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CogVideoX vs Open-Sora: catalog facts
CogVideoX	Open-Sora
Free Free to download; model use is governed by a separate model licence.	Free Free to download and run from the GitHub repository.
Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Text-to-video and image-to-video generation Fine-tuning code included	Models, training code and details published openly Gradio interface for local generation
Needs a powerful GPU to run locally Model weights have their own licence terms	Requires powerful GPUs Setup needs Python and machine learning experience
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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