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        "http"
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          "tasks"
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          "Six months' notice, from 24 March to 24 September 2026",
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          "It used the same key and SDKs as the rest of the OpenAI API, so removal needs no auth changes elsewhere"
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          "Shut down on 2026-09-24, so every call fails",
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          "The pricing page no longer lists any video model"
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          "Don't call /v1/videos. The Videos API was removed on 2026-09-24",
          "Remove `sora-2`, `sora-2-pro` and the dated snapshots from configs and fallback chains",
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        "http": "# Retired on 2026-09-24. This now returns 404.\ncurl https://api.openai.com/v1/videos -H \"Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY\""
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        "openai-codex"
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        "legalEntity": "OpenAI OpCo, LLC",
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      "summary": "Replicate runs third-party and open video models, among them Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Runway Gen-4.5, Seedance 2.0 and Wan, through one predictions API with Python and JavaScript clients and an MCP server.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video",
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      "repo": "https://github.com/replicate/replicate-python",
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        "stdio"
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          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "replicate"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "replicate-mcp"
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      "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go from prepaid credit (valid one year, not refundable) or monthly in arrears. Official video models bill per second of output video, with tiers by resolution, mode and audio shown on each model page. Community models bill per second of hardware time. Failed runs aren't charged, and a cancelled official-model run may be. The try-for-free collection lets a new account run `minimax/video-01` a limited number of times before buying credit (https://replicate.com/collections/try-for-free).",
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      "where": "both",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the HTTP API reference or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
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      "docsUrl": "https://replicate.com/docs",
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        "video.generate",
        "video.image-to-video",
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        "video.edit",
        "video.extend"
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        "hosted",
        "model-platform",
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        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
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          "Official video models bill per second of output at prices shown on each model page, from $0.10 for Wan 2.7 to $0.40 for Veo 3.1 with audio",
          "Every model publishes a typed input schema, and the four we read require only `prompt`",
          "Failed runs aren't charged, and a `Cancel-After` header ends a job after a set time",
          "API inputs, outputs, files and logs are deleted after one hour by default",
          "Public OpenAPI document with 36 operations, llms.txt and Markdown docs pages"
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          "Tokens have no scopes, expiry or spend cap, and any token can run every model and delete account resources",
          "No SLA is published and the terms disclaim service levels. Replicate may withdraw a model without notice",
          "No idempotency key on prediction creates, and a 429 carries a wait time in the body with no `Retry-After` header documented",
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          "No security.txt, and no certification is named on the pages we read"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call official models at `POST /v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions` with no version, then poll `GET /v1/predictions/{id}` or pass `webhook`. Video jobs usually outlast the 60-second `Prefer: wait` window",
          "Download the output file within the hour. API predictions lose inputs, outputs and logs after 60 minutes",
          "Read the model's price tiers before setting `resolution`, `mode` or `generate_audio`. Kling 3.0 runs from $0.168 to $0.42 a second and Veo 3.1 doubles with audio",
          "Send `Cancel-After` on every create. There is no idempotency key, so a blind retry is a second paid video",
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        ],
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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            ],
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        "provenanceScore": 87
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      "connect": {
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        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
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                "-y",
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      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/video.generate",
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          "item": "Veo 3.1 with audio",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.4,
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        {
          "item": "Veo 3.1 Fast with audio",
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          "note": "$0.10 without audio"
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        {
          "item": "Kling 3.0 pro (1080p)",
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        {
          "item": "Runway Gen-4.5",
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        {
          "item": "Seedance 2.0 720p",
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        },
        {
          "item": "Wan 2.7 text-to-video",
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        {
          "item": "Wan 3.0 1080p",
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        {
          "item": "Hailuo 2.3 768p",
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        }
      ],
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        "legalEntity": "Replicate, LLC",
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        "terms": "https://replicate.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://replicate.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://replicatestatus.com",
        "changelog": "https://replicate.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
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          "The privacy policy was last updated on 1 April 2026.",
          "replicatestatus.com redirects to https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/services?search=replicate, where Replicate is one component of Cloudflare's status page.",
          "https://replicate.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026.",
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          "Replicate's image and music models and its deployments are listed separately."
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.json",
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        "slug": "replicate-video",
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          "target": "https://api.replicate.com/v1",
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        "a": "Pay per use",
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        "a": "no",
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        "a": "Apache-2.0 (SDKs)",
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        "a": "no",
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        "a": "yes",
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        "name": "llms.txt"
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        "a": "none",
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        "a": "couldn't be read",
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        "a": "couldn't be read",
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        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
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      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
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      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
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      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
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        "a": "couldn't be read",
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        "a": "couldn't be read",
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        "a": "32k stars",
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        "a": "1/5 (2)",
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    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "Replicate video models scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against OpenAI Sora API's 9.4 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, OpenAI Sora API or Replicate video models?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "Yes. OpenAI Sora API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.openai.com/v1 and Replicate video models at https://api.replicate.com/v1.",
        "question": "Can an agent call OpenAI Sora API and Replicate video models without installing anything?"
