Buyer's guide · Foundation Models & LLM APIs
LLM API software in India, compared by price in ₹ (November 2026)
We compare 9 LLM API tools that Indian teams use, ranked by our open score (how the score works; paying us never changes it). Sarvam AI scores highest here, 50 out of 100. For 10 people, the lowest monthly price we could work out from a vendor's page is ₹858 (Hugging Face, PRO).
The 9 tools, by score
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- 10 people
- ₹9,999 a month on Pro (₹9,999 a month, flat). Vendor's page, checked 25 Oct 2026.
- Free plan
- Yes: Pay as you go, ₹0
- India fit
- Bills in rupees: yes · GST invoice: yes · UPI: not checked · Data in India: not checked (read 28 Oct 2026)
- Best for
- startups
- Drawback
- None on file yet.
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- 10 people
- No monthly plan price on file (it may charge per use or by quote). See the tool page for what we know.
- Free plan
- Yes (as our tool page records it)
- India fit
- Bills in rupees: no · GST invoice: no · UPI: not checked · Data in India: not checked (read 28 Oct 2026)
- Best for
- startups
- Drawback
- No billing in rupees: “Prices in US dollars excluding taxes; Indian cards are charged in USD and GST may be due under reverse charge for businesses”. A card charge in dollars moves with the exchange rate. Source: our Mistral AI page, 28 Oct 2026.
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- 10 people
- ₹7,529 a month on Pro ($79 a month, flat, converted at our rate). Vendor's page, checked 7 Nov 2026.
- Free plan
- Yes (as our tool page records it)
- India fit
- Not checked yet
- Best for
- AI product teams, LLM app builders
- Drawback
- Priced in dollars on the vendor's page ($79 a month), so the rupee cost moves with the exchange rate. Source: vendor's page, 7 Nov 2026.
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- 10 people
- ₹858 a month on PRO ($9 a month, flat, converted at our rate). Vendor's page, checked 7 Nov 2026.
- Free plan
- Yes (as our tool page records it)
- India fit
- Not checked yet
- Best for
- ML and AI teams, open models
- Drawback
- Priced in dollars on the vendor's page ($9 a month), so the rupee cost moves with the exchange rate. Source: vendor's page, 7 Nov 2026.
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- 10 people
- ₹2,38,155 a month on Enterprise ($2,499 a month, flat, converted at our rate). Vendor's page, checked 7 Nov 2026.
- Free plan
- Yes (as our tool page records it)
- India fit
- Not checked yet
- Best for
- AI product teams, LLM app builders
- Drawback
- Priced in dollars on the vendor's page ($2,499 a month), so the rupee cost moves with the exchange rate. Source: vendor's page, 7 Nov 2026.
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- 10 people
- ₹1,906 a month on Builder ($20 a month, flat, converted at our rate). Vendor's page, checked 7 Nov 2026.
- Free plan
- Yes (as our tool page records it)
- India fit
- Not checked yet
- Best for
- AI product teams, search and retrieval
- Drawback
- Priced in dollars on the vendor's page ($20 a month), so the rupee cost moves with the exchange rate. Source: vendor's page, 7 Nov 2026.
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- 10 people
- ₹4,289 a month on Flex ($45 a month, flat, converted at our rate). Vendor's page, checked 7 Nov 2026.
- Free plan
- Yes (as our tool page records it)
- India fit
- Not checked yet
- Best for
- AI product teams, search and retrieval
- Drawback
- Priced in dollars on the vendor's page ($45 a month), so the rupee cost moves with the exchange rate. Source: vendor's page, 7 Nov 2026.
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- 10 people
- No monthly plan price on file (it may charge per use or by quote). See the tool page for what we know.
- Free plan
- None listed
- India fit
- Not checked yet
- Best for
- product managers, founders
- Drawback
- None on file yet.
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- 10 people
- No monthly plan price on file (it may charge per use or by quote). See the tool page for what we know.
- Free plan
- None listed
- India fit
- Not checked yet
- Best for
- product managers, founders
- Drawback
- None on file yet.
How to choose
- Work out the cost for your team, not the headline price. For 10 people, the plans we could price run from ₹858 a month (Hugging Face) to ₹2,38,155 a month (Langfuse). All 6 are flat prices, so a bigger team pays the same. Try other team sizes in the seat calculator.
- Check the currency. 5 of 9 are priced in dollars on the vendor's page. The rupee figure here is converted at our rate of ₹95.3 per dollar; your bank's rate and card fee change what you pay.
- Check India fit before you sign. We have read that 1 of 9 bill in rupees, 1 give a GST invoice and 0 keep data in India. "Not checked" means we have not read it, not that the answer is no.
- Start on a free plan where there is one. 7 of 9 list a free plan, so you can try them with your own data before paying.
- Check how each one charges. 3 of 9 have no monthly plan price we could read: some charge per transaction or per use, some only by quote. Their tool pages say which.