Our verdict
Sora was OpenAI’s video generation model and app. OpenAI shut the app and website down on 26 April 2026, less than a year after the standalone launch, and the API is scheduled to follow on 24 September 2026. Anything still built on the API has until that date, and OpenAI has told users to export their videos and images from the Sora library before access ends.After those dates OpenAI permanently deletes the data held in Sora accounts, so anything not exported is gone rather than archived. We keep this page up because people still search for Sora, and the useful answer now is what happened and where to go next: the alternatives below cover the same text-to-video ground and are actively maintained. Checked against OpenAI’s own shutdown notice on 2026-08-28.
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Side by side
| Tool | Our score | From | Free tier | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sora this page | - | - | - | ||
| 🥇ChatLabs | 8.3 | - | Yes | ||
| 🥈MimicPC | 7.9 | - | Yes | ||
| 🥉reap video | 7.9 | - | Yes | ||
| MoneyPrinterTurbo | 7.8 | - | Yes | ||
| Colossyan | 7.4 | - | Yes | ||
| PhotoToVideoAI | 7.2 | - | Yes |
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Questions
Is Sora still available?
No. OpenAI closed the Sora app and website on 26 April 2026. The API keeps working until 24 September 2026, after which Sora is fully discontinued.
Can I still get my Sora videos?
OpenAI told users to export videos and images from the Sora library before access ends, and it permanently deletes the data held in Sora accounts once the deadlines pass. If you exported nothing before the app closed, check OpenAI’s help centre for what remains recoverable.
What should I use instead of Sora?
The actively maintained text-to-video tools we cover include Google Veo, Pika, Luma AI, Hailuo AI, Seedance and PixVerse. The alternatives section on this page compares the ones closest to Sora.
Why does this page still exist?
People still search for Sora. A page that says plainly what happened, with dates and working alternatives, is more useful than a dead link. It carries no score, because scoring an unusable product would be meaningless.