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Last checked Oct 28, 2026 · plain English · no paid picks
What replaced Sora 2?
Short answer: Nothing official. OpenAI shut down its Videos API and sora-2 on Sep 24, 2026 and didn't name a replacement.
What to do: If you need video from a developer service, the current options in our directory are Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash (Google) and Grok Imagine Video 1.5 (xAI).
The facts
| Old | Sora 2 |
|---|---|
| Status | Retired. Videos developer service and sora-2 shut down Sep 24, 2026; no replacement named |
| Replaced by | No replacement named |
| Official source | platform.openai.com |
| Last checked | Oct 28, 2026 |
Current options at a glance
| Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash | Grok Imagine Video 1.5 | Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Video model from Google | Video model from xAI | Lower-cost video model from xAI |
| Made by | xAI | xAI | |
| Price | Not listed in our data | Developer price: $0.08 per second | Developer price: $0.02 per second |
| Good at | Not listed in our data | Best for: video | Best for: cheap video; Reads up to 1,024 tokens at once; Reads: text, image |
| Status | Current | Current. $0.08 per second (developer service) | Current. $0.02 per second (developer service), a quarter of Video 1.5's price; text or image to video |
| Sources | ai.google.dev | docs.x.ai · models.dev | docs.x.ai · docs.x.ai (2) · models.dev |
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Questions people ask
What replaced Sora 2?
Nothing official. OpenAI shut down its Videos API and sora-2 on Sep 24, 2026 and didn't name a replacement.
What should I do if I used Sora 2?
If you need video from a developer service, the current options in our directory are Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash (Google) and Grok Imagine Video 1.5 (xAI).
Does Sora 2 still work?
Retired. Videos developer service and sora-2 shut down Sep 24, 2026; no replacement named
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