Pika's September 2026 relaunch routes jobs to Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3 and Wan 3. Kenerate runs those same models — plus Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, PixVerse v6 and 40+ more — with a model picker you control.
Party
Rainbow cake
The candles flicker and confetti falls slowly over the rainbow cake, cheerful party music
Quick answer
Pika (pika.art) relaunched on 17 Sep 2026 as a multi-app studio that routes jobs across its own Pika 2.5 and third-party models — Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3, Wan 3.0 and more. Its free plan has no monthly credits (packs only, no watermark). As an alternative, Kenerate runs those same models and 50+ others — Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, PixVerse v6 (playful, effects-style clips), Grok Imagine — and you choose the model directly. For Pika-style fun edits, use video edit (restyle from one sentence) or PixVerse v6.
Updated 27 September 2026 · specs read from Kenerate's code
Real demo
Same start image and prompt. Turn the sound on.
Unedited outputs from Kenerate's video studio.
Compare themShort answers
A studio that lets you pick the model. Kenerate runs the models Pika now routes to (Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3, Wan 3) plus Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, PixVerse v6 and more.
Pika relaunched on 17 Sep 2026 as a multi-app studio that routes jobs across Pika 2.5 and third-party models, per its blog.
Pika's free plan has no monthly credits — packs only, no watermark, no commercial licence, per its pricing page. Kenerate gives 25 sign-up credits for images and tools; video needs a credit pack.
Pika's acceptable-use policy bans obscene and extreme sexual content. Kenerate's Spicy models allow adult content for adults 18+.
Real clips
Five Wan 3 clips (5 s, 720p, with sound) — the fun, shareable shots Pika is known for.
Real Wan 3 clips. Open one to copy both prompts.
How it works
A fun image, one line of motion, the model you pick.
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Seedream 5.0 Pro at 2K — or upload your own photo.
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The corgi turns the little steering wheel and the toy car rolls forward down the driveway, happy barks
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Wan 3 · 5 s · 720p · with sound. The clip on the left is the real result.
Compared
From each company's own pages, 28 Sep 2026. Kenerate is our product.
| Kenerate AI | Pika | Kling AI | Runway | Luma Dream Machine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video models | 50+ models incl. Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5, Wan 3, MiniMax H3 | Pika 2.5 plus Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3, Wan 3 (Sep 2026 relaunch) | Kling 3.0 (Feb 2026), 3.0 Omni, 2.6 | Gen-4.5 (Dec 2025), Aleph 2.0 edits, Act-Two | Ray3.2 (Jun 2026) |
| Longest clip | Up to 30 s (Wan 3, Seedance 2.5) | Depends on the model | Up to 15 s | Not stated in the Gen-4.5 launch post | 5–10 s from text or image; 20 s with Modify |
| Native audio | Yes — Wan 3, Seedance, Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and more | Separate audio models (Aug 2026) | Yes, multilingual (Kling 2.6 and 3.0) | Not stated in the launch post | No native audio from text or image |
| Free option | 25 sign-up credits for images and tools; video needs a credit pack | No monthly credits; packs only, no watermark | Free tier, watermarked, 1080p export | One-time 125 credits, watermarked | Ray3.14 at draft resolution, watermarked, personal use |
| Adult content | Allowed for adults 18+ on Spicy models; minors blocked | Bans obscene and extreme sexual content | Bans sexual acts and pornography | Bans sexually explicit content and adult nudity | Bans nudity and adult content |
Sources linked below. Plans and models change often — check each site. Where a company's page didn't state something, we say so.
Tips
What worked in our tests.
Step by step
Engines
A few of the 50+ video models in Kenerate's studio.
Kuaishou
Kling 3.0
Expressive motion, martial arts, dance
ByteDance
Seedance 2.5
Multi-shot action and references
Veo 3.1
Dialogue and cinematic sound
Alibaba
Wan 3Used here
Long clips; edit and extend
MiniMax
MiniMax H3 Pro
2K clips from references
xAI
Grok Imagine
Fast, fun social clips
The gallery uses Wan 3; the comparison uses Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3.
Every clip on this page started as one still image. Make yours, then animate it.
In depth
What the models can do, how to prompt them, and what isn't allowed.
Pika began with playful effects — Pikaffects, Pikaswaps, Pikascenes. Its September 2026 relaunch turned pika.art into a studio of apps (video, product ads, short films, motion transfer, extend) that routes each job to a model, including third-party ones like Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3.
FAQ
5 questions
A studio that lets you pick the model. Kenerate runs the models Pika now routes to (Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3, Wan 3) plus Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, PixVerse v6 and more.
Pika relaunched on 17 Sep 2026 as a multi-app studio that routes jobs across Pika 2.5 and third-party models, per its blog.
Pika's free plan has no monthly credits — packs only, no watermark, no commercial licence, per its pricing page. Kenerate gives 25 sign-up credits for images and tools; video needs a credit pack.
Pika's acceptable-use policy bans obscene and extreme sexual content. Kenerate's Spicy models allow adult content for adults 18+.
Video edit on Wan 3, Seedance 2.5, Gemini Omni or Grok: transform a clip with one sentence.
Explore
Generators, tools, models and guides — one studio, one credit balance.
Written by the Kenerate AI team
We build and run Kenerate's video studio. Every clip here is a real, unedited Wan 3 output (5 s, 720p) and every start image a real Seedream 5.0 Pro output; model specs and limits were read from the app's code; facts about other tools link to their own pages. Last updated 27 September 2026. Corrections: hello@kenerateai.com.
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