As of November 8, 2026, Sora has no current purchasable price. OpenAI discontinued the Sora web and app experiences on April 26, 2026, and discontinued the Sora API on September 24, 2026. That means you can’t currently buy Sora access through a ChatGPT subscription or start a new production integration with the Sora API. (help.openai.com)
Consumer access is not the same as API pricing
A ChatGPT subscription price should not be treated as a current Sora price: OpenAI says the Sora web and app experiences have ended. Third-party pages that list ChatGPT Plus at $20 per month do not establish that Sora access is currently included or available. (help.openai.com)
The API was a separate developer product, not a per-video add-on to a ChatGPT subscription. OpenAI’s developer documentation lists the Sora models and Videos API among the features removed on September 24, 2026. For a new production project, there is no current Sora API rate to budget against. (developers.openai.com)
Historical Sora API rates—not current quotes
For reference only, a third-party pricing article reports these former API rates. The figures below are not a current offer, and the cited article is not OpenAI’s pricing documentation; treat them as reported historical figures rather than independently confirmed official rates. (eesel.ai)
| Former model and output size | Reported historical rate | Example: 5 seconds |
|---|---|---|
sora-2, 1280 × 720 |
$0.10 per second | $0.50 |
sora-2-pro, 1280 × 720 |
$0.30 per second | $1.50 |
sora-2-pro, 1792 × 1024 landscape or 1024 × 1792 portrait |
$0.50 per second | $2.50 |
The example arithmetic is duration × reported rate—for instance, 5 × $0.30 = $1.50 for a five-second sora-2-pro clip at 1280 × 720. These examples describe former API generation costs, not a price you can pay today. The third-party article also says repeated generations could add cost, but the captured research does not include an authoritative OpenAI billing policy for retries. (eesel.ai)
Bottom line
- Sora app or web access: discontinued April 26, 2026; no current purchase price.
- Sora production API: discontinued September 24, 2026; no current API rate for new work.
- Historical API figures: reported at $0.10–$0.50 per second in a third-party article; use only as historical context, not as an OpenAI quote. (
help.openai.com)
Sources
What to know about the Sora discontinuation — OpenAI Help Center