A default stated against a default that follows
Both entries answer the default question and only one of them states it. On one, the price list names the model and resolution an untouched project runs on. On the other, every plan carries the same house model, so the answer follows from the menu having one line. As of 2026-09-22.
| On this point | SceneMixer | Pika |
|---|---|---|
| How the answer is established | Stated on the price list | Follows from one model per plan |
| Number of purchasable models | Five tiers, each named | One, across every plan |
| Is a version given | Yes, beside the rate | The model name, without a version |
| What a change to it reaches | Projects nobody configured | Every plan at once |
| Fallback listed | No earlier generation | No earlier generation |
Inclusion rule. Both cells on a row come from the entry's own priced pages. A default is recorded when the page states one, or when a single-model menu makes the answer follow. Order. How the answer is established first, then what it covers.
1A stated default is auditable; an implied one is merely true
Where a page names the starting model and version, two dated readings settle whether it moved. Where the answer follows from there being one line, a version change leaves no trace on the page at all.
Both entries genuinely answer the question. Only one of them will still answer it after the engine underneath has been replaced.
2Version granularity separates them
One entry prints a version beside each rate; the other prints a model name that has no public version string. So on one page an in-place update would be visible and on the other it would not.
That is the difference between detecting a swap and detecting a rename. The version question sets out why the second is much weaker evidence.
3Neither keeps an older line
Five current tiers and one house model both leave a production with nothing to fall back to when the engine moves. The five tiers spread the choice without deepening it.
Three entries in this register do list a previous generation. All three treat it as a menu rather than a commitment, which the succession column records entry by entry.
- Default tierWan 3.0 at 480Pwhat a new project gets
4Sources
Both readings come from the pages the entries publish themselves: SceneMixer and Pika, read 2026-09-22. The column being compared is Default tier. Other pairs: Foundry and Runway, The Gemini API and LTX Studio.