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In the 90 days from 8 August the health checks on the shared API failed in all three regions on 9, 10, 13, 14 and 15 September (about 8, 21, 33, 17 and 64 minutes of flapping), in the Global and India regions on 11 and 17 September (12 minutes each), and in the USA region alone on 1, 3, 5, 12, 21 and 30 September (6 to 62 minutes) and 6 October (12 minutes). Outages in every region at once are read as wide errors, so several majors (0). Limits are published with numbers but disagree. The limits page says one TTS request at a time per account with up to five sockets, the Lightning v3.1 Pro card says 10 concurrent and the pricing page says 15 streams and 100 requests a minute on pay as you go (8 of 15). 429 is documented with exponential backoff from 500 ms to 30 s and Retry-After when present, and the limits page tells clients to expect 429s at the concurrency ceiling (15). An infrastructure SLA of 99.99 per cent is named for Enterprise only, with no terms, and the terms disclaim any availability commitment (5 of 10). `lightning_v3.1_pro` is stable and only the dated checkpoint is preview (10). 20 + 0 + 8 + 15 + 5 + 10 = 58.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes." }, { "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 92, "points": 14.95, "reason": "OpenAPI 3.1 for the sync and SSE routes and AsyncAPI 2.6 for the WebSocket, with request and event schemas (25). llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every page (10). A transport guide, model cards and the compare page say which model and transport suit which job, but changelog entries correct the language lists and enums the docs and spec carried (15 of 20). Typed fields with enums for model, sample rate, language and output format, an 8,000-character limit and pattern rules on `session_id` and `request_id` (14 of 15). Examples in curl, Python and JavaScript, with error bodies on the reference and a shared error page (13 of 15). Versioned `/v1` paths, a dated Lightning changelog and dated preview checkpoints (15). Total 92.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 72, "points": 11.7, "reason": "API reading of the checklist. Eight output formats, a choice of sample rate and word timestamps only when asked (22 of 25). Voices are listed per model and the docs say they filter by language and accent. Paging wasn't confirmed (14 of 20). Errors carry `error` and `message` fields with a shared status-code guide, without TTS-specific codes (14 of 20). Synthesis is stateless and `request_id` is echoed for correlation, but there is no idempotency key and billing of a retried request isn't stated (10 of 20). Two required fields, `text` and `voice_id`, but the default model retires on 30 November. Official Python and Node SDKs, with the Node SDK last published in May 2025 (12 of 15). Total 72.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "effectiveWeight": 17.5, "score": 52, "points": 9.1, "reason": "Model reading of the checklist, with training and retention in place of the least-privilege and injection lines. Plain `sk_` keys per organisation, shown once, revoked at once and deletable, with one key per environment advised. The docs say a key grants full account access, and no scope is offered. Short-lived access tokens (`wat_`, 30 to 900 seconds) cover only inference routes and can't mint tokens (22 of 30). The error reference documents the key as a `?token=` query parameter for browser WebSockets, and the token guide passes access tokens as `?api_key=` on the STT socket, so 10 off (12 of 30). The terms (21 October 2026) say Smallest won't use user content or input to train or improve its services. The privacy policy (18 September 2026) lists improving the services with machine learning as a use of usage data and doesn't address uploaded audio or text either way (15 of 20). Zero data retention and the `x-expire-content` header are Enterprise only, or a $1,000 a month HIPAA add-on on pay as you go. Other plans keep content readable in logs and the dashboard, with no retention period published (5 of 15). Usage is tracked per key, request rows sit in a dashboard log viewer, and every response carries `x-request-id`. No audit log of key actions was found (10 of 15). security.txt is valid to 31 December 2026 and the site footer claims SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA compliance, while the pricing page lists SOC 2 compliance only on Enterprise. No bug bounty, disclosure policy or public advisories found (10 of 20). Total 52.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 12.5, "score": 40, "points": 5, "reason": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-character prices for both models published without a login (20). Pay as you go starts with $10 of trial credits, which the terms also describe, and no page says a card is needed to claim them, read as inworld-tts's free plan was (20). A person signs up in a browser at app.smallest.ai and creates the key in the dashboard, and top-ups go to a card on file (0). Total 40.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored." }, { "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 68, "points": 5.95, "reason": "Read as a model. The newest Lightning changelog entry is dated 2 November 2026 (the v3.1 retirement notice), after a preview checkpoint on 29 October (30). Dated Lightning entries on 10, 23 and 28 August, 29 September, 14, 17 and 29 October and 2 November count, less 5 for churn, because the default model retires 28 days after its notice and clones made on it stop working (15 of 20). Public changelog, email support and a Discord server, with no evidence read of how they answer (10 of 15). The Python SDK `smallestai` 5.14.0 dates from 7 October, but the npm Node SDK has not been published since May 2025 (8 of 15). The Python SDK repository runs CI and release workflows, but has no licence file (5 of 10). Total 68.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 70, "points": 6.13, "note": "editorial 52, provenance 87", "reason": "Closed service with clear terms naming Smallest Inc. under California law (15). The ZDR page is specific about what each mode keeps, but the terms' no-training clause and the privacy policy's machine-learning use of usage data sit side by side, the privacy policy gives no retention periods, and the policy doesn't mention the DPA a footer link points to (15 of 30). A deprecations page gives statuses, dates and migration steps, and earlier models answer 410 with a pointer. The notice for the default `lightning_v3.1`, dated 2 November, gives 28 days before voices change and v3.1 clones stop working, and the terms let Smallest discontinue services without notice (12 of 20). Two regions named (Mumbai and Oregon) with region-pinned hosts, and only Google Analytics and Fullstory named among third parties, with no sub-processor list found (10 of 20). Total 52.", "checked": "2026-11-06" } ], "assessment": { "date": "2026-11-06", "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "notes": { "ergonomics": "API reading of the checklist. Eight output formats, a choice of sample rate and word timestamps only when asked (22 of 25). Voices are listed per model and the docs say they filter by language and accent. Paging wasn't confirmed (14 of 20). Errors carry `error` and `message` fields with a shared status-code guide, without TTS-specific codes (14 of 20). Synthesis is stateless and `request_id` is echoed for correlation, but there is no idempotency key and billing of a retried request isn't stated (10 of 20). Two required fields, `text` and `voice_id`, but the default model retires on 30 November. Official Python and Node SDKs, with the Node SDK last published in May 2025 (12 of 15). Total 72.", "maintenance": "Read as a model. The newest Lightning changelog entry is dated 2 November 2026 (the v3.1 retirement notice), after a preview checkpoint on 29 October (30). Dated Lightning entries on 10, 23 and 28 August, 29 September, 14, 17 and 29 October and 2 November count, less 5 for churn, because the default model retires 28 days after its notice and clones made on it stop working (15 of 20). Public changelog, email support and a Discord server, with no evidence read of how they answer (10 of 15). The Python SDK `smallestai` 5.14.0 dates from 7 October, but the npm Node SDK has not been published since May 2025 (8 of 15). The Python SDK repository runs CI and release workflows, but has no licence file (5 of 10). Total 68.", "payments": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-character prices for both models published without a login (20). Pay as you go starts with $10 of trial credits, which the terms also describe, and no page says a card is needed to claim them, read as inworld-tts's free plan was (20). A person signs up in a browser at app.smallest.ai and creates the key in the dashboard, and top-ups go to a card on file (0). Total 40.", "reliability": "BetterStack status page at status.smallest.ai with components for the Global, India and USA APIs (one health check covers the Agents and Models APIs), docs, the app and Electron, and per-component history (20). In the 90 days from 8 August the health checks on the shared API failed in all three regions on 9, 10, 13, 14 and 15 September (about 8, 21, 33, 17 and 64 minutes of flapping), in the Global and India regions on 11 and 17 September (12 minutes each), and in the USA region alone on 1, 3, 5, 12, 21 and 30 September (6 to 62 minutes) and 6 October (12 minutes). Outages in every region at once are read as wide errors, so several majors (0). Limits are published with numbers but disagree. The limits page says one TTS request at a time per account with up to five sockets, the Lightning v3.1 Pro card says 10 concurrent and the pricing page says 15 streams and 100 requests a minute on pay as you go (8 of 15). 429 is documented with exponential backoff from 500 ms to 30 s and Retry-After when present, and the limits page tells clients to expect 429s at the concurrency ceiling (15). An infrastructure SLA of 99.99 per cent is named for Enterprise only, with no terms, and the terms disclaim any availability commitment (5 of 10). `lightning_v3.1_pro` is stable and only the dated checkpoint is preview (10). 20 + 0 + 8 + 15 + 5 + 10 = 58.", "schema": "OpenAPI 3.1 for the sync and SSE routes and AsyncAPI 2.6 for the WebSocket, with request and event schemas (25). llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every page (10). A transport guide, model cards and the compare page say which model and transport suit which job, but changelog entries correct the language lists and enums the docs and spec carried (15 of 20). Typed fields with enums for model, sample rate, language and output format, an 8,000-character limit and pattern rules on `session_id` and `request_id` (14 of 15). Examples in curl, Python and JavaScript, with error bodies on the reference and a shared error page (13 of 15). Versioned `/v1` paths, a dated Lightning changelog and dated preview checkpoints (15). Total 92.", "security": "Model reading of the checklist, with training and