OpenAI shut the Sora 2 API down on 24 Sep 2026
Sora 2 Pro — specs, Sora 2 vs Pro, and what to use now
Sora 2 Pro was OpenAI's top video model: synced audio, up to 1080p and 20-second clips. It's been shut down. Here's what it did, how it differed from Sora 2 — and real clips next to the models that replace it.
- Shut down by OpenAI on 24 Sep 2026
- Was up to 1080p and 20 s, with audio
- Same prompt on Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and Wan 3
- Not listed in Kenerate's Video Studio
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Quick answer
What is Sora 2 Pro?
Sora 2 Pro (`sora-2-pro`) was OpenAI's production-grade Sora 2 model: "more polished, stable results" with synced audio, up to 1920×1080 and 20-second clips, at $0.30–$0.70 per second against Sora 2's $0.10 at 720p. OpenAI shut it down on 24 September 2026 without a replacement, and Kenerate's Video Studio no longer lists it. For the same kind of shot, use Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 or Wan 3 — all with sound.
Key facts
- Maker
- OpenAI
- Status
- Shut down 24 Sep 2026
- Model ID
- sora-2-pro (snapshot 2025-10-06)
- Sizes
- 1280×720 · 1792×1024 · 1920×1080, plus portrait
- Clip length
- Up to 20 s per generation
- Input
- Text or a start image
- Audio
- Synced audio built in
- On Kenerate
- Not listed in Video Studio
Real demo
One prompt: Sora 2 Pro vs Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and Wan 3
The same text prompt, 4 seconds each, 16:9. Switch tabs and turn the sound on.
- Sora 2 Pro. Smooth tracking on a backlit cat by a calm sea — but no stone harbour wall and no crashing waves. Came back at 1280×704.
- Veo 3.1 Fast. Cat on a stone harbour wall with waves breaking beside it and a low sun — the closest match to the prompt.
- Kling 3.0 Std. Striped tabby on a curved harbour wall above the waves, in daylight rather than golden hour.
- Wan 3. The most literal take: a tabby, a lighthouse in the background and waves crashing into spray.
Prompt: "A lighthouse keeper's tabby cat walks along a rain-wet stone harbour wall at golden hour, waves crash below and spray catches the light, slow tracking shot, cinematic" — unedited outputs, 12 November 2026.
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Sora 2 Pro test clips and the replacements
Two clips from Kenerate's old Sora 2 Pro route and the same harbour prompt on Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and Wan 3.
Unedited text-to-video clips made on 12 November 2026. "Use this prompt" opens the Sora clips' prompts on Veo 3.1 — Sora 2 Pro isn't in the Video Studio.
How to
How to replace Sora 2 Pro on Kenerate
- Time needed
- Steps
- 4 steps
Step 1
Pick the replacement by shot
Veo 3.1 for dialogue and cinematic sound, Kling 3.0 for expressive motion, Seedance 2.5 or Wan 3 for long takes up to 30 seconds.
Step 2
Paste your Sora prompt
Keep the structure that worked on Sora 2 Pro: subject, action, one camera move, light, and the sound in words. Put spoken lines in quotes for Veo 3.1.
Step 3
Match the frame and length
16:9 or 9:16 like Sora. Veo 3.1 makes 4, 6 or 8 s; Kling 3.0 3–15 s; Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3 up to 30 s — longer than Sora 2 Pro's 20.
Step 4
Run two models and compare
Same prompt on two models, keep the better take. In our test Veo 3.1 Fast followed the scene most closely and Wan 3 most literally.
See it in the app
Open Video Studio in Text to Video mode and write the shot — subject, action, camera move and light.
