Sora Alternatives

OpenAI's help center, read on 11 October 2026, says:

• The Sora web and app experiences were discontinued on April 26, 2026
• The Sora API was discontinued on September 24, 2026
• Content can be exported from sora.chatgpt.com/sunset; purchased ChatGPT and Sora credits can be used for Codex

If you made videos in Sora, export them now: OpenAI says it will permanently delete Sora data after any final export window.

Realistic, cinematic clips with sound: Veo 3.1. Google's model makes video with native audio, in the Gemini app, Google Flow and the Gemini API.

• Veo 3.1 makes video with native audio, in the Gemini app, Google Flow and the Gemini API
• Gemini API, per second: Veo 3.1 $0.40 (720p and 1080p) and $0.60 (4K); Veo 3.1 Fast $0.10 (720p), $0.12 (1080p), $0.30 (4K); Veo 3.1 Lite $0.05 (720p), $0.08 (1080p)
• Veo is not on the Gemini API free tier; you are charged only when a video is generated
• Google AI plan prices vary by country

Realistic human motion: Kling. Kling 3.0 adds native audio on its API.

• API list price: 1 unit = $0.14
• Kling 3.0: $0.084 a second at 720p and $0.112 at 1080p without native audio; $0.126 and $0.168 with native audio; $0.42 at 4K
• Kling 3.0 Turbo with native audio: $0.112 a second at 720p, $0.14 at 1080p
• The consumer membership prices are not on a public page: the plan page sends signed-out visitors to the home page

A full creative studio: Runway. Its own Gen-4.5 model, outside models such as Kling 3.0, and editing tools.

• Free: $0, 125 one-time credits
• Standard: $15 a month, or $12 a month billed yearly, 625 credits a month (52 seconds of Gen-4.5), no watermarks
• Pro: $35 a month, or $28 a month billed yearly, 2,250 credits a month
• Max: $95 a month, or $76 a month billed yearly, 9,500 credits a month, unused credits roll over for a month
• Gen-4.5 uses 12 credits a second (60 credits for 5 seconds); the plans also include other models such as Kling 3.0 and Nano Banana Pro

Low cost per second: Hailuo. MiniMax's app for its H3 models, cheapest on yearly plans.

• Free: $0, one-time free trial credits, Hailuo models only
• Standard: $8.40 a month billed yearly ($100.80 a year), 1,000 credits a month
• Pro: $30.40 a month billed yearly ($364.80 a year), 4,500 credits a month
• Master: $71.20 a month billed yearly ($854.40 a year), 10,500 credits a month
• Max: $184 a month billed yearly ($2,208 a year), 27,000 credits a month
• On Standard, MiniMax H3 at 768P works out to $0.059 a second

Quick experiments across models: Pika. Credit packs for Seedance 2.5, Wan 3.0 and image models.

• Free: $0, no monthly credits (credit packs only), all models, no watermark, no commercial license
• Starter: $10 a month, or $8 a month billed yearly, 900 credits a month, no commercial license
• Creator: $35 a month, or $28 a month billed yearly, 3,150 credits a month, commercial license
• Fancy: $95 to $880 a month ($76 to $704 billed yearly), 8,550 credits a month and up
• Credit packs: 60 credits per $1; a 5 second 720p Seedance 2.5 video is 122 credits, a 5 second 720p Wan 3.0 video 33 credits

Ziztu is for stories rather than single clips: anime episodes, short films, music videos and ads. A Director turns an idea or a script into a shot list, character sheets keep the cast the same from shot to shot, and clips, music, voice and captions are cut on one timeline. It runs MiniMax H3, Kling, Seedance, Grok Imagine and HeyGen's video model on one credit balance: 50 credits for a 5 second H3 Max Turbo clip at 768P, 208 for 5 seconds of Kling 3.0 Pro at 1080p with sound. It does not offer Veo or Sora.

For a single photoreal clip with sound, Veo 3.1 is the closest replacement for what Sora did.

Every price and limit on this page comes from the official pages below, read on 11 October 2026. Prices change often; check them before you buy. Ziztu's own prices come from its pricing page.

• OpenAI: what to know about the Sora discontinuation (official page, read 11 October 2026)
• Google DeepMind: Veo (official page, read 11 October 2026)
• Gemini API pricing (official page, read 11 October 2026)
• Kling API pricing (official page, read 11 October 2026)
• Runway pricing (official page, read 11 October 2026)
• Hailuo plans (official page, read 11 October 2026)
• Pika pricing (official page, read 11 October 2026)
• Ziztu pricing