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headers, `X-USER-ID` and `AUTHORIZATION` with the secret key, both from the dashboard. The endpoints no longer answer.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Sold as monthly API plans named Hacker or Pro, Startup, Growth and Enterprise, with rate limits set by plan. The plan prices couldn't be recovered from a primary source, since the API pricing tab wasn't archived and play.ht is gone. The last archived pricing page shows Studio plans only (https://web.archive.org/web/20250625003728/https://play.ht/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Service shut down. No x402 or machine payment was ever documented (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 218, "npmWeekly": 14219, "pypiWeekly": 6561, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.play.ht/reference/api-getting-started", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.play.ht/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "speech.tts", "speech.streaming", "speech.voices", "speech.languages" ], "tags": [ "closed-source", "retired", "python", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2025-05-21", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 4.2, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 0, "ranked": false, "notRankedWhy": "Shut down 2025-12-31, so out of the ranking", "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 0, "payments": 0, "reliability": 0, "schema": 31, "security": 0, "transparency": 36 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-01. docs.play.ht still documents `POST /api/v2/tts/stream`, the WebSocket API and batch jobs with no shutdown notice, and play.ht serves an old marketing page, while api.play.ht doesn't resolve and the platform closed on 2025-12-31. An endpoint removed while still advertised. https://docs.play.ht/reference/api-getting-started and https://inworld.ai/resources/migrate-from-playht" ], "verdict": "The old API reference is still readable at docs.play.ht for anyone porting code. api.play.ht doesn't resolve, so every call fails.", "strengths": [ "The old API reference is still readable at docs.play.ht for anyone porting code", "SDKs remain on GitHub under Apache-2.0" ], "weaknesses": [ "api.play.ht doesn't resolve, so every call fails", "docs.play.ht documents live-looking endpoints with no shutdown notice", "Accounts, audio and voice clones were reportedly deleted at shutdown with no export", "No notice from PlayHT itself found on the live site, only third-party migration guides" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't call api.play.ht, it doesn't resolve.", "Ignore docs.play.ht code samples, they describe a closed service.", "Map PlayDialog or Play 3.0 Mini work to another TTS listing before writing code." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "high", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 4.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 0, "payments": 0, "reliability": 0, "schema": 31, "security": 0, "transparency": 5 }, "provenanceScore": 66 }, "connect": { "http": "# Retired. api.play.ht no longer resolves.\ncurl -X POST https://api.play.ht/api/v2/tts/stream -H \"X-USER-ID: $PLAYHT_USER_ID\" -H \"AUTHORIZATION: $PLAYHT_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"content-type: application/json\" -H \"accept: audio/mpeg\" -d '{\"text\":\"Hello\",\"voice_engine\":\"PlayDialog\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/speech.tts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/playht-tts" }, "sameCompany": [ "playht-voice-cloning" ], "area": "voice", "retired": "2025-12-31", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "PlayHT, Inc.", "domain": "play.ht", "domainRegistered": "2016-11-29", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250222123504/https://play.ht/terms/", "privacy": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250202131353/https://play.ht/privacy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "On 2026-10-01 api.play.ht didn't resolve, while play.ht and docs.play.ht still served old marketing and API reference pages with no shutdown notice", "Terms and privacy links point to Internet Archive copies from February 2025" ], "score": 66 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playht-tts.json" }, "summary": "Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) has a score of 73 (BB) against PlayHT Text-to-Speech API's 4.2 (F). Both do speech tts. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 82 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-tts-vs-playht-tts", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-tts-vs-playht-tts.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-tts-vs-playht-tts.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-tts-vs-playht-tts.min.md" }, "markdown": "Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) has a score of 73 (BB) against PlayHT Text-to-Speech API's 4.2 (F). Both do speech tts. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 82 points.\n\n- Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS): grade BB, 73/100, rank #63 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-tts.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepgram-tts.json\n- PlayHT Text-to-Speech API: grade F, 4.2/100, rank retired, not ranked. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playht-tts.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/playht-tts.