Azure retires sora-2 on Oct 15, 2026: what to know
- Date
- Oct 15, 2026
- Model
sora-2- Named replacement
- None named
- Maker
- OpenAI
Price before and after
Not in the forecast. Price not modeled in v1.
Azure prices are not modeled in v1; this row lists the retirement date only.
Source
“sora-2 2025-12-08 Preview 2026-10-15 —”
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule · checked Sep 29, 2026
Same model on other routes
- OpenAI API:
sora-2— shutdown Sep 24, 2026, replacement none named - OpenAI API:
sora-2-2025-10-06— shutdown Sep 24, 2026, replacement none named - OpenAI API:
sora-2-2025-12-08— shutdown Sep 24, 2026, replacement none named
Methodology and limits
Prices are list prices in USD per 1M tokens from the provider's pricing page; dates and named replacements come from the provider's deprecation page, quoted above with the date we last checked. The replacement is the provider's named replacement, not our recommendation — quality and behavior can differ. Discounts, committed-use or enterprise agreements, batch and regional pricing, and Azure OpenAI and Amazon Bedrock prices are not included. Dates marked "at least through" or "not before" are shown but never applied.Full methodology →