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Pika vs Krea

Pika: An AI creative platform with 25+ apps for video, image and sound, on Pika's own and third-party models. Krea: Creative AI suite with real-time generation and dozens of image and video models in one place.

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Updated October 16, 2026

Pika and Krea details as published on pika.art and krea.ai (and their official app store listings), checked October 16, 2026. Luren AI shown for reference.
	Pika	Krea	Luren AI
Platforms	Web, iOS	Web, iOS	iPhone and Android app
Mobile app	Yes	Yes	Yes, iPhone and Android
Free plan	Free plan with access to all models and no watermark, but no monthly credits: you buy credit packs.	Yes: 100 compute units a day with full access to its real-time models, no credit card required	Free to download and try
Pricing	Starter $10, Creator $35 and Fancy from $95 a month, or $8, $28 and $76 a month billed yearly; credit packs from $25 for 1,500 credits (as listed on its pricing page).	Compute-unit subscriptions: Basic $9, Pro $35 and Max $105 a month, or $5, $21 and $63 a month billed yearly, plus Business plans for teams (as listed on its pricing page)	Pay per creation with coins, or a weekly or yearly Pro subscription
What you need to start	None: start from a prompt, or attach images of characters, products, settings or styles.	Nothing: text prompts; reference images optional	One photo, or just a prompt; no training
AI models	Pika's own Pika 2.5 and Pikaframes, plus Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3, Wan 3.0, Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, GPT Image 2.5, Nano Banana 2.1, Seedream 5, Seedream 4 and Grok Imagine, and audio models including ElevenLabs.	Its own Krea 2 and Krea Realtime, plus partner models such as Nano Banana, Flux, Imagen and Ideogram for images and Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance, Runway, MiniMax, Wan and Gemini Omni for video	Nano Banana Pro, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, Seedream, Qwen-Image 3.0, Grok Imagine; Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance
Images	Image Studio, Character Studio and Product Shot apps	Text-to-image with many models, real-time generation as you type or draw, and custom LoRA styles	300+ styles, your own prompt with a model picker, and an AI agent
Video	Video Studio: short clips or multi-shot videos up to 30 seconds with sound; extend, swap and motion-transfer apps	Text-to-video, image-to-video, motion transfer and video style transfer with Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance and more	Image to video, text to video, UGC videos and 40+ AI dances
Editing	Swap, remove or restyle anything in an image; color grade or relight a photo or clip	AI image editor, background remover, image upscaling (up to 22K on paid plans) and video upscaling	Restore, upscale, change clothes, backgrounds, pose and expression

Choose Pika if…

Creatives who want many models behind simple, task-focused apps
Product shots and product ads from a phone photo
Short multi-shot videos with sound

Pika is an AI creative platform that relaunched on September 17, 2026, bringing video, image and sound creation into one place, with focused apps on top of models such as Seedance, GPT Image, MiniMax H3 and Pika's own. Its Video Studio makes clips or multi-shot videos up to 30 seconds with sound, and other apps cover product shots, swaps, motion transfer, color grading and soundtracks. Its iPhone app offers Pika's playful effects such as Pikaffects and Pikaswaps.

Strengths

Every plan, including Free, gets every model and app; plans differ only by credits and parallel generations
No watermark on any plan
Task-focused apps choose a suitable model automatically, and you can still pick one yourself
Sound tools for music, speech, sound effects and soundtracks matched to your clip

Limits to know

The free plan has no monthly credits, so you need a credit pack to generate
A commercial license comes with the Creator plan and above
Top-up credits bought on pika.art cannot be used in the iOS app, the API or MCP
Its site mentions an iOS app but no Android app

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Choose Krea if…

Designers comparing many models side by side
Fast visual exploration with real-time generation
Teams building repeatable AI workflows

Krea is a creative AI suite that brings many image and video models into one interface, from its own Krea 2 image model and real-time generation to Nano Banana, Flux, Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance and Runway. It also offers an AI image editor, upscaling up to 22K on paid plans, LoRA training on your own images and node-based workflows, with free daily compute units to start.

Strengths

A very wide catalogue of image and video models in one place
Real-time generation that updates as you type or draw
LoRA training on your own characters, styles or products
Node workflows and an app builder for repeatable pipelines

Limits to know

Its pricing page lists all image models, video models and a commercial license on paid plans only; the free plan centres on real-time models
Pro unlocks every video model; Basic includes selected video models
Its mobile app is for iPhone and iPad; no Android app is linked from its site
Compute-unit costs vary widely between models, so allowances stretch differently
Its App Store listing is in English only

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Key differences

Pika is listed among ai video generators and ai image generators and ai product photo tools; Krea among ai image generators and ai video generators.
Free plans: Pika: Free plan with access to all models and no watermark, but no monthly credits: you buy credit packs. Krea: Yes: 100 compute units a day with full access to its real-time models, no credit card required.

A third option

Both kinds of model, in one phone app

Luren AI puts Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2.5, Seedream, Veo 3.1 and Kling side by side on iPhone and Android, with 300+ ready-made styles, UGC ads, AI dances and an AI agent that makes the picture for you. Start from one photo, no training.

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FAQ

Pika vs Krea: questions

Is Pika better than Krea?

It depends on the job. Pika suits creatives who want many models behind simple, task-focused apps; product shots and product ads from a phone photo; short multi-shot videos with sound. Krea suits designers comparing many models side by side; fast visual exploration with real-time generation; teams building repeatable AI workflows.

Is Pika free?

Free plan with access to all models and no watermark, but no monthly credits: you buy credit packs.

Is Krea free?

Yes: 100 compute units a day with full access to its real-time models, no credit card required.

Which is better for video, Pika or Krea?

Pika: Video Studio: short clips or multi-shot videos up to 30 seconds with sound; extend, swap and motion-transfer apps. Krea: Text-to-video, image-to-video, motion transfer and video style transfer with Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance and more.

Is there an alternative to Pika and Krea on my phone?

Luren AI is an iPhone and Android app with image models like Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2.5 and Seedream, video models like Veo 3.1 and Kling, 300+ ready-made styles and an AI agent. It is free to download and try.

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Pika and Krea are trademarks of their owners. Luren AI is not affiliated with either. Details are as each company publishes them on its own site and store listings on the date above; plans and prices change, so check their sites before you buy.