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Sarvam AI

Sarvam AI is India's full-stack sovereign AI platform building large language models, speech, and translation systems for Indian languages. The Sarvam API serves chat completions (Sarvam-M / Sarvam-30B / Sarvam-105B), speech-to-text (Saaras / Saarika), text-to-speech (Bulbul), translation (Mayura / Sarvam-Translate), transliteration, and language identification across 10-22 Indic languages via a REST interface using an api-subscription-key header.

Sarvam AI publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Chat API, Language Identification API, Speech to Text API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, LLM, Speech-to-Text, Text-to-Speech, and Translation.

The Sarvam AI catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Sarvam AI’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub
42.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 30/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
6 APIs
Artificial IntelligenceLLMSpeech-to-TextText-to-SpeechTranslationIndian Languages

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 42.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Access Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.4 / 13
Contract Governance 1.4 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Sarvam AI Chat API

The Chat API from Sarvam AI — 1 operation(s) for chat.

Sarvam AI Language Identification API

The Language Identification API from Sarvam AI — 1 operation(s) for language identification.

Sarvam AI Speech to Text API

The Speech to Text API from Sarvam AI — 2 operation(s) for speech to text.

Sarvam AI Text to Speech API

The Text to Speech API from Sarvam AI — 1 operation(s) for text to speech.

Sarvam AI Translate API

The Translate API from Sarvam AI — 1 operation(s) for translate.

Sarvam AI Transliterate API

The Transliterate API from Sarvam AI — 1 operation(s) for transliterate.

Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Sarvam AI Chat API

OPEN COLLECTION

Sarvam AI Chat Language Identification API

OPEN COLLECTION

Sarvam AI Chat Speech to Text API

OPEN COLLECTION

Sarvam AI Chat Text to Speech API

OPEN COLLECTION

Sarvam AI Chat Translate API

OPEN COLLECTION

Sarvam AI Chat Transliterate API

OPEN COLLECTION

Sarvam AI API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Sarvam Ai Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Sarvam Ai Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Sarvam Ai Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Sarvam AI Chat Completions Streaming (HTTP + SSE)

AsyncAPI 2.6 description of Sarvam AI's **chat completion streaming** surface. Sarvam's chat completions endpoint streams partial results as **HTTP Server-Sent Events (SSE)** ov...

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Sarvam AI API Rules

5 rules · 1 errors 4 warnings

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Sarvam Ai Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Sarvam Ai Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Sarvam Ai Agentic Access

7 operations · 7 acting

7 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: sarvam-ai
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sarvam-ai/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Sarvam AI
kind: company
description: Sarvam AI is India's full-stack sovereign AI platform building large language models, speech, and translation
  systems for Indian languages. The Sarvam API serves chat completions (Sarvam-M / Sarvam-30B / Sarvam-105B), speech-to-text
  (Saaras / Saarika), text-to-speech (Bulbul), translation (Mayura / Sarvam-Translate), transliteration, and language identification
  across 10-22 Indic languages via a REST interface using an api-subscription-key header.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/sarvam-ai.png
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- LLM
- Speech-to-Text
- Text-to-Speech
- Translation
- Indian Languages
tags_raw:
- AI
- LLM
- Speech to Text
- Text to Speech
- Translation
- Indian Languages
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: sarvam-ai:sarvam-ai-chat-api
  name: Sarvam AI Chat API
  description: The Chat API from Sarvam AI — 1 operation(s) for chat.
  humanURL: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  baseURL: https://api.sarvam.ai
  tags:
  - Chat
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sarvam-ai-chat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/api-guides-tutorials/chat-completion/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sarvam-ai.postman_collection.json
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/sarvam-ai-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/speech-to-text
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/transcribe
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-to-speech
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text-to-speech/convert
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/translate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/transliterate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/transliterate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-lid
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/identify-language
- aid: sarvam-ai:sarvam-ai-language-identification-api
  name: Sarvam AI Language Identification API
  description: The Language Identification API from Sarvam AI — 1 operation(s) for language identification.
  humanURL: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  baseURL: https://api.sarvam.ai
  tags:
  - Language Identification
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sarvam-ai-language-identification-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/api-guides-tutorials/chat-completion/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sarvam-ai.postman_collection.json
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/sarvam-ai-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/speech-to-text
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/transcribe
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-to-speech
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text-to-speech/convert
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/translate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/transliterate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/transliterate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-lid
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/identify-language
- aid: sarvam-ai:sarvam-ai-speech-to-text-api
  name: Sarvam AI Speech to Text API
  description: The Speech to Text API from Sarvam AI — 2 operation(s) for speech to text.
  humanURL: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  baseURL: https://api.sarvam.ai
  tags:
  - Speech-to-Text
  tags_raw:
  - Speech to Text
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sarvam-ai-speech-to-text-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/api-guides-tutorials/chat-completion/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sarvam-ai.postman_collection.json
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/sarvam-ai-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/speech-to-text
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/transcribe
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-to-speech
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text-to-speech/convert
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/translate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/transliterate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/transliterate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-lid
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/identify-language
- aid: sarvam-ai:sarvam-ai-text-to-speech-api
  name: Sarvam AI Text to Speech API
  description: The Text to Speech API from Sarvam AI — 1 operation(s) for text to speech.
  humanURL: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  baseURL: https://api.sarvam.ai
  tags:
  - Text-to-Speech
  tags_raw:
  - Text to Speech
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sarvam-ai-text-to-speech-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/api-guides-tutorials/chat-completion/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sarvam-ai.postman_collection.json
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/sarvam-ai-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/speech-to-text
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/transcribe
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-to-speech
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text-to-speech/convert
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/translate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/transliterate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/transliterate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-lid
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/identify-language
- aid: sarvam-ai:sarvam-ai-translate-api
  name: Sarvam AI Translate API
  description: The Translate API from Sarvam AI — 1 operation(s) for translate.
  humanURL: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  baseURL: https://api.sarvam.ai
  tags:
  - Translate
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sarvam-ai-translate-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/api-guides-tutorials/chat-completion/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sarvam-ai.postman_collection.json
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/sarvam-ai-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/speech-to-text
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/transcribe
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-to-speech
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text-to-speech/convert
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/translate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/transliterate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/transliterate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-lid
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/identify-language
- aid: sarvam-ai:sarvam-ai-transliterate-api
  name: Sarvam AI Transliterate API
  description: The Transliterate API from Sarvam AI — 1 operation(s) for transliterate.
  humanURL: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  baseURL: https://api.sarvam.ai
  tags:
  - Transliterate
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sarvam-ai-transliterate-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/api-guides-tutorials/chat-completion/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/chat/chat-completions
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/sarvam-ai.postman_collection.json
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/sarvam-ai-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/speech-to-text
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/transcribe
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/speech-to-text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-to-speech
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text-to-speech/convert
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/translate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/translate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/transliterate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/transliterate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/endpoints/text-lid
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/text/identify-language
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/sarvam-ai-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sarvam-ai-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/sarvam-ai-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/sarvamai
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sarvam-ai
- type: Website
  url: https://www.sarvam.ai
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference-docs/introduction
- type: Plans
  url: plans/sarvam-ai-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/sarvam-ai-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/sarvam-ai-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.sarvam.ai/blogs
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com