What is Pika Audio?
APIs for music, speech, sound effects and video soundtracks.
Who is Pika Audio best for?
Pika Audio is best for developers who want music, voices, sound effects and video soundtracks from one API key.
Apps that need voices
Pika Speech clones a voice for text to speech at a per-minute rate, on the same key as the other models.
Music inside a product
Pika Music writes tracks from a prompt, with optional lyrics, a reference track or a voice sample, from 10 seconds to 6 minutes long.
Video tools that need sound
Pika Soundtrack scores an uploaded video and hands back an MP4, and Pika SFX makes sound effects from a text prompt.
Builders using coding agents
Pika provides an onboarding prompt for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Lovable, Replit and ChatGPT, so an agent can set up the calls for you.
How much does Pika Audio cost?
Pika Audio is paid through the Pika API: a $10 monthly Pika API Club membership, then pay-as-you-go rates such as $0.01 a minute for Pika Speech and $0.015 a minute for Pika Music.
- Membership that gives member rates on 100+ models
- Usage paid as you go from a prepaid balance
- 60 requests a minute and 10 jobs at once
- Text to speech with voice cloning
- MP3 output
- Tracks from a prompt, with optional lyrics, a reference track or a voice sample
- 10 seconds to 6 minutes per track
- MP3 output
- Adds a soundtrack synced to your video
- Returns an MP4
Pika SFX, which makes sound effects from a text prompt, costs $0.0002 a second. Usage rates come on top of the membership, only successful generations are charged, and there is no free tier: you add funds before the first call. Enterprise plans with volume discounts, higher limits and dedicated support are priced on request. Full pricing on dev.pika.art. We checked these prices on .
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Questions about Pika Audio
What is Pika Audio?
APIs for music, speech, sound effects and video soundtracks.
Who is Pika Audio for?
Pika Audio is best for developers who want music, voices, sound effects and video soundtracks from one API key.
Is Pika Audio free?
No. Pika Audio is a paid tool, from $10 per month.
How much does Pika Audio cost?
Pika Audio's paid plans are Pika API Club at $10 per month, Pika Speech at $0.01 per minute, Pika Music at $0.015 per minute and Pika Soundtrack at $0.005 per second.
Where can I try Pika Audio?
On its official website, dev.pika.art.
Can I use Pika Audio output commercially?
Yes. Pika says every output from its API is licensed for commercial use under the Pika API agreement, and you keep ownership of your prompts and inputs. To clone a voice in Pika Music, you must confirm you have the rights to that voice.
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