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      "priceSummary": "Paid",
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        "evidence": "Service shut down. No x402 or machine payment was ever documented (checked 2026-09-30).",
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          "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"
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          "The old API reference is still readable at docs.play.ht for anyone porting code",
          "SDKs remain on GitHub under Apache-2.0"
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          "api.play.ht doesn't resolve, so every call fails",
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          "No notice from PlayHT itself found on the live site, only third-party migration guides"
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          "Don't call api.play.ht, it doesn't resolve.",
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        "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\"}'"
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/speech.tts",
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        "legalEntity": "PlayHT, Inc.",
        "domain": "play.ht",
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        "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",
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          "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"
        ],
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playht-tts.json"
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      "vendor": "Rime Labs",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.rime.ai",
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      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rime-tts",
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      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rime-tts.min.md",
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        "http",
        "streamable-http"
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      "pricingNotes": "Usage-based on Starter. Coda costs $0.05 per 1,000 characters ($50 per 1M) and Mist v3 $0.03 per 1,000 ($30 per 1M), roughly $0.05 and $0.03 a minute of audio. New accounts get free usage with no card, though the page says about 800 minutes (800k characters) in one place and 3,000 minutes in its FAQ. Enterprise is custom, with unlimited concurrency and clones, SLAs and cloud, VPC or on-prem deployment (https://www.rime.ai/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 or machine payment in the docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
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        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
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      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.rime.ai/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "speech.tts",
        "speech.streaming",
        "speech.voices",
        "speech.languages"
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        "hosted",
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        "no-card",
        "free-tier",
        "closed-source",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp",
        "streaming",
        "self-hosted",
        "enterprise"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-25",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 56.1,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 305,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 8,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 50,
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
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        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
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        "strengths": [
          "Only character counts are kept by default, and customer data isn't used for training without an opt-in",
          "Coda at $0.05 and Mist v3 at $0.03 per 1,000 characters, with free minutes and no card",
          "20 concurrent generations on Starter",
          "SOC 2 Type II since May 2025 and HIPAA BAA on request",
          "The errors page says which statuses to retry and that retries bill as new synthesis"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No OpenAPI or AsyncAPI file and no official SDKs",
          "Errors are plain-text messages without machine-readable codes",
          "Arcana's cloud retirement came 17 days after the announcement",
          "Status page shows no incident history",
          "HTTP requests stop at 1,000 characters"
        ],
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          "Always send `modelId`, since a missing one routes to Mist v3 and Coda speakers then fail.",
          "Keep HTTP requests under 1,000 characters or use the WebSocket.",
          "Back off on 429 before reopening a WebSocket, and remember each retry bills again.",
          "Use `/ws3` when you need word timestamps.",
          "Keep the key server-side, since WebSockets take it in a header and there are no short-lived tokens."
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
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            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.3",
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              "tasks"
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            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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          "maintenance": 48,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 50,
          "schema": 59,
          "security": 65,
          "transparency": 55
        },
        "provenanceScore": 86
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://users.rime.ai/v1/rime-tts -H \"Authorization: Bearer $RIME_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"content-type: application/json\" -H \"accept: audio/mpeg\" -o speech.mp3 \\\n  -d '{\"text\":\"Your table is booked for seven.\",\"speaker\":\"astra\",\"modelId\":\"coda\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http rime https://mcp.rime.ai --header \"Authorization: Bearer $RIME_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "rime": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${RIME_API_KEY}"
              },
              "url": "https://mcp.rime.ai"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/speech.tts",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/rime-tts"
      },
      "area": "voice",
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        {
          "item": "Coda",
          "unit": "1m-chars",
          "usd": 50,
          "note": "$0.05 per 1,000 characters, about $0.05 a minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "Mist v3",
          "unit": "1m-chars",
          "usd": 30,
          "note": "$0.03 per 1,000 characters, about $0.03 a minute"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Rime Labs, Inc.",
        "domain": "rime.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2020-03-12",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.rime.ai/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.rime.ai/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.rime.ai",
        "changelog": "https://docs.rime.ai/docs/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "score": 86
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rime-tts.json",
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        "slug": "rime-tts",
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          "target": "https://users.rime.ai",
          "method": "get",
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
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              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
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              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
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            },
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              "date": "2026-10-04",
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              "ok": 270
            }
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.rime.ai",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:27.329259246Z"
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        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://rime.ai/.well-known/security.txt",
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        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.rime.ai/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
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        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "rime.ai",
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          "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/rime.ai",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:13.469380494Z"
        },
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            "url": "https://docs.rime.ai/docs/changelog",
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            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:57.768372092Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "d83d0135c7c5"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.rime.ai/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:58.694941167Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "ecb939d90f0c"
          },
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            "url": "https://www.rime.ai/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:00.743793653Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.rime.ai/terms",
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:48:15.250620889Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Rime TTS API + MCP has a score of 56.1 (C) against PlayHT Text-to-Speech API's 4.2 (F). Both do speech tts. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 65 points."
