Pika top-up credits now work with MCP, ending a key limitation
What happened
Between the Oct 18, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026 captures of Pika's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Top-up credits now usable with MCP on pika.art/mcp; previously the note listed MCP as unsupported alongside API, iOS app and old.pika.art. Pulse files it as a product change (feature change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Starter at $8, Creator at $28, Fancy at $76 and Credit Pack at $1 per 60 credits.
It lands the same day as Pika's previous change, "Pika opens MCP to credit pack top-ups, dropping its exclusion" (Oct 19, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Pika limits top-up credits to Pika Create; $25 starter pack briefly pulled (Sep 23–28, restored Sep 29)" (Sep 28, 2026), "Pika limits top-up credits to Create on pika.art, blocks API, MCP, apps" (Sep 23, 2026) and "Pika: Commercial license restricted to Creator+, Priority queue/early access added" (Sep 21, 2026). Pika has been tracked since 2026-05-15.
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Top-up credits now usable with MCP on pika.art/mcp; previously the note listed MCP as unsupported alongside API, iOS app and old.pika.art
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | Top-up credits now usable with MCP on pika.art/mcp; previously the note listed MCP as unsupported alongside API, iOS app and old.pika.art | Feature change | |
Values as written on Pika's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Pika's pricing page (pika.art) from Oct 18, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page.
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Pika, the last 90 days
Full history- Nov 6, 2026packagingPika quietly slashes Starter and Creator monthly credit caps by 33–17%
- Nov 4, 2026packagingPika adds daily free H3 Flex generations plus 14-model credits table
- Oct 26, 2026improvedPika adds commercial license to $10 Starter plan, launches plan recommender
- Oct 19, 2026improvedPika top-up credits now work with MCP, ending a key limitation · this change
- Oct 19, 2026packagingPika opens MCP to credit pack top-ups, dropping its exclusion
- Sep 28, 2026packagingPika limits top-up credits to Pika Create; $25 starter pack briefly pulled (Sep 23–28, restored Sep 29)
- Sep 23, 2026packagingPika limits top-up credits to Create on pika.art, blocks API, MCP, apps
- Sep 21, 2026improvedPika: Commercial license restricted to Creator+, Priority queue/early access added
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All AI & Machine Learning changesQuestions about this change
Did Pika raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 18, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change.
What changed on Pika's pricing page between Oct 18, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026?
Top-up credits now usable with MCP on pika.art/mcp; previously the note listed MCP as unsupported alongside API, iOS app and old.pika.art. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 18, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Pika change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for Pika in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Pika opens MCP to credit pack top-ups, dropping its exclusion" on Oct 19, 2026; Pika has been tracked since 2026-05-15.