OpenAI Sora

Text-to-video, API sunsetting

PaidAI media generationopenai.com

What it is

OpenAI's video model, Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro, offering synchronised audio, cameo-style character insertion and strong physical simulation. The Sora web and iOS apps were discontinued on 26 April 2026 after deepfake backlash and Disney's exit from the partnership.

Why it earns a slot

Still excellent at physically coherent multi-shot scenes and dialogue-driven storytelling, and Pro at 1080p remains a quality benchmark. Realistically it is now only worth touching to finish work already in flight.

Know before you commit

The Sora API shuts down permanently on 24 September 2026 and accepts no requests after that date. The consumer apps are already gone and ChatGPT Plus and Pro lost Sora access in April 2026. Do not build anything new on it - export your assets now.

Getting started

REST API via OpenAI, live only until 24 September 2026.

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Pricing snapshot

API only: Sora 2 $0.10/sec at 720p; Sora 2 Pro $0.30/sec (720p), $0.50 (1024p), $0.70 (1080p). Batch mode is 50% off. No consumer plan exists any more.

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Evaluate OpenAI Sora (https://openai.com/sora) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Text-to-video, API sunsetting. OpenAI's video model, Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro, offering synchronised audio, cameo-style character insertion and strong physical simulation. The Sora web and iOS apps were discontinued on 26 April 2026 after deepfake backlash and Disney's exit from the partnership.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Still excellent at physically coherent multi-shot scenes and dialogue-driven storytelling, and Pro at 1080p remains a quality benchmark. Realistically it is now only worth touching to finish work already in flight.
Watch out for: The Sora API shuts down permanently on 24 September 2026 and accepts no requests after that date. The consumer apps are already gone and ChatGPT Plus and Pro lost Sora access in April 2026. Do not build anything new on it - export your assets now.
Pricing: API only: Sora 2 $0.10/sec at 720p; Sora 2 Pro $0.30/sec (720p), $0.50 (1024p), $0.70 (1080p). Batch mode is 50% off. No consumer plan exists any more.
Setup: REST API via OpenAI, live only until 24 September 2026.
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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