Dream Machine
Text and image to video with the Ray model family.
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Dream Machine vs Sora
Dream Machine (Luma AI) and Sora (OpenAI) both sit in Video. Dream Machine is the cheaper entry point at Free tier · from $9.99/mo. Sora shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (5 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Dream Machine Luma AI | Sora OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Video | Video |
| Version | Ray3 | Sora 2 |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $9.99/mo | from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | — | Free free · ChatGPT Plus $20 · ChatGPT Pro $200 · API free |
| Model stack | Ray3 | Sora 2 · Sora 2 Pro · sora-2-12-08 · sora-2-2025-10-06 · sora-2-2025-12-08 · sora-2-pro-2025-10-06 |
| Context window | — | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 5 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Ray3 generation, Keyframes, Loops | Synchronised audio, Cameos, Remix, Storyboard, Vertical video, text-to-video, image-to-video, character consistency |
Sora
Video generation with audio, remixing and a consumer app around it.
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