Pika vs Viggle (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Pika and Viggle share a 2.6 GPA, and only Viggle has a free plan.
Checked Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Pika grades higher on features and ease of use. Viggle grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Viggle
Character-swap and motion video generator with a free daily allowance
Which one is for you
Pick Pika if
- Fits if you make short social clips and ads and want one tool per job
- Works for clips that need music and sound effects matched to the action
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try before paying, as the free plan has 0 credits and packs cost $25 for 1,500
- Watch out: video eats credits, at about 122 for one 5-second 720p Seedance clip
- Tight if you need much video, as Starter is about 4 five-second clips a month and credits don't roll over
- Watch out: payments aren't refunded, and top-up credits expire after 365 days and work only on pika.art, not the API, MCP or iOS app
- Not for you if you're on Android or want a desktop app, and the developer API is a separate $10 a month
Pick Viggle if
- Fits if you want to put yourself or a character into a clip
- Works for developers who want character swap behind their own app
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 5 credits a day, one at a time, and a watermark on Mix videos
- Watch out: monthly plan credits expire on the billing date
- Watch out: purchased credits only work while you're subscribed
- Not for you if you want Seedance on Pro, as it's on Live and Max only
- Pricey if you want PINOC: it's separate, from $10.39 a month
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAPikaGood | 2.6GPAViggleGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BStarter is $8 a month on yearly billing ($10 monthly) for 600 credits, about 4 five-second Seedance 2.5 clips at 720p, with a commercial license. That's the lowest start among its listed video rivals, Runway at $12 and Luma at $25, but 4 clips a month doesn't go far, and Creator at $28 makes about 21. | B$7.99 a month for Pro, billed yearly, which is inside the cheaper quarter of the category. Monthly billing is $9.99, and the plans go up to $63.99. |
| Free plan and trial | FThe Free plan has 0 credits a month and only works with bought packs, at $25 for 1,500 credits. So nothing is free, and payments aren't refunded. | B5 free credits a day, one generation at a time, with 7 days of storage and watermarked Mix videos. |
| Features | BVideo Studio for up to 30-second multi-shot videos on Pika 2.5, Seedance and MiniMax, apps to extend, regrade and rework footage, image tools, saved characters, product shots and soundtracks matched to the action. The whole job. | CDoes one job fully: character swap, motion for a still character and live swap. It's a smaller job, and the 3D tool PINOC is billed separately. |
| Ease of use | A4.73 from about 4,300 App Store ratings, in the top band. Each tool does one thing, like Extend Video or Color Grade. | CNo store rating on record. You supply a character photo and a motion video, which takes a few tries to get right. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb and iPhone, with ChatGPT and other agents through MCP and a separate developer API. No Android or desktop app, and top-up credits don't work in the iPhone app. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with a pay-as-you-go API, and no desktop app. |
| Best for | short social clips with sound | putting a character from a photo into a video |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Pika and Viggle. How we grade
Price against what you get
Pika starts at $8 a month and scores 3.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Viggle starts at $7.99 a month and scores 2.3.
Pika scores higher, and starts $0.01 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI image and video generators on the chart, none scores higher than Pika for less, and 6 score higher than Viggle for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Pika also covers video editing and image generation.
At a glance
| Pika | Viggle | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | $8 per month for 600 credits, billed annually ($10 billed monthly) | $7.99 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free credits refresh daily (5 a day), 1 generation at a time, limited multi-track and real-time swap sessions, and 7-day storage. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Mellis, Inc. | Viggle |
| Price read from | pika.art | viggle.ai |
| Checked | Nov 9, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Pika
- There are no free credits: the Free plan includes 0 credits a month and works only with bought packs, at 60 credits per $1 ($25 for 1,500).
- Video uses credits fast: a 5-second 720p Seedance 2.5 clip costs about 122 credits, so Starter's 600 make about 4.
