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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Pika / Pika Audio

Pika Music

Song generation from text, lyrics, voice references and source tracks, with three modes on one model.

availableClosed weightsMusic generation
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 13 Oct 2026
11 of 22 specification fields collected
Audio output duration10–360 secondsSee specification notes below
Audio formatsMP3See specification notes below
Input billingSee ratesPika API Club
Output billingSee ratesPublished units and conditions below

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Context / input limit
Not collected
Maximum output
Not collected
Reasoning
Not collected
Tool calling
Not collected
Structured output
Not collected
Streaming
Not supportedSource for Streaming (opens in a new tab)

Current direct media endpoint is asynchronous; throughput claims do not establish streaming delivery.

Batch processing
Not collected
Fine-tuning
Not collected
Knowledge cutoff
Not collected
Release date
2026-08-14Source for Release date (opens in a new tab)

Family announcement explicitly states all four models are available. Individual technical articles followed on August 18.

Parameters
Not collected
Architecture
Latent diffusion transformer with flow matching, local and full attention, and a single waveform decoderSource for Architecture (opens in a new tab)
Languages
Not collected
Context caching
Not collected
Maximum prompt characters
4,000 charactersSource for Maximum prompt characters (opens in a new tab)
Generation modes
text_to_music, voice_conditioned_text_to_music, music_coverSource for Generation modes (opens in a new tab)
TTS text limits
Prompt: 1–4,000 characters. Optional lyrics: up to 8,000 characters.Source for TTS text limits (opens in a new tab)
Audio controls
Lyrics, voice or music references, optional reference cleanup and prompt rewritingSource for Audio controls (opens in a new tab)

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

API model ID
pika/pika-audio/pika-music
Access
API Club account, $10/month membership, usage balance and API key required. Public contract reviewed; no paid generation request was made.
Regions
Not established; public availability does not establish processing location or data residency.
API endpoint URL
https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/pika/pika-audio/pika-musicSource for API endpoint URL (opens in a new tab)
Request mode
Asynchronous media jobs with status polling and optional webhooksSource for Request mode (opens in a new tab)
Streaming
Not supportedSource for Streaming (opens in a new tab)

Applies to the media surface, not PikaStream or hosted third-party chat APIs.

Billing conditions
Published Pika API Club usage rate, including its stated 5% platform fee; do not add that fee again. Separate $10/month membership required. No web-plan, subscription-credit, fal or token-price conversion. Most-specific resolution/duration tier overrides a less-specific default.Source for Billing conditions (opens in a new tab)
Seed control
Integer seed; default -1Source for Seed control (opens in a new tab)
Maximum prompt characters
4,000 charactersSource for Maximum prompt characters (opens in a new tab)

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 13 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
AudioPika Music · Standard1$0.015minute

Rate conditions

  1. Published Pika API Club usage rate, including its stated 5% platform fee; do not add that fee again. Separate $10/month membership required. No web-plan, subscription-credit, fal or token-price conversion. Most-specific resolution/duration tier overrides a less-specific default. Published qualifiers: Standard.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Pika developer terms apply to direct access. fal and other integration terms may additionally apply. Retention, training opt-out and regional enterprise guarantees have not been established for this endpoint.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Pika API Club

pika/pika-audio/pika-music
Not verified
How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

Official Pika release and API documents identify the native model or explicitly labeled managed service. Pika reserves its service intellectual property and prohibits reverse engineering and model extraction. Closed-weight classification is based on this proprietary hosted distribution and the absence of a published weight license for the named release, not merely on paid access. Hosted third-party models are excluded.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Lifecycle dates

Audio family available in API Club14 Aug 2026Source (opens in a new tab)
Individual technical article18 Aug 2026Source (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed