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Synthetic-media instruments, by article and effective date

SceneMixer and Pika on what actually moves a visible mark

Both entries describe a visible mark that a payment removes. The difference is the grain and what stays behind: one gives paid members a per-render switch and keeps an invisible layer on; the other lifts the mark for every file from the $28 Pro tier. From 2 source pages, read 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-13; no maker pays to be listed.

Two paid routes, and what each leaves behindBoth remove the visible mark only for paying users. One gives paid members a per-render switch and keeps an invisible layer on; the other lifts the mark for every file from a named tier.A paid member's switchA tier boundaryGrainRender by renderEvery file on the tierEvidence it leavesA note made when it movedAn invoiceLeft in the fileAn invisible watermarkNothing documentedSame layer on the surface, different floors underneath
Fig. 1 Bought either way; the grain and the residue differ.
SceneMixer and Pika on the same column, point by point. Recorded 2026-10-13 and 2026-09-12.
PointSceneMixerPika
What removes the markA paid member's switch, per renderThe plan: watermark-free download from $28 Pro upward
Recoverable afterwards fromWhen the switch moved, if it was notedAn invoice
What stays in the fileAn invisible watermark, per the termsNothing documented

Inclusion rule. Two entries whose published answers to one column pull in different directions. Cells hold each vendor's own wording from the page its entry names; pairs that agree on the column are not filed at all. Order. Fixed order, and the two columns are in the order the heading gives them.

1Both are bought; the grain differs

Neither entry lets a free user remove the mark. What the payment buys differs: a tier boundary that puts every file in one state, or a switch the paid member sets render by render. The first is easier to reconstruct from an invoice; the second fits a production that needs marked review copies and clean masters.

2What stays behind

On one entry the terms keep a hidden signal on every file, a watermark or content credential built to survive compression, so paying lifts the badge and leaves the signal. The other describes nothing on that layer either way.

3Neither page decides the publisher's duty

A clean-looking file is not a disclosed one. Whatever paragraph 4 asks of whoever publishes the work is unchanged by either arrangement.

  • SceneMixer
    Paid members can switch the badge off for later renders; the terms make removing the visible label an optional paid feature where the law permits, which can be audited and revokedcontrol over the visible markSceneMixer, terms of service / recorded 2026-10-13
  • SceneMixer
    Output carries an invisible, compression-resistant watermark or content credential under China's deep-synthesis provisions and EU AI Act Article 50, and the invisible layer is never removedmachine-readable markingSceneMixer, terms of service / recorded 2026-10-13
  • Pika
    Watermark-free download is listed from the $28 Pro plan upwardplan that removes the visible markPika, pricing / recorded 2026-09-12

4Sources

Read from the terms of service at scenemixer.com and the pricing page at pika.art, consulted 2026-10-13 and 2026-09-12. Full entries: SceneMixer and Pika. The column itself is on What it asks for. Other pairs on file: Kling and Hailuo on defaults, Sora and Runway.