Is Sora Free? Credits & Subscription Explained

Is Sora free ? The short answer is: Yes, but with limits. Here is a breakdown of the official pricing structure.

The Free Tier(Researcher Access)

OpenAI offers a free tier for general users.This includes:

• Daily allowance of "Compute Credits"(resets every 24h).
• Standard generation speed(queue based).
• Watermark: All videos will have the Sora logo.
• Non - Commercial License: You cannot sell these clips.

Sora Plus($20 / month)

For serious creators, the Plus plan unlocks:

• 5x more monthly credits.
• Priority access(skip the queue).
• Commercial usage rights.
• Stealth Mode: Generate images privately without them appearing in the community feed.

Enterprise & API Cost

For developers building apps(like we did with this downloader!), API costs are calculated per - second of generated video.It is significantly more expensive than GPT - 4 text generation due to the GPU compute required.