Buyer's guide · Conversational Messaging & WhatsApp Bots
WhatsApp and messaging software in India, compared by price in ₹ (October 2026)
We compare 10 WhatsApp and messaging tools that Indian teams use, ranked by our open score (how the score works; paying us never changes it). Gupshup scores highest here, 50 out of 100. For 10 people, the lowest monthly price we could work out from a vendor's page is ₹4,764 (Zoko, Starter).
The 10 tools, by score
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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: yes · GST invoice: yes · UPI: not checked · Data in India: yes (read 28 Oct 2026)
- Best for
- startups
- Drawback
- The vendor publishes no list price: a team that needs a number for a budget has to ask for a quote.
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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: yes · GST invoice: yes · UPI: not checked · Data in India: yes (read 28 Oct 2026)
- Best for
- startups
- Drawback
- None on file yet.
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- 10 people
- From ₹1,500 a month; the vendor's page does not say per person, so not worked out for 10. Vendor's page, checked 26 Oct 2026.
- Free plan
- Yes (as our tool page records it)
- India fit
- Bills in rupees: yes · GST invoice: not checked · 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
- From ₹2,399 a month; the vendor's page does not say per person, so not worked out for 10. Vendor's page, checked 26 Oct 2026.
- Free plan
- Yes (as our tool page records it)
- India fit
- Bills in rupees: yes · GST invoice: not checked · 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: yes · GST invoice: not checked · UPI: not checked · Data in India: yes (read 28 Oct 2026)
- Best for
- startups
- Drawback
- None on file yet.
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- 10 people
- From ₹2,799 a month; the vendor's page does not say per person, so not worked out for 10. Vendor's page, checked 26 Oct 2026.
- Free plan
- None listed
- India fit
- Bills in rupees: yes · GST invoice: not checked · 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
- ₹4,764 a month on Starter ($49.99 a month, flat, converted at our rate). Vendor's page, checked 29 Oct 2026.
- Free plan
- None listed
- India fit
- Not checked yet
- Best for
- D2C brands, Shopify merchants, e commerce founders
- Drawback
- Priced in dollars on the vendor's page ($49.99 a month), so the rupee cost moves with the exchange rate. Source: vendor's page, 29 Oct 2026.
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- 10 people
- From ₹14,295 a month (converted from dollars); the vendor's page does not say per person, so not worked out for 10. Vendor's page, checked 1 May 2026.
- Free plan
- Yes (as our tool page records it)
- India fit
- Bills in rupees: no · GST invoice: not checked · UPI: not checked · Data in India: no (read 28 Oct 2026)
- Best for
- startups
- Drawback
- No billing in rupees: “Cloud pricing in USD with 18% IGST; no INR billing option”. A card charge in dollars moves with the exchange rate. Source: our Botpress page, 28 Oct 2026.
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- 10 people
- From ₹750 a month; the vendor's page does not say per person, so not worked out for 10. Vendor's page, checked 1 Feb 2026.
- 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
- Early stage, bootstrapped, consumer apps
- Drawback
- No billing in rupees: “OneSignal charges by subscriber count (users who have opted into notifications), not MAU. USD billing — 18% GST reverse charge for Indian companies”. A card charge in dollars moves with the exchange rate. Source: our OneSignal page, 28 Oct 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
- startups
- Drawback
- None on file yet.
How to choose
- Work out the cost for your team. Only Zoko publishes a plan we could price for 10 people: ₹4,764 a month. For the others, ask for a quote with your team size written down.
- Check the currency. 2 of 10 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 6 of 10 bill in rupees, 2 give a GST invoice and 3 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 10 list a free plan, so you can try them with your own data before paying.
- Check how each one charges. 4 of 10 have no monthly plan price we could read: some charge per transaction or per use, some only by quote. Their tool pages say which.