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Sarvam AI

LLM 4.5/10 Jun 17, 2026

India's sovereign full-stack AI platform offering speech-to-text, text-to-speech, translation, and LLM/chat APIs across 22 Indian languages.

Requests / min
60
Free credit
$1.2
Card required
No

Sarvam AI scores 4.5/10 for free value in LLM. The main constraint: Every new account gets Rs.100 (~$1.20) in free credits on signup, usable across all APIs (STT, TTS, translation, LLM, vision) with no credit card, and credits never expire.

Note: DEAD/EXPIRED: A separate Sarvam Vision/OCR 'completely free for the entire month of February 2
Category LLM Kind Indic AI API platform Caveats Free credits are a small one-time grant (Rs.100, no monthly refill) — once exhausted you must top up or upgrade. The larger startup-program credits (6-12 months) require a separate application and approval. Default free Starter tier rate limits are modest (60 req/min on most APIs, 40 req/min on Sarvam-30B/105B, 10 req/min on Document Intelligence). Renewal one_time Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

4.5 / 10
Show the math
Value 5.2/10
value = 1.2 $ one-time
weighted score = 0.7 * 5.2/10
Model Quality 2.1/10
value = 12 artificial_analysis_score
weighted score = 0.2 * 2.1/10
Volume 6.2/10
value = 40000000 tok/mo
score = 6.2/10
Request Rate 4.6/10
value = 60 req/min
weighted score = 0.1 * 4.6/10
Access 6/10
value = 6/10
score = 6/10

Key metrics

Sarvam 105B 12 Best model
60 R/min Requests/min
$1.2 Credit
$0.03/M Price
Yes Commercial use

Models

9 free · 9 total

Limits may be stale — last re-verified outside this section's freshness window.

Model Family AA Access
Sarvam 105B Mistral 11.9 free
Sarvam 30B Mistral 6.6 free
Bulbul v3 Sarvam — free
Mayura Sarvam — free
Saaras v3 Sarvam — free
Saarika v2.5 Sarvam — free
Sarvam Translate Sarvam — free
Sarvam Vision Sarvam — free
Sarvam-M (sarvam-m) Mistral — free

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What you get

Rs.100 (~$1.20) free credits on signup, no credit card required, usable across every API

Credits never expire and are shared across STT, TTS, translation, LLM, and vision APIs

Specialized in 22 Indian languages with sovereign, India-hosted compute

Separate Startup Program grants 6-12 months of API credits to approved startups

Gotchas

  • Rs.100 (~$1.20) one-time credit

    Free signup grant is a fixed Rs.100 (~$1.20 USD) in credits, consumed across all APIs by usage. There is no recurring monthly free allowance; once spent you must add credits or upgrade.

  • Startup credits need approval

    The larger 6-12 month credit grant under the Sarvam Startup Program requires a separate application and selection/approval — it is not the default free tier.

Sources

llm speech-to-text text-to-speech translation indian-languages multilingual voice-ai india free-credits
Open service Source ← All LLM

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