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Sora 2 API
Sora 2 is OpenAI's latest AI video generation model, supporting both text-to-video and image-to-video. It delivers realistic motion, physics consistency, with improved control over style, scene, and aspect ratio—ideal for creative apps and social media content.
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Sora 2 API Complete Guide
Learn how to integrate the Sora 2 API, explore its capabilities, and start generating professional videos for your applications.
What is the Sora 2 API?
The Sora 2 API is built on OpenAI's latest AI video generation model. It provides developers with REST endpoints for text-to-video and image-to-video generation, delivering realistic motion and physics consistency with improved control over style, scene, and aspect ratio.
The Sora 2 API excels at understanding complex prompts and generating videos that closely match the intended vision. With generation times of 3-5 minutes and support for 4-second, 8-second, and 12-second videos, Sora 2 provides the quality and flexibility needed for professional video content creation.
The Sora 2 API supports both portrait (9:16) and landscape (16:9) aspect ratios, optional watermark removal, and official pricing at $0.09 per second—ideal for creative apps and social media workflows.
Why Developers Choose the Sora 2 API
Key advantages that make the Sora 2 API stand out for video generation
State-of-the-art video generation from OpenAI
Two mode variants: text-to-video and image-to-video
Realistic motion and physics consistency
Support for 4-second, 8-second, and 12-second videos
Multiple aspect ratios (portrait and landscape)
Watermark removal option
Generation time: 3-5 minutes
Official pricing: $0.36 (4s), $0.72 (8s), $1.08 (12s)
What Can You Build with the Sora 2 API?
From social media to creative tools, the Sora 2 API powers diverse video workflows
Social Media Content Creation
Create scroll-stopping videos for Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. The Sora 2 API delivers realistic motion and cinematic quality for short-form content at scale.
Marketing and Advertising Videos
Produce professional product demos and campaign videos. The Sora 2 API powers text-to-video and image-to-video workflows with exceptional visual fidelity.
Product Demonstrations
Animate product photos into engaging demo videos. The Sora 2 API image-to-video mode brings static images to life for e-commerce and sales.
Animated Storytelling
Generate cinematic scenes and narrative sequences from scripts. The Sora 2 API understands complex prompts and delivers coherent, visually stunning results.
Photo Animation and Enhancement
Transform still images into dynamic video content. The Sora 2 API image-to-video mode adds motion while preserving visual consistency.
Creative Video Projects
Explore artistic video generation with style control and aspect ratio flexibility. The Sora 2 API supports diverse creative workflows from concept to final output.
Cinematic Scene Generation
Create professional-grade video scenes with realistic lighting, physics, and motion. The Sora 2 API excels at understanding detailed cinematography prompts.
Sora 2 API Technical Specs
Performance, resolution, and output details for the Sora 2 API
Max Resolution
Up to 1080p
Processing Time
2-5 minutes
Output Formats
MP4
Sora 2 API Developer Reviews
Feedback from teams using the Sora 2 API in production
“Incredible quality and speed. The Sora 2 API has transformed our content creation workflow entirely.”
John Smith
Senior Developer
“The Sora 2 API is dead simple to integrate and consistently delivers high-quality results. Highly recommended!”
Maria Johnson
Product Manager
“Clear API docs, fast response times, and the output quality from the Sora 2 API exceeds expectations.”
Alex Lee
Tech Lead
Sora 2 API Known Limitations
Current constraints to consider when integrating the Sora 2 API
Generation time is 3-5 minutes per video
Maximum video duration is 12 seconds
Image input limited to 10MB
Supported image formats: JPEG, PNG, WEBP
Content must comply with OpenAI usage policies
Start Building with the Sora 2 API Today
Try the Sora 2 API in the playground above, or jump straight into the documentation to integrate it into your project.