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PlayHT

PlayHT is an AI voice generation and TTS platform with hundreds of voices, voice cloning, and a realtime conversational voice API (Play 3.0 mini, PlayDialog). The PlayHT REST API exposes voice synthesis, voice cloning, streaming, and language translation. Documentation is at https://docs.play.ht/.

PlayHT publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: TTS API and Voices API. Tagged areas include AI, Voice, TTS, Voice Cloning, and Audio.

PlayHT’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 9 more developer resources.

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34.4/100 thin ▼ -5.3 Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
3 APIs
AIVoiceTTSVoice CloningAudioRealtime

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 34.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

PlayHT API

REST API for PlayHT TTS, voice cloning, and PlayDialog conversational voice. v2.2 and v2.3 endpoints supported. WebSocket streaming for low-latency conversational use cases.

PlayHT TTS API

Text-to-speech generation jobs.

PlayHT Voices API

Prebuilt and cloned voice catalog.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

PlayHT API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Play Ht Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Play Ht Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Play Ht Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Play Ht Authentication

apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Play Ht Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Play Ht Agentic Access

6 operations · 2 acting

6 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: play-ht
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/play-ht/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: PlayHT
kind: company
description: PlayHT is an AI voice generation and TTS platform with hundreds of voices, voice cloning, and a realtime conversational
  voice API (Play 3.0 mini, PlayDialog). The PlayHT REST API exposes voice synthesis, voice cloning, streaming, and language
  translation. Documentation is at https://docs.play.ht/.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/play-ht.png
tags:
- AI
- Voice
- TTS
- Voice Cloning
- Audio
- Realtime
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: play-ht:platform
  name: PlayHT API
  description: REST API for PlayHT TTS, voice cloning, and PlayDialog conversational voice. v2.2 and v2.3 endpoints supported.
    WebSocket streaming for low-latency conversational use cases.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.play.ht/reference/api-getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.play.ht/api
  tags:
  - TTS
  - Voice Cloning
  - WebSocket
  - PlayDialog
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.play.ht/reference/api-getting-started
  - type: Signup
    url: https://play.ht/studio/api-access
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://play.ht/pricing/
- aid: play-ht:play-ht-tts-api
  name: PlayHT TTS API
  description: Text-to-speech generation jobs.
  humanURL: https://docs.play.ht/reference/api-getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.play.ht/api
  tags:
  - TTS
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/play-ht-tts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: play-ht:play-ht-voices-api
  name: PlayHT Voices API
  description: Prebuilt and cloned voice catalog.
  humanURL: https://docs.play.ht/reference/api-getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.play.ht/api
  tags:
  - Voices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/play-ht-voices-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/play-ht-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/play-ht-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/play-ht-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/playht
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/play-ht
- type: Website
  url: https://play.ht/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.play.ht/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/play-ht-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/play-ht-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/play-ht-finops.yml
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.play.ht/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com