Pika 2.2
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· Diffusion transformer (DiT)
Pricing — 1 offering(s)
About this offering: Pika 2.2 hosted on fal.ai. Clips default to 5 seconds, and text-to-video and image-to-video cost the same per resolution. Pika's own app (pika.art) is subscription-based; API access is through fal.ai.
Standard 720p / 5s
- $0.20 / clip Current 2026-06-13 → present
Standard 1080p / 5s
- $0.45 / clip Current 2026-06-13 → present
Showing the active price and any recorded history. Full pricing history is available via the paid API — see API docs.
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How Pika 2.2 rates across core capability dimensions, with the task-level evidence behind each rating.
No audio.
Hard 5-second maximum per clip via fal.ai API.
T2V and I2V only via fal.ai; no editing of existing clips. Pika's consumer-app "Pikadditions" (object overlay) is not an exposed API feature.
Ratings are estimated — limited independent data is available for this model.
Operator guidance
Pika 2.2 is a solid mid-tier option at $0.20/clip (720p) — affordable for volume production of short clips. The hard 5-second limit makes it unsuitable for anything requiring longer output. Not competitive with Veo 3 at the quality ceiling; choose based on price and simplicity.
Use cases
- Short-form social content (≤5s clips)
- Quick T2V and I2V prototyping
- Consumer-grade video generation at moderate cost
Limitations
- Hard 5-second clip limit
- No audio generation
- Not available via Pika's native API — fal.ai is the primary API access route
- Pika consumer app uses subscriptions; API pricing is via third-party hosts only