# OpenAI Sora API vs sync. labs MCP server (slim)

> sync. labs scores 51.5 (D) to OpenAI Sora's 9.4 (F) for video audio. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenAI Sora API shut down on 2026-09-24. sync. labs MCP server scores 51.5 (D) on agent readiness against OpenAI Sora API's 9.4 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. OpenAI Sora API leads on transparency & trust. Both do video audio.

- OpenAI Sora API: F 9.4, rank retired, not ranked · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-sora.min.md
- sync. labs MCP server: D 51.5, rank #1026 of 1510 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sync-labs-mcp.min.md
- OpenAI Sora API, good for Nothing new. It shut down on 2026-09-24. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 65 against 44.
- sync. labs MCP server, good for Agents that lip-sync or dub video into other languages. Ahead on Reliability, 43 against 0; Schema & documentation, 81 against 15; Agent ergonomics, 55 against 0; Security & auth, 38 against 0; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0; Maintenance & community, 75 against 15. Also Still running. OpenAI Sora API has shut down; Open source.

| Category | OpenAI Sora API | sync. labs MCP server |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 0 | 43 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 15 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 55 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 38 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenAI Sora API | sync. labs MCP server |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | MCP server |
| Vendor | OpenAI | Synchronicity Labs (sync.) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.openai.com/v1` | `https://mcp.sync.so/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| Price for video audio | not published | $0.10 per second of video |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | MIT |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.synchronicity-labs/mcp-server` |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not read yet |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not read yet |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not read yet |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not read yet |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not read yet |
| Popularity | 32k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | none |

Why the edge:
- Schema & documentation, sync. labs MCP server +66: OpenAI Sora API 15 (What's left is the record. No live contract or reference for /v1/videos to grade (0 for the contract, llms.txt coverage, descriptions, typed inputs and examples). The video generation guide still loads, with a banner saying the API was shut down on 24 September 2026, that no one-to-one replacement exists and that the guide is kept for reference, but it describes an API that can't be called and names no migration path, so it earns nothing here. The deprecations page lists the API and all five model IDs and snapshots with the announcement and removal dates (15).); sync. labs MCP server 81 (Tools generated from the public API specification plus workflow tools, with typed schemas in the source (25). llms.txt and .md pages (10). Tool table with descriptions (14 of 20). Typed from the API spec (12 of 15). Examples and an estimates tool; errors not documented (8 of 15). Tags v0.2.2 to v0.2.4 and dated commits (12 of 15). 25 + 10 + 14 + 12 + 8 + 12 = 81.)
- Maintenance & community, sync. labs MCP server +60: OpenAI Sora API 15 (No release since the 2025-12-08 snapshot and none to come (0). Notice was six months, from 24 March to 24 September 2026, which meets OpenAI's published minimum for GA models, but no replacement was named (15). No public channel for Sora remains (0). The official SDKs live on, but they no longer reach a video model; the changelog through 16 October and the models page show none (0).); sync. labs MCP server 75 (v0.2.4 and commits on 7 November 2026 (30). Three tags in recent weeks (20). Issues not read (0). Official registry entry io.github.synchronicity-labs/mcp-server (15). CI with verify, publish and review workflows (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75. Registry presence read from Anchor Terminal's own daily import of the official MCP registry (/api/v1/registry.json, 6 November 2026), not the registry's API.)
- Agent ergonomics, sync. labs MCP server +55: OpenAI Sora API 0 (Nothing callable remains, so context cost, errors and retries can't be assessed (0).); sync. labs MCP server 55 (A generated catalogue filtered by client profile, curated for ChatGPT (15). Project history and estimates (12 of 20). Recovery tools; errors not documented (8 of 20). Annotations not read (5 of 20). OAuth or a key, npm package and library use (15). 15 + 12 + 8 + 5 + 15 = 55.)
- Reliability, sync. labs MCP server +43: OpenAI Sora API 0 (Retired, so there's nothing left to measure. OpenAI removed the Videos API and every Sora 2 model and snapshot on 24 September 2026. On 17 October an unauthenticated request to /v1/videos returned 404, where /v1/models returned 401 (0).); sync. labs MCP server 43 (Status page at status.sync.so with maintenance and previous incidents (20). History not read (5). No MCP limits found (0). The source has abort-signal handling and recovery guidance for long jobs (8 of 15). No SLA found (0). Version 0.2.4, not labelled beta (10). 20 + 5 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 10 = 43.)
- Security & auth, sync. labs MCP server +38: OpenAI Sora API 0 (No live surface to secure. The OpenAI key model and data terms belong to the openai-api listing (0).); sync. labs MCP server 38 (OAuth per organisation, or an API key in the environment (22 of 30). No read-only mode (3 of 20). Media in and out, no third-party text (10). No audit log found (0). No security programme found (3 of 20). 22 + 3 + 10 + 0 + 3 = 38.)
- Payments & pricing, sync. labs MCP server +30: OpenAI Sora API 0 (Nothing to buy. There was never a machine payment protocol (0), the pricing page listed no video model on 17 October (0), there was no free tier (0) and sign-up needed a person (0).); sync. labs MCP server 30 (No machine payment protocol (0). Per-second prices published (20). A free try for short videos (10 of 20). A person signs up (0). 0 + 20 + 10 + 0 = 30.)