator $35/month (3150 credits), with separate annual equivalents. ISO currency and complete purchase-market/account/channel conditions remain unestablished; these are not global checkout guarantees.Source: Pika - pricing
Availability	Not establishedRunway’s official getting-started guide recommends its web app in Chrome and also lists iOS and Android apps. Supported-country distribution and plan-specific geographic access conditions remain unestablished; these client entry points are not a test of local reachability.Source: Runway web and mobile entry points	Not establishedThe public pages establish Pika Create and separate API/iOS/legacy surfaces, but not supported purchase/access countries for each one. No actual device or country access test was performed.Source: pika official pika-faq · Pika - pricing
Commercial use	DocumentedRead on 12 October 2026 (the /terms path 404s; the official terms are at /terms-of-use). States that Runway claims no ownership of inputs or outputs and does not restrict commercial use of outputs, while allowing inputs and outputs to be used to train and improve its models under a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence. No consumer training opt-out is documented.Source: Runway - Terms of Use	DocumentedThe current pricing table lists a commercial licence on Starter, Creator and Fancy; Free does not include commercial use, including with top-ups. The plans list no visible Pika watermark, which is not itself a commercial licence. Historical scope read on 2026-09-23, not rechecked in full on 2026-10-15: The commercial licence is on Creator and Fancy; plan credits do not roll over and add-on credits expire in 365 days. Commercial rights are granted by plan; the terms do not warrant that output is original or non-infringing, and the user remains responsible for the rights in the material they supply.Source: Pika - pricing · Pika - terms of service
Training on your data	DocumentedRead on 12 October 2026 (the /terms path 404s; the official terms are at /terms-of-use). States that Runway claims no ownership of inputs or outputs and does not restrict commercial use of outputs, while allowing inputs and outputs to be used to train and improve its models under a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence. No consumer training opt-out is documented.Source: Runway - Terms of Use	DocumentedRead on 12 October 2026. States that submitted content including inputs and outputs may be used to improve its AI models and related technologies, with metadata and usage data used for training, evaluation and moderation. Documents no training opt-out.Source: Pika - privacy policy
API billing	DocumentedRead on 12 October 2026. States that API credits are purchased per project in the developer portal at $0.01 per credit, with each project having its own API keys, credits and billing - separate from a consumer subscription.Source: Runway - API pricing	DocumentedPika API Club charges a $10 monthly membership plus pay-as-you-go model usage at member rates; new members receive $10 toward first-month usage. Pika Create top-up credits can be used with Pika Create and MCP on pika.art, but not with the API, iOS app or old.pika.art; this does not establish universal transferability of other balances.Source: pika official pika-api · Pika - pricing
Export formats	DocumentedFor Gen-4.5 in Tool Mode and full-video edits with Aleph 2.0 in Edit Studio, MP4 is the default export. Max, Unlimited (Legacy) and Enterprise plans can select ProRes (.mov, PCM audio with six profiles) or a PNG sequence (.zip of frames). Workflows and Agent outputs, and range edits, use MP4. The format is chosen at generation time; existing MP4 generations cannot be retroactively exported in ProRes or PNG sequence. This documents those surfaces and plan boundaries, not an account test or every model/API.Source: Runway help — ProRes and PNG sequence export	Not establishedThe current pricing/FAQ bodies describe generation and watermark/credit policy but not output file containers across models/plans. Resolution and no-watermark claims do not establish downloadable MP4/image formats.Source: pika official pika-faq · Pika - pricing
Usage limits	DocumentedFree lists 125 one-time credits; Standard is $15/month or $12/month billed annually with 625 credits a month; Pro is $35 or $28 with 2,250. The current pricing FAQ separates the cases: Standard and Pro monthly credits do not roll over, Max permits up to one month of rollover, and separately purchased credits do not expire. The older help-page statement about credits not rolling over describes only part of the plan line-up, so it is not used as a general rule here.Source: Runway pricing · Runway pricing - credit rollover by plan	DocumentedStarter lists 900 monthly credits and Creator 3,150 monthly credits. No exact eight-second portrait-audio consumption was established. Historical scope read on 2026-09-23, not rechecked in full on 2026-10-15: Free $0 with no monthly credits; Starter $10/month, or $8/month billed annually, with 900 credits; Creator $35/month, or $28/month billed annually, with 3,150 credits; Fancy $95/month, or $76/month billed annually, with 8,550 credits. No watermark is listed on any of the four tiers - Free, Starter, Creator or Fancy. The commercial licence is on Creator and Fancy; plan credits do not roll over and add-on credits expire in 365 days. Video Studio takes a prompt and accepts image, video or audio references; the page describes multi-shot video with sound of up to three minutes.Source: Pika - pricing · Pika - Video Studio
Facts	Category Video Generation Launched 2018	Category Video Generation Launched Launch date not verified
