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Play.ht pricing
Play.ht publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Play.ht pricing is free, then $31/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $31/month
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Play.ht plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 2 | Entry tier |
| Creator | $31/month | 2 | +$31/month, 2 more features |
| Pro | $99/month | 2 | +$68/month, 2 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 2,500 words/month, standard voices.
Creator
$31/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Unlimited words
- Voice cloning
Pro
$99/monthOver Creator, this tier adds:
- Commercial license
- API access
Where Play.ht stops being free
Free, Free
- 2,500 words/month
- Standard voices
Creator, $31/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Unlimited words
- Voice cloning
What the product covers
The full Play.ht feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- 900+ voices
- 142 languages
- Voice cloning
- Real-time streaming
Integrations
- API access
- WordPress plugin
- Podcast hosting
Platform
- Web support
- Api support
People bring Play.ht in for ai tools management, workflow automation, reporting. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Play.ht are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in AI
Too few ai tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play.ht (this page) | Free, then $31/month | freemium | - | |
| Avathon | On request | quote | - | vs Play.ht |
| C3 AI Suite | On request | quote | - | vs Play.ht |
| Rev | Free | Per minute for human work, per seat per month for AI | - | vs Play.ht |
| Veritone | On request | quote | - | vs Play.ht |
| Verbit | $24/month | Per month by transcription hours | - | vs Play.ht |
| LatchBio | On request | quote | - | vs Play.ht |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Play.ht badges page.
Before you pay for Play.ht
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $99/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Play.ht runs on web, api, and is published by PlayHT Inc. of San Francisco, California. The full record is on the Play.ht review, and the rest of the category is under best ai tools.
Play.ht pricing questions
- How much does Play.ht cost?
- Play.ht publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $99/month for Pro. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Play.ht have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 2,500 words/month, standard voices. Paying starts at $31/month for Creator.
- What is the difference between Free and Creator on Play.ht?
- Creator costs $31/month against Free, and adds unlimited words, voice cloning.
- Is the Pro plan on Play.ht worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is commercial license, api access. It costs $99/month against $31/month for Creator. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which ai tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 ai tools listed alongside Play.ht have a free tier: Rev, AutoGen, Vellum.
- What am I actually paying for with Play.ht?
- The record lists 9 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for ai tools management, workflow automation, reporting.
- Does Play.ht charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Play.ht prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Play.ht against before paying?
- The closest ai tools in this directory are Avathon, C3 AI Suite, Rev, Veritone. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Play.ht covering price, platforms and features.