Who each platform fits
The fair version: Interakt fits businesses that want WhatsApp *and* Instagram handled in one tool and plan to use its catalog and native-payments features inside chat. Its free Starter plan is genuinely free, limited to a single channel and owner-only roles, but real. If Instagram DMs are half your support load, Interakt belongs on your shortlist.
Growcord fits teams for whom WhatsApp is the channel. You get the campaign engine, the flow builder, the shared inbox, contacts with tags and segments, and the ecommerce automations on every paid plan, without needing the ₹3,799/month tier to build a bot that branches. The trade you should know about before choosing: Growcord doesn't do Instagram. If you need it, this isn't your platform.
Interakt pricing in 2026, as published
Checked August 2026 on interakt.shop: Starter is free with one channel and owner-only roles. Growth is ₹2,799/month plus taxes, dropping to ₹2,239/month billed yearly, and adds both channels, advanced campaigns, catalogs, payments and conversation analytics. Advanced is ₹3,799/month (₹3,039/month yearly) and is where branching chatbot flows with API calls, chat auto-assignment and outbound calling live. A separate Sales CRM plan is ₹2,499/month with 5 sales agents. Enterprise is custom.
Interakt also publishes its per-conversation rates on Growth, ₹0.958 for marketing, ₹0.150 for utility, ₹0.128 for authentication, service conversations free, which is more transparent than many rivals. Every provider, Growcord included, passes on Meta's conversation charges in some form; the conversation pricing guide explains what those categories mean.
Growcord vs Interakt, side by side
| Interakt | Growcord | |
|---|---|---|
Entry paid plan | ₹2,799/month + taxes (₹2,239/month billed yearly) | ₹299/month, or ₹99/month billed yearly |
Free option | ✓ Free Starter, one channel, owner-only roles | ✓ Free tier, 1 number, 50 conversations/month |
Branching chatbot flows | Advanced plan, ₹3,799/month | ✓ Included on paid plans |
Campaigns and scheduling | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
Shared team inbox | ✓ Included | ✓ Included, with roles |
Instagram channel | ✓ WhatsApp + Instagram from Growth | ✗ WhatsApp only |
Sales CRM / pipelines | Separate plan at ₹2,499/month | ✓ Sales pipelines included |
Ecommerce automations | Catalogs and payments from Growth | ✓ Abandoned cart, COD confirmation, order updates, back-in-stock, review requests |
Marketing conversation rate | ₹0.958 (published, Growth plan) | ✓ Meta's own rate, roughly ₹0.78–0.88, with nothing added |
Integrations | 60+ listed | Shopify, WooCommerce, Zapier, REST API + webhooks |
Billing | Monthly, quarterly or yearly | ✓ Razorpay, monthly or yearly, GST invoice |
Competitor pricing and features as published on their website, checked August 2026.
Cheaper than Interakt: the yearly math
Interakt Growth billed yearly is ₹2,239 × 12 = ₹26,868 a year plus taxes, before conversation charges. Growcord Basic billed yearly is ₹1,188 a year (₹99/month) with 200 included conversations a month; Startup is ₹4,788 a year (₹399/month) and covers 1,000 conversations a month.
If you want branching bots, the gap widens: that's Interakt's Advanced plan at ₹3,039–3,799/month, while Growcord's no-code chatbot builder ships on every paid plan. Add-ons stay small too, ₹149/month per extra team member, ₹299/month per extra number, ₹399 per 1,000 extra conversations. Full detail on the pricing page.
The features most Interakt users actually use daily, broadcast campaigns, the shared team inbox, auto-replies, order updates for Shopify and WooCommerce stores, are all in Growcord's base plans, not gated behind a higher tier. A Coimbatore homeware brand that sends one Sunday-evening campaign, lets a bot handle sizing questions after hours, and pushes Shopify order updates needs none of Interakt's upper tiers to do any of it.
Interakt competitors worth shortlisting
Against the rest of the field, checked August 2026: Wati lists Growth at ₹2,499/month with a 3-user limit, AiSensy starts lower at ₹1,500/month but charges ₹2,500/month extra for its chatbot builder, and Gallabox starts at ₹2,399/month billed yearly with a 3-user cap.
All run on the official API, so deliverability is the same, you're choosing on price structure and where each vendor draws its plan lines. The providers comparison covers the whole market.
