Grok Imagine 1.5 vs Sora 2
Almost every comparison of Grok Imagine 1.5 and Sora 2 on the internet is written from two launch announcements. This one is written from our catalogue: the specifications below are the records the studio sells from, read when the page is served, so they cannot go stale. The Sora 2 clip was generated on Musevate, with its prompt shown under it; there is no clip of Grok Imagine 1.5 here yet. Nothing here is taken from either vendor’s reel, which is always the best of many attempts.
Grok Imagine 1.5 is the cheaper of the two at 20 credits for five seconds against 25, close enough that price is unlikely to decide it.
Both generate their own sound, so neither needs a track laid over it afterwards.
Grok Imagine 1.5 tops out at 1080p and Sora 2 at 720p.
Grok Imagine 1.5 will run to 15 seconds and Sora 2 stops at 12, which matters only if you need one continuous take rather than a cut.
Grok Imagine 1.5 will start from a written prompt or a still you upload; Sora 2 takes a written prompt. If you have a product, a face or an existing frame that has to survive into the video, that settles it on its own.
Neither is declared the winner anywhere on this page. Where a row has a better answer — a lower price, a longer clip, a larger render — it is marked, and the rest is left unmarked, because sound, mode support and the look of the output are differences rather than rankings.
Specifications read from the Musevate catalogue when this page loaded. The Sora 2 clip was generated on Musevate, with its prompt shown under it; there is no clip of Grok Imagine 1.5 here yet.
Sora 2, on Musevate
The part no specification table can give you. The clip below came out of Musevate, and the prompt that produced it is underneath. Grok Imagine 1.5 has no clip of ours yet.
Side by side
Every figure here is read from our catalogue — the records the studio sells from — when the page is served, so it cannot drift the way a written comparison does. Where a row has a better answer it is marked; where it does not, both are shown plainly rather than scored.
| Grok Imagine 1.5 | Sora 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for a 5 second clip | 20 credits at 720p | 25 credits at 720p |
| Longest clip | 15 seconds | 12 seconds |
| Highest resolution | 1080p | 720p |
| Generates sound | Always, as part of the generation | Always, as part of the generation |
| Text to video | Yes | Yes |
| Animates an image you upload | Yes | No |
| Takes reference images | No | No |
| Example generated on Musevate | Not yet | Yes |
Prices are credits for a five second clip at 720p. Grok Imagine 1.5 and Sora 2 each have a full page with the rest of their specification.
Questions
Should I use Grok Imagine 1.5 or Sora 2?
It depends on the shot, and any page answering that without knowing what you are making is guessing. The honest way to choose is to run the same prompt through both — on Musevate that is two generations from one balance. The differences above are the ones worth deciding on before you spend anything.
Is Sora 2 worth the extra over Grok Imagine 1.5?
Sora 2 costs 25 credits for five seconds against 20 for Grok Imagine 1.5 at 720p. Whether that buys you anything depends entirely on the shot: on some prompts the difference is obvious and on others it is invisible. That is why the Sora 2 clip here is shown with the prompt that produced it rather than described.
Do I have to choose one on Musevate?
No. Both are in the same catalogue on the same balance, and the router will pick between them for you if you would rather describe the shot than the model. Picking by hand is there when you want it and never required.
Which is cheaper, Grok Imagine 1.5 or Sora 2?
Grok Imagine 1.5, at 20 credits for a five second clip at 720p against 25 for Sora 2. Both are billed the same way and the studio quotes the exact figure before you spend anything.
Which makes longer clips, Grok Imagine 1.5 or Sora 2?
Grok Imagine 1.5, up to 15 seconds in one generation against 12. Longer clips cost proportionally more.
Do Grok Imagine 1.5 and Sora 2 generate sound?
Both do. Grok Imagine 1.5: always, as part of the generation. Sora 2: always.
Can I use both Grok Imagine 1.5 and Sora 2 on one account?
Yes. Musevate is one account and one credit balance across every model, so comparing them costs nothing beyond the two generations. That is how the Sora 2 clip on this page was made.
Run the comparison yourself
Both models are on one account with one balance. Grok Imagine 1.5 is 20 credits for five seconds at 720p; Sora 2 is 25.
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