# OpenAI Sora API vs Replicate video models (slim)

> 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. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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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.

- OpenAI Sora API: F 9.4, rank retired, not ranked · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-sora.min.md
- Replicate video models: B 62.1, rank #402 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.min.md
- OpenAI Sora API, good for Nothing new. It shut down on 2026-09-24.
- Replicate video models, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 0; Schema & documentation, 86 against 15; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 0; Security & auth, 41 against 0; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0; Maintenance & community, 48 against 15; Transparency & trust, 72 against 65. Also Still running. OpenAI Sora API has shut down; Runs on your own machine.

| Category | OpenAI Sora API | Replicate video models |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 0 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 15 | 86 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 41 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 48 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenAI Sora API | Replicate video models |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | Model platform |
| Vendor | OpenAI | Replicate (Cloudflare) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.openai.com/v1` | `https://api.replicate.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio |
| 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 |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-15 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-04-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-04-01 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 32k stars | 917 stars, 705k npm/wk, 357k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | none |