Sora from OpenAI is the long-awaited AI tool that turns your text into videos. Free to use with premium features for ChatGPT Plus and Pro members. This thing has a ton of options for creating custom video content.
Just type a description and it makes a video. Supports different aspect ratios and resolutions up to 1080p, videos max out at 20 seconds. You can remix videos or blend multiple prompts to make seamless scenes. But it has some bugs—like objects not staying consistent or realistic physics, which can lead to some weird visuals.
Launched in December 2024, Sora is available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro members in regions where ChatGPT works—except the EU, Switzerland, and the UK. OpenAI will have pricing plans for different users next year. Sora is reported to have strong censorship going far beyond blocking content like sexual deepfakes or child exploitation. For now it also limits uploading real people to test deepfake controls.
The simple setup and integration with ChatGPT makes it perfect for creators looking for new video ideas. While it has limitations and hiccups, Sora offers much more than just text-to-video or image-to-video generation. Features such as remixing, blending, and looping are currently unique to Sora.
The highlight of Sora currently is its relaxed mode. So far, credits on Sora are a non-thing, with Plus substription, you are able to generate hundreds of videos after your monthly credits are out, with relax queue. Reportedly, there's a limit of 600 creations a day in relaxed mode.
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* Up to 720p resolution and 5s duration. Watermarked. Unspecified total number of relaxed generations when out of credits with 2 generation limit at a time.
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Allowance per month: 8.33 minutes.
* Up to 500 priority videos (10,000 credits). Unlimited relaxed videos. Up to 1080p resolution, 20s video duration and 5 concurrent generations. Download without watermark
Where multiple modes are available, the calculations are done for the most advanced (and costly) ones.
Pricing can change, make sure to check relevant links for any updates to the subscription plans.
Most users seem unimpressed with SORA, with a lot of them outright trashing it as "crap" or "garbage" (think @FactsForFarmers, @Eggs_and_Jakey, @perseus2134, and @NortonBreads).
The biggest gripes? It's hard to use and feels super limited. @MostlySpecial couldn’t stand the limits on creating videos, and @philsandberg slammed the steep pricing for anyone not paying premium.
Compared to its competition—like Veo2 and Kling 1.6—SORA just doesn’t hold up. @emile_amajar and @janekm agree these other tools perform better and feel more reliable.
Then there’s the issue of access. Folks like @TiborFarkas call out SORA’s stingy credits and restrictive features, making it tough to get much done unless you spend big.
And while it was hyped early on, people like @PseudoProphet say the buzz faded fast once everyone got their hands on it. Turns out, SORA just didn’t live up to the hype.
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Image to video test. Modified prompt wording "The camera rotates around..." also hasn't produced the rotation. See this sample in 720p at https://youtu.be/zuAzzMelucU
