
Sora Alternatives (2026): What to Use Now That Sora Is Gone
Sora's app and API have shut down. Which video model replaces it for cinematic scenes, long takes, talking faces or social clips, where to use it, and its cost.
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Sora's app and API have shut down. Which video model replaces it for cinematic scenes, long takes, talking faces or social clips, where to use it, and its cost.

Hailuo vs Kling: pick Kling 3.0 for motion, multi-shot, audio and 4K, Hailuo 02/2.3 for people and stylized characters. What one clip costs, from $0.10.

Veo 3.1 vs Runway Gen-4.5: pick Veo for dialogue, audio and a finished look, Runway for editing and consistent characters. What one clip costs on each.

Sora is shut down, so for new videos use Seedance: 2.0 for 4K multi-shot clips with audio, 2.5 for 30-second social clips. What one clip costs, from $0.23.

Sora is shut down, so for new videos use Kling 3.0: steady motion, six shots in one 15s clip, native audio and 4K. What a Kling clip costs in the app and API.

Kling 3.0 vs Veo 3.1: pick Kling for motion, multi-shot and lower cost, Veo for lip-sync and a film look. What one clip costs on each, plus when to use both.

PixVerse V6 makes multi-shot clips with native audio from a prompt, plus better camera work and video references. What changed from V5.6 and what a clip costs.

AI short dramas now ship hundreds a day. See how a 60-second vertical episode is built, write a production brief, and cost a full season.

Kling 4.0 launches in October with native 30-second video and 4K HDR. See what is confirmed, what Kling V3 costs per second now, and which models to use.

PixVerse C1 API explained: c1-t2v, c1-i2v and c1-r2v endpoints, official per-second credit pricing, C1 vs V6 differences, plus copy-paste Python skeletons

Use a text to video API to ship video generation with async jobs, model routing, pricing checks, and one workflow for Veo, Kling, Wan, and Seedance.

Google Veo 3.1 brings native audio and 1080p cinematic video to an API. See pricing, the t2v vs i2v split, duration rules, and how to access it without GCP.