Mochi 1 (Genmo) vs Pika
A spec-by-spec comparison of Mochi 1 (Genmo) and Pika: pricing, free tier, clip length, resolution, watermark, commercial use and API access.
Key differences
- Mochi 1 is open source and can run locally; Pika is a hosted service.
- Free tier: Mochi 1 — Free weights (Apache 2.0) and a free playground on genmo.ai; Pika — Free account with no monthly credits; pay-as-you-go credit packs only.
- Commercial use: Mochi 1 — Apache 2.0 license; Pika — Paid plans.
| Mochi 1 (Genmo) | Pika | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Open source | Free plan · from $10/mo |
| Free tier | Free weights (Apache 2.0) and a free playground on genmo.ai | Free account with no monthly credits; pay-as-you-go credit packs only |
| Max clip length | ||
| Max resolution | 480p | |
| Watermark on free plan | No | |
| Commercial use | Apache 2.0 license | Paid plans |
| Developer API | Yes | |
| Open source | Yes | No |
Mochi 1 is an open text-to-video model from Genmo, built on its Asymmetric Diffusion Transformer architecture with about 10 billion parameters. Weights and inference code are released under Apache 2.0, and there is a LoRA fine-tuning trainer. Genmo also runs a free web playground. It is best for researchers and tinkerers who want a permissively licensed model to run or fine-tune.
- Permissive Apache 2.0 license
- Native ComfyUI support, including consumer-GPU workflows
- Includes a LoRA fine-tuning trainer for your own videos
- Reference repo needs about 60GB VRAM on a single GPU (at least one H100 recommended); ComfyUI can run it in under 20GB
- Released as a research preview at 480p only, and Genmo says it handles animated content poorly
- The only public checkpoint is still mochi-1-preview from October 2024
Pika is a consumer-focused AI video platform that combines its own Pika 2.5 and Pikaframes models with third-party video, image and audio models. It leans toward quick social content through apps like Swap Anything, Motion Transfer and Product Ad. It is aimed at creators and marketers who want fun, fast results, and it also runs a paid API membership for developers.
- Free plan downloads are not watermarked
- Access to all models on every plan, including Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3.0
- Top-up credit packs work on the Free plan and last 365 days
- Free plan includes zero monthly credits, so any generation requires buying credits
- Commercial license only on paid plans
- Plan credits do not roll over and payments are non-refundable
Specs last verified 2026-10-23 (Mochi 1 (Genmo)) and 2026-10-23 (Pika). See each tool page for sources.