Shotcraft
Video generation

Pika 2.5 Keyframe

Keyframe-driven variant of Pika 2.5, exposed as an image-to-video model on the Pika API.

A video generation model by Pika · read 2026-08-14 · sourcing medium

Resolution
1080p
Weights
Not released
API
Yes
Commercial use
Not established

It interpolates between supplied frames rather than generating freely from a prompt, and is the API surface corresponding to the Pikaframes feature in the consumer app.

Commercial use — Not established

The research notes for this model record other terms but do not state a commercial-use position, and no licence page was retrieved, so it is not established here. Check the vendor's own terms.

  • Depends on your plan tier. Pikaframes is gated to Standard tier and above in the consumer app

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Specification

Vendor figures, read 2026-08-14Read from Pika's own documentation on 2026-08-14. Vendors change these between model versions without announcing it, so check theirs before you commit a shot to a number. Sourcing for this entry is mixed. Some fields came from pages we retrieved, others could not be confirmed and are left blank. Check the vendor's current documentation

What it takes in
image, text
What it makes
video
Maximum duration
not established
Maximum resolution
1080p
Aspect ratios
not established
Controls
keyframes, image-to-video, extend
Weights
Not released
API
Yes
Pricing
API per second of output: $0.04/sec at 720p, $0.06/sec at 1080p
Released or updated
not established

Maximum duration and supported aspect ratios are not established here. That means no page we could retrieve stated them, not that the model lacks them.

Strengths

  • Cheaper at 1080p than base Pika 2.5 ($0.06/sec vs $0.09/sec)
  • Deterministic control over start and end states
  • Path to longer sequences by chaining frames

Weaknesses

  • Image input required; no pure text-to-video
  • Maximum keyframe count and duration are not documented on Pika's pages
  • No audio
  • Not available on Pika's free tier

Best for

Where the sources disagree

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What to understand before using it

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MCP servers that front Pika

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Sources

Read on 2026-08-14. A source that has changed since then will not be reflected here until the next pass.