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Chapters
Checked 12 November 2026
Sora 2 vs Sora 2 Pro
How OpenAI described its two Sora 2 models in the API docs, before both were shut down.
| Sora 2 | Sora 2 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Model ID | sora-2 | sora-2-pro |
| OpenAI's description | Flagship video generation with synced audio | Most advanced synced-audio video generation |
| Meant for | Speed and exploration: social clips, prototypes | Production: cinematic footage, marketing assets |
| Quality | Good quality, quickly | More polished, stable results |
| Sizes | 1280×720 and 720×1280 | Adds 1792×1024 and 1920×1080, plus portrait |
| Clip length | Up to 20 s per generation | Up to 20 s per generation |
| Input | Text or a start image | Text or a start image |
| Render time and cost | Faster, cheaper | Slower, more expensive |
| Status | Shut down 24 Sep 2026 | Shut down 24 Sep 2026 |
From OpenAI's model pages, video generation guide and deprecations page, read on 12 November 2026. Per-second prices are in the FAQ below.
Sources: OpenAI API docs — sora-2-pro model page (shut down 24 Sep 2026), read 12 November 2026 · OpenAI API docs — sora-2 model page · OpenAI API docs — Video generation guide (historical) · OpenAI API docs — Deprecations (Sora 2 models and Videos API, 2026-03-24) · Wikipedia — Sora (text-to-video model) · Kenerate video studio
Engines
Sora 2 Pro alternatives in the studio
From Kenerate's live model list, 12 November 2026. All of these make sound and are listed in Video Studio.
- Closest to Sora 2 Pro
Google DeepMind
Veo 3.1
- Input
- Text, image or 3 refs
- Output
- 4/6/8 s · up to 4K · sound
Open Veo 3.1Best for
Dialogue and cinematic sound
Kuaishou
Kling 3.0 Pro
- Input
- Text or image
- Output
- 3–15 s · sound
Open Kling 3.0 ProBest for
Expressive motion and people
ByteDance
Seedance 2.5
- Input
- Text, image or 30 refs
- Output
- 4–30 s · up to 4K · sound
Open Seedance 2.5Best for
Long multi-shot clips
Alibaba
Wan 3
- Input
- Text, image or 10 refs
- Output
- 2–30 s · up to 1080p · sound
Open Wan 3Best for
Literal prompts and long takes
The demo above is unedited output of Veo 3.1 Fast, Kling v3 Standard and Wan 3.0, next to Kenerate's old Sora 2 Pro route.
Tips
What our Sora 2 Pro test showed
Notes from the clips on this page, made on 12 November 2026.
Sora 2 Pro's motion was smooth and unhurried, but it dropped parts of the prompt: no harbour wall, no crashing waves, no rain.
Night scenes drifted to dusk on Sora 2 Pro — say "after dark, street lamps lit" explicitly on any model.
Veo 3.1 Fast matched the whole scene best; Wan 3 took the prompt most literally and even added the lighthouse.
Kling 3.0 ignored golden hour — put the light first in the prompt if it matters.
Every model here added sound to the shot; describe the sound you want rather than leaving it to chance.
Lettering is still a weak spot: Sora 2 Pro drew squiggles on the accordion. Keep text out of the frame.
Old Sora downloads can be upscaled to 4K with Kenerate's Sora video upscaler.
FAQ
Sora 2 Pro questions
10 questions
What is Sora 2 Pro?
OpenAI's higher-quality Sora 2 model (sora-2-pro). It made video with synced audio from text or a start image, up to 1920×1080 and 20 seconds per generation. OpenAI pitched it for production work — "more polished, stable results" — while Sora 2 was the faster, cheaper model for exploring ideas. Both were shut down on 24 September 2026.
Link to this answerIs Sora 2 Pro still available?
No. OpenAI announced the end of Sora on 24 March 2026, closed the Sora app on 26 April 2026 and shut down the Videos API with sora-2 and sora-2-pro on 24 September 2026. Its docs say there is no one-to-one replacement.
Link to this answerCan I use Sora 2 Pro online on Kenerate?
Not in the Video Studio — Kenerate took Sora 2 Pro off the model list after OpenAI's shutdown. When we sent two test jobs to Kenerate's old Sora 2 Pro route on 12 November 2026 they still returned clips (shown above, 1280×704 instead of OpenAI's 1280×720), but the route is unlisted and unsupported, we can't confirm which model rendered them, and it may stop at any time. Use Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5 or Wan 3 instead.
Link to this answerHow much did Sora 2 Pro cost?
