OpenAI discontinued the Sora app on April 26, 2026. The API follows on September 24, 2026, and OpenAI has announced no successor. If you built a workflow — or a prompt library — around Sora, the good news is that structured prompts are portable: the same JSON that directed Sora directs its replacements, with small per-model adjustments.
Where to go, by use case
- You want the best default quality: Veo 3.1 — closest to Sora's "it just looks right" behavior, plus native audio Sora never had. Free daily generations in Gemini.
- You made multi-scene social clips: Kling 3.0 — native multi-shot up to 15 seconds, lip-sync included, cheapest per usable clip.
- You chained shots for longer stories: Seedance 2.0 — leaderboard-top quality and the strongest image-to-video for character continuity.
- You want free and local: Wan 2.2 — open weights, runs on a 24GB GPU, no quotas.
- You do client work: Runway Gen-4.5 — the control surface professionals actually use.
Converting Sora prompts
Three things change when you move a Sora-era JSON prompt:
- Block order. Sora tolerated any structure; Seedance wants camera first, Veo rewards scene-first. Every template on this site renders the right order per model tab.
- Duration. Sora's longer clips don't port — Veo caps at 8s, Kling at 15s. Split scenes into shots and chain with a shared seed and identical style block.
- Audio. Sora was silent; Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and Seedance 2.0 render audio natively. Add an audio block — it's the biggest upgrade you'll notice.
The fastest path: find the closest template in our library of 150+ JSON prompts, switch to your new model's tab, and transplant your subject and action lines into it.