Sora 2
FAIR · middle third for this operationOpenAI Sora 2 (720p) costs $0.50 for 5 seconds of video. That is the middle third of the 27 entries we price on the same operation.
Sora 2 · the arithmetic
the unit$0.1 per second of video · Pay-as-you-go API price, no plan required. Batch API halves it to $0.05/second.
the meterbilled per second of generated video
the sum$0.10 per second declared on the OpenAI pricing page for sora-2 at 720p, multiplied by the duration.
the verdictFAIR · middle third for this operation
the catchEXPIRES 24 SEPTEMBER 2026: OpenAI's docs carry a deprecation banner - 'The Sora 2 video generation models and Videos API are deprecated and will shut down on September 24, 2026.' The price above is today's and is correct until that date. The consumer Sora app is a separate product. Duration granularity: the guide only documents 8 (in its code examples), 16 and 20 as 'seconds' values and never publishes the full list, so a real 5-second buy may cost the price of an 8-second clip ($0.80). Extensions add up to 20s each, six times, for 120s total. Resolution: 720p.
read on 14 sep 2026 · pricing page ↗ · documentation ↗
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How much does Sora 2 cost on OpenAI?
$0.50 for 5s of video, read from OpenAI's own pages on 14 sep 2026. The meter: billed per second of generated video.
Where does this number come from?
$0.10 per second declared on the OpenAI pricing page for sora-2 at 720p, multiplied by the duration.
What counts as one operation here?
5s of video. Every entry in the same operation is priced on that same unit, which is what makes the comparison mean anything.