Comparison · prices checked 4 October 2026
Interakt alternative for India: VartaAPI vs Interakt
Interakt is popular with online shops and small businesses in India. Here is how its published plans compare with VartaAPI's.
The plans
What each of you charges for the platform.
Interakt's monthly prices, before taxes. VartaAPI’s are shown the same way.
| VartaAPI | Per month | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | ₹0 | 1 user (owner only) |
| Comet | ₹999 | 1 owner + 2 team members |
| Orbit | ₹2,499 | 1 owner + 5 team members |
| Nova | ₹4,999 | 1 owner + 9 team members |
| Interakt | Per month | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | ₹999 | WhatsApp or Instagram, one channel |
| Growth | ₹2,799 | WhatsApp and Instagram, linear chatbot |
| Advanced | ₹3,799 | Branching chatbot, more webhooks |
| Enterprise | On request | Lists “No Markup Charges” |
Row by row
VartaAPI and Interakt, side by side.
Every Interakt line comes from interakt.shop, read on 4 October 2026. Where its page did not say, we write so.
| VartaAPI | Interakt | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, with campaigns, templates and a shared inbox | No free plan listed. Its plans have a “Start Free Trial” button |
| Cheapest plan | ₹0 a month | Starter, ₹999 a month, for WhatsApp or Instagram (not both) |
| Team members | You + 2 on Comet (₹999), you + 5 on Orbit, you + 9 on Nova | Unlimited agents on every plan, with the owner role only until Advanced |
| Chatbot | Flow builder with keyword triggers, from Comet, ₹999 | A basic linear chatbot from Growth ₹2,799; branching flows on Advanced ₹3,799 |
| Sales pipeline | Included from Comet | Sold as a separate Sales CRM product |
| Developer API | From Orbit, ₹2,499 | Public APIs from Growth, ₹2,799 |
| Webhooks | Nova, ₹4,999 | Alert webhooks from Growth; incoming-message webhooks on Advanced |
| Price of a marketing message in India | Meta's rate, ₹0.8631, billed by Meta to your card | ₹0.949 to ₹0.970, by plan |
| Price of a utility message | Meta's rate, ₹0.115 | ₹0.140 to ₹0.160, by plan |
| Shopify, Instagram and WhatsApp Pay | Not yet | Shopify from Starter, Instagram inbox from Growth, WhatsApp Pay from Growth |
Meta's own India rate card (effective 1 October 2026) lists ₹0.8631 for a marketing message and ₹0.115 for a utility or authentication message, before GST. See what the WhatsApp Business API costs in India and the full VartaAPI plan list.
Where Interakt is ahead
Be fair to Interakt.
- Shopify with abandoned-cart and order messages, an Instagram inbox, and WhatsApp Pay. We have none of them today.
- Unlimited agents on every plan: you pay nothing extra for team size.
- More than 60 ready-made integrations.
VartaAPI today has no Shopify or WooCommerce connection, no Instagram inbox, no Click-to-WhatsApp ads manager, no click tracking on campaign links, no AI chat agent yet.
Where VartaAPI is ahead
Why people choose VartaAPI.
- A free plan that sends campaigns, where Interakt starts at ₹999 and covers one channel.
- A flow builder from ₹999; Interakt's branching flows start on its ₹3,799 plan.
- A sales pipeline inside the plan, not a separate product.
- Messages at Meta's own rate: ₹0.8631 for marketing, against Interakt's ₹0.949 to ₹0.970.
- How many contacts or campaigns each plan allows: not stated on the pricing page.
- What the separate Sales CRM costs: we have not quoted it.
Prices and features change. Found something out of date? Tell us at [email protected] and we will correct it.
Questions
Switching from Interakt, answered.
Is VartaAPI an Interakt alternative?
Why do Interakt's message prices differ from Meta's?
Can I use both WhatsApp and Instagram on VartaAPI?
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