Pika launches API Club aggregator claiming up to 88% cheaper gen-media pricing than Fal and Runway
Kyrannio · x · 2026-09-24
Pika announced the Pika API Club, a membership program ($10/mo, free first month with $10 credit) offering one API for 100+ video, image, audio and music generation models, claiming prices up to 88% below other aggregators.
Sample listed prices:
- Seedance 2.0 R2V: $0.0903/sec vs Runway's $0.36/sec (up to 75% off)
- MiniMax H3 T2V 2K: $0.13/sec, 50% cheaper than Fal
- GPT Image 2.0: $22.50/1M tokens, 25% cheaper than Fal
- Nano Banana Pro 1K: $0.134/image, 33% cheaper
- ElevenLabs Voice Changer: $0.126/min, 58% cheaper than Fal
- Minimax Music: $0.09/request, 40% cheaper
The pitch directly targets Fal.ai, Runway API and other channels under the slogan "Gen Media is overpriced, we're fixing it."
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