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Verified
ToolMarketCap
HeyGenHeyGen · Video
Entry price
$29/mo
Free tier
Yes
Logged activity · 90d
Insufficient history

Browser platform vs web app

3Verified differences4Shared2Not yet verified
PikaMellis · Video
Entry price
$10/mo
Free tier
Yes
Logged activity · 90d
40/100

HeyGen vs Pika

3Verified differences1Pricing differences0HeyGen · verified changes 30d1Pika · verified changes 30d
Entry pricePika starts $19 lower: HeyGen $29/mo, Pika $10/mo.
Free tierBoth offer a verified free tier.
DeliveryDelivery differs: HeyGen — Browser platform; Pika — Web app.
Last 30 daysHeyGen logged 0 verified changes, Pika 1 verified change.
Evidence7 of 9 compared facts are verified for both; 1 only for HeyGen and 1 for neither.

At a glance

Verified values · no winner is picked
HeyGen and Pika: price, free tier, licence, self-hosting, enterprise
DimensionHeyGenPika
Entry price$29/mo$10/mo
Free tierYesYes
Open sourceNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Self-hostingNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Enterprise (SSO + offering)YesNot yet verified
Switch from HeyGenSwitch from PikaAdd HeyGen to a stackAdd Pika to a stack

Where they differ

3
Delivery
HeyGenBrowser platform — plus developer APIs
heygen.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
HeyGen — official site

heygen.com: "Type your idea. Click generate. Get a share-ready video faster than you can think." with sign-in to the web product; "HeyGen for Developers" offers "production-ready, scalable APIs".

https://www.heygen.com ↗
PikaWeb app — also a ChatGPT plugin and a developer API
pika.art
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
Pika — official site

pika.art links to create.pika.art for sign-up and to dev.pika.art for the API; pika.art/blog/pika-chatgpt-plugin describes a plugin bringing Pika into ChatGPT on desktop and web.

https://pika.art ↗
Outputs
HeyGenVideo — AI avatar video, video translation, lipsync
developers.heygen.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
HeyGen — official developer documentation

developers.heygen.com: APIs for Video Generation, Video Translation, Lipsync, Realtime Video (Live Avatar), and Avatar Management.

https://developers.heygen.com/ ↗
PikaVideo, image, audio — generation, including music, speech, and sound effects
pika.art
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
Pika — official site

pika.art: "Pika is the AI creative platform you've been waiting for" for video, image, and audio creation; the Pika blog announces Pika Music, Pika Speech, and Pika SFX.

https://pika.art ↗
Enterprise
HeyGenEnterprise via sales — no maximum video length, custom commercial terms, invoice billing, SCIM provisioning
heygen.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
HeyGen — official pricing page

heygen.com/pricing Enterprise: "No maximum video length", "Custom commercial terms and invoice billing", "SCIM user provisioning and team member MFA".

https://www.heygen.com/pricing ↗
PikaEnterprise — custom pricing and custom credits, with a commercial license
pika.art
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
Pika — official pricing page

pika.art/pricing: Enterprise is custom-priced with "Custom" credits per month and "Included: Commercial license".

https://pika.art/pricing ↗

Pricing face-off

USD list price · monthly billing
HeyGenFree tier: Yes
Entry price · Creator
$29/mo
Free$0/mo
Creator (annual)$24/mo, annual
Creator$29/mo
Pro$49/mo
Business$149/mo
heygen.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
HeyGen — official pricing page
https://www.heygen.com/pricing ↗
PikaFree tier: Yes
Entry price · Starter
$10/mo
Free$0/mo
Starter$10/mo
Creator$35/mo
pika.art
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
Pika — official pricing page
https://pika.art/pricing ↗

Where they match

4Toggle
Commercial use
HeyGenYes — on paid plans (Creator, Pro, Business); not on the Free plan
heygen.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
HeyGen — official terms

heygen.com/terms: on paid plans "you own all rights in your User Input or User Output" and may use outputs commercially; Free Plan outputs are licensed "solely for personal, non-commercial, and internal evaluation purposes".

https://www.heygen.com/terms ↗
PikaYes — on Starter, Creator, Fancy, and Enterprise plans; not on Free
pika.art
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
Pika — official pricing page

pika.art/pricing: Starter, Creator, Fancy, and Enterprise "Included: Commercial license"; Free "Not included: Commercial license".

https://pika.art/pricing ↗
API
HeyGenYes — Video Generation, Translation, Lipsync, and Live Avatar APIs, self-serve and enterprise tiers
developers.heygen.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
HeyGen — official developer documentation

developers.heygen.com: self-serve API keys with batch APIs and webhooks; an enterprise tier with higher concurrency, reserved compute, and custom workflows.