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) for reliability (+70), schema \u0026 documentation (+64), agent ergonomics (+82), security \u0026 auth (+70), payments \u0026 pricing (+40), maintenance \u0026 community (+73), transparency \u0026 trust (+39).\n\nPick PlayHT Text-to-Speech API for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) | PlayHT Text-to-Speech API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 0 | Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) +70 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 95 | 31 | Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) +64 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 0 | Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) +82 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 0 | Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) +70 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 0 | Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 0 | Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) +73 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 36 | Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) +39 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **73 · BB** | **4.2 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) | PlayHT Text-to-Speech API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Deepgram | PlayHT |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepgram.com/v1` | `https://api.play.ht/api/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio, SSE (legacy) | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | Apache-2.0 (Python SDK) |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2025-05-21 |\n| Popularity | 468 stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 805k PyPI/wk | 218 stars, 14k npm/wk, 6.6k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 1/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS).** OpenAPI 3.1 and AsyncAPI files, llms.txt and Markdown pages. Requests can be kept for training unless each one sets `mip_opt_out=true`.\n\n**PlayHT Text-to-Speech API.** The old API reference is still readable at docs.play.ht for anyone porting code. api.play.ht doesn't resolve, so every call fails.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS)\n\n1. Set `mip_opt_out=true` on every request if the text mustn't be kept for training.\n2. Split Aura-2 REST text under 2,000 characters or expect a 413.\n3. Pass `model` on `/v2/speak`, where it's required.\n4. Strip SSML before sending, since it's removed with an `INPUT_MARKUP_STRIPPED` warning.\n5. Back off exponentially on 429 and keep traffic in one project.\n\n### PlayHT Text-to-Speech API\n\n1. Don't call api.play.ht, it doesn't resolve.\n2. Ignore docs.play.ht code samples, they describe a closed service.\n3. Map PlayDialog or Play 3.0 Mini work to another TTS listing before writing code.\n\n## Other comparisons with Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) or PlayHT Text-to-Speech API\n\n- [Amazon Polly vs Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-polly-vs-deepgram-tts.md)\n- [Amazon Polly vs PlayHT Text-to-Speech API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-polly-vs-playht-tts.md)\n- [Azure AI Speech text-to-speech vs Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-text-to-speech-vs-deepgram-tts.md)\n- [Azure AI Speech text-to-speech vs PlayHT Text-to-Speech API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-text-to-speech-vs-playht-tts.md)\n- [Cartesia Sonic TTS API + MCP vs Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-tts-vs-deepgram-tts.md)\n- [Cartesia Sonic TTS API + MCP vs PlayHT Text-to-Speech API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-tts-vs-playht-tts.md)\n- [Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) vs ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-tts-vs-elevenlabs-tts.md)\n- [Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) vs Murf TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-tts-vs-murf-tts.md)\n- [Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) vs Resemble AI Text-to-Speech API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-tts-vs-resemble-ai-tts.md)\n- [Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) vs Rime TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-tts-vs-rime-tts.md)\n- [Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) vs Soniox Text-to-Speech](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-tts-vs-soniox-tts.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP vs PlayHT Text-to-Speech API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-tts-vs-playht-tts.md)\n- [Murf TTS API + MCP vs PlayHT Text-to-Speech API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/murf-tts-vs-playht-tts.md)\n- [PlayHT Text-to-Speech API vs Resemble AI Text-to-Speech API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playht-tts-vs-resemble-ai-tts.md)\n- [PlayHT Text-to-Speech API vs Rime TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playht-tts-vs-rime-tts.md)\n- [PlayHT Text-to-Speech API vs Soniox Text-to-Speech](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playht-tts-vs-soniox-tts.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-04", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) vs PlayHT Text-to-Speech API", "url": "" } ], "description": "Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) has a score of 73 (BB) against PlayHT Text-to-Speech API's 4.2 (F). 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