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    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playht-tts-vs-rime-tts",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playht-tts-vs-rime-tts.json",
    "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playht-tts-vs-rime-tts.md",
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  "markdown": "Rime TTS API + MCP has a score of 56.1 (C) against PlayHT Text-to-Speech API's 4.2 (F). Both do speech tts. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 65 points.\n\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- Rime TTS API + MCP: grade C, 56.1/100, rank #305 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rime-tts.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rime-tts.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick PlayHT Text-to-Speech API for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick Rime TTS API + MCP for reliability (+50), schema \u0026 documentation (+28), agent ergonomics (+60), security \u0026 auth (+65), payments \u0026 pricing (+40), maintenance \u0026 community (+48), transparency \u0026 trust (+35).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | PlayHT Text-to-Speech API | Rime TTS API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 0 | 50 | Rime TTS API + MCP +50 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 31 | 59 | Rime TTS API + MCP +28 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 60 | Rime TTS API + MCP +60 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 65 | Rime TTS API + MCP +65 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 40 | Rime TTS API + MCP +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 0 | 48 | Rime TTS API + MCP +48 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 36 | 71 | Rime TTS API + MCP +35 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **4.2 · F** | **56.1 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | PlayHT Text-to-Speech API | Rime TTS API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | PlayHT | Rime Labs |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.play.ht/api/v2` | `https://users.rime.ai` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Python SDK) | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 6 |\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 | 2025-05-21 | 2026-09-25 |\n| Popularity | 218 stars, 14k npm/wk, 6.6k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Rime TTS API + MCP.** Only character counts are kept by default, and customer data isn't used for training without an opt-in. No OpenAPI or AsyncAPI file and no official SDKs.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Rime TTS API + MCP\n\n1. Always send `modelId`, since a missing one routes to Mist v3 and Coda speakers then fail.\n2. Keep HTTP requests under 1,000 characters or use the WebSocket.\n3. Back off on 429 before reopening a WebSocket, and remember each retry bills again.\n4. Use `/ws3` when you need word timestamps.\n5. Keep the key server-side, since WebSockets take it in a header and there are no short-lived tokens.\n\n## Other comparisons with PlayHT Text-to-Speech API or Rime TTS API + MCP\n\n- [Amazon Polly vs PlayHT Text-to-Speech API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-polly-vs-playht-tts.md)\n- [Amazon Polly vs Rime TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-polly-vs-rime-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- [Azure AI Speech text-to-speech vs Rime TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-text-to-speech-vs-rime-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- [Cartesia Sonic TTS API + MCP vs Rime TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-tts-vs-rime-tts.md)\n- [Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) vs PlayHT Text-to-Speech API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-tts-vs-playht-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- [ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP vs PlayHT Text-to-Speech API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-tts-vs-playht-tts.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP vs Rime TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-tts-vs-rime-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- [Murf TTS API + MCP vs Rime TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/murf-tts-vs-rime-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 Soniox Text-to-Speech](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playht-tts-vs-soniox-tts.md)\n- [Resemble AI Text-to-Speech API vs Rime TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/resemble-ai-tts-vs-rime-tts.md)\n- [Rime TTS API + MCP vs Soniox Text-to-Speech](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rime-tts-vs-soniox-tts.md)\n",
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