- Plan credits reset each period without rollover; top-up credits expire after 365 days and work only on pika.art, not the API, MCP or iOS app.
- Payments are non-refundable. The developer API is a separate membership at $10 a month, with $10 of credit in the first month.
Viggle
- Free outputs from Mix carry a watermark and use the daily credits; the watermark is removed on paid plans.
- Monthly plan credits expire on the billing date; purchased credits do not expire but only work while subscribed.
- PINOC is billed separately from the Viggle plans.
- Seedance is available only on Live and Max.
Key features
Pika
- Video Studio
- Makes anything from a short clip to a 30-second multi-shot video, using Pika 2.5, Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3, Wan 3.0 or Gemini Omni.
- Editing apps for footage
- Extend Video adds frames to a clip, Color Grade changes its look, and Swap Anything and Motion Transfer rework existing video.
- Image Studio and Edit Image
- Generate images with models such as GPT Image 2.5, Nano Banana 2 and Seedream, then swap, remove or restyle parts of them.
- Characters and product shots
- Character Studio saves a character to reuse across creations, and Product Shot stages a product without a photoshoot.
- Pika Soundtrack and audio
- Soundtrack scores a clip with music, ambience and sound effects matched to the action; separate studios handle speech, music and SFX.
- MCP, ChatGPT and API
- Pika can be used from ChatGPT and other agents through its MCP server, and developers reach the same models through the Pika API Club.
Viggle
- Character swap
- Put a character from a photo into an existing video, one character at a time or several together in multi-track sessions.
- Motion for a still character
- Add motion to a character image by supplying a motion video for it to follow.
- Real-Time Swap
- Swap characters live. Session length depends on the plan: 5 minutes on Free, 30 minutes on Pro, 6 hours on Live, unlimited on Max.
- PINOC 3D tool
- Builds rigged 3D characters from photos, with motion exportable as FBX or GLB. It has its own plans, from $10.39 a month.
- API
- Character swap and motion capture can be called from your own product. Pay as you go at $0.01 per credit, with 100 free credits for new accounts.
Plans
Pika
Starter$8
per month for 600 credits, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)
Enough for about 4 five-second Seedance 2.5 clips at 720p, with a commercial license and 2 video jobs at once.
Creator$28
per month for 2,600 credits, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)
About 21 Seedance 2.5 clips at 720p and 8 video jobs at once; for a limited time, free Pika H3 Flex generations every day.
Fancy$76
per month for 8,550 credits, billed annually ($95 billed monthly)
About 70 Seedance 2.5 clips, priority queue and unlimited parallel jobs. Larger credit steps run to $880 a month.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom monthly credits for studios and teams, with dedicated support and early access to new models.
Viggle
Free$0
5 credits a day, 1 video generation at a time, 5-minute real-time swap sessions, 7-day asset storage and watermarked Mix videos.
Pro$7.99
per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly)
80 credits a month, 4 generations at once, no watermark, permanent storage and all models except Seedance.
Live$15.99
per month, billed yearly ($19.99 billed monthly)
200 credits a month, 6 generations at once, 6-hour real-time swap streams and access to all models.
Max$63.99
per month, billed yearly ($79.99 billed monthly)
800 credits a month, 10 generations at once, unlimited real-time swap sessions and access to all models.
Ways to pay less
Pika
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
The pricing page lists yearly billing at 20% off: Starter $8 instead of $10 a month, Creator $28 instead of $35, Fancy $76 instead of $95.
Viggle
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
The pricing page's Yearly option is marked -20%, for example Pro at $7.99 a month against $9.99 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Pika or Viggle?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Viggle is cheaper to start with: $7.99 a month, against $8 a month for Pika. Pika starts at $8 per month for 600 credits, billed annually ($10 billed monthly), and Viggle starts at $7.99 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Pika or Viggle?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Viggle has a free plan. Pika does not.
Which platforms do Pika and Viggle run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Viggle lists an Android app. Both list a web app and an iOS app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.