Sber SaluteSpeech
Sber's Russian-language speech recognition + synthesis platform.
Sber's Russian-language speech recognition + synthesis platform.
Best for russian-language enterprises inside the Sber ecosystem (SberDevices, SmartMarket). Pricing: tiered RUB-per-second (see SmartMarket pricing).
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.
Watch out for: Russian-first; international availability subject to sanctions and KYC; docs are primarily in Russian.
Install / use
SaluteSpeech gRPC API (OAuth-bearer)Features
| Speaker diarization | Yes |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | Yes |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Sber SaluteSpeech vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Sber SaluteSpeech | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Transcription APIs | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | tiered RUB-per-second (see SmartMarket pricing) | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | Yes | Yes |
| Word timestamps | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | API | Web, API, MCP |
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