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      "name": "PlayHT Voice Cloning API",
      "vendor": "PlayHT",
      "vendorUrl": "https://play.ht",
      "kind": "model",
      "category": "voice-cloning",
      "summary": "Discontinued PlayHT service for creating voices from uploaded audio samples.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playht-voice-cloning",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playht-voice-cloning.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playht-voice-cloning.min.md",
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      "repo": "https://github.com/playht/pyht",
      "license": "Apache-2.0 (Python SDK)",
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        "http"
      ],
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      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "playht"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "pyht"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Two headers, `X-USER-ID` and `AUTHORIZATION` with the secret key, both from the dashboard. The endpoints no longer answer.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Cloning was sold inside PlayHT's API and Studio plans, with custom cloning terms on Enterprise. Per-clone prices couldn't be recovered from a primary source (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-create-instant-voice-clone",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.play.ht/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "voice.clone",
        "speech.tts"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "closed-source",
        "retired",
        "python",
        "typescript"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2025-05-21",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 3.9,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 0,
        "ranked": false,
        "notRankedWhy": "Shut down 2025-12-31, so out of the ranking",
        "rankOf": 1171,
        "categoryRank": 12,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 0,
          "payments": 0,
          "reliability": 0,
          "schema": 31,
          "security": 0,
          "transparency": 33
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-17"
        },
        "negative": -4,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-01, still the case on 2026-10-17. docs.play.ht documents `POST /api/v2/cloned-voices/instant` with no shutdown notice, 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-create-instant-voice-clone.md and https://inworld.ai/resources/migrate-from-playht"
        ],
        "verdict": "The API reference is still readable at docs.play.ht, useful for mapping old integrations. Shut down, api.play.ht doesn't resolve.",
        "strengths": [
          "The API reference is still readable at docs.play.ht, useful for mapping old integrations",
          "SDKs remain on GitHub under Apache-2.0",
          "The reference lists each response code, including 415 for unsupported audio and 429 for rate limits"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Shut down, api.play.ht doesn't resolve",
          "Cloned voices reportedly deleted at shutdown with no export",
          "Docs still describe the API with no shutdown notice",
          "No consent or verification step was ever in the API"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Don't call `api.play.ht`. The host doesn't resolve",
          "Ignore docs.play.ht for new work. It documents an API that no longer exists",
          "Re-create voices with another vendor from the original recordings, the clones can't be recovered"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 1,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 3.9
          }
        ],
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          "ergonomics": 0,
          "maintenance": 0,
          "payments": 0,
          "reliability": 0,
          "schema": 31,
          "security": 0,
          "transparency": 5
        },
        "provenanceScore": 60
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "# Retired. api.play.ht no longer resolves.\ncurl -X POST https://api.play.ht/api/v2/cloned-voices/instant -H \"X-USER-ID: $PLAYHT_USER_ID\" -H \"AUTHORIZATION: $PLAYHT_API_KEY\" \\\n  -F sample_file=@sample.wav -F voice_name=support-voice"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.clone",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/playht-voice-cloning"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "playht-tts"
      ],
      "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": "2026-10-17",
        "notes": [
          "On 2026-10-17 play.ht and api.play.ht didn't resolve from our network, while docs.play.ht still served the API reference, Markdown copies with OpenAPI fragments and an llms.txt, with no shutdown notice",
          "On 2026-10-01 a fetch of play.ht returned the old marketing page, so the domain may resolve for some networks or that fetch came from a cache",
          "Terms and privacy links point to Internet Archive copies from February 2025"
        ],
        "score": 60
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playht-voice-cloning.json"
    },
    "answer": "VoiceStudio scores 46.2 (D) on agent readiness against PlayHT Voice Cloning API's 3.9 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
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      "slug": "voicestudio",
      "name": "VoiceStudio",
      "vendor": "VoiceStudio maintainers",
      "vendorUrl": "https://voicestudio.sh",
      "kind": "mcp",
      "category": "voice-cloning",
      "summary": "VoiceStudio runs speech generation, voice cloning, transcription and dubbing on local hardware. Its desktop application exposes HTTP and MCP interfaces for agent-controlled audio workflows.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/voicestudio",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/voicestudio.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/voicestudio.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/voicestudio.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/debpalash/VoiceStudio",
      "license": "AGPL-3.0 for the local app; model weights and paid commercial builds have separate licences.",
      "transports": [
        "stdio",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Local MCP over HTTP or a stdio shim. LAN sharing uses a PIN. A local reverse proxy must enforce its own authentication because loopback requests can bypass the sharing PIN.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The AGPL desktop app is free to run on your own hardware. Pro and Lifetime commercial builds are separate purchases. Cloud is an early-access enquiry, not a generally available hosted API.",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No machine payment protocol established in the reviewed project documentation.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://github.com/debpalash/VoiceStudio#readme",
      "capabilities": [
        "audio.generate",
        "voice.clone",
        "audio.transcribe"
      ],
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        "voice-cloning",
        "mcp",
        "freemium"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-23",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
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        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 984,
        "ranked": true,
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        "categoryRank": 9,
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        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "schema": 60,
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          "transparency": 44
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        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-19"
        },
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        "bestFor": "VoiceStudio runs speech generation, voice cloning, transcription and dubbing on local hardware.",
        "strengths": [
          "Local audio generation with HTTP and MCP access",
          "Configurable output files and history retention",
          "Published desktop telemetry and disclosure documentation"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Hardware and model licences vary by backend",
          "Authentication guidance includes inconsistent text",
          "Cloud availability and commercial rights are separate from the local app"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Keep the server on loopback unless network authentication has been verified.",
          "Use file outputs for large audio and restrict the output directory.",
          "Check the selected model licence before commercial voice use."
