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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Pika / PikaStream

Pikaformance

Pika’s earlier ultra-fast visual generation model, identified as the predecessor to PikaStream 1.0.

historicalClosed weightsVideo generation
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 13 Oct 2026
5 of 19 specification fields collected
Output resolution720pSee specification notes below
Clip durationNot collectedAwaiting source review
Input billingSee billing notesPika research
Output billingSee billing notesAccess and billing notes 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
Input modalities
AudioSource for Input modalities (opens in a new tab)

Audio duration is documented in legacy web pricing. A complete current input contract is unverified.

Reasoning
Not collected
Tool calling
Not collected
Structured output
Not collected
Streaming
Not collected
Batch processing
Not collected
Fine-tuning
Not collected
Knowledge cutoff
Not collected
Release date
Not collected
Parameters
Not collected
Architecture
Not collected
Languages
Not collected
Context caching
Not collected
Output resolutions
720pSource for Output resolutions (opens in a new tab)

Legacy Pikaformance web specification, not copied from PikaStream.

Audio duration limits
Legacy web: up to 10 seconds on Free or 30 seconds on PaidSource for Audio duration limits (opens in a new tab)
Published price
Legacy web: 3 credits per secondSource for Published price (opens in a new tab)

Not USD or current API Club pricing. Current plan continuity is not established.

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
Not collected

This entry point does not expose a pinned model selector.

Access
Historical predecessor described in the PikaStream introduction. No current version-pinned access verified.
Regions
Not established; public availability does not establish processing location or data residency.

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

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)
API model ID
Not collected

This entry point does not expose a pinned model selector.

Access
Published old.pika.art pricing surface. Historical/legacy plan evidence, not a verified current account entitlement or pinned API endpoint.
Regions
Not established; public availability does not establish processing location or data residency.
Endpoint caveat
Legacy web credit tables differ from current API contracts. Plan cards and detailed tables also disagree on several feature charges; both remain visible here.Source for Endpoint caveat (opens in a new tab)
Published price
Legacy web: 3 credits per secondSource for Published price (opens in a new tab)

Not USD or current API Club pricing. Current plan continuity is not established.

Output resolutions
720pSource for Output resolutions (opens in a new tab)

Legacy Pikaformance web specification, not copied from PikaStream.

Audio duration limits
Legacy web: up to 10 seconds on Free or 30 seconds on PaidSource for Audio duration limits (opens in a new tab)

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

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 research

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.

Pika legacy web plans

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)

Sources reviewed