Mad props to u/downsouth316 for taking the time to create a website and attempting to create a business model that could serve the masses.  I don't know how you do it because I just don't see how you'll manage to stay out of the red.

I ... on the other hand ... asked AI to create me a personal Sora API portal to generate my own videos and here's what I learned:

(1) You can create Sora videos directly from OpenAI **for a price.**  
  
(2) You need a credit card.  
  
(3) Every ONE (1) second of video costs $0.10 USD.  So that's $0.80 for an 8-second video (which we've grown accustomed as "10 seconds"  


(4) There is still content moderation!  Even without the Sora ecosystem, there is still OpenAI content moderation filters.

(5) Sora gave us 30 video generations.  Assuming you were a Plus user, that's $20/month but 30 days of video generations mean potentially 900 videos a month.  Even assuming that you were only generating 8 seconds worth of videos, that mean, that each user cost $720 each month (900 videos x $0.80 USD).  **What a fucked up bargain at the expense of OpenAI.**

(6) Everybody who whined about Sora being crap despite handing us free video generations have no idea the true cost of getting something free.

(7) Luckily, content violations may not end up costing you extra to generate.





Just created my first Post-Sora App video & I learned that we're all entitled shits