retention in place of the least-privilege and injection lines. Plain `sk_` keys per organisation, shown once, revoked at once and deletable, with one key per environment advised. The docs say a key grants full account access, and no scope is offered. Short-lived access tokens (`wat_`, 30 to 900 seconds) cover only inference routes and can't mint tokens (22 of 30). The error reference documents the key as a `?token=` query parameter for browser WebSockets, and the token guide passes access tokens as `?api_key=` on the STT socket, so 10 off (12 of 30). The terms (21 October 2026) say Smallest won't use user content or input to train or improve its services. The privacy policy (18 September 2026) lists improving the services with machine learning as a use of usage data and doesn't address uploaded audio or text either way (15 of 20). Zero data retention and the `x-expire-content` header are Enterprise only, or a $1,000 a month HIPAA add-on on pay as you go. Other plans keep content readable in logs and the dashboard, with no retention period published (5 of 15). Usage is tracked per key, request rows sit in a dashboard log viewer, and every response carries `x-request-id`. No audit log of key actions was found (10 of 15). security.txt is valid to 31 December 2026 and the site footer claims SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA compliance, while the pricing page lists SOC 2 compliance only on Enterprise. No bug bounty, disclosure policy or public advisories found (10 of 20). Total 52.", "transparency": "Closed service with clear terms naming Smallest Inc. under California law (15). The ZDR page is specific about what each mode keeps, but the terms' no-training clause and the privacy policy's machine-learning use of usage data sit side by side, the privacy policy gives no retention periods, and the policy doesn't mention the DPA a footer link points to (15 of 30). A deprecations page gives statuses, dates and migration steps, and earlier models answer 410 with a pointer. The notice for the default `lightning_v3.1`, dated 2 November, gives 28 days before voices change and v3.1 clones stop working, and the terms let Smallest discontinue services without notice (12 of 20). Two regions named (Mumbai and Oregon) with region-pinned hosts, and only Google Analytics and Fullstory named among third parties, with no sub-processor list found (10 of 20). Total 52." }, "sources": [ { "what": "status page and incident history (JSON)", "url": "https://status.smallest.ai/index.json", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "concurrency and limits", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/api-reference/concurrency-and-limits.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "model pricing", "url": "https://smallest.ai/pricing/models", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "plans and free credits", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/overview/administration/subscription-plans.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "terms of service", "url": "https://smallest.ai/terms-of-service", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "privacy policy", "url": "https://smallest.ai/privacy-policy", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "zero data retention", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/models/enterprise/zero-data-retention.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "API keys and access tokens", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/api-reference/token-based-authentication.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "Models API OpenAPI 3.1", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/openapi/models-api.json", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "Models API AsyncAPI 2.6", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/asyncapi/models-api.json", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "model error reference", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/models/troubleshooting/error-reference.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "model deprecation notices", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/api-reference/deprecations/models.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "Python SDK releases on PyPI", "url": "https://pypi.org/rss/project/smallestai/releases.xml", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "security.txt", "url": "https://smallest.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "Lightning TTS overview", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/models/text-to-speech/overview.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "Lightning v3.1 Pro model card", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/model-cards/text-to-speech/lightning-v-3-1-pro.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "Lightning changelog", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/changelog/lightning-v-3-1.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "synthesise speech API reference", "url": "https://docs.smallest.ai/api-reference/models/text-to-speech/synthesize-speech.