# 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.

URL: https://kenerateai.com/sora-2-pro
Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com)
Last updated: 12 November 2026

## 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
- Veo 3.1 (Google DeepMind): Text, image or 3 refs → 4/6/8 s · up to 4K · sound. Dialogue and cinematic sound.
- Kling 3.0 Pro (Kuaishou): Text or image → 3–15 s · sound. Expressive motion and people.
- Seedance 2.5 (ByteDance): Text, image or 30 refs → 4–30 s · up to 4K · sound. Long multi-shot clips.
- Wan 3 (Alibaba): Text, image or 10 refs → 2–30 s · up to 1080p · sound. Literal prompts and long takes.

## Steps
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.
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.
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.
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.
5. Upscale or extend — Take a keeper to 4K with the video upscaler, or extend it with Veo 3.1 or Wan 3 instead of re-rendering.

## In depth

### Sora 2 vs Sora 2 Pro
How OpenAI described its two Sora 2 models in the API docs, before both were shut down.
From OpenAI's model pages, video generation guide and deprecations page, read on 12 November 2026. Per-second prices are in the FAQ below.
- Model ID: Sora 2 — sora-2; Sora 2 Pro — sora-2-pro
- OpenAI's description: Sora 2 — Flagship video generation with synced audio; Sora 2 Pro — Most advanced synced-audio video generation
- Meant for: Sora 2 — Speed and exploration: social clips, prototypes; Sora 2 Pro — Production: cinematic footage, marketing assets
- Quality: Sora 2 — Good quality, quickly; Sora 2 Pro — More polished, stable results
- Sizes: Sora 2 — 1280×720 and 720×1280; Sora 2 Pro — Adds 1792×1024 and 1920×1080, plus portrait
- Clip length: Sora 2 — Up to 20 s per generation; Sora 2 Pro — Up to 20 s per generation
- Input: Sora 2 — Text or a start image; Sora 2 Pro — Text or a start image
- Render time and cost: Sora 2 — Faster, cheaper; Sora 2 Pro — Slower, more expensive
- Status: Sora 2 — Shut down 24 Sep 2026; Sora 2 Pro — Shut down 24 Sep 2026

### 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
From OpenAI's model page, before the shutdown [1]:
- 1280×720 or 720×1280: $0.30 a second ($1.20 for 4 s, $6 for 20 s).
- 1792×1024 or 1024×1792: $0.50 a second.
- 1920×1080 or 1080×1920: $0.70 a second ($14 for 20 s).
- Sora 2 for comparison: $0.10 a second, 1280×720 only [2].

### How it ended
OpenAI notified developers on 24 March 2026 that the Videos API and the Sora 2 models would be retired. The Sora app closed on 26 April 2026 and the API — sora-2, sora-2-pro and their snapshots — was shut down on 24 September 2026, with no recommended replacement [4][5].

### 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.

References:
[1] OpenAI — sora-2-pro model page: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/sora-2-pro
[2] OpenAI — sora-2 model page: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/sora-2
[3] OpenAI — Video generation guide: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/video-generation
[4] OpenAI — Deprecations: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations
[5] Wikipedia — Sora (text-to-video model): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_(text-to-video_model)

## FAQ
Q: What is Sora 2 Pro?
A: 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.

Q: Is Sora 2 Pro still available?
A: 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.

Q: Can I use Sora 2 Pro online on Kenerate?
A: 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.

Q: How much did Sora 2 Pro cost?
A: 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.

Q: What's the difference between Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro?
A: 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.

Q: How long could Sora 2 Pro videos be?
A: 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.

Q: Did Sora 2 Pro make sound?
A: 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.

Q: What is the best Sora 2 Pro alternative?
A: 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.

Q: Are the "Sora 2 Pro online" sites still advertising it the real model?
A: 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.

Q: Can I upscale my old Sora 2 Pro videos?
A: Yes. If you downloaded your Sora clips, Kenerate's video upscaler takes them to 1080p, 2K or 4K — see the Sora video upscaler page.

## Related pages
- Sora 2: https://kenerateai.com/sora-2-video-generator
- Sora alternatives: https://kenerateai.com/sora-alternative
- Sora video upscaler: https://kenerateai.com/sora-video-upscaler
- Veo 3.1: https://kenerateai.com/google-veo-3-1
- Kling AI: https://kenerateai.com/kling-ai-video-generator
- Seedance 2.5: https://kenerateai.com/seedance-2-5
- Wan 3.0: https://kenerateai.com/wan-3-0
- Long AI video generator: https://kenerateai.com/long-ai-video-generator

## Sources
- OpenAI API docs — sora-2-pro model page (shut down 24 Sep 2026), read 12 November 2026: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/sora-2-pro
- OpenAI API docs — sora-2 model page: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/sora-2
- OpenAI API docs — Video generation guide (historical): https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/video-generation
- OpenAI API docs — Deprecations (Sora 2 models and Videos API, 2026-03-24): https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations
- Wikipedia — Sora (text-to-video model): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_(text-to-video_model)
- Kenerate video studio: https://kenerateai.com/app/video