Pika commercial license: Creator has it, Starter and Free do not
Pika's pricing page lists a commercial license on Creator and above, none on Free or Starter. What that means for client work, and what Sume's paid plans say.
On Pika, the commercial license is a plan feature: the pricing page (read 2026-10-02) lists it on Creator ($35 a month) and says Free and Starter have no commercial license. If you plan to publish Pika clips in client or ad work, Creator is the lowest listed plan that includes it. On Sume, commercial use comes with paid plans; the free tier is for trying image generation.
What the Pika page lists, plan by plan
Every row below is read from the Pika pricing page on 2026-10-02. Prices are the monthly figures shown; the page also shows lower annual prices, which are left out here.
| Plan | Monthly price | Monthly credits | Commercial license | Priority queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 0 (packs only) | No | No |
| Starter | $10 | 900 | No | No |
| Creator | $35 | 3,150 | Yes | No |
| Fancy | $95 | 8,550+ | Yes (all Creator features) | Yes |
Why the plan matters more than the model
A commercial license is granted by the product you generate in, not by the model family. The same underlying video model can be generated under a license that allows ads on one product and a personal-use plan on another, so the question to ask is which plan the clip was made under.
The page lists no watermark on every plan, Free included, and still no commercial license on Free or Starter. That is the easy trap: a clean-looking export is not a license.
What Sume says
Sume's terms (read 2026-10-02) say Sume does not claim ownership of generated outputs, that paid plans include commercial use as described on the pricing page, and that you are responsible for reviewing outputs before publication or commercial use. The pricing FAQ describes Free as image generation with limited agent access, and paid plans as adding video generation, the API, commercial use and higher concurrency.
So on Sume the commercial question is answered by being on a paid plan, not by a separate add-on. Sume does not offer Pika models; to see which video models are available, call GET /v1/videos/models as described in the video docs.
A quick checklist before you publish
Read the full terms for each tool before client delivery; this page summarizes only what the pricing pages state.
- Confirm the plan the clip was generated under, not the plan you hold today.
- Keep the plan name and generation date with the exported file.
- Check any third-party material you uploaded as a reference; a plan license does not cover rights you do not hold.
- For regulated or brand-sensitive work, read the full vendor terms, not only the pricing page summary.
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