On September 23, 2026, can US$20 buy a new image and a short video through Sora and DALL-E 3?
These original channels do not establish a qualifying US$20 image-and-video package for the September 23 task. DALL-E 3 was removed from the API and its official GPT retired; Sora web and app ended earlier. A later check records Sora API removal on September 24, which does not establish its September 23 access or rates.
Latest source row read 2026-10-15
The task
Spend US$20 a month on current channels to produce a new image and a new short video on September 23, 2026, and check each channel separately rather than treating the brand as one product.
Candidates
Meets the documented conditions is not the same as a completed task: it means the conditions listed in the official pages are satisfied, and the limits below still apply.
DALL-E 3 - OpenAI API
Does not meet this taskThis month: Removed on May 12, 2026, so no current price applies.
Does not meet the new-image requirement: the model was removed from the API on its own dated deprecation entry.
- A saved image or a third-party page using the name is not API access.
DALL-E - official GPT in ChatGPT
Does not meet this taskThis month: Retired on August 30, 2026; the subscription price does not restore it.
Does not meet the requirement. Do not buy a subscription expecting this GPT to return, and do not read the successor ChatGPT Images as the same product.
- A custom GPT name does not identify the image model behind it.
Sora - web and official app
Does not meet this taskThis month: Discontinued on April 26, 2026.
Does not meet the new-video requirement: the Sora web and official app experiences were discontinued on April 26, 2026.
- A saved creation alone does not establish access to new generation.
Sora - API
Unconfirmed; not recommended yetThis month: The API price and access on September 23, 2026 are not established here. A later check records removal on September 24, 2026.
The September 24 removal does not establish API availability, rates or generation on September 23. This candidate remains unconfirmed for the original dated task.
- A ChatGPT subscription price is not a Sora API price.
- A saved creation or a third-party page using the name is not API access.
What the $20 conclusion means
The evidence does not establish a qualifying new image-and-video package through these original products and channels. Substituting a subscription price for an API rate, or a shutdown countdown for available capacity, would both be wrong.
What the successor does and does not mean
OpenAI directs image users to ChatGPT Images, which is a current experience rather than proof that DALL-E 3 still runs. Choose a current video product separately: this page has not established that a replacement image and video combination totals US$20, and it promises neither free access nor automatic migration.
Date boundary
The original task is dated September 23, 2026. A check on October 10 recorded the Videos API and Sora 2 snapshots as removed on September 24, 2026. That later event does not establish their access, price or generation conditions on September 23; the API candidate therefore remains unconfirmed for the historical task. It is not a current purchase recommendation. Third-party services with similar names were not reviewed.
Where every claim comes from
Each link was opened and read on the date shown. The note describes what that page actually supports.
- OpenAI - API deprecations ↗
The dated DALL·E entry records API removal on May 12, 2026. The Sora 2/Videos API entry records removal on September 24, 2026; this does not establish the September 23 access, price or generation result.
- OpenAI - DALL-E 3 model status ↗
The model page that records its removal.
- OpenAI - ChatGPT release notes ↗
The July 31 announcement of the August 30 official GPT retirement and the current Images direction.
- OpenAI - Sora discontinuation ↗
The web and app discontinuation date.