Where to check	Official site ↗ Runway pricing ↗ What this source supports Free lists 125 one-time credits; Standard is $15/month or $12/month billed annually with 625 credits a month; Pro is $35 or $28 with 2,250. Read on September 23, 2026 Runway pricing - credit rollover by plan ↗ What this source supports The current pricing FAQ separates the cases: Standard and Pro monthly credits do not roll over, Max permits up to one month of rollover, and separately purchased credits do not expire. The older help-page statement about credits not rolling over describes only part of the plan line-up, so it is not used as a general rule here. Read on September 23, 2026 Runway - Terms of Use ↗ What this source supports Read on 12 October 2026 (the /terms path 404s; the official terms are at /terms-of-use). States that Runway claims no ownership of inputs or outputs and does not restrict commercial use of outputs, while allowing inputs and outputs to be used to train and improve its models under a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence. No consumer training opt-out is documented. Read on October 12, 2026 Runway - API pricing ↗ What this source supports Read on 12 October 2026. States that API credits are purchased per project in the developer portal at $0.01 per credit, with each project having its own API keys, credits and billing - separate from a consumer subscription. Read on October 12, 2026 Runway help — ProRes and PNG sequence export ↗ What this source supports For Gen-4.5 in Tool Mode and full-video edits with Aleph 2.0 in Edit Studio, MP4 is the default export. Max, Unlimited (Legacy) and Enterprise plans can select ProRes (.mov, PCM audio with six profiles) or a PNG sequence (.zip of frames). Workflows and Agent outputs, and range edits, use MP4. The format is chosen at generation time; existing MP4 generations cannot be retroactively exported in ProRes or PNG sequence. This documents those surfaces and plan boundaries, not an account test or every model/API. Read on October 15, 2026 Runway web and mobile entry points ↗ What this source supports Runway’s getting-started guide recommends Chrome at app.runwayml.com and lists iOS and Android mobile apps. It does not establish supported-country distribution or test local network reachability. Read on October 15, 2026 Read the full entry Entry read against its sources on September 23, 2026.	Official site ↗ Pika - pricing ↗ What this source supports Read on 2 November 2026: the displayed page lists Starter $10/month with 900 credits and Creator $35/month with 3,150 credits. The current pricing table lists a commercial licence on Starter, Creator and Fancy; Free does not include commercial use, including with top-ups. The plans list no visible Pika watermark, which is not itself a commercial licence. ISO currency and complete purchase market/account conditions remain unestablished. Historical registered scope read on 2026-10-15, not rechecked in full on 2026-10-15: Historical registered scope from 2026-09-23; the entire statement was not re-read on 2026-10-15: Free $0 with no monthly credits; Starter $10/month, or $8/month billed annually, with 900 credits; Creator $35/month, or $28/month billed annually, with 3,150 credits; Fancy $95/month, or $76/month billed annually, with 8,550 credits. No watermark is listed on any of the four tiers - Free, Starter, Creator or Fancy. The commercial licence is on Creator and Fancy; plan credits do not roll over and add-on credits expire in 365 days. Official body read on 2026-10-15, limited to this scope: The current table lists Starter $10/month, 900 monthly credits and no watermark, without a commercial licence; Creator $35/month, 3, 150 credits and commercial licence. Annual equivalents are shown separately. No exact 8-second portrait-audio quote was established here. Historical wording recorded on 15 October 2026: the pricing table then listed Starter without a commercial licence and Creator with a commercial licence; a no-watermark label was not itself a commercial licence. Historical scope read on 2026-09-23, not rechecked in full on 2026-10-15: The commercial licence is on Creator and Fancy; plan credits do not roll over and add-on credits expire in 365 days. Starter lists 900 monthly credits and Creator 3,150 monthly credits. No exact eight-second portrait-audio consumption was established. Historical scope read on 2026-09-23, not rechecked in full on 2026-10-15: Free $0 with no monthly credits; Starter $10/month, or $8/month billed annually, with 900 credits; Creator $35/month, or $28/month billed annually, with 3,150 credits; Fancy $95/month, or $76/month billed annually, with 8,550 credits. No watermark is listed on any of the four tiers - Free, Starter, Creator or Fancy. The commercial licence is on Creator and Fancy; plan credits do not roll over and add-on credits expire in 365 days. Pika Create top-up credits can be used with Pika Create and MCP on pika.art, but not with the API, iOS app or old.pika.art; this does not establish universal transferability of other balances. Read on November 2, 2026 Pika - Video Studio ↗ What this source supports Video Studio takes a prompt and accepts image, video or audio references; the page describes multi-shot video with sound of up to three minutes. Read on September 23, 2026 Pika - terms of service ↗ What this source supports Commercial rights are granted by plan; the terms do not warrant that output is original or non-infringing, and the user remains responsible for the rights in the material they supply. Read on September 23, 2026 Pika - privacy policy ↗ What this source supports Read on 12 October 2026. States that submitted content including inputs and outputs may be used to improve its AI models and related technologies, with metadata and usage data used for training, evaluation and moderation. Documents no training opt-out. Read on October 12, 2026 pika official pika-faq ↗ What this source supports Read 2 November 2026: the FAQ says Starter, Creator and Fancy include commercial use; Free does not, even with top-up credits. Current downloads on all plans are free of visible Pika watermarks, while older marked files retain their marks. The FAQ links the separate developer API and does not establish a complete output-format or country-distribution matrix. Read on November 2, 2026 pika official pika-api ↗ What this source supports Pika API Club charges a $10 monthly membership plus pay-as-you-go model usage at member rates; new members receive $10 toward first-month usage. Read on October 15, 2026 Read the full entry Entry read against its sources on September 23, 2026.

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How does Pika compare with Runway?

Both have their own entry on this site and their own plan and licence terms; the comparison page lists them side by side so one plan can be checked against the other. Pika Create is one account for video, image and audio, and Runway is a separate product with its own pricing.

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