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" } ], "openQuestions": [ "PyPI's JSON API (pypi.org/pypi/smallestai/json), which pypi.org/robots.txt disallows, was fetched once by mistake on 6 November. Release dates were re-read from the allowed RSS feed, and nothing taken only from the JSON is used.", "unchecked: whether signup asks for a card before the $10 trial credits", "unchecked: open issues and maintainer replies on the SDK repositories, because the GitHub API refused our requests for its rate limit", "Which TTS concurrency applies on pay as you go, given 1, 10 and 15 on three pages", "unchecked: paging on the voices list and whether failed syntheses are billed" ] }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Lightning streams speech over HTTP, SSE or WebSocket with OpenAPI and AsyncAPI files and public prices of $0.175 to $0.195 per 10,000 characters. The default model retires on 30 November with 28 days' notice, published concurrency limits disagree, and the shared API failed in every region on five days in September.", "bestFor": "Low-latency speech for voice agents, with English, Hindi code-switching and Indic voices.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.1 and AsyncAPI 2.6 files cover the sync, SSE and WebSocket routes, with llms.txt and Markdown copies of every page", "Public prices of $0.175 per 10,000 characters for v3.1 and $0.195 for v3.1 Pro, with $10 of trial credits", "Pronunciation dictionaries, number and date reading controls, word timestamps and eight output formats", "A deprecations page with dates and migration steps, and dated preview checkpoints that run 30 days", "Region-pinned hosts in Mumbai and Oregon" ], "weaknesses": [ "`lightning_v3.1`, the default model, retires on 30 November 2026 after a 2 November notice, and clones made on it stop working", "Concurrency is published as 1, 10 and 15 on three different pages", "Health checks on the shared API failed in all three regions on 9, 10, 13, 14 and 15 September 2026, the longest about 64 minutes", "Keys grant full account access with no scopes, and the docs pass keys or tokens as URL query parameters on WebSockets", "No SSML, and zero data retention only on Enterprise or a $1,000 a month add-on" ], "agentNotes": [ "Always send `\"model\": \"lightning_v3.1_pro\"`, since requests with no model go to a model that retires on 30 November 2026", "Pick voices from `GET /waves/v1/lightning-v3.1-pro/get_voices`, because the v3.1 and v3.1 Pro catalogues differ", "Keep each request under 8,000 characters and split longer text", "Treat 429 as the concurrency ceiling and retry with backoff from 500 ms to 30 s, honouring Retry-After", "Fix names and acronyms with a pronunciation dictionary, since SSML isn't accepted" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 64.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 40, "reliability": 58, "schema": 92, "security": 52, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 87, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 }, "scoreHistory": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "grade": "B", "kind": "listed", "method": "0.7", "score": 64.4 } ] }, "connect": { "install": "pip install smallestai", "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api.smallest.ai/waves/v1/tts\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SMALLEST_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"Accept: audio/wav\" \\\n -d '{\"text\": \"Hello from Smallest AI.\", \"voice_id\": \"meher\", \"model\": \"lightning_v3.1_pro\", \"sample_rate\": 24000, \"output_format\": \"wav\"}' \\\n --output hello.wav", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add smallest -- npx -y @developer-smallestai/smallest-mcp-server" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/speech.tts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/smallest-lightning-tts" }, "sameCompany": [ "smallest-pulse-stt", "smallest-voice-clone" ], "notable": [ "Sync `POST /waves/v1/tts`, SSE `POST /waves/v1/tts/live` and WebSocket `wss://api.smallest.ai/waves/v1/tts/live`, with the model in the body (https://docs.smallest.ai/models/getting-started.md)", "`lightning_v3.1`, the default when no model is sent, retires on 30 November 2026 at 18:30 UTC. Requests then go to `lightning_v3.1_pro`, and voice clones made on v3.1 stop working (https://docs.smallest.ai/api-reference/deprecations/models.md)", "A preview checkpoint `lightning_v3.1_pro_10_26` for English, Spanish and Hindi becomes the stable `lightning_v3.1_pro` on 28 November 2026 (https://docs.smallest.ai/model-cards/text-to-speech/lightning-v-3-1-pro.md)", "OpenAPI 3.1 for the HTTP routes and AsyncAPI 2.6 for the TTS socket (https://docs.smallest.ai/openapi/models-api.json)", "Concurrency is given three ways: 1 TTS request per account on the limits page, 10 on the Lightning v3.1 Pro card and 15 streams with 100 requests a minute on the pricing page", "Lightning v2 and Lightning Large were retired earlier and now answer 410 Gone with a pointer to v3.1 (https://docs.smallest.ai/changelog/lightning-v-3-1)" ], "area": "voice", "details": [ { "label": "Surface listed", "value": "The Lightning text-to-speech routes of the Models API at api.smallest.ai/waves/v1, read from docs.smallest.ai (Markdown pages, llms.txt, OpenAPI and AsyncAPI files, changelog), smallest.ai pricing, terms and privacy pages and status.smallest.ai on 6 November 2026. No account was made and no request was sent to the API" }, { "label": "Models", "value": "`lightning_v3.1_pro` (stable, curated voices, 31 languages plus `auto`), `lightning_v3.1_pro_10_26` (preview for English, Spanish and Hindi until 28 November) and `lightning_v3.1` (217 voices, retiring 30 November 2026)" }, { "label": "Controls", "value": "Speed, sample rate, eight output formats including PCM, WAV and MP3, number pronunciation language, date order, opt-in maths reading, a profanity filter, pronunciation dictionaries and word timestamps on the WebSocket. 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