Comparison · prices checked 4 October 2026
WATI alternative for India: VartaAPI vs WATI
WATI is a long-established WhatsApp team inbox and automation platform. Here is how its published India plans compare with VartaAPI's.
The plans
What each of you charges for the platform.
WATI's monthly prices in rupees, billed monthly, before tax. 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 |
| WATI | Per month | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Growth | ₹2,999 | 3 users, no additional users |
| Pro | ₹6,499 | 5 users, ₹1,299 for each extra |
| Business | ₹18,499 | 5 users, ₹2,199 for each extra |
| Pay-as-you-go | ₹999 once | 1 user, comes back as ₹999 of message credit |
Row by row
VartaAPI and WATI, side by side.
Every WATI line comes from wati.io, read on 4 October 2026. Where its page did not say, we write so.
| VartaAPI | WATI | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, with campaigns, templates and a shared inbox | No free plan listed. A 7-day free trial |
| Cheapest way to start sending | ₹0 a month | ₹999 once (pay-as-you-go), or ₹2,999 a month |
| Team on the first monthly plan | Comet ₹999: you + 2 team members | Growth ₹2,999: 3 users, and no additional users can be added |
| Extra team member | ₹750 a month | ₹1,299 a month on Pro, ₹2,199 on Business |
| Chatbots and automation | A flow builder, from Comet, ₹999 | 1,000 automation triggers a month on Growth, 2,000 on Pro, 5,000 on Business |
| Sales pipeline | Included from Comet | From Pro, ₹6,499 |
| Roles and permissions | Owner, admin and agent on every plan | From Pro, ₹6,499 |
| Broadcasts | Campaigns on every plan, now or scheduled | 15,000 a month on Growth; unlimited on Pro and Business |
| Price of a message | Meta's rate, billed by Meta to your card. Marketing ₹0.8631, utility ₹0.115 | Not on the page: it points to a rate card file |
| Developer API and webhooks | API from Orbit ₹2,499, webhooks on Nova ₹4,999 | Not listed on its pricing page |
| Shopify and CRM connections | Not yet | Shopify, HubSpot (Pro) and Salesforce (Business) |
| Several WhatsApp numbers | One number per account | Business plan; ₹2,499 a month for each extra number |
| AI agents and copilot | Not yet | AI credits and agents on every plan |
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 WATI is ahead
Be fair to WATI.
- AI agents, an AI copilot in the inbox and AI credits on every plan. We have no AI chat agent today.
- Shopify, HubSpot and Salesforce connections, and several WhatsApp numbers on one account.
- A dedicated customer success manager on its Business plan.
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, and campaigns on every plan, against a 7-day trial and ₹2,999 a month.
- A sales pipeline from ₹999 where WATI asks ₹6,499.
- Extra team members at ₹750 a month, against ₹1,299 or ₹2,199.
- WATI's price per message: its pricing page points to rate card files that we did not read, so we do not quote them.
- Whether the API and webhooks are on each plan: not stated on the pricing page.
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Questions
Switching from WATI, answered.
Is VartaAPI a WATI alternative?
Does WATI have a free plan?
Can I keep my WhatsApp number if I leave WATI?
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