Pricing

What the Skanda AI WhatsApp Platform costs. Affordable pricing built for Indian businesses, no per-seat charges, no markup on Meta conversation fees, and a price we will negotiate.

Short version: we are among the cheapest options in India for a platform of this capability, and the price is negotiable.

Our position on price

Most WhatsApp platforms price for enterprise budgets, then add charges per seat, per feature and per integration. That pushes out exactly the businesses this technology helps most — a single clinic, a two-branch shop, a coaching institute, a family dealership.

We price the other way:

  • No per-seat licensing. Put your whole team in the inbox at no extra cost.
  • No per-feature charges. The AI agent, inbox, templates, broadcasts, Flows, analytics and API are the product, not add-ons.
  • No markup on Meta's fees. WhatsApp conversation charges are paid directly to Meta at Meta's rates. We do not resell them at a margin.
  • No lock-in. The number and WhatsApp Business Account are yours. Leave whenever you want and take them with you.

We will not lose your project on price. If you have a quote from another vendor, send it to us and we will work to beat it.

What you actually pay

Two separate things, and it is worth keeping them apart:

1. The platform. An affordable monthly fee, scaled to the size of your business rather than to a feature matrix. A single-location business pays meaningfully less than a multi-branch group.

2. WhatsApp conversation charges. Paid by you, directly to Meta, at Meta's published rates. These vary by conversation category — utility conversations cost less than marketing ones, and service conversations started by the customer are often free. We do not touch this money.

Custom development, if you want any, is quoted separately and up front.

Tell us your budget

This is genuinely the fastest route. Email karthik@skandaai.in with:

  • What you want WhatsApp to do
  • Roughly how many customers you message a month
  • Your budget

We will tell you honestly whether it fits, and if it does not, what would. We would rather work with a small business at a small price than price ourselves out of the conversation.

Keeping your own costs down

Whatever you pay us, these reduce your Meta bill:

  • Categorise templates honestly. Utility is cheaper than marketing — and mislabelling gets templates rejected anyway.
  • Let customers start conversations. Service conversations they initiate are the cheapest kind.
  • Do not blast cold lists. Poor engagement raises costs and damages the quality rating that governs how much you can send at all.
  • Use Flows for data capture. One form beats ten back-and-forth messages.

Who we say yes to

Startups, single-location clinics, family businesses, non-profits and first-time buyers of this technology. There is no enterprise minimum and no requirement to buy a bundle.

If budget is your constraint, say so up front. It is not a reason for us to say no.

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Need it to work differently?

The platform is the starting point, not the ceiling. Tell us what your process needs and we will build it — at a price we will negotiate.