About OpenSora 2
Learn how OpenSora 2 combines open-source AI video interest with hosted generation, credits, privacy controls, and creator workflows.
Last updated: 2026-07-07
What OpenSora 2 Is
OpenSora 2 helps people explore AI video generation from a practical browser workflow. The site serves users who arrive from open-source AI video research, prompt examples, and Sora-alternative searches, then want a faster way to test prompts, reference assets, and short video ideas online.
Open-source AI models and hosted generation are different. Open-source resources can be studied, downloaded, or run separately where available. This hosted workspace provides the online product layer: accounts, credits, uploads, generation jobs, queue management, storage, downloads, payment flows, and support.
What You Can Create
You can use OpenSora 2 for:
- Text-to-video prompt testing.
- Image-to-video animation.
- Video-to-video motion workflows.
- AI image generation and editing.
- Prompt library exploration.
- Short social, product, ad, launch, and creator clips.
Model availability, cost, timing, resolution, duration, and supported inputs vary by workflow and provider.
Why Hosted Generation Uses Credits
The hosted generator runs compute, queues, provider calls, storage, callbacks, downloads, account history, and support infrastructure. Credits make that usage visible before generation so creators can compare model cost, duration, resolution, references, and paid benefits before submitting a task.
New users can start with starter credits. Paid users can unlock higher-volume workflows, private generation, watermark-free downloads where supported, priority queue access, and commercial-use workflows.
Our Product Principles
- Show estimated credit cost before generation.
- Let users test before scaling a larger campaign.
- Keep paid benefits clear: priority queue, private output, watermark-free exports, concurrency, and model access.
- Explain the difference between free open-source resources and paid hosted compute.
- Treat uploaded assets, prompts, and billing data with care.
Rights and Responsibility
AI generation can help create drafts quickly, but users remain responsible for uploaded assets, prompt choices, generated outputs, and final usage. Do not upload images, videos, audio, logos, people, or brand materials unless you have the right to use them.
Paid workflows are designed for commercial use cases, but you should review the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Refund Policy before using generated media for client work or paid campaigns.
Support
For account, billing, credit, or generation questions, email support@opensora2.com. Include your account email, order ID, task ID, screenshots, and a short description when possible.