Sora Alternatives
Generated on PixelDojo with WAN 2.7 Text-to-Video. Produced by PixelDojo's generation pipeline.
Sora is being wound down, which is why this question has volume. The app and the website were retired in April 2026 after a shutdown announcement in March, and the API is scheduled to follow on September 24, 2026. PixelDojo is somewhere to land: text-to-video, image-to-video and video editing models on one subscription and one key, each with a credit price you can read before you press go. On August 26, 2026 we ran a rooftop parkour prompt through WAN 2.7 Text-to-Video at the cheapest settings it accepts. It cost 5 credits and came back in about 159 seconds.
The 5 credit clip, cheapest settings the model accepts
Every example below was produced on PixelDojo. Hover to see the prompt.
A parkour runner vaults between rooftop gaps at sunset, dynamic tracking camera, long shadows
WAN 2.7 Text-to-Video
Landing somewhere with a price you can read
What Sora did well
It made text-to-video feel like something ordinary people could try, and it went to the top of the App Store within five days of launching. Physical motion was its calling card. None of that is undone by the shutdown, but none of it is callable after the API window closes either.
What we actually generated
The prompt was a parkour runner vaulting between rooftop gaps at sunset with a dynamic tracking camera. The clip opens behind the runner as he pushes off a roof edge into a gap, the low sun flaring on the horizon, rooftops and hills stacked behind, hard long shadows across the gravel. Two seconds is short, and it buys one movement rather than a sequence.
The file we got back, measured
1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, exactly 2.000 seconds, 2,029,482 bytes, with an AAC audio track that is not silent. We checked the container rather than taking the model's word for it.
Video is priced per second, and you pick the second count
WAN 2.7 is 2.5 credits per second at 720p and 3 at 1080p, so our 2 second test was 5 credits and a 5 second version would be 12.5. VEO 3.1 Lite is 1.5 credits per second at 720p. VEO 3.1 Fast is 3 and VEO 3.1 Standard is 8. The bill is arithmetic you can do before you submit.
Durations from 2 to 15 seconds
WAN 2.7 accepts a duration anywhere from 2 to 15 seconds, so testing an idea and rendering the finished shot are the same endpoint at different prices. We deliberately took the floor for this test.
The catalog is deeper than one model
Kling v3, Seedance 2, VEO 3.1, Hailuo, MiniMax H3 and WAN 3.0 all sit under the same key. WAN 3.0 runs 12.5 credits by default and MiniMax H3 is 15, so the range from quick test to heavy render is a single account away.
One live run, timed on August 26, 2026: WAN 2.7 Text-to-Video, 2 seconds at 720p, 5 credits, about 159 seconds, file checked at 1280 by 720 and 30 frames per second with an audio track.
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About 159 seconds, measured
Timed on August 26, 2026 from submission to the finished file arriving, including the async polling window.
Sound arrived with the picture
The returned file carried an audio track measured at a mean of minus 16.6 decibels, so the clip is not a silent render with a dummy stream attached.
How It Works
The exact run behind the numbers on this page:
Take the cheapest duration first
We asked WAN 2.7 for 2 seconds at 720p, which is the floor it accepts. At 2.5 credits per second that is a 5 credit test of the prompt before you pay for a 15 second render.
Submit and poll
The request returned a job id rather than a file, because video rarely finishes inside the 30 second synchronous window. We polled until the asset URL appeared, about 159 seconds after submitting.
Check the file, not the label
We read the container: 1280 by 720, 30 frames per second, 2.000 seconds, with a live audio track. If a length or a frame rate matters to your edit, verify it on the file you were handed.
The Pixel Dojo Advantage
This table compares availability and pricing shape, not output quality. We cannot benchmark a model whose API is closing, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.
| Others | Pixel Dojo |
|---|---|
| App and website retired in April 2026, API scheduled to end on September 24, 2026 | A catalog of video models running now, each reachable through the same key and the same two API calls |
| One video model to build against | WAN 2.7, WAN 3.0, VEO 3.1, Kling v3, Seedance 2, Hailuo and MiniMax H3 in one account |
| Consumer app first, with the API as a secondary surface | REST API with an OpenAPI spec and a hosted MCP server, plus a browser surface if you want one |
| Cost per clip set by the vendor's own tiering | Per second credit rates published up front, 1.5 to 8 credits per second depending on the model and resolution |
| Fixed clip lengths inside the product | WAN 2.7 takes any duration from 2 to 15 seconds, so a 5 credit test and a finished render use one endpoint |
| No way to chain the output into an edit or an upscale | Canvas chains generate, edit, upscale and animate, and the video upscaler is 5 credits in the same catalog |
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Common Questions
Everything you need to know about Sora Alternatives
Is Sora shut down?
The shutdown was announced in March 2026. The app and the website were retired in April 2026 and the API is scheduled to be discontinued on September 24, 2026. If you have code calling it, that date is your deadline.
What does a replacement clip cost?
Video is billed per second of output. Ours was WAN 2.7 Text-to-Video at 2.5 credits per second for 720p, so a 2 second clip was 5 credits. VEO 3.1 Lite is 1.5 credits per second at 720p if you want the cheaper end, and VEO 3.1 Standard is 8 if you want the heavier one.
How long does a generation take?
Ours took about 159 seconds end to end on August 26, 2026, including the wait after the synchronous window closed. Video turnaround moves with queue load, so treat that as typical rather than guaranteed. Requests hand back a job id you poll.
Can I get audio with the video?
The WAN 2.7 clip we generated came back with an audio track in the same file, measured at a mean of minus 16.6 decibels. VEO 3.1 Standard and Fast also generate sound. VEO 3.1 Lite is the cheap tier and does not.
How do I call it from code?
POST to /api/v1/models/wan-2.7-t2v/run with your key, a prompt, a duration and a resolution. You get a job id back and poll /api/v1/jobs/{jobId} until the asset appears. Every other video model in the catalog uses the same two calls and the same key.
Which model is closest to what Sora was for?
For prompt to finished shot with sound, WAN 2.7 and VEO 3.1 are the closest fits and both are per second. For longer, heavier renders, WAN 3.0 at 12.5 credits and MiniMax H3 at 15 are the upper end of the catalog. Run the same prompt through two of them before you standardise on one.