Sora 2 Pro price: the short answer
There is no current OpenAI Sora API price to buy at: OpenAI says the Sora API was discontinued on September 24, 2026. Before shutdown, third-party sources reported Sora 2 Pro rates around $0.30 per generated second at 720p and $0.50 per second for higher-resolution output. Treat those figures as historical or provider-listed rates—not a verified current OpenAI price. (help.openai.com)
The historical reports do not line up perfectly on resolution or provider. For example, Eden AI lists Sora 2 Pro at $0.30 per second on its platform, while eesel AI reports $0.50 per second for 1792 × 1024 landscape or 1024 × 1792 portrait. These listings do not establish that either rate was an OpenAI-direct price or remains available through an intermediary.
| Reported rate | What the source says | How to interpret it |
|---|---|---|
| $0.30/second | Eden AI lists Sora 2 Pro video generation at this rate. | A third-party platform listing; not confirmed as a current OpenAI-direct rate. |
| $0.30/second | eesel AI reports this historical rate for 1280 × 720. | Historical reporting, not a purchasable quote. |
| $0.50/second | eesel AI reports this historical rate for 1792 × 1024 landscape or 1024 × 1792 portrait. | Historical reporting; other listings do not consistently map this rate to the same dimensions. |
What would a Sora 2 Pro video have cost?
For a simple historical estimate, multiply generated seconds by the reported per-second rate:
- 10 seconds at $0.30/second: 10 × $0.30 = $3.
- 10 seconds at $0.50/second: 10 × $0.50 = $5.
- 30 seconds at $0.50/second: 30 × $0.50 = $15.
These are arithmetic examples using third-party reported rates, not current quotes. They assume linear billing by generated duration and exclude any minimum charges, rounding, retries, failed generations, or other fees. The captured sources do not establish current billing rules for those cases. eesel AI says retries were chargeable under the historical API, but does not provide a detailed policy.
Can you use Sora 2 Pro through a production API now?
Not through OpenAI’s Sora API: OpenAI’s discontinuation notice gives September 24, 2026 as the API shutdown date. That makes historical Sora 2 Pro pricing unsuitable as a production budget for a new OpenAI API integration. (help.openai.com)
Third-party pages are not a substitute for confirmation of a working route. Together AI says Sora 2 Pro is unavailable on its Serverless API; that statement applies to that deployment option, not every provider. Other captured listings show prices or build buttons, but do not establish current operational availability. Before relying on any intermediary, confirm directly with that provider that Sora 2 Pro can actually be generated, and check its current model identifier, endpoint, billing rules, supported outputs, and production terms.
Do not copy Sora 2 API instructions and assume they work for Sora 2 Pro: the available example in the captured Eden AI page uses the Sora 2 model identifier, not a confirmed Pro identifier. For a new production project, budget against a currently available provider and its own documented rate card—not these historical Sora 2 Pro figures.
Sources
What to know about the Sora discontinuation — OpenAI Help Center
OpenAI Sora 2 API: Pricing & Features — Eden AI
Sora 2 in the API pricing (2026): final per-second rates — eesel AI