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Sora pricing, features, company info, and alternatives

A factual product page for OpenAI's video generation app.

Last updated April 2026 · Pricing and features verified against official documentation

Categories Image & Video
Starting price $20/month
Company OpenAI
Verified Apr 19, 2026

Pricing

Current public pricing tiers on file for Sora, last verified Apr 19, 2026.

Sora preview

$0

Initial rollout is invite-only and access is limited.

ChatGPT Plus

$20 / month

Includes Sora access with up to 480p and 10s generations.

ChatGPT Pro

$200 / month

Includes higher limits, up to 1080p and 20s generations, and watermark-free downloads.

What You Can Do With It

The main capabilities that shape how people use Sora today.

Generate short video clips from text prompts or images.

Control video length, resolution, and concurrent generation limits on paid plans.

Use feed, remix, and editing workflows for iterative creation.

Create and review outputs inside the Sora app and web surface.

Best For

Who Sora is most clearly built for.

Creators who want to prototype short-form video ideas quickly.

Teams that want prompt-to-video experimentation with a social feed workflow.

Users who are already on ChatGPT Plus or Pro and want to explore video generation.

Platforms

Where you can use Sora today.

Web

iOS

Android

Integrations

Notable connected tools and ecosystem hooks for Sora.

ChatGPT account

Sora feed

Remix tools

Privacy Notes

Publicly stated data-handling notes that matter when evaluating Sora.

Current ChatGPT Free, Enterprise, and Edu accounts are not eligible for Sora access.

Paid plans get different generation limits and queue priority.

Access remains tied to the ChatGPT subscription tier and rollout stage.

Access

How to integrate or build around Sora.

Public API

No

Alternatives

Other tools worth considering alongside Sora.

Runway

AI media platform for image, video, and audio generation and editing.

Pika

AI video creation platform for turning prompts into short-form motion content.

Luma AI

Generative AI platform for image, video, audio, and agent workflows.

Product Snapshot

Sora is an openAI’s video generation app for creating short clips from prompts and images. It is aimed at creators who want to prototype short-form video ideas quickly.

What You Can Do With It

Why It Stands Out

It is built for creators who want to prototype short-form video ideas quickly.

Tradeoffs To Know

Changes to this tool page

  1. April 2026 Removed a generic pricing caveat that was not specific enough to this tool after a catalog review.
Sources
  1. openai.com/sora
  2. help.openai.com/en/articles/9957612-generating-videos-on-sora
  3. help.openai.com/en/articles/10245774-sora-billing-credits-faq
  4. openai.com/about
  5. openai.com/index/sora-2
  6. help.openai.com/en/articles/12456897-getting-started-with-the-sora-app