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
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            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
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          "schema": 60,
          "security": 50,
          "transparency": 65
        },
        "provenanceScore": 23
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/audio.generate",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/voicestudio"
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      "area": "voice",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "",
        "domain": "voicestudio.sh",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": false,
        "terms": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/debpalash/VoiceStudio/main/LICENSE",
        "privacy": "https://voicestudio.sh/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/debpalash/VoiceStudio/releases",
        "securityTxt": "unknown",
        "checked": "2026-10-19",
        "notes": [
          "Assessment covers the named repository. No ownership claim or domain registration was verified."
        ],
        "score": 23
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/voicestudio.json"
    },
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      {
        "a": "Model API",
        "b": "MCP server",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "PlayHT",
        "b": "VoiceStudio maintainers",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "https://api.play.ht/api/v2",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP",
        "b": "stdio, Streamable HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "API key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Paid",
        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Apache-2.0 (Python SDK)",
        "b": "AGPL-3.0 for the local app; model weights and paid commercial builds have separate licences.",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2025-05-21",
        "b": "2026-09-23",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "2023-06-01",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2021-06-19",
        "b": "2026-10-08",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "218 stars, 14k npm/wk, 6.6k PyPI/wk",
        "b": "76k stars",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "1/5 (2)",
        "b": "3/5 (4)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "VoiceStudio scores 46.2 (D) on agent readiness against PlayHT Voice Cloning API's 3.9 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, PlayHT Voice Cloning API or VoiceStudio?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "PlayHT Voice Cloning API needs an API key. VoiceStudio takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.",
        "question": "Do PlayHT Voice Cloning API and VoiceStudio need an API key?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "PlayHT Voice Cloning API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.play.ht/api/v2. VoiceStudio runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.",
        "question": "Can an agent call PlayHT Voice Cloning API and VoiceStudio without installing anything?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": [
          "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install"
        ],
        "goodFor": "Nothing new. It shut down on 2025-12-31.",
        "slug": "playht-voice-cloning",
        "watchFor": "Shut down, api.play.ht doesn't resolve"
      },
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          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 60 against 31",
          "Agent ergonomics, 60 against 0",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 50 against 0",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 50 against 0",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 44 against 33"
        ],
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          "Still running. PlayHT Voice Cloning API has shut down",
          "Runs on your own machine",
          "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 1.0 out of 5",
          "No incidents deducted, where PlayHT Voice Cloning API loses 4 points for them"
        ],
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        "slug": "voicestudio",
        "watchFor": "Hardware and model licences vary by backend"
      }
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      "name": "Voice cloning"
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        "voicestudio": 30,
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      },
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        "name": "Performance",
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        "playht-voice-cloning": 31,
        "voicestudio": 60,
        "weight": 13
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        "key": "ergonomics",
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        "voicestudio": 60,
        "weight": 13
      },
      {
        "by": 50,
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        "key": "security",
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        "voicestudio": 50,
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      },
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        "weight": 10
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      },
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It shut down on 2025-12-31.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Shut down, api.play.ht doesn't resolve\n\n### VoiceStudio (D)\n\nGood for: VoiceStudio runs speech generation, voice cloning, transcription and dubbing on local hardware.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 30 against 0\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 60 against 31\n- Agent ergonomics, 60 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 50 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 50 against 0\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 44 against 33\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Still running. PlayHT Voice Cloning API has shut down\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 1.0 out of 5\n- No incidents deducted, where PlayHT Voice Cloning API loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: Hardware and model licences vary by backend\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | PlayHT Voice Cloning API | VoiceStudio | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 0 | 30 | VoiceStudio +30 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 31 | 60 | VoiceStudio +29 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 60 | VoiceStudio +60 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 50 | VoiceStudio +50 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 30 | VoiceStudio +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 0 | 50 | VoiceStudio +50 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 33 | 44 | VoiceStudio +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **3.9 · F** | **46.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | PlayHT Voice Cloning API | VoiceStudio |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | MCP server |\n| Vendor | PlayHT | VoiceStudio maintainers |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.play.ht/api/v2` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | stdio, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Python SDK) | AGPL-3.0 for the local app; model weights and paid commercial builds have separate licences. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2025-05-21 | 2026-09-23 |\n| Terms last updated | 2023-06-01 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2021-06-19 | 2026-10-08 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 218 stars, 14k npm/wk, 6.6k PyPI/wk | 76k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | 3/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**PlayHT Voice Cloning API.** The API reference is still readable at docs.play.ht, useful for mapping old integrations. Shut down, api.play.ht doesn't resolve.\n\n**VoiceStudio.** Local audio generation with HTTP and MCP access. Hardware and model licences vary by backend.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### PlayHT Voice Cloning API\n\n1. Don't call `api.play.ht`. The host doesn't resolve\n2. Ignore docs.play.ht for new work. It documents an API that no longer exists\n3. Re-create voices with another vendor from the original recordings, the clones can't be recovered\n\n### VoiceStudio\n\n1. Keep the server on loopback unless network authentication has been verified.\n2. Use file outputs for large audio and restrict the output directory.\n3. Check the selected model licence before commercial voice use.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, PlayHT Voice Cloning API or VoiceStudio?\n\nVoiceStudio scores 46.2 (D) on agent readiness against PlayHT Voice Cloning API's 3.9 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do PlayHT Voice Cloning API and VoiceStudio need an API key?\n\nPlayHT Voice Cloning API needs an API key. VoiceStudio takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call PlayHT Voice Cloning API and VoiceStudio without installing anything?\n\nPlayHT Voice Cloning API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.play.ht/api/v2. VoiceStudio runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playht-voice-cloning-vs-voicestudio.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playht-voice-cloning-vs-voicestudio.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"playht-voice-cloning\", \"b\": \"voicestudio\"}`. 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