https://developers.heygen.com/ ↗
PikaYes — self-serve, prepaid Pika API for image, video, audio, music, and speech operations
dev.pika.art
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
Pika — official API site

dev.pika.art: "Pika API provides callable model operations" across image, video, audio, music, speech, transcription, dubbing, and upscaling; generation is prepaid and onboarding is self-serve.

https://dev.pika.art/ ↗
Business model
HeyGenFreemium — free plan, monthly credit plans Creator, Pro, and Business, $20 seats for Business, Enterprise via sales
heygen.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
HeyGen — official pricing page

heygen.com/pricing: Creator 600 credits, Pro 1,000 credits, Business 1,500 credits ("$149/month plus $20/seat/month"); credits are "HeyGen's single currency for video and asset creation"; Enterprise "Contact Sales".

https://www.heygen.com/pricing ↗
PikaFreemium — free plan with credit packs, monthly credit plans Starter, Creator, and Fancy, custom Enterprise
pika.art
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
Pika — official pricing page

pika.art/pricing: Free (packs only), Starter (900 credits/month), Creator (3,150), Fancy (8,550 and up, $95–$880 per month by credit tier), Enterprise with custom credits.

https://pika.art/pricing ↗
Free tier
HeyGenYes — 3 watermarked videos a month, up to 1 minute each; personal, non-commercial use only
heygen.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
HeyGen — official pricing page

heygen.com/pricing Free: "3 videos a month, watermarked", "Videos up to 1 minute each"; heygen.com/terms limits Free Plan output to "personal, non-commercial, and internal evaluation purposes".

https://www.heygen.com/pricing ↗
PikaYes — Free plan with all models and no watermark, but no commercial license
pika.art
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
Pika — official pricing page

pika.art/pricing Free plan: "Included: All models", "Included: No watermark", "Not included: Commercial license".

https://pika.art/pricing ↗

Not yet verified for one or both

2
Platforms
HeyGenNot yet verified
PikaNot yet verified
Single sign-on
HeyGenYes — Business plan (SAML/SSO); SCIM on Enterprise
heygen.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
HeyGen — official pricing page

heygen.com/pricing: SAML/SSO in the Business feature list; Enterprise adds "SCIM user provisioning and team member MFA".

https://www.heygen.com/pricing ↗
PikaNot yet verified

References

Links — shown, never counted as differences
Documentation
HeyGendevelopers.heygen.com
developers.heygen.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 28 Oct 2026
HeyGen — official developer documentation

HeyGen's developer documentation (docs.heygen.com redirects here).

https://developers.heygen.com/ ↗
PikaNot yet verified
Changelog
HeyGenNot yet verified
PikaNot yet verified
Source repository
HeyGenNot yet verified
PikaNot yet verified

Recent record

Each side’s own record · not a score
Recent record of HeyGen and Pika, side by side
ReadingHeyGenPika
Verified changes0 in 30 days · 0 in 90 days · Video median 21 in 30 days · 3 in 90 days · Video median 2
Last verified changeNone logged16 Oct 2026 · 21 days ago
Activity · 90 daysNo value (insufficient history)40 · limited history
Latest list-price moveNone observedNone observed
Pricing on record5 verified plans · verified monthly entry price $293 verified plans · verified monthly entry price $10
Comparable facts8 of 9 verified7 of 9 verified

HeyGen · latest 3

No logged change yet.

Pika · latest 3

  1. Availability

    Pika launches a plugin that brings its apps and models into ChatGPT

    A Pika plugin brings Pika's creative apps and generative models into ChatGPT on desktop and web, with a side-panel studio connected to the user's Pika library.

    pika.art
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 16 Oct 2026
    Pika — official blog: Pika Is Now Inside ChatGPT
    https://pika.art/blog/pika-chatgpt-plugin ↗
  2. Platform

    Pika relaunches as a unified platform for video, image, and sound

    The redesigned platform brings video, image, and sound generation into one place with more than 25 creative apps; existing users keep their login, subscription, and past generations.

    pika.art
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 17 Sept 2026
    Pika — official blog: Welcome to the New Pika
    https://pika.art/blog/welcome-to-the-new-pika ↗
  3. Release

    Pika launches Pika Music for generating complete tracks

    Pika Music creates complete tracks from text prompts, lyrics, voice references, or music references, alone or combined.

    pika.art
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 18 Aug 2026
    Pika — official blog: Introducing Pika Music
    https://pika.art/blog/pika-music ↗

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Compared using 16 verified facts · oldest record verified 28 Oct 2026. Tools appear in URL order, alphabetically by identifier — it implies no ranking.