# HeyGen Voice vs PlayHT Text-to-Speech API (slim)

> HeyGen Voice scores 71.3 (BB) to PlayHT Text-to-Speech's 3.9 (F) for text-to-speech. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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PlayHT Text-to-Speech API shut down on 2025-12-31. HeyGen Voice scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against PlayHT Text-to-Speech API's 3.9 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do text-to-speech.

- HeyGen Voice: BB 71.3, rank #131 of 961 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/heygen-voice.min.md
- PlayHT Text-to-Speech API: F 3.9, rank retired, not ranked · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playht-tts.min.md
- HeyGen Voice, good for Speech in a voice cloned from one short recording, for agents that already make HeyGen videos or need a cloned narrator with streaming and timestamps. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 0; Schema & documentation, 94 against 31; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 0; Security & auth, 69 against 0; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0; Maintenance & community, 65 against 0; Transparency & trust, 69 against 33. Also Still running. PlayHT Text-to-Speech API has shut down; Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No incidents deducted, where PlayHT Text-to-Speech API loses 4 points for them.
- PlayHT Text-to-Speech API, good for Nothing new. It shut down on 2025-12-31.

| Category | HeyGen Voice | PlayHT Text-to-Speech API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 0 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 94 | 31 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 83 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 69 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 65 | 0 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 33 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HeyGen Voice | PlayHT Text-to-Speech API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | HeyGen | PlayHT |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.heygen.com` | `https://api.play.ht/api/v2` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| Licence | Closed service under HeyGen's Terms of Service (HeyGen Technology, Inc., last updated 23 July 2026). | Apache-2.0 (Python SDK) |
| Last release | none | 2025-05-21 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2023-06-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2021-06-19 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | none | 218 stars, 14k npm/wk, 6.6k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 1/5 (2) |