# PikoReels: AI UGC video generator that posts for you

> PikoReels is an AI UGC platform that generates creator-style short-form videos, writes the captions, and publishes them to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube on a schedule you set.

## What it does

PikoReels turns an idea into creator-style short-form video without a camera, writes the caption, and publishes the result to TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts on a schedule you set.

The generator is half of it. The other half is the posting: a calendar you fill a month at a time, automations that keep it filled, and analytics on what landed.

- AI Studio: text to image and text to video, first and last frame control, five or ten second shots.
- Rush: describe a product and get a deck of finished reels, with nothing rendered until you keep one.
- Templates: a library of short-form formats that already work, ready to fill.
- Automations: schedule a month ahead and cross-post to TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts.
- MCP: connect an AI agent so it can make and publish reels for you.

## Facts

- Every plan starts with 10 free videos.
- No watermark on any plan.
- Publishes to TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts.
- Credits are anchored at 1 credit = $0.01.
- Top-up packs: 1,000 credits for $20, from 1,000 to 10,000 credits, on the Creator and Pro plans.
- The product itself lives at https://app.pikoreels.com.

## Pricing

| Plan | Monthly (USD) | Yearly, per month | For |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Beginner | $19 | $17 | For your first channel. |
| Starter | $39 | $35 | For posting every weekday. |
| Creator | $99 | $85 | For creators posting daily. |
| Pro | $199 | $169 | For teams and agencies. |

### Beginner: $19/month

For your first channel. Billed yearly it works out at $17/month ($204/year).

- 150 reels a month
- 200 credits
- 1 workspace
- 20 image generations
- Up to 5 AI video generations
- 3 avatars
- 3 social accounts
- 300 automations
- Viral templates

### Starter: $39/month

For posting every weekday. Billed yearly it works out at $35/month ($420/year).

- 300 reels a month
- 1,000 credits
- 1 workspace
- 100 image generations
- Up to 25 AI video generations
- 10 avatars
- 10 social accounts
- 1,000 automations
- Viral templates
- MCP integration

### Creator: $99/month

For creators posting daily. Billed yearly it works out at $85/month ($1,020/year).

- 600 reels a month
- 4,000 credits
- 3 workspaces
- 400 image generations
- Up to 100 AI video generations
- 50 avatars
- Unlimited social accounts
- Unlimited automations
- Viral templates
- MCP integration
- Direct support

### Pro: $199/month

For teams and agencies. Billed yearly it works out at $169/month ($2,028/year).

- 1,200 reels a month
- 10,000 credits
- 10 workspaces
- 1,000 image generations
- Up to 250 AI video generations
- Unlimited avatars
- Unlimited social accounts
- Unlimited automations
- Viral templates
- MCP integration
- Unused credit rollover
- Direct support

## Model rates

Credits are anchored at 1 credit = $0.01.

### Image models

**Seedream 4.5**: 6 credits per image ($0.06).

One flat rate at any size.

**NanoBanana 2** (per image)

Any aspect ratio. Plus a prompt charge.

| Any aspect ratio | 1K | 2K | 4K |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Per image | 9 credits ($0.09) | 15 credits ($0.15) | 22 credits ($0.22) |

**NanoBanana Pro** (per image)

1K and 2K bill the same. Plus a prompt charge.

| Any aspect ratio | 1K | 2K | 4K |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Per image | 18 credits ($0.18) | 18 credits ($0.18) | 33 credits ($0.33) |

**OpenAI ImageGen 2** (per image)

Plus a prompt charge.

| Aspect ratio | 720p | 1080p | 4K |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 9:16 & 16:9 | 1 credits ($0.01) | 6 credits ($0.06) | 21 credits ($0.21) |
| 3:4 & 4:3 | 1 credits ($0.01) | 5 credits ($0.05) | 20 credits ($0.20) |
| 1:1 | 1 credits ($0.01) | 7 credits ($0.07) | 27 credits ($0.27) |
| 2:3 & 3:2 | 1 credits ($0.01) | 6 credits ($0.06) | 22 credits ($0.22) |
| 21:9 | 1 credits ($0.01) | 6 credits ($0.06) | 24 credits ($0.24) |

### Video models

**PixVerse 6** (per second)

Audio is an upcharge.

| Resolution | No audio | With audio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 360p | 5 credits ($0.045) | 5 credits ($0.050) |
| 540p | 5 credits ($0.050) | 6 credits ($0.060) |
| 720p | 6 credits ($0.060) | 8 credits ($0.075) |
| 1080p | 11 credits ($0.110) | 15 credits ($0.150) |

**Kling v3 Standard** (per second)

Generated voice is an upcharge.

| Any resolution | No voice | With voice |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Per second | 10 credits ($0.10) | 15 credits ($0.15) |

**Kling v3 Pro**: 20 credits per second.

**Seedance 2.5** (per second)

| Any aspect ratio | 480p | 720p |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Per second | 25 credits ($0.25) | 50 credits ($0.50) |

## Frequently asked questions

### About PikoReels

#### What is PikoReels?

PikoReels makes short videos for you and then posts them. You give it a product or an idea, and it generates the footage, writes the caption, puts together a creator-style reel, and publishes it to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube whenever you tell it to. You never have to film anything or open an editor.

