AI music
Pika vs Uberduck compared on 8 fields
- Pika score
- 81/100 (5 of 6 criteria)
- Uberduck score
- 100/100 (5 of 6 criteria)
- Fields won by Pika
- 0 of 6
- Fields won by Uberduck
- 2 of 6
Pika
Uberduck
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
Pika and Uberduck are both AI music generators. We compared them on 8 fields read from each vendor's own pages.
On the AI music generators scorecard Pika scores 81/100 (5 of 6 criteria) and Uberduck 100/100 (5 of 6 criteria) (ranks 2 and 1 in the category).
Of the 6 fields with a clear rule (lower price, higher count, yes over no), Pika wins 0, Uberduck wins 2 and 4 are ties.
Uberduck scores clearly higher on verified features, pricing transparency and entry price.
Side by side
| Field | Pika | Uberduck | Winner and basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan (billed monthly) | $10/month | ✓ $2/month | Uberduck |
| Same plan, per month billed annually | $8/month | ✓ $2/month | Uberduck |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Free trial | No | No | Tie |
| Public API | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Text to music | – | Yes | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Vocals and lyrics | – | Yes | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Commercial use on paid plans | Yes | Yes | Tie |
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
Sources: Pika pricing page, checked Oct 14, 2026; Uberduck pricing page, checked Oct 14, 2026. Each feature value links its own source on the tool's page.
Scorecard, criterion by criterion
| Criterion | Weight | Pika | Uberduck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | 89$10/month billed monthly on Starter; $8/month billed annually on Starter (scored on the monthly price) | 100$2/month billed annually on Starter; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | 100Free plan (Free) | 100Free plan |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | 844 of 5 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") | 1003 of 3 plans have a public price |
| Verified features | 15% | 331 of 6 tracked features verified: commercial use on paid plans | 1003 of 6 tracked features verified: text to music, vocals and lyrics, commercial use on paid plans |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | 100public API | 100public API |
| Total score | 100% | 81/100 (5 of 6 criteria) | 100/100 (5 of 6 criteria) |
Pika plans
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free | per workspace | None stated |
| Starter | $10 | $8 | per workspace |
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| Creator | $35 | $28 | per workspace |
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| Fancy | $95 | $76 | per workspace |
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| Enterprise | Contact sales | Contact sales | per workspace | None stated |
Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
Uberduck plans
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Not offered | $2 | Not stated |
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| Creator | Not offered | $5 | Not stated |
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| Pro | Not offered | $30 | Not stated |
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Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
How we picked
Every one of these AI music generators is scored by the same 6 criteria (scorecard v1). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to AI music generators. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.
| Criterion | Weight | Type | What we measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | Core | Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other AI music generators on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $7.99/month or less = 100, $66 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $5/month or less = 100, $59 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored. |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | Core | Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored. |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | Core | How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored. |
| Verified features | 15% | Core | How many of the 6 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (text to music, vocals and lyrics, stem export, commercial use on paid plans, extend or remix uploaded audio, in-app editing). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 3 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored. |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | Core | Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored. |
| Cost per user (team of 3) | 25% | Category | Monthly price per user for a team of 3, on the cheapest paid plan that is priced per seat or states room for at least 3 users.Log scale: $5 per user or less = 100, $88 or more = 0. Plans that do not state a user limit are not used. No such plan = not scored. |
Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.
Questions, answered from the data
Is Pika cheaper than Uberduck?
Uberduck starts lower: $2 per month billed yearly on the Starter plan, against $10 per month billed monthly ($8 billed yearly) on the Starter plan for Pika. Check the unit: per-user and per-account prices scale differently.
Do Pika and Uberduck have free plans?
Both have a free plan.
Which is better, Pika or Uberduck?
On our scorecard Uberduck scores higher (100/100 (5 of 6 criteria) vs 81/100 (5 of 6 criteria)). The score weighs every criterion the same way for every tool; check the rows above for the ones that matter to you.