Short answer
There is no current free-user Sora limit because Sora is no longer available. OpenAI discontinued the Sora web and app experiences on April 26, 2026. It also discontinued the Sora API on September 24, 2026. So, as of November 10, 2026, there is no active Sora free quota to plan around—and no production Sora API to budget for. (help.openai.com)
What about claims of 6, 15, or 30 free videos a day?
Those figures appeared in search-result snippets, but the reported numbers conflict and the captured material does not establish them as official Sora limits. They should not be treated as a current allowance. In any case, past usage figures cannot tell you how many videos you can generate now that the consumer product has been discontinued. (help.openai.com)
The available official discontinuation notice confirms the end dates; it does not establish a final free-user quota, reset schedule, or rules for how duration or resolution counted. That means a precise historical quota cannot be responsibly stated from these sources.
Is Sora API use a paid alternative?
No—not now. OpenAI says the Sora API was discontinued on September 24, 2026. This is separate from the web and app shutdown, which happened earlier, on April 26, 2026. A consumer free allowance and API billing are different questions; neither provides a current way to generate videos with Sora. (help.openai.com)
A third-party article in the supplied research reported API prices of $0.10 per generated second for Sora 2 at 720p and $0.50 per second for Sora 2 Pro at 1024p. Those figures are not a current quote or usable budget estimate: they are third-party claims, and the API has since been discontinued. (help.openai.com)
Budget takeaway: don’t budget around a daily Sora free limit or those historical API rates. Both the Sora consumer experiences and API have ended; the cited official notice does not provide a current Sora generation option or price.
Sources
What to know about the Sora discontinuation — OpenAI Help Center