Sora Pricing: What It Cost and What Replaces It in 2026
Sora is gone: the app closed on April 26, 2026 and the API on September 24, 2026, so it cannot be bought at any price. Before that, the API charged $0.10 per second for sora-2 at 720p ($0.80 for 8 seconds) and up to $0.70 per second for sora-2-pro at 1080p. OpenAI has not named a replacement video model.
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Prices checked against Sora (OpenAI Sora 2)'s pricing page on . USD, US prices.
The numbers Sora (OpenAI Sora 2)'s pricing page does not show
$0.80
One 8-second output, from
Plan price divided by what one output consumes. The arithmetic for every plan is below.
Plans
Sora (OpenAI Sora 2) plans and prices
Discontinued. OpenAI's text and image to video model with synced audio. The Sora app and website shut down on April 26, 2026, and the Sora 2 models and Videos API shut down on September 24, 2026.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly (per month) | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| API sora-2 (historical) | n/a | n/a | Pay per second: $0.10/s at 720x1280 or 1280x720. Last published list price. Shut down on September 24, 2026. |
| API sora-2-pro (historical) | n/a | n/a | Pay per second: $0.30/s at 720p, $0.50/s at 1024x1792 or 1792x1024, $0.70/s at 1080x1920 or 1920x1080. Last published list price. Shut down on September 24, 2026. |
Credits
What the credits actually buy
No longer applies. The API billed per second of output with no credits: sora-2 at $0.10/s (720p) and sora-2-pro at $0.30/s (720p), $0.50/s (1024x1792) or $0.70/s (1080p). OpenAI's deprecations page lists no replacement for the Videos API, sora-2 or sora-2-pro.
The derived number
What one 8-second video really costs
The unit: one 8-second sora-2 video at 720p through the API (historical price; it can no longer be bought). Plan price divided by what one output consumes.
| Plan | Cost of one | How we got it |
|---|---|---|
| API sora-2, 720p (historical) | $0.80 | 8s x $0.10/s = $0.80. No longer purchasable. |
| API sora-2-pro, 1080p (historical) | $5.60 | 8s x $0.70/s = $5.60. No longer purchasable. |
Heavy use
What 100 videos a month cost
| Plan | 100 a month | How we got it |
|---|---|---|
| Any | n/a | Not possible: the app and API are discontinued. On sora-2 it would have been 100 x $0.80 = $80. |
One plan, every model
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Same yardstick
The same maths on Hooked
Hooked does not offer Sora, but it runs the video models people moved to: an 8-second Veo 3.1 Lite clip at 720p is 32 credits ($0.93 on Pro), Veo 3.1 Fast is 80 credits ($2.32) and Seedance 2.0 Fast is 88 credits ($2.55). The old sora-2 API price of $0.80 per clip is close to Veo 3.1 Fast through Studio ($89 one-time, bring your own API keys), where you pay the provider $0.80, or Veo 3.1 Lite at $0.32. One plan covers several models, so losing one of them does not break your workflow.
| On Hooked | Credits | Pro, monthly | Pro, yearly | Studio, your own key | 100 a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veo 3.1 Lite, 720p | 32 | $0.93 | $0.77 | $0.32 to the provider | $116 (Pro + 1 × 1,500-credit pack + 2 × 500-credit pack) |
| Kling 3.0, 1080p | 72 | $2.09 | $1.74 | $0.72 to the provider | $235 (Pro + 1 × 4,000-credit pack + 1 × 1,500-credit pack + 2 × 500-credit pack) |
| Veo 3.1 Fast, 720p | 80 | $2.32 | $1.93 | $0.80 to the provider | $246 (Pro + 1 × 4,000-credit pack + 2 × 1,500-credit pack) |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | 88 | $2.55 | $2.13 | $0.96 to the provider | $267 (Pro + 2 × 4,000-credit pack) |
Pro is $29/month or $290/year for 1,000 credits a month; extra credits come in packs from $19 for 500. The Studio is $89 once and runs on your own API keys, so you pay the model provider directly at their rate.
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- Or $89 once for the Studio with your own API keys
Read the small print
Costs that are easy to miss
- There is no way to generate Sora video from OpenAI as of September 25, 2026.
- OpenAI's deprecations page lists no replacement for the Videos API, sora-2 or sora-2-pro.
- App features such as reusable characters never had an API equivalent.
- Pipelines built on the Sora 2 API need a new provider.
Honesty note
What we could not confirm
- The April 26, 2026 app shutdown date comes from press and search results quoting OpenAI's help center, which could not be opened. The API shutdown date is on OpenAI's deprecations page.
- The prices of the ChatGPT plans that included Sora app access are not listed here.
- Whether any Sora video generation remains inside ChatGPT is not confirmed on an official page.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Sora still available?
No. OpenAI closed the Sora app and website on April 26, 2026 and shut down the Sora 2 API on September 24, 2026.
How much did the Sora 2 API cost?
sora-2 was $0.10 per second at 720p. sora-2-pro was $0.30 per second at 720p, $0.50 at 1024x1792 and $0.70 at 1080p.
How much did an 8-second Sora video cost?
$0.80 on sora-2 at 720p, and $5.60 on sora-2-pro at 1080p, through the API.
What replaced Sora?
OpenAI has not named a replacement video model. Other text-to-video models with audio include Google's Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and Seedance 2.0.
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Before you pay for Sora (OpenAI Sora 2)
Sources
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/sora-2
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/sora-2-pro
- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations
- https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001152-what-to-know-about-the-sora-discontinuation
- https://9to5google.com/2026/03/24/openai-shutting-down-sora-video-generation-app-but-without-explaining-why/
- https://www.trustpilot.com/review/sora.chatgpt.com
- https://community.openai.com/t/is-the-sora2-api-still-working/1379946
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