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Saaras vs Sonix

Saaras or Sonix? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.

In short

  • Both: Speech to text, Many languages, API
  • Only Sonix states: Mobile app

Saaras

Saaras is Sarvam AI's speech-to-text model for transcribing, translating, and processing speech in Indian languages.

Plans

Starter (Pay as you go)

  • ₹3.00 per 1,000 characters (Text to speech, Real-time)
  • ₹3.00 per 1,000 characters (Text to speech, Streaming)
  • ₹30.00 per hour (Speech to text, Real-time)
  • ₹30.00 per hour (Speech to text, Streaming)
  • ₹30.00 per hour (Speech to text, Batch)
  • ₹45.00 per hour (Speech to text, Batch with diarization)
  • ₹128.10 per 1M tokens (GLM 5.2, input)
  • ₹23.79 per 1M tokens (GLM 5.2, cached input)
  • ₹402.60 per 1M tokens (GLM 5.2, output)
  • ₹36.60 per 1M tokens (Gemma-4 31B, input)
  • ₹13.73 per 1M tokens (Gemma-4 31B, cached input)
  • ₹91.50 per 1M tokens (Gemma-4 31B, output)
  • ₹29.28 per 1M tokens (Sarvam 105B, input)
  • ₹10.98 per 1M tokens (Sarvam 105B, cached input)
  • ₹73.20 per 1M tokens (Sarvam 105B, output)
  • ₹29.28 per 1M tokens (Sarvam 105B Chat, input)
  • ₹10.98 per 1M tokens (Sarvam 105B Chat, cached input)
  • ₹73.20 per 1M tokens (Sarvam 105B Chat, output)
  • ₹29.28 per 1M tokens (Sarvam 105B Conversations, input)
  • ₹10.98 per 1M tokens (Sarvam 105B Conversations, cached input)
  • ₹73.20 per 1M tokens (Sarvam 105B Conversations, output)
  • ₹0.005 per character (Translate & transliterate, Pay as you go)
  • ₹0.50 per page (Digitisation API)
  • ₹1.00 per page (Extraction API)
  • ₹1.67 per second (Dubbing API, Pay as you go)
  • ₹0.005 (Translate & transliterate, Starter)
  • ₹1.67 (Dubbing API, Starter)
  • Start with free credits, then add exactly what you need
  • Universal credits across supported APIs
  • Credits never expire
  • No monthly commitment

Enterprise

Price on request

  • Tailored limits, throughput, pricing, and support
  • Higher rate limits on every API
  • Custom concurrency & throughput
  • Volume discounts on credits
  • Dedicated support & SLAs

Pro

  • ₹0.005 per character (Translate & transliterate, Pro)
  • ₹1.67 per second (Dubbing API, Pro)

    Growth

    • ₹0.0045 per character (Translate & transliterate, Growth)
    • ₹1.25 per second (Dubbing API, Growth)

      Business

      • ₹0.004 per character (Translate & transliterate, Business)
      • ₹1.20 per second (Dubbing API, Business)

        Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

        Capabilities

        • Speech to text — “From the same audio input, it can produce five transcript modes: verbatim, normalized, code-mixed, transliterated, and translated.” source
        • Many languages — “Saaras V4 achieved SOTA performance on all 22 Indian languages and reaffirms our commitment to even the most low-resource Indian languages” source
        • API — “Integrate Saaras v4 into your application with a simple API key from the Sarvam AI dashboard” source

        Security

        • SOC 2 Type II — “Complete data residency in India. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified.” source
        • SOC 2 — “Complete data residency in India. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified.” source
        • ISO 27001 — “We're ISO 27001:2022 certified and hold SOC 2 Type II.” source
        • Not trained on your data — “Customer data is never used to train models for other customers” source

        Latest updates

        About Saaras

        Sonix

        Sonix turns audio and video into searchable transcripts, subtitles, translations, and AI-generated insights.

        Plans

        Pay As You Go

        • $10/hr
        • Pay as you go transcription & translation
        • AI workspace usage not available
        • 5 GB storage
        • Single-user account workspace
        • Self-serve Help center & docs

        Core

        • $25/mo
        • $275/yr
        • 5 hrs/mo or 60 hrs/yr transcription & translation
        • 5 hrs/mo or 60 hrs/yr AI workspace usage
        • 25 GB storage
        • 1 user included
        • Email 48-hour response

        Advanced

        • $50/mo
        • $550/yr
        • 20 hrs/mo or 240 hrs/yr transcription & translation
        • 25 hrs/mo or 300 hrs/yr AI workspace usage
        • 50 GB storage
        • 1 user included
        • Email + chat 12-hour response

        Pro

        • $80/mo
        • $880/yr
        • 40 hrs/mo or 480 hrs/yr transcription & translation
        • 100 hrs/mo or 1,200 hrs/yr AI workspace usage
        • 100 GB storage
        • 1 user included
        • Priority email + chat 4-hour response

        Enterprise

        Price on request

        • Everything in Pro, plus security, compliance, and dedicated support
        • Custom pricing and custom terms
        • 1 TB of storage per workspace
        • Unlimited team members
        • Custom transcription & AI workspace hours
        • Dedicated account manager

        Prices checked 2026-09-26 on the maker’s page.

        Capabilities

        • Speech to text — “Convert audio to text with 99% accuracy.” source
        • Many languages — “Native-level transcription in 54+ languages.” source
        • API — “RESTful API for automated transcription.” source
        • Mobile app — “The mobile app that captures audio and delivers transcripts automatically.” source

        Security

        • SOC 2 Type II — “SOC 2 Type II certified with continuous security control monitoring.” source
        • SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Type II certified with continuous security control monitoring.” source
        • GDPR — “We follow GDPR protocols and can sign DPA and SCC.” source
        • HIPAA — “Available through Medical Sonix for healthcare organizations.” source
        • Not: Data kept in the EU — “All data is stored at AWS in the USA.” source
        • Not trained on your data — “None of your data processed through Sonix is used for training purposes.” source
        About Sonix