Sora Pricing in 2026: Is There Anything Left to Buy?

If you are looking up Sora pricing to decide whether to subscribe, the short answer is that there may be nothing to subscribe to. According to OpenAI's announcement, on March 24, 2026 the company said it was discontinuing the Sora web and mobile apps. The Sora 2 API was scheduled to be discontinued on September 24, 2026, according to Replicate and multiple reports. This page summarizes what that means for existing users and developers, what a replacement costs, and how a flat $1 per video option compares. You can try 3 free videos here after signup while you evaluate replacements.

What happened to Sora

Two dates matter:

• March 24, 2026: OpenAI announced it was discontinuing the Sora web and mobile apps.
• September 24, 2026: the scheduled end of the Sora 2 API, per Replicate and several reports.

We are relaying public reports here, not OpenAI's internal plans. If you have a business relying on Sora, check OpenAI's own announcements and your account dashboard for exact dates, remaining balances and data export options.

Why Sora pricing pages are out of date

Many articles still list Sora plan prices and per-clip costs from 2025. Those numbers no longer help you buy anything if the apps are closed. Worse, some sites use "Sora pricing" to sell unrelated tools under Sora's name. A sensible rule: if a page offers you Sora access after the discontinuation dates, verify who is actually running the model before paying.

Developers have a more practical problem. If your product calls the Sora 2 API directly or through a host such as Replicate, the reported September 24, 2026 cutoff means requests will stop working. Budget time to test a replacement model with your real prompts, because output style, clip length and aspect-ratio handling all differ between models. Swapping the endpoint is the easy part; re-tuning prompts usually takes longer.

Sora pricing today vs a working alternative

Sora earned its reputation with strong realism and physics. Replacing it is less about finding an identical model and more about matching what you used it for.

Match your old Sora use to a replacement

• Short social clips: a pay-per-video tool is the lowest-commitment switch. Here, each 3-30 second clip is $1, with 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 16:9 and 2:3 presets, and credits never expire.
• Clips with synchronized audio: Google's Veo generates native audio; see Veo 3 pricing for how that is billed.
• Heavy daily production: a subscription with a large credit allowance, such as Kling or Runway, can beat $1 per clip if you use every credit. Our Kling pricing breakdown shows the math.

Worked example: a creator who made about 15 Sora clips a month for TikTok can cover that with a $20 top-up here, and the 5 unused videos roll into the next month. Nothing resets.

Moving your workflow over

Keep your best Sora prompts: most of what made them work (subject, action, setting, camera move, lighting) carries over to other models. Our prompt enhancer can expand a short idea into a detailed shot description, and Remix lets you start from any video in our public feed and change its prompt. One thing to know upfront: every clip you make here appears in that public feed by default, and you can Unpublish it at any time. For a broader list of options, see Sora alternatives. When you are ready, generate your first replacement clip.