Among the most affordable in India, and negotiable

Our rates are deliberately among the most affordable in India, and they are negotiable. Focused voice or WhatsApp deployments typically start around ₹2–3 lakh, mid-complexity agentic systems run ₹5–15 lakh, and larger fine-tuning or computer-vision programmes range ₹15–50 lakh — but those are starting points, not a fixed price list. Our WhatsApp platform is subscription-priced with no per-seat licensing. Tell us your budget and we will tell you honestly what fits inside it. If you have a cheaper quote from another vendor, send it to us and we will work to beat it — we will not lose your project on price.

Two separate charges, and it is worth keeping them apart. First, the platform subscription you pay your provider — ours is priced deliberately at the affordable end of the Indian market, with no per-seat licensing and no per-feature charges. Second, WhatsApp conversation charges, which you pay directly to Meta at Meta’s published rates; Skanda AI adds no markup to these. Utility conversations cost less than marketing ones and customer-initiated service conversations are often free, so conversation design affects your bill as much as your provider choice does.

Yes, genuinely. The bands published here are starting points rather than a fixed price list, and we scale to the size of the business rather than to a feature matrix. If you have a written quote from another vendor, send it to us and we will work to beat it. We would rather win the work at a smaller price than lose it on cost — that is a deliberate commercial position, not a negotiating tactic.

Because almost every engagement is scoped differently, and a fixed list would either overcharge the small clients we want to work with or understate real work and be withdrawn later. What we can publish honestly is the bands, the cost model and our negotiating position, which is what you need to decide whether to start the conversation. Tell us your budget and we will tell you within a day whether it fits.

Yes, explicitly. Clinics, single-branch shops, dealerships, coaching institutes, family businesses and non-profits run on our systems today. 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, and it lets us scope something that actually fits rather than quoting something you will decline.

Third-party costs that you pay directly rather than through us: Meta’s WhatsApp conversation charges, telephony minutes from your cloud provider, and model API usage where a commercial model is used. We keep these separate and unmarked-up deliberately, so you can see exactly what goes to us and what goes to a third party. Custom development beyond the agreed scope is quoted before it starts, never invoiced afterwards as a surprise.

No. Discovery conversations, a recommendation on which approach fits, and an honest answer about whether you need us at all are free. If a mainstream off-the-shelf product already does what you need, we will tell you that rather than quoting for work you should not buy.