Pika quietly slashes Starter and Creator monthly credit caps by 33–17%
What happened
Between the Nov 5, 2026 and Nov 6, 2026 captures of Pika's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Starter's monthly credit allotment dropped from 900 to 600 and Creator's dropped from 3,150 to 2,600, with list price unchanged ($10/mo and $35/mo). Per-model output tables and the recommended-plan calculator scaled down to match. Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit decrease) with a downward direction. The current page lists Starter at $8, Creator at $28, Fancy at $76 and Credit Pack at $1 per 60 credits.
It lands 2 days after Pika's previous change, "Pika adds daily free H3 Flex generations plus 14-model credits table" (Nov 4, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Pika adds commercial license to $10 Starter plan, launches plan recommender" (Oct 26, 2026), "Pika top-up credits now work with MCP, ending a key limitation" (Oct 19, 2026) and "Pika opens MCP to credit pack top-ups, dropping its exclusion" (Oct 19, 2026). Pika has been tracked since 2026-05-15.
In the same window Synthesia, OpenAI and Runway also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Limit−33%900600
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Limit | 900 | 600 | −33% |
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 Nov 5, 2026 and Nov 6, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where limit reads 900 and then 600.
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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% · this change
- 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
- 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
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changesQuestions about this change
Did Pika raise prices in November 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Nov 5, 2026 and Nov 6, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit decrease.
What changed on Pika's pricing page between Nov 5, 2026 and Nov 6, 2026?
Limit: 900 → 600 (−33%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Nov 5, 2026 and Nov 6, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Pika change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 7 other pricing-page changes for Pika in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Pika adds daily free H3 Flex generations plus 14-model credits table" on Nov 4, 2026; Pika has been tracked since 2026-05-15.