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Sora vs Veo 3

A feature-by-feature comparison of Sora and Veo 3 across 7 capability categories.

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Modalities — Tie

Modalities: Sora compared with Veo 3
Feature	Sora	Veo 3
Text Input	Yes. Text prompting is the primary interface.	Yes, requires free plan. Text prompts drive Veo 3.1 in Flow, Gemini, and the API; output can include native dialogue and sound.
Image Upload / Vision	Yes. Generate video from a still image.	Yes, requires free plan. Image-to-video is a documented Veo 3.1 input; the Gemini API model card lists text and image in.
Image Generation	No. Does not generate still images.	No. Veo outputs video with audio, not still images. Still generation in Flow is a different model.
Voice Mode	No. No voice interface.	No. There is no conversational voice loop; you type or attach a frame, then wait for a clip.
Video Understanding	Partial. Uploaded video can be remixed and extended, not analysed or summarised.	Partial. Veo can extend clips and take frame direction in Flow/API. Analysing arbitrary uploaded video is Gemini video understanding, not Veo.
Video Generation	Yes, requires plus plan. OpenAI Sora generates video from text and images; ChatGPT/API access is plan-gated.	Yes, requires plus plan. Google Veo 3 generates video with native audio in Gemini, Flow, and Vertex.
File Upload (PDF, DOCX)	No. No document ingestion.	No. No PDF/DOCX ingestion. Inputs are prompts and images (and clip extension), not documents.
Code Execution	No. Not a code tool.	No. Not a code-execution product.
Audio Input	No. No audio input.	No. The Veo 3.1 Gemini API card lists text and image inputs only. Native audio is generated on the way out.
Canvas / Artifact Editor	No. No canvas or artifact panel.	Partial. Google Flow’s Scenebuilder is the filmmaking canvas around Veo, not a Veo chat artifact panel.
Screen Sharing / Computer Use	No. No computer-use capability.	No. No computer-use / screen-control product.

Memory & Context — Tie

Memory & Context: Sora compared with Veo 3
Feature	Sora	Veo 3
Persistent Memory	No. No cross-session memory of the user.	No. No cross-session user memory. Flow may keep projects; that is the studio, not a Veo memory layer.
Large Context Window	No. Not a language model, so this does not apply.	No. Prompt cap is 1,024 tokens on the Gemini API Veo 3.1 card — not a large LLM context window.
Custom Instructions	No. No global instruction setting.	No. No global instruction profile for Veo. Each job is a prompt plus optional frames.
Conversation History	No. Not a chat product, so there is no conversation to configure.	No. Veo is a generator, not a chat log. Conversational video editing is documented for Gemini Omni, not Veo.

Integrations — Veo 3 Wins

Integrations: Sora compared with Veo 3
Feature	Sora	Veo 3
Web Search / Browsing	No. No browsing capability.	No. Does not browse the live web.
Plugins / Extensions	No. No plugin marketplace.	No. No third-party plugin marketplace for Veo itself.
API Access	Unknown. Not confirmed as generally available through the API.	Yes, requires pro plan. Gemini API Veo 3.1 is paid-tier only. Legacy veo-3.0 IDs shut down 30 June 2026.
Zapier Integration	Unknown. Not confirmed either way.	Unknown. No first-party Veo Zapier app was checked.
Custom GPTs / Bots	No. No agent or bot builder.	No. No Custom GPT-style Veo agents.
Real-time Collaboration	Unknown. Not confirmed either way.	Unknown. Flow link sharing exists in changelogs; live multiplayer editing was not confirmed.
Live Social Data Integration		No. No live social firehose.
Live Citation Mapping		No. Not a cited-search product.

Developer — Tie

Developer: Sora compared with Veo 3
Feature	Sora	Veo 3
Function Calling	No. No tool-calling interface.	No. No tool-calling interface. You submit a generate-video request.
Streaming Responses	No. Generations are returned complete, not streamed token by token.	No. Clips are returned when generation finishes, not token-streamed.
Fine-Tuning	No. No custom model training.	No. No custom-weight training product for Veo.
Embeddings API	No. No embeddings endpoint.	No. Not an embeddings API.
Structured Output (JSON)	No. Not a language model, so this does not apply.	No. Output is video, not JSON schema.
Reasoning / Thinking Mode	No. Not a reasoning model.	No. Not a chain-of-thought LLM. Conversational video reasoning is Gemini Omni.
Local Execution		No. Hosted by Google. Weights are not for local download.
Open Weights		No. Closed model.
Multi-Agent Orchestration		No. Not a multi-agent orchestrator. Flow “Agent” is a studio feature, not Veo’s API.

Platforms — Sora Wins

Platforms: Sora compared with Veo 3
Feature	Sora	Veo 3
Web App	Yes. Browser-based; no install required.	Yes, requires free plan. Used in the browser via Flow, Gemini, Google Vids, and Google AI Studio.
iOS App	Yes. Native iOS app.	Partial. There is no Veo iOS app. DeepMind lists Gemini as a surface; Gemini has iOS. A dedicated Veo mobile client was not documented.
Android App	Yes. Native Android app.	Partial. Same as iOS: Gemini Android may expose video gen; there is no Veo Android app.
Desktop App	No. Browser only.	No. No native Veo desktop app. Flow and Gemini are browser/Gemini-app surfaces.
Chrome Extension	No. No official browser extension.	No. No official Chrome extension.

Privacy — Tie

Privacy: Sora compared with Veo 3
Feature	Sora	Veo 3
GDPR Compliant	Yes. OpenAI operates under GDPR and publishes a DPA.	Unknown. Needs a current Google DPA read for Flow/Gemini video, not a guess from the model page.
Opt Out of Data Training	Partial. Controlled through OpenAI account data controls rather than a Sora-specific toggle.	Partial. Paid Gemini API Veo 3.1 lists “Used to improve our products: No”. Consumer Flow/Gemini training controls were not checked here.
Enterprise Privacy Mode	Unknown. Not confirmed either way.	Yes, requires enterprise plan. DeepMind lists Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as a Veo surface for governed production use.

Workspaces — Tie

Workspaces: Sora compared with Veo 3
Feature	Sora	Veo 3
Projects / Folders	Unknown. Not confirmed either way.	Unknown. Flow has studio projects; a Veo-specific folder model was not confirmed on the DeepMind page.