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    ],
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      "capability": "video.generate",
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    "others": [
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-openai-sora.json",
        "title": "Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs OpenAI Sora API",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-replicate-video.json",
        "title": "Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Replicate video models",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-replicate-video"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-openai-sora.json",
        "title": "fal video models vs OpenAI Sora API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-openai-sora"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video.json",
        "title": "fal video models vs Replicate video models",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-openai-sora.json",
        "title": "Google Veo vs OpenAI Sora API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-openai-sora"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-replicate-video.json",
        "title": "Google Veo vs Replicate video models",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-replicate-video"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-openai-sora.json",
        "title": "Higgsfield API vs OpenAI Sora API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-openai-sora"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-replicate-video.json",
        "title": "Higgsfield API vs Replicate video models",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-replicate-video"
      },
      {
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  "markdown": "OpenAI Sora API shut down on 2026-09-24. Replicate video models scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against OpenAI Sora API's 9.4 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do video generate.\n\n- OpenAI Sora API: grade F, 9.4/100, rank retired, not ranked. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-sora.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-sora.json\n- Replicate video models: grade B, 62.1/100, rank #402 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-video.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### OpenAI Sora API (F)\n\nGood for: Nothing new. It shut down on 2026-09-24.\n\nWatch for: Shut down on 2026-09-24, so every call fails\n\n### Replicate video models (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that wants several vendors' video models behind one token and one request shape, or open models such as Wan next to closed ones.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 0\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 15\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 41 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 48 against 15\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 65\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Still running. OpenAI Sora API has shut down\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: Tokens have no scopes, expiry or spend cap, and any token can run every model and delete account resources\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | OpenAI Sora API | Replicate video models | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 0 | 75 | Replicate video models +75 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 86 | Replicate video models +71 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 72 | Replicate video models +72 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 41 | Replicate video models +41 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 30 | Replicate video models +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 15 | 48 | Replicate video models +33 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 72 | Replicate video models +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **9.4 · F** | **62.1 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | OpenAI Sora API | Replicate video models |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model platform |\n| Vendor | OpenAI | Replicate (Cloudflare) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.openai.com/v1` | `https://api.replicate.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | Proprietary service under Replicate's terms of service. The Python and JavaScript clients and `replicate-mcp` are Apache-2.0, and each model carries its own licence |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-15 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-04-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-04-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 32k stars | 917 stars, 705k npm/wk, 357k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**OpenAI Sora API.** Six months' notice, from 24 March to 24 September 2026. Shut down on 2026-09-24, so every call fails.\n\n**Replicate video models.** One bearer token reaches more than twenty official video models at published per-second prices, each with a typed input schema, and failed runs aren't charged. Tokens have no scopes or spend cap, no SLA is published, and the terms let Replicate withdraw any model without notice.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### OpenAI Sora API\n\n1. Don't call /v1/videos. The Videos API was removed on 2026-09-24\n2. Remove `sora-2`, `sora-2-pro` and the dated snapshots from configs and fallback chains\n3. Pick another provider from this category. OpenAI has no video model on its API now\n\n### Replicate video models\n\n1. Call official models at `POST /v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions` with no version, then poll `GET /v1/predictions/{id}` or pass `webhook`. Video jobs usually outlast the 60-second `Prefer: wait` window\n2. Download the output file within the hour. API predictions lose inputs, outputs and logs after 60 minutes\n3. Read the model's price tiers before setting `resolution`, `mode` or `generate_audio`. Kling 3.0 runs from $0.168 to $0.42 a second and Veo 3.1 doubles with audio\n4. Send `Cancel-After` on every create. There is no idempotency key, so a blind retry is a second paid video\n5. Keep credit above $20 or enable auto-reload. Low balances are throttled, and granted credit with no card is held to 6 requests a minute\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, OpenAI Sora API or Replicate video models?\n\nReplicate video models scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against OpenAI Sora API's 9.4 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Can an agent call OpenAI Sora API and Replicate video models without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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From a terminal: `anchor compare openai-sora replicate-video`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-sora.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-video.json\n\n## Other comparisons with OpenAI Sora API or Replicate video models\n\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [fal video models vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [fal video models vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [Google Veo vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [Google Veo vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [Kling AI API vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [Kling AI API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [Luma AI API vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/luma-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [Luma AI API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/luma-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [MiniMax Video API vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-video-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [MiniMax Video API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-video-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [OpenAI Sora API vs Pika API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-sora-vs-pika.md)\n- [OpenAI Sora API vs PixVerse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-sora-vs-pixverse.md)\n- [OpenAI Sora API vs Runway API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-sora-vs-runway.md)\n- [OpenAI Sora API vs Vidu API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-sora-vs-vidu.md)\n- [Pika API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pika-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [PixVerse API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pixverse-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [Replicate video models vs Runway API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-runway.md)\n- [Replicate video models vs Vidu API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-vidu.md)\n",
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