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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Pricing

Pricing facts
Pricing model	usage	Jul 20
Free tier quota	Rs 100 credits (~3.3 hr STT)	Jul 20
Published volume discounts	Enterprise only (contact sales)	Jul 20
Concurrency on base plan	60 req/min (Starter plan)	Jul 20
Extra concurrency cost	Pro 200 / Business 1000 req/min	Jul 20

Capabilities

Capabilities facts
WER (vendor-claimed)	~18.32 % WER	Jul 20
Languages supported	23 languages	Jul 20
Language auto-detection	✓ Yes	Jul 20
Speaker diarization	◑ Paid add-on	Jul 20
Word-level timestamps	✓ Yes	Jul 20
Custom vocabulary / keyterm boosting	✓ Yes	Jul 20
Entity detection	✗ No	Jul 20
Speech translation	✓ Yes	Jul 20
Priced audio-intelligence add-ons	translate, verbatim, translit, codemix	Jul 20

Compliance & trust

Compliance & trust facts
SOC 2 Type II	✓ Yes	Jul 20
Self-host / on-prem option	✓ Yes	Jul 20

Build experience

Build experience facts
Official SDKs	Python, JavaScript/TypeScript (sarvamai)	Jul 20
Max file size / duration	REST 30s; Batch 2h/file, 20 files/job	Jul 20
Supported audio formats	WAV, MP3, AAC, AIFF, OGG, FLAC, MP4, AMR, WMA, WebM, PCM	Jul 20
Websocket streaming API	✓ Yes	Jul 20

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