#### What are Automations?

Automations are the set-and-forget mode. You pick a date range and a time to post, and Piko fills every slot ahead of time with a real clip and caption. Then you go through the whole month in one sitting, swap anything you don't like, and let the queue post on its own.

#### What is Rush?

Rush is for when you want one video out fast. A single generation hands you a deck of finished options, and you keep one, pass on it, or swap the clip. Nothing renders until you pick, so you can shuffle until something feels right. Most people get a reel done in a couple of minutes.

#### What is AI Studio?

AI Studio is where you make the footage you don't already have. Type what you want and you get an image or a video back. You can set the first and last frame, choose a five or ten second shot, and use the prompt builder if you're not sure how to describe it. Anything you make there drops straight into a reel.

#### What are Templates?

Templates are formats that have already worked, ready for you to drop your product into. There's fashion, fitness, food, tech, travel and unboxing. Each one shows you an example of how it performed, so you're not guessing which format to bet on.

#### Can I try PikoReels for free?

Yes. Every plan starts with 10 free videos, which is enough to generate a few reels, look at them properly, and schedule some before you pay anything. There's no watermark on them, and you can cancel any time.

### Posting, scheduling and accounts

#### Can I run more than one brand or client?

Yes. Creator comes with three brand workspaces and Pro with ten, and each one has its own connected accounts, templates and calendar. Nothing crosses over between them, which is how most agencies use it. A client's footage and schedule stay separate from everyone else's.

#### Which platforms can it post to?

TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. You connect each account once and then post to all of them from one calendar. Every video is cut 9:16, so it looks native wherever it ends up.

#### How many accounts can I connect?

Three on Beginner, ten on Starter, and as many as you like on Creator and Pro. The cap is on connections, not on where a reel can go: one month of reels can cover every channel you have hooked up.

#### Do the videos have a watermark?

No. Nothing PikoReels makes has a watermark on it, free videos included. What you post looks like it came off your phone rather than out of a tool.

#### Do I have to approve each video before it goes out?

Only if you want to. You can look at every clip and caption before it gets scheduled and keep it, pass on it, or swap it out, and nothing renders until you decide. If you'd rather not be involved at all, set up an Automation and it runs the whole queue while you sleep.

### UGC and AI, explained

#### What does UGC stand for?

UGC stands for user-generated content. It's the photos, videos and reviews that customers and creators make themselves, rather than something a brand shot in a studio. In short-form video it usually means a casual clip filmed on a phone, someone talking to camera about a product, instead of a polished ad.

#### What is AI UGC?

AI UGC is content that looks and feels like a real creator made it, except it was generated instead of filmed. It keeps the format that makes UGC work, so it's handheld, first-person and talking straight to camera. The difference is that the creator, the footage and the voice all come from a model, which means you can make twenty versions of one idea without booking anybody.

#### What is an AI UGC generator?

It's a tool that takes a product or a prompt and gives you back finished creator-style videos. It picks the hook, generates the footage and the voice, cuts everything to 9:16, and adds the captions. The good ones also schedule and post for you, which matters more than people expect, because a folder full of videos nobody published isn't worth much. PikoReels does both halves.

#### Can AI actually make UGC-style videos that work?

A lot of the time, yes, though not for the reason people expect. Short-form audiences react to the hook, the pacing and what you're claiming, not to how polished the video looks, and you win or lose it in the first three seconds. So the way to use AI UGC is to make plenty of versions, watch which ones hold attention, and drop the rest. Treated as volume plus measurement it works well. Treated as one perfect video, it usually doesn't.

#### How often should I post UGC?

Three to five times a week is the usual starting point on TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Daily is better if you can keep it up, because these platforms need volume before they work out who your content should go to. Being consistent matters more than going hard for a week. A steady month beats twenty posts in five days followed by nothing.

#### What's the difference between UGC and influencer marketing?

With influencer marketing you're paying for someone's audience. They post to their followers and you borrow that reach for a moment. With UGC you're paying for the content itself, and then you run it from your own account or put ad spend behind it. UGC tends to be cheaper, easier to test, and it stays yours. An influencer post borrows trust you don't get to keep.

#### Is AI-generated content allowed on TikTok and Instagram?

Yes, both allow it, and both want you to label it when the content looks realistic. TikTok asks you to switch on its AI-generated toggle, and it will add a label itself if it detects one in the file. Meta shows AI info labels across Instagram and Facebook. Labelling is the normal expectation rather than an edge case, and what tends to get taken down is the stuff that wasn't labelled. It's worth checking the current policy now and then, because these rules keep moving.

## Pages

- [Pricing](https://pikoreels.com/pricing): the full entitlement, per-model rates and top-up packs.
- [Features](https://pikoreels.com/features): the four product areas.
- [Use cases](https://pikoreels.com/use-cases): by platform and by audience.
- [Comparisons](https://pikoreels.com/vs): how PikoReels compares to every rival, dated.
- [Tools](https://pikoreels.com/tools): free short-form tools.
- [Glossary](https://pikoreels.com/glossary): the vocabulary of the category.
- [Blog](https://pikoreels.com/blog): longer pieces.
- [Developer resources](https://pikoreels.com/developers): MCP, llms.txt and the markdown API.

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