タグ: Sora 2

The biggest name in AI video just left the market. OpenAI discontinued Sora on April 26, 2026 (the API follows on September 24, 2026), pulling last year’s top-ranked generator offline and reshuffling the entire leaderboard. The best AI video generators (2025) showed us what was possible, but the 2026 market is now led by a different set of tools, which makes it hard to know which subscription is actually worth your money. We evaluated dozens of platforms and shortlisted the top 10 using strict benchmark prompts to see which ones deliver. Which tool creates the most realistic movement now that Sora is gone? Is there a free generator that doesn’t […]

Update, July 2026. This ranking is out of date in one important way. OpenAI has discontinued Sora. The web and app experiences ended on April 26, 2026, and the API is scheduled to follow on September 24, 2026. Sora 2 is no longer an option, whatever position it holds below, and the other tools compared here have all changed since this was written in 2025. Imagine typing a single sentence like “a golden retriever giving a history lecture in a library” and watching it instantly transform into a high-definition video, complete with audio, emotion, and cinematic flair. This isn’t science fiction anymore. It’s 2025’s reality. The world of AI video […]

Update, July 2026. One side of this comparison no longer exists. OpenAI has discontinued Sora. The web and app experiences ended on April 26, 2026, and the API is scheduled to follow on September 24, 2026. Veo from Google is still available. Treat the Sora sections below as a record of how the two compared while both were live, not as buying advice. The year 2025 has firmly established AI video as the next creative frontier, and the battle for dominance is heating up between two titans: OpenAI’s Sora 2 and Google DeepMind’s Veo 3. More than just novel tools, these are powerful engines poised to redefine storytelling, marketing, and […]

Sora shut down for good, and it is not coming back. OpenAI announced the closure on March 24, 2026, switched off the Sora app and website on April 26, 2026, and will remove the Sora API on September 24, 2026. If you landed here trying to download the app, get an invite code, or set up a Cameo, none of that works anymore, in any region, on any Apple ID. This page used to be a download guide. It is now the record of what happened. Below you get the full timeline with every confirmed date, the four pressures that killed the product, and straight answers about your old videos […]