Sora 2 API — cinematic video in under 60 seconds
Leverage a multimodal spatio-temporal transformer to render 60-second, 1080p sequences with camera blocking, scene control, and seamless transitions.
Scene-granular control
Feed shot lists, depth-of-field cues, and camera paths to produce frames that match your storyboard.
Live task tracking
Webhooks and polling keep you updated on render progress with full task metadata.
Edge delivery
Completed assets are cached at the edge with signed URLs for low-latency playback worldwide.
Enterprise-grade controls
Granular permissions, auditing, and HIPAA-ready logging for regulated use cases.
Try a prompt in seconds
Duration
45 seconds
Configure per-shot durations from 15 to 60 seconds and chain them together automatically.
Camera mode
Orbit tracking
Pick from 12 presets including follow, dolly, drone, handheld, and more.
Output
MP4 · 1080p · 24fps
Also supports ProRes 422 and QuickTime with alpha channel passthrough.
Sample render
Responses include short preview links, animated GIFs, and signed download URLs for further editing or delivery.
Transparent per-minute pricing
Bill on output duration so spend scales with the footage you keep.
Start from day one with zero minimums and live usage analytics inside the dashboard.
- Latency-optimised global POP routing
- Automatic retries and circuit breaking
- Per-request billing insights in real time
Ideal for fast-growing teams that want predictable discounts and proactive quota alerts.
- Priority capacity reservations
- Team workspaces with audit trails
- Custom rate and budget controls
Tailored SLAs, private regions, and compliance workflows for regulated workloads.
- Private networking options
- Dedicated solutions engineer
- Custom invoicing and procurement
Three steps to launch Sora 2
Create a workspace and API key
Provision long-lived or temporary keys from the Transend dashboard and configure which providers are available to your team.
Call POST /videos/sora2/generation
Use the familiar OpenAI-style JSON schema. Bring your prompt, parameters, and optional tool calls — the request format works with every official SDK.
Ship the result to production
Each response returns task identifiers, elapsed time, and cost metadata. Wire it into your app with webhooks, polling, or background jobs.
curl -X POST "https://api.transendai.net/v1/videos/sora2/generation" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSEND_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"prompt": "Drone shot over neon Tokyo...",
"duration_seconds": 45,
"camera": { "motion": "orbit", "speed": 0.6 },
"webhook_url": "https://api.myapp.com/hooks/sora"
}'
Compare popular video models
| Model | Visual fidelity | Max length | Control surface | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sora 2 | ★★★★★ | 60 seconds | Shot list + camera params | $0.18 / 10s |
| Veo 3 | ★★★★☆ | 30 seconds | Prompt + style guides | $0.22 / 10s |
| Wan 2.5 | ★★★☆☆ | 20 seconds | Lightweight controls | $0.12 / 10s |
| Kling 2.5 | ★★★★☆ | 30 seconds | Camera trajectories | $0.16 / 10s |
What creative teams are saying
Teams across finance, creative studios, and indie hackers ship production workloads with Transend AI.
“Sora 2 API helped us ship a usable MVP in under a week while cutting inference spend by 30%.”
“Latency is steady, failover is automatic, and on-call runs are finally quiet again.”
Answers for builders
Didn't find what you need? Email [email protected] – we reply within 12 hours.
Which regions does the Sora 2 API support?
Transend operates POPs in us-east, us-west, eu-central, and ap-southeast. The platform routes to the closest region automatically, and enterprise plans can request private regions or custom data residency.
Can we stream logs into our own observability stack?
Yes. Forward operational events through webhooks or export APIs into Datadog, Grafana, BigQuery, or any system that can ingest JSON streams.
How do we enforce budgets?
Real-time spend analytics live in the dashboard. Define model, team, or tag-based alerts and automatically throttle or downgrade when a budget threshold is reached.
Ready to ship with Sora 2 API?
Deploy unified AI experiences with a single API key. No quota bureaucracy, just blazing fast inference on the models your team loves.