PlayHT / PlayAI
PlayAI (acquihired by Meta) class C defunct
Play.ht/PlayAI TTS — team acquihired by Meta July 2025; public API taken offline July 2025, platform fully shut down Dec 31 2025.
Layer 1 — factual axes
| API & price | discontinued (was ~$15–100/1M chars) | secondary | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voices | 900+ (historical) | secondary | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
| Voice cloning | yes · instant (historical) | secondary | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
| Languages | 142 (historical, claimed) | secondary | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
| Weights | closed | secondary | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
| Free tier | no | secondary | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
Layer 2 — output quality
No independent measure yet. We publish a quality figure only when a named external benchmark ranks this model — we don’t invent one.
Play.ht/PlayAI TTS — team acquihired by Meta July 2025; public API taken offline July 2025, platform fully shut down Dec 31 2025.