# PlayHT Voice Cloning API vs VoiceStudio (slim)

> VoiceStudio scores 46.2 (D) to PlayHT Voice Cloning's 3.9 (F) for voice cloning. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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PlayHT Voice Cloning API shut down on 2025-12-31. VoiceStudio scores 46.2 (D) on agent readiness against PlayHT Voice Cloning API's 3.9 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do voice cloning.

- PlayHT Voice Cloning API: F 3.9, rank retired, not ranked · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playht-voice-cloning.min.md
- VoiceStudio: D 46.2, rank #984 of 1171 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/voicestudio.min.md
- PlayHT Voice Cloning API, good for Nothing new. It shut down on 2025-12-31. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- VoiceStudio, good for VoiceStudio runs speech generation, voice cloning, transcription and dubbing on local hardware. Ahead on Reliability, 30 against 0; Schema & documentation, 60 against 31; Agent ergonomics, 60 against 0; Security & auth, 50 against 0; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0; Maintenance & community, 50 against 0; Transparency & trust, 44 against 33. Also 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.

| Category | PlayHT Voice Cloning API | VoiceStudio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 0 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 31 | 60 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 0 | 50 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 33 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | PlayHT Voice Cloning API | VoiceStudio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | MCP server |
| Vendor | PlayHT | VoiceStudio maintainers |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.play.ht/api/v2` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP | stdio, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Python SDK) | AGPL-3.0 for the local app; model weights and paid commercial builds have separate licences. |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2025-05-21 | 2026-09-23 |
| Terms last updated | 2023-06-01 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2021-06-19 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 218 stars, 14k npm/wk, 6.6k PyPI/wk | 76k stars |
| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | 3/5 (4) |