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Sora

by OpenAI

5.2M / mo
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Sora is OpenAI's text-to-video generation model, first shown in early 2024 as a leap over anything else available at the time and later shipped as a standalone app. It could produce coherent, minute-long clips with consistent characters and camera movement from a single prompt, which was well ahead of most competitors on release. OpenAI has since folded video generation into its broader model lineup and is sunsetting Sora as a separate product through 2026, so new projects are better off building on whatever replaces it.

Sora features and capabilities, including which plan they need and how they compare in the CanIUse matrix.

openaiAdded 2026-07-17Catalog rank 10

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✨ Modalities

💬
Text Input
Yes. Text prompting is the primary interface.
🖼️
Image Upload / Vision
Yes. Generate video from a still image.
🎨
Image Generation
No. Does not generate still images.
🎙️
Voice Mode
No. No voice interface.
🎥
Video Understanding
Partial. Uploaded video can be remixed and extended, not analysed or summarised.
🎬
Video Generation
Yes, requires plus plan. OpenAI Sora generates video from text and images; ChatGPT/API access is plan-gated.
📁
File Upload (PDF, DOCX)
No. No document ingestion.
💻
Code Execution
No. Not a code tool.
🔊
Audio Input
No. No audio input.
🖌️
Canvas / Artifact Editor
No. No canvas or artifact panel.
🖥️
Screen Sharing / Computer Use
No. No computer-use capability.

🧠 Memory & Context

🧠
Persistent Memory
No. No cross-session memory of the user.
📏
Large Context Window
No. Not a language model, so this does not apply.
⚙️
Custom Instructions
No. No global instruction setting.
📜
Conversation History
No. Not a chat product, so there is no conversation to configure.

🔌 Integrations

🌐
Web Search / Browsing
No. No browsing capability.
🔌
Plugins / Extensions
No. No plugin marketplace.
🔧
API Access
Unknown. Not confirmed as generally available through the API.
⚡
Zapier Integration
Unknown. Not confirmed either way.
🤖
Custom GPTs / Bots
No. No agent or bot builder.
👥
Real-time Collaboration
Unknown. Not confirmed either way.
🐦
Live Social Data Integration
📚
Live Citation Mapping

👨‍💻 Developer

🛠️
Function Calling
No. No tool-calling interface.
⚡
Streaming Responses
No. Generations are returned complete, not streamed token by token.
🎛️
Fine-Tuning
No. No custom model training.
📐
Embeddings API
No. No embeddings endpoint.
📋
Structured Output (JSON)
No. Not a language model, so this does not apply.
🧩
Reasoning / Thinking Mode
No. Not a reasoning model.
🏠
Local Execution
🔓
Open Weights
🤖
Multi-Agent Orchestration

📱 Platforms

🌐
Web App
Yes. Browser-based; no install required.
📱
iOS App
Yes. Native iOS app.
🤖
Android App
Yes. Native Android app.
🖥️
Desktop App
No. Browser only.
🔵
Chrome Extension
No. No official browser extension.

🔒 Privacy

🔒
GDPR Compliant
Yes. OpenAI operates under GDPR and publishes a DPA.
🚫
Opt Out of Data Training
Partial. Controlled through OpenAI account data controls rather than a Sora-specific toggle.
🏢
Enterprise Privacy Mode
Unknown. Not confirmed either way.

💼 Workspaces

📂
Projects / Folders
Unknown. Not confirmed either way.