Sora
Video generation with audio, remixing and a consumer app around it.
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Sora vs Seedance
Sora (OpenAI) and Seedance (ByteDance) both sit in Video. Seedance is the cheaper entry point at from $0.15/mo. Sora shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (5 vs 4). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Sora OpenAI | Seedance ByteDance |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Video | Video |
| Version | Sora 2 | Doubao Seedance 2.5 |
| Entry cost | from $20/mo | from $0.15/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · ChatGPT Plus $20 · ChatGPT Pro $200 · API free | Jimeng app free · API per 5s clip $0.15 |
| Model stack | 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 | Doubao Seedance 2.0 · Doubao Seedance 2.5 · Seedance 1.5 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 5 | 4 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| Capabilities | Synchronised audio, Cameos, Remix, Storyboard, Vertical video, text-to-video, image-to-video, character consistency | Multi-shot sequences, 1080p, Image to video, Native audio, 视频生成, video-generation, video generation, Video Generation |
Seedance
Seedance handles multi-shot sequences and is priced well below Western video APIs.
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