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        "price": 20,
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          "1000 credits/month",
          "Basic Sora access",
          "~5 videos per month"
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        "price": 200,
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          "10000 credits/month",
          "Sora 2 Pro model",
          "Unlimited relaxed mode",
          "Priority access"
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        "name": "API",
        "price": "$0.10-0.50",
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          "720p at $0.10/sec",
          "1080p at $0.30/sec",
          "1024p at $0.50/sec",
          "Developer access"
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  "verdict": "Sora is bundled into OpenAI's ChatGPT subscriptions, there is no standalone Sora plan. Plus subscribers ($20/month) get unlimited 480p video generation and up to 720p with credits, while Pro subscribers ($200/month) unlock 1080p, 20-second clips, and 10,000 monthly credits. The credit system is steep at higher resolutions: a single 5-second 1080p clip burns ~200 credits, meaning Pro users get roughly 50 HD clips per month. The API charges $0.10-0.50/second depending on resolution. For occasional short clips, Plus is reasonable. For production video work, the cost-per-second makes Sora significantly more expensive than Runway or Pika.",
  "bestFor": "ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo): Unlimited 480p generation is included in the $20/month you are already paying, no extra cost if you just want quick, low-res concept videos or social media clips | ChatGPT Pro ($200/mo): 10,000 credits plus unlimited relaxed-mode generation, 1080p resolution, and 20-second clips. Worth it only if you also heavily use GPT-5, o1 Pro, and other Pro features | Sora API ($0.10-0.50/second): Pay-per-second API pricing with no subscription commitment. Standard quality at $0.10/sec is competitive for automated workflows generating high volumes of short clips",
  "hiddenCosts": [
    "There is no standalone Sora subscription. You must pay for ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo) or Pro ($200/mo) to access Sora at all, the free tier lost Sora access in January 2026",
    "Credit consumption scales dramatically with resolution: 480p uses ~4 credits/second, 720p ~16 credits/second, 1080p ~40 credits/second. A single 10-second 1080p video burns 400 credits, 4% of the entire Pro monthly allocation",
    "Plus users are capped at 1,000 credits for higher-quality generation (720p+). That is roughly 12 five-second 720p clips or ~50 five-second 480p clips beyond the unlimited low-res tier",
    "No watermark removal on Plus. Only Pro subscribers get watermark-free downloads, which makes Plus-generated videos unusable for professional or client-facing work",
    "Maximum video duration is short: 5 seconds on Plus, 20 seconds on Pro. Generating a 60-second video requires multiple clips stitched together, each consuming credits separately",
    "API pricing has no volume discounts. Whether you generate 10 seconds or 10,000 seconds per month, the per-second rate stays fixed at $0.10-0.50",
    "Credits do not roll over month to month. Unused Pro credits (10,000) expire at the end of each billing cycle"
  ],
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  "partnerLink": false,
  "correction": "This price may be out of date. If the vendor's page differs, call report_issue with evidence_url and quote, or verify_price.",
  "provenance": {
    "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-09-28",
    "sourceUrl": "https://openai.com/sora",
    "confidence": "low"
  },
  "source": "Toolradar",
  "citation": "Toolradar, verified 2026-09-28, https://toolradar.com/tools/sora/pricing",
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