PlayHT Alternatives
AI voice generator acquired by Meta (July 2025) and shut down (December 2025). See alternatives for text-to-speech.
PlayHT was acquired by Meta (acquired July 2025, shut down December 2025).
PlayHT was an AI text-to-speech platform offering 800+ voices across 142 languages.
Explore 16 alternatives to PlayHT across 1 category. Updated October 2026.
Top PlayHT alternatives at a glance
- Fish Audio. Text-to-speech and voice cloning API, with Fish Speech weights published under a research licence
- Eleven Labs. Natural Text to Speech & AI Voice Generator.
- Respeecher. Real-time text-to-speech API plus speech-to-speech voice conversion, with licensed voices
- SpeechifyAI. Text-to-speech API with low-latency streaming, voice cloning, and 30+ locales
- KugelAudio. Real-time text-to-speech in 26 languages, trained and hosted in Europe
Compare PlayHT with its alternatives
| Product | Pricing Model | Free Tier | Open Source | Hosting | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PlayHT | — | — | — | — | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Fish Audio | Freemium | ✓ | — | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Eleven Labs | Freemium | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Respeecher | Freemium | — | — | Cloud | — |
| SpeechifyAI | Freemium | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| KugelAudio | Pay-per-use | ✓ | — | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany |
| Samtal | — | — | — | Cloud | ๐ธ๐ช Sweden |
| VoxCPM | Free | ✓ | ✓ APACHE-2.0 | Self-hosted | — |
| Rime AI | Freemium | ✓ | — | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Cartesia | Freemium | ✓ | — | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Resemble AI | Pay-per-use | ✓ | — | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Ramsa Speech | — | — | — | Cloud | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| LemonFox | Subscription | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany |
| LMNT | — | ✓ | — | — | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| OpenAI | Pay-per-use | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Hume AI | Freemium | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
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