T2

On September 23, 2026, can US$20 buy a new image and a short video through Sora and DALL-E 3?

These historical consumer channels do not add up to a current purchase recommendation. DALL-E 3 was removed from the OpenAI API and its official GPT was retired. Sora on web and app has ended, while its API was scheduled to end the following day. Old product pages or saved creations do not establish access to new generation.

Sources checked 2026-09-23

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.

Official sources checked 23 September 2026. Budgets assume a US personal account, USD before tax and monthly billing without annual prepayment. Region, eligibility and checkout prices can differ, and nothing here is a generation, quality or workload test.

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 task

This 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.

Read the DALL·E 3 listing →

DALL-E - official GPT in ChatGPT

Does not meet this task

This 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.

Read the ChatGPT listing →

Sora - web and official app

Does not meet this task

This month: Discontinued on April 26, 2026.

Does not meet the new-video requirement. An export window for old content is not a generation service.

  • Old creations remain viewable in some places without offering new generation.

Read the Sora listing →

Sora - API

Unconfirmed; not recommended yet

This month: Scheduled to end on September 24, 2026; on this guide date that is an upcoming event.

Account access and budget are not confirmed, and a new project should not depend on it. No API request, new-account eligibility or actual charge was tested.

  • A ChatGPT subscription price is not a Sora API price.
  • Time remaining before a shutdown is not proof that a new account can use the service today.

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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

On or after September 24, 2026, recheck the actual Sora API state; this page is a September 23 snapshot. Third-party services with similar names were not reviewed, so their availability is not inferred in either direction.

Where every claim comes from

Each link was opened and read on the date shown. The note describes what that page actually supports.

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