In OpenAI's API, $0.30 per second at 1280×720, $0.50 at 1792×1024 and $0.70 at 1920×1080 — so a 4-second 720p clip was $1.20 and a 20-second 1080p clip $14. Sora 2 was $0.10 a second at 720p. Kenerate billed its Sora 2 Pro route at the same rate in credits: 90 credits a second at 720p, which is 360 credits for each of our 4-second tests.
Link to this answerWhat's the difference between Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro?
Quality, size and price. Sora 2 Pro gave more polished, stable results and was the only one that rendered 1792×1024 and 1920×1080; Sora 2 stopped at 1280×720. Pro rendered more slowly and cost three to seven times as much per second. Both had synced audio, took text or a start image, and supported 16- and 20-second generations.
Link to this answerHow long could Sora 2 Pro videos be?
Up to 20 seconds per generation — OpenAI's guide says both Sora 2 models supported 16- and 20-second clips, and extensions could add 20 seconds at a time up to 120 seconds in total. Kenerate's route offered 4, 8, 12, 16 or 20 seconds.
Link to this answerDid Sora 2 Pro make sound?
Yes — synced audio was built in: OpenAI listed video and audio as its outputs. Every test clip on this page has a sound track; Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3 make sound too.
Link to this answerWhat is the best Sora 2 Pro alternative?
Veo 3.1 for dialogue and cinematic sound — in our same-prompt test Veo 3.1 Fast matched the scene most closely, for 180 credits (4 s, 720p, with sound) against 360 on the old Sora 2 Pro route. Wan 3 took the prompt most literally for 120 credits, Kling 3.0 is strong on expressive motion, and Seedance 2.5 or Wan 3 reach 30 seconds, longer than Sora 2 Pro's 20.
Link to this answerAre the "Sora 2 Pro online" sites still advertising it the real model?
Maybe not. OpenAI stopped serving sora-2-pro on 24 September 2026, so a site still selling Sora 2 Pro relies on a third-party route like the one we tested, which may be running another model. Ask which model renders your clip before you pay.
Link to this answerCan I upscale my old Sora 2 Pro videos?
Yes. If you downloaded your Sora clips, Kenerate's video upscaler takes them to 1080p, 2K or 4K — see the Sora video upscaler page.
Link to this answerIn depth
Sora 2 Pro, explained
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What Sora 2 Pro was
OpenAI unveiled Sora 2 on 30 September 2025 with an iOS app, and offered two models through its Videos API: sora-2, described as "flagship video generation with synced audio", and sora-2-pro, "most advanced synced-audio video generation" [1][2]. Both took a text prompt or a start image and returned a clip with its own soundtrack.
OpenAI's guide positioned sora-2 for speed and exploration — social clips and prototypes — and sora-2-pro for production: high-resolution cinematic footage and marketing assets, with "more polished, stable results" that took longer to render and cost more [3]. Only Pro rendered 1792×1024 and 1920×1080; both supported 16- and 20-second generations.
Sora 2 Pro price, per second
How it ended
Our test on 12 November 2026
Kenerate's model registry still carries a Sora 2 Pro entry, hidden from the Video Studio. We sent two 4-second 720p text-to-video jobs to it through Kenerate's API. Both completed — 1280×704 at 24 fps with a sound track, where OpenAI lists 1280×720 — so we can't tell which model the provider actually ran. The clips are on this page as a record, not as a recommendation.
Against the same prompt, Veo 3.1 Fast matched the whole scene best, Wan 3 was the most literal (it added the lighthouse), and Kling 3.0 got the cat and the harbour but not the golden-hour light. The Sora 2 Pro clip had the smoothest camera move but left out the harbour wall and the crashing waves.
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Sources: OpenAI API docs — sora-2-pro model page (shut down 24 Sep 2026), read 12 November 2026 · OpenAI API docs — sora-2 model page · OpenAI API docs — Video generation guide (historical) · OpenAI API docs — Deprecations (Sora 2 models and Videos API, 2026-03-24) · Wikipedia — Sora (text-to-video model) · Kenerate video studio
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