Sora 2 Review: The Most Fun AI Video Tool Right Now

What It Is And How You Access It

Sora 2 is OpenAI’s next-gen video model, but the product you actually use day-to-day is the Sora app.

That matters because the app isn’t just a “generate” button. It’s a full-on social platform: you make clips, post them, and remix other people’s work. It’s built for the way the internet works now, for better and for worse.

I’ve been using Sora 2 in the app since shortly after launch in September 2025, and it’s become my daily driver.

Price And Plans

I’m using Sora via ChatGPT Plus at $20/month.

In practice, I treat it like a subscription for creative play: if you’re making a lot of clips, that monthly fee starts to feel reasonable. If you’re only generating occasionally, you may bounce off the cost.

Setup And Workflow

Sora’s workflow is simple:

• Write a prompt
• Pick the vibe
• Generate
• Post, remix, or try again

The big win is how little friction there is between making something and sharing it. That sounds small, but it’s the difference between “I tried AI video once” and “I opened this app three times today.”

Video Quality And Consistency

The best part of Sora 2 is that it lets you create videos of basically anything you can imagine. And it’s good enough that your brain goes, “Wait… I just made that?”

It’s not perfect. You’ll still see the usual AI weirdness, and consistency can be a struggle when you’re trying to keep the same look across shots or maintain continuity.

But overall? The hit rate is high enough that it feels usable, not just impressive.

One gripe I have…

Exporting is a buzzkill. Even if you’re paying for a higher-tier plan, exports can still come out lower-res than you’d expect and with watermarks, which is a bummer when you’re trying to post something that looks clean outside the Sora ecosystem. It doesn’t kill the fun inside the app, but it absolutely caps how “professional” your clips feel the moment you download them — especially if you’re aiming for YouTube, client work, or anything where compression and branding artifacts get noticed fast.

Audio And Dialogue

Audio is a huge part of why Sora feels like it’s playing a different game than the older generation of silent AI clips.

The catch: multi-character dialogue is hard. When you have more than one character talking, it can come out swapped, out of sync, or just plain wrong. The more complicated the scene, the more likely you’ll burn attempts trying to wrestle it into coherence.

If your main goal is short, punchy, dialogue-heavy scenes with multiple characters, this is where Sora still needs work.

Casting And Characters

This is the most addicting feature in the whole platform.

Sora’s Characters/Casting vibe (and especially user-generated Characters) is super cool because it turns your videos from “generic AI people doing generic AI things” into something personal and repeatable.

You can build up a little cast, swap them into different ideas, and suddenly you’re not just generating random clips, you’re building a weird little universe.

The Social Network Angle

Look, I did not need another social app in my life.

And yet… Sora’s social layer is part of why it wins. Scrolling other people’s stuff is an endless prompt generator. Remix culture is built-in. It’s easy to see what’s possible, steal the structure, and make something new.

If you’ve used other video generators that live in a vacuum, Sora feels like it has a heartbeat.

Content Policies And The Two-To-Three Take Tax

My biggest annoyance is moderation friction.

Sometimes a prompt gets flagged, and then if you slightly reframe it (with stricter “no violence / no third-party content” type language), it’ll go through. That inconsistency adds an annoying “two or three takes per clip” tax.

Luckily, these don’t go against your daily limit unless they generate. Failed videos won’t hit your daily stash.

Comparisons

I’ve used the old Sora, Veo, and Grok.

• Sora 2 is lightyears ahead on fun. It’s the one I actually want to use.
• Veo’s visual quality can be a bit better in some cases, but the lack of social features and the Characters/Casting ecosystem makes it less sticky for me.
• Grok hasn’t come close to replacing Sora in my daily workflow.

Who Should Buy It And Who Should Skip It

Buy Sora 2 (Plus at $20/month) if:

• You can afford $20/month
• You genuinely enjoy making AI videos
• You want a platform that’s half tool, half social playground
• You’ll actually use Characters/Casting and remixing

Skip it if:

• You hate AI content and everything it’s doing to your feeds
• You want predictable, professional-grade multi-character dialogue right now
• You don’t want another social platform competing for your attention

Tony’s Take

Sora 2 isn’t perfect. But it’s the first AI video product that feels like it understands how people create online.

The Characters/Casting ecosystem and the social feed make it addictive in a way that other tools aren’t. Yes, the moderation friction can be annoying. Yes, multi-character dialogue is still clumsy.

But if you want the tool that makes you say “holy hell” the most often, Sora 2 is the one.

Final Verdict

4/5.

Sora 2 has quirks, and you’ll occasionally waste attempts fighting the system. But it’s improving fast, it’s wildly fun, and the platform layer (Characters/Casting + social) is what makes it feel like something you’ll actually keep using