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Pika Labs
A powerful AI video generation platform that can transform text prompts, images, and existing videos into stunning new clips.
What is Pika?
Pika is at the forefront of generative AI video. It allows creators to animate static images, generate 3D animations from text, and easily edit video styles.
Key Features
- Text-to-Video: Highly stylized and consistent video generation from simple text prompts.
- Lip Syncing: Automatically animate characters to speak customized audio tracks.
- Video Editing: Modify specific regions of a video (inpainting) or extend its canvas (outpainting).
💰 Pricing
Pika offers a free plan with limited monthly credits. Standard is $8/month (700 credits/month). Pro is $28/month (2,000 credits/month, 4K upscaling, watermark-free). Unlimited is $78/month for high-volume creators. Annual billing saves ~20%.
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