Sora
OpenAI's video model, discontinued as a consumer product in April 2026.
No longer usable as a consumer tool. OpenAI killed the ChatGPT-bundled app and website on April 26, 2026, citing cost (reportedly over $1M/day to run against a fraction of that in revenue). The developer Sora API survives on a wind-down clock, sunsetting September 24, 2026, after which nothing named Sora will be purchasable in any form.
Wrong forAnyone looking to actually generate video today, this tool is off the table. Use Veo, Kling, Luma or Pika instead.
- Best for
- Historical reference only, not a current pick
- Pricing
- Discontinued: consumer app and web product shut down April 26, 2026; no ChatGPT plan includes it anymore
Verified secondary · source: techcrunch.comx.comhelp.openai.com
Discontinuation confirmed via two independent research passes: an initial finding, then a deliberately adversarial second pass instructed to find evidence AGAINST the claim first. Neither could load sora.chatgpt.com, openai.com/sora or help.openai.com directly (403s / domain-verification blocks in the sandbox), so this rests on strong, cross-corroborated secondary reporting: three separate TechCrunch articles, OpenAI's own farewell post on X dated 2026-03-24, and an OpenAI help-center article titled "What to know about the Sora discontinuation", referenced consistently across sources rather than read first-party. High confidence (~90%) the consumer product is genuinely gone, not merely rebranded or regionally restricted: both dates are consistent across sources, and no source qualifies the shutdown as partial. Dollar figures (cost/revenue/user counts) are unverified beyond repeated citation of one WSJ story and are not used in this entry.
What it's actually used for
- Follows long, specific prompts more literally than most video models
- Was bundled with ChatGPT Plus/Pro until OpenAI discontinued the consumer product
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