Sora is OpenAI’s generative text‑to‑video model, capable of creating new video content from textual instructions or extending existing media. It uses advanced diffusion-transformer technology adapted from DALL·E and GPT architectures. Besides text-only inputs, it supports image-to-video, video extension, remixing, blending, looping, and storyboard editing

Sora
Sora is a cutting-edge AI model that transforms text into short video clips. It was officially released on December 9, 2024, after a preview launch in early 2024.
Updated Sep 8, 2026
Pricing Paid
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Key Features
What’s in the toolkit?
- 01
Text-to-video generation: Produce photorealistic clips (720p–1080p) of up to 20 seconds from prompts.
- 02
Remix & Blend: Alter or merge scenes by re-writing prompts or combining video clips.
- 03
Storyboard Editor: Frame-by-frame prompt control for sequencing scenes.
- 04
Style Presets: Apply visual styles like “cardboard & papercraft” or cinematic film noir.
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Transparency Measures: Videos include C2PA metadata and visible watermark by default to indicate AI-generated origin.
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Re-cut & Loop: Trim, extend, and create seamless repeating videos.
What is Sora?
Creating video from text.
- Category
- AI Text to Video Generator
- Pricing
- Paid
- Platform Access
- 2 features
Use Cases
Where teams put it to work
- 01
Quick concept videos for marketing, social content, or education.
- 02
Visualize scenes for film, animation, or presentations.
- 03
Create visual pitches, ad snippets, or promo reels.
- 04
Explore mood boards or stylistic visions in video form.
- 05
Blend and remix visuals to explore creative expression with iterative prompts.
Workflow
How to use Sora?
- 01
Log into sora.com via a ChatGPT Plus or Pro account.
- 02
Use the video editor interface to input text prompts, or upload an image or video as a starting point.
- 03
Set your desired aspect ratio, resolution, duration, and variation count.
- 04
Generate video; typically in under a minute.
- 05
Re-cut to change length
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Remix to apply new prompts
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Blend to merge with other clips
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Loop for seamless repeats
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Save, favorite, share via link, or download the video in MP4 format. Deleted videos cannot be recovered.
Pricing
Pricing for Sora
- ChatGPT Plus ($20/month): 720p video, 5 sec max, ~50 priority videos/month, watermark
- ChatGPT Pro ($200/month) :1080p video, 20 sec max, ~500 priority videos/month, no watermark
Who is it for
Who is Sora for?
Frequently Asked Questions
Up to 20 seconds with ChatGPT Plus/Pro.
No, Sora does not generate audio; voiceovers or soundtracks must be added separately.
Yes, use Re‑cut to trim or extend, Remix to re-prompt changes, and Blend to merge multiple clips.
Sora may struggle with realistic human motion, hand rendering, physics simulation, and multi-character complexity.
Yes; Pro users can download videos without a watermark and generate multiple videos simultaneously. Plus users get watermark-protected downloads .
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