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Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras) Review

Indian-language sovereign speech-to-text API

Among the 43 speech-to-text tools we track, Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras) has the 33rd-widest language coverage.

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What we know about Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras)

Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras) is a speech-to-text apis platform: indian-language sovereign speech-to-text API. This profile tracks every Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras) fact we have verified, each linked to a primary source and dated.

Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras) does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras) quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras) covers language auto-detection, word-level timestamps, custom vocabulary / keyterm boosting, speech translation, soc 2 type ii, and self-host / on-prem option, and does not offer entity detection. Each of those is verified against Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras)'s own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

For compliance, with Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras): SOC 2 Type II is in place. If you are in a regulated space, confirm the current posture with Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras) before you commit, since these change plan by plan.

Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras) ranks the 33rd-widest language coverage of the 43 speech-to-text tools we track, so where it lands for you depends on which of those matters more.

In total we track 20 verified facts for Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras) today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the Sarvam AI (Saarika / Saaras) fact sheet below.

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Fact sheet

Pricing
Pricing facts
Pricing modelusageJul 20
Free tier quotaRs 100 credits (~3.3 hr STT)Jul 20
Published volume discountsEnterprise only (contact sales)Jul 20
Concurrency on base plan60 req/min (Starter plan)Jul 20
Extra concurrency costPro 200 / Business 1000 req/minJul 20
Capabilities
Capabilities facts
WER (vendor-claimed)~18.32 % WERJul 20
Languages supported23 languagesJul 20
Language auto-detection✓ YesJul 20
Speaker diarization◑ Paid add-onJul 20
Word-level timestamps✓ YesJul 20
Custom vocabulary / keyterm boosting✓ YesJul 20
Entity detection✗ NoJul 20
Speech translation✓ YesJul 20
Priced audio-intelligence add-onstranslate, verbatim, translit, codemixJul 20
Compliance & trust
Compliance & trust facts
SOC 2 Type II✓ YesJul 20
Self-host / on-prem option✓ YesJul 20
Build experience
Build experience facts
Official SDKsPython, JavaScript/TypeScript (sarvamai)Jul 20
Max file size / durationREST 30s; Batch 2h/file, 20 files/jobJul 20
Supported audio formatsWAV, MP3, AAC, AIFF, OGG, FLAC, MP4, AMR, WMA, WebM, PCMJul 20
Websocket streaming API✓ YesJul 20

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