Sora 2
Sora produces some of the most photoreal output on the market with strong physics and native audio, but OpenAI announced in March 2026 that it is winding the product down: the web and app experiences closed on 26 April 2026 and the API shuts off on 24 September 2026. Listed here only so anyone still calling it knows the deadline.
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sora-2 Price
$0.10
/ video sec
Context
—
not token-based
Max output
—
varies
Pricing caveat: The API shuts down on 24 September 2026 — do not start new work on it. 720p standard; the Pro tier ran $0.30/sec at 720p and $0.70/sec at 1080p. Batch was half price. Veo 3.1 Fast and Kling 3.0 are the closest replacements.
Where Sora 2 fits
- Migrating existing Sora pipelines elsewhere
Specifications
- API model ID
- sora-2
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Model family
- Sora
- Released
- October 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- —
- Context window
- —
- Max output
- —
- Native reasoning
- No
- Relative latency
- high
- Input modalities
- text, image
- Output modalities
- video, audio
- Open weights
- No
- Cached input
- —
- Batch discount
- —
Frequently asked
How much does Sora 2 cost?
Sora 2 is billed at $0.10 / video sec.
What is Sora 2's context window?
Context limits for Sora 2 depend on the input format rather than a token count.
Is Sora 2 a reasoning model?
No. Sora 2 answers directly without a native thinking phase, which keeps latency and cost predictable.
What is Sora 2 best for?
Nothing new — migrate off. Sora produces some of the most photoreal output on the market with strong physics and native audio, but OpenAI announced in March 2026 that it is winding the product down: the web and app experiences closed on 26 April 2026 and the API shuts off on 24 September 2026. Listed here only so anyone still calling it knows the deadline.