PlayAI (Play.ht) pricing & cost
Creators and developers needing 900+ voices and 140+ languages (Meta-acquired, 2025).
Entry price
Creator ~$31.20/mo (annual)
AI usage rate
Voice-agent per-minute not publicly published
Free tier
Limited trial
Billing model
flat-tier
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Our verdict
Strong TTS, but its voice-agent pricing isn't published — hold off until the post-acquisition product and pricing settle.
Strengths
- 900+ voices, 140+ languages
- Strong TTS heritage
Watch-outs
- Voice-agent per-minute pricing opaque (TTS framed by characters)
- Post-Meta-acquisition direction in flux
Who it's for
Creators and developers needing 900+ voices and 140+ languages (Meta-acquired, 2025). Typically a fit for small teams.
Sources
PlayAI (Play.ht) alternatives
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The 'no surprises' option — its headline rate is roughly the real rate, which is rare; you pay a monthly fee for that predictability.
Cartesia (Line)Free; Pro $5/mo; Startup $49/mo
A strong low-latency voice layer for builders — but the $0.06/min Line figure is before LLM and STT, so model the full stack.
Deepgram (Voice Agent API)$0 PAYG ($200 free credit)
The cost-sensitive, high-volume builder's pick — best free credit in the category, but mind the websocket-time billing.
Dialpad (AI Agents)Phone from $15/user/mo; AI Agents = contact sales
Buy it for the phone system with AI baked in — the autonomous voice-agent product, though, is a contact-sales black box.