Krea vs Luma Dream Machine vs Magnific vs Pika
A side-by-side look at Krea, Luma Dream Machine, Magnific and Pika for filmmakers: what each one can do, what it costs, and where they actually differ.
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Multi-model AI canvas, agent and API for images, video and upscaling
- Price
- Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Pre-visualization: moodboards, look development and concept stills for a shoot
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Agent-run video and image studio with Ray3.2 camera control and multi-model access
- Price
- From $30/month (Plus), or $25/month billed yearly ($300/yr)
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Storyboard-driven shorts and ads where keyframe timing matters (Ray3.2 and Scenes)
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AI upscaler for archive, low-res and concept footage, part of the Magnific platform
- Price
- From €16/mo excl. VAT (€12/mo billed yearly); no free tier listed
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Upscaling concept art and matte paintings to a 4K deliverable
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AI video, image and audio studio that routes between Seedance, Veo and Pika's own models
- Price
- Starter $10/mo ($8/mo billed yearly); Creator $35/mo; Enterprise custom
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Fast social and product clips that need dialogue or a sound bed in one pass
Feature by feature
Krea vs Luma Dream Machine vs Magnific vs Pika: capabilities
| Krea | Luma Dream Machine | Magnific | Pika | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans | From $30/month (Plus), or $25/month billed yearly ($300/yr) | From €16/mo excl. VAT (€12/mo billed yearly); no free tier listed | Starter $10/mo ($8/mo billed yearly); Creator $35/mo; Enterprise custom |
| Infinite canvas | Yes | Yes | Partial | No |
| Node / flow builder | Yes | Partial | Partial | No |
| AI agent | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial |
| Chat assistant | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Text to image | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image editing | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Text to video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image to video | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Video to video | Partial | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Native audio in video | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes |
| Lip-sync | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial |
| Voice / TTS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Music & SFX | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Upscaling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Character consistency | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Camera control | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial |
| Custom training | Yes | Partial | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Third-party models | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Public API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Not confirmed | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Open source | Partial | No | No | No |
| Free tier | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Partial |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page. "Not confirmed" means the vendor doesn't say.
Plans
Pricing compared
Krea
| Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| Basic | $9monthly or yearly |
| Pro | $35 list / $21 yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Business | $200 list / $160 yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Enterprise | Customcustom |
Luma Dream Machine
| Plus | $30monthly, or $25/mo billed yearly ($300/yr) |
|---|---|
| Pro | $90monthly, or $75/mo billed yearly ($900/yr) |
| Ultra | $300monthly, or $250/mo billed yearly ($3,000/yr) |
| Team | Contact salescustom |
| Enterprise | Contact salescustom |
Magnific
| Premium | €16monthly |
|---|---|
| Premium+ | €36monthly |
| Pro Starter | €88monthly |
Pika
| Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| Starter | $10 ($8 yearly)monthly or yearly |
| Creator | $35monthly or yearly |
| Enterprise | Customcustom |
| API Club | $10monthly membership |
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
Krea
Pick it for
- Pre-visualization: moodboards, look development and concept stills for a shoot
- Producers who want Seedance, Nano Banana and ChatGPT Image in one account instead of three subscriptions
- Motion designers generating short hero clips with a reference image and a generated soundtrack
Stands out
- One compute balance covers Krea's own models plus third-party image and video models (Seedance 2.5, Nano Banana Pro, ChatGPT Image 2, Kling, Topaz), so you do not need a separate subscription per model.
- Canvas, node workflows and the Krea Agent sit in the same product, so a brief can be run as a chat or built as a visual graph.
Watch out
- Compute units are opaque: per-model costs are not published, so budgeting video is guesswork
- Native video is capped at 720p for Seedance 2.5; 1080p and 4K need Seedance 2.0
Luma Dream Machine
Pick it for
- Storyboard-driven shorts and ads where keyframe timing matters (Ray3.2 and Scenes)
- Agencies producing one hero spot resized to many placements (Variants)
- Creature and character motion with consistent references (Master Reference Assets)
Stands out
- Agent-run workflow: Luma Agents plan, select models, generate and iterate from a brief, with a separate Brainstorm mode that doesn't spend credits on renders.
- Shot-level control on Ray3.2: up to 16 keyframes per clip, frame-by-frame direction, and Luma Scenes storyboards you can retime before rendering.
Watch out
- Entry price is $30/month, above the $15 Runway Standard list price
- Agent credit usage makes it hard to predict clips per plan before buying
Magnific
Pick it for
- Upscaling concept art and matte paintings to a 4K deliverable
- Lifting AI-generated stills to a larger size before a video pass
- Making archive stills usable at title-card or poster size
Stands out
- Creative and Precision modes in one tool: Creative invents texture and skin detail, Precision keeps text, logos and UI intact
- Upscales images from 2x to 16x and video to 1K, 2K or 4K, in the same subscription as generation models
Watch out
- No free tier on the pricing page; the cheapest paid plan is €16/month excl. VAT
- Upscale cost is in credits and not published per image or clip, which makes budgeting hard
Pika
Pick it for
- Fast social and product clips that need dialogue or a sound bed in one pass
- Character and product consistency across a short campaign using @-mentioned references
- Generating voice-over and sound effects for an edit without a second audio subscription
Stands out
- Multi-model access on every plan, including Free: Seedance 2.5, Pika 2.5, MiniMax H3, Veo-class and image models behind one app, so you do not need separate subscriptions
- Own synced-audio models (Soundtrack, SFX, Speech, Music) that score or voice a generated scene in the same tool, priced by Pika as the lowest-cost audio option
Watch out
- Free plan has no monthly credits, so you buy packs before you can test much
- Resolution and clip-length limits per plan are not published on the pricing page
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page, checked against vendor pricing and changelog pages (oldest check: ). Sources are listed on each tool's page.
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