Sber SaluteSpeech

by Sber (Salute)

Don’t want to wire up the Sber SaluteSpeech API? Drop the file here.

The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Sber's Russian-language speech recognition + synthesis platform.

API  ·  tiered RUB-per-second

TL;DR

Best for russian-language enterprises inside the Sber ecosystem (SberDevices, SmartMarket). Pricing: tiered RUB-per-second (see SmartMarket pricing).

Category
Transcription APIs
Pricing
tiered RUB-per-second (see SmartMarket pricing)
Platforms
API

What it is

SaluteSpeech is Sber's voice platform under the Salute / SmartMarket umbrella. It exposes streaming and batch ASR via gRPC, with diarization and word-level timestamps, plus a TTS family. It is most commonly used to power Sber's own voice assistants (Salute) and SberDevices smart hardware, and is offered to third parties through SmartMarket. Documentation is Russian-first. Best fit: russian-language enterprises inside the sber ecosystem (sberdevices, smartmarket). Caveats: russian-first; international availability subject to sanctions and kyc; docs are primarily in russian. Pricing as listed: tiered RUB-per-second (see SmartMarket pricing). Feature flags from vendor docs: speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, streaming. Directory tags: commercial-api, regional-cis. Last vendor-page check: 2026-05-12.

Best for: Russian-language enterprises inside the Sber ecosystem (SberDevices, SmartMarket).
Watch out for: Russian-first; international availability subject to sanctions and KYC; docs are primarily in Russian.

Install / use

SaluteSpeech gRPC API (OAuth-bearer)

What people actually do with Sber SaluteSpeech-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Amazon S3n8nMake.comGoogle DriveZapierSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationYes
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Sber SaluteSpeech vs Whipscribe

FeatureSber SaluteSpeechWhipscribe
CategoryTranscription APIsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages—99
PlatformsAPIWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Sber SaluteSpeech

Frequently asked about Sber SaluteSpeech

How much does Sber SaluteSpeech cost?

Sber SaluteSpeech is a paid product — published pricing: tiered RUB-per-second (see SmartMarket pricing). Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

What platforms does Sber SaluteSpeech support?

Sber SaluteSpeech is an API — you call it from whatever you build, on any platform with an HTTP client.

How do I get started with Sber SaluteSpeech?

Sber SaluteSpeech is used through its API: get a key from the vendor, then call it from your own code. There is no desktop app to install.

What are the limitations of Sber SaluteSpeech?

Russian-first; international availability subject to sanctions and KYC; docs are primarily in Russian.

Who is Sber SaluteSpeech best for?

Russian-language enterprises inside the Sber ecosystem (SberDevices, SmartMarket).

Is Sber SaluteSpeech open source?

No. Sber SaluteSpeech is a proprietary API from Sber (Salute). If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Who makes Sber SaluteSpeech?

Sber SaluteSpeech is made by Sber (Salute).

What kind of tool is Sber SaluteSpeech?

In this directory Sber SaluteSpeech is filed under commercial api, regional cis as a API.

What are the alternatives to Sber SaluteSpeech?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/sber-salutespeech-alternatives comparing Sber SaluteSpeech with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Sber SaluteSpeech-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Sber SaluteSpeech?

Sber SaluteSpeech is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Sber SaluteSpeech?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Sber SaluteSpeech category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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