Pika is 100% cheaper
than Luma
$0/mo (Basic) vs Luma Plus at $30/mo — covering 43% of the 14 compared capabilities.
Same job. Way less money.
Comparison scenario
Every cheaper-than claim is tied to a defined scenario — never a bare list price.
single user, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.
Plus plan at $30/mo, the cheapest paid plan.
Basic: 0 USD/monthly.
Luma costs $30/mo on the Plus plan at single user, monthly billing. We found 1 assessed alternative that is cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 14 compared capabilities.
Capability comparison
Pika covers 43% of the 14 capabilities compared against Luma. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Pika | Luma |
|---|---|---|
| Text-to-video | ✗ | ✓ |
| Image-to-video | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple generation models | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI generation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Social media designs | ✗ | ✓ |
| SAML single sign-on | ✗ | ✓ |
| Video-to-video | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | ✗ | ✓ |
| Audio generation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lip sync | ✗ | ✓ |
| Auto captions | ✗ | ✓ |
| Team collaboration | ✗ | ✓ |
| Commercial use rights | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access | ✓ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Luma has that Pika lacks.
- Text-to-video — Generate video from a written text prompt.Missing from Pika.
- AI generation — Generate design drafts or assets from a text prompt.Missing from Pika.
- Social media designs — Create graphics sized for social media posts.Missing from Pika.
- SAML single sign-on — Sign in through your company's SAML single sign-on.Missing from Pika.
- Upscaling — Increase the resolution of generated or uploaded video.Missing from Pika.
- Lip sync — Sync generated speech audio to a speaker's lip movements.Missing from Pika.
- Auto captions — Automatically generate captions for video.Missing from Pika.
- Team collaboration — Share projects and collaborate with teammates.Missing from Pika.
Plans & pricing, side by side
Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.
| Basic | Free |
| Standard | $8/mo (billed yearly) |
| Pro | $28/mo (billed yearly) |
| Fancy | $76/mo (billed yearly) |
| Plus | $30/mo |
| Pro | $90/mo |
| Ultra | $300/mo |
| Team | Contact sales |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
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Frequently asked
How much cheaper is Pika than Luma?
100% cheaper in our scenario (single user, monthly billing): $0/mo on Basic vs $30/mo on Plus. That is $360 a year.
What does Pika lack compared with Luma?
Text-to-video, AI generation, Social media designs, SAML single sign-on, Upscaling, Lip sync, Auto captions, Team collaboration — 8 of the 14 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Luma: 2026-09-07; Pika: 2026-09-07 — on the official pricing pages.
Sources & freshness
- https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- https://lumalabs.ai/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-26)
- Pika data last verified 2026-09-07