Switching from Interakt to Growcord
Test on the free tier
Sign up free, 1 number, 50 conversations a month, and check the inbox, campaign flow and bot builder against your actual workflows before committing.
Reconnect your number
Use Meta's embedded signup inside Growcord. Number, display name, quality rating and green tick stay with your WhatsApp Business Account. Chat history doesn't move between providers, so export what you need from Interakt first.
Import contacts and rebuild templates
Bring contacts over as CSV with tags intact. Recreate templates in Growcord and submit to Meta from the dashboard, approvals usually clear within hours.
Repoint your store and go live
Reconnect Shopify or WooCommerce, re-enable the automations you ran on Interakt, and send a first campaign to a small segment to confirm reports look right.
What you get on every Growcord paid plan
Campaigns with scheduling
Segmented template broadcasts, scheduled sends, and delivery, read and reply reports per campaign.
Bot flows without a tier jump
Branching no-code flows and auto-replies included, not reserved for a ₹3,799/month plan.
Pipelines and segments
Sales pipelines, contact tags and segments in the same tool your team answers chats from.
Store automations
Abandoned cart, COD confirmation, order updates, back-in-stock and review requests for Shopify and WooCommerce.
Developer API
REST API, API keys and webhooks for anything custom, documented at growcord.in/docs/api.
Predictable billing
Razorpay payments with GST invoices; conversation credits and costs visible before each send.
See if Growcord fits before you pay
Free tier with 1 number and 50 conversations a month. Paid plans from ₹99/month billed yearly.
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What you get here that you don't get elsewhere
Frequently asked questions
How much does Interakt cost per month?
As of August 2026, Interakt's Growth plan is ₹2,799/month plus taxes (₹2,239/month billed yearly) and Advanced is ₹3,799/month (₹3,039/month yearly). A separate Sales CRM plan is ₹2,499/month. Per-conversation charges are billed on top, Interakt publishes ₹0.958 for marketing conversations on Growth.
Is Interakt free to use?
Interakt does have a genuinely free Starter plan, limited to a single channel (WhatsApp or Instagram) and owner-only roles, with basic campaigns and linear chatbots (checked August 2026). Meta's conversation charges still apply. Growcord's free tier works similarly: 1 number and 50 conversations a month to evaluate the full platform.
What is the best Interakt alternative?
For WhatsApp-focused teams that want bots, campaigns, a shared inbox and store automations without a ₹2,799/month floor, Growcord starts at ₹299/month (₹99/month billed yearly). If you specifically need Instagram in the same inbox, Interakt's real differentiator, consider Gallabox or Wati instead, both at higher price points.
Is Growcord cheaper than Interakt?
On platform fees, yes, ₹1,188 a year for Growcord Basic billed yearly against ₹26,868 a year plus taxes for Interakt Growth, at August 2026 listed prices. Meta's conversation charges apply to both. Interakt publishes ₹0.958 per marketing conversation on Growth; Growcord charges Meta's own rate with nothing added and shows the estimate before each campaign. Subscriptions carry a 7-day money-back guarantee.
Can I move my WhatsApp number from Interakt to Growcord?
Yes. Reconnect it through Meta's embedded signup in Growcord; the number, display name, quality rating and green tick belong to your WhatsApp Business Account and move with it. Chat history stays behind on any provider switch, so export conversations you need from Interakt beforehand.
Do I need Interakt's Advanced plan for a chatbot?
For branching flows with API calls, yes, Interakt places those on Advanced at ₹3,799/month, while lower plans get linear chatbots (checked August 2026). Growcord includes its branching no-code flow builder on every paid plan, starting at ₹299/month, so a qualification bot doesn't require a tier upgrade.
Why businesses pick Growcord
Official WhatsApp Business API
Built on Meta's Cloud API, the sanctioned channel, not a modded app. No number-ban roulette.
Indian pricing, GST invoice
Plans from ₹99/month billed yearly. Paid in ₹ via Razorpay, with a proper GST invoice every time.
Free tier, no card needed
1 number and 50 conversations a month to prove it on real customers before paying anything.
Support from New Delhi, in IST
A real team on email and WhatsApp, Monday to Saturday 10:00–19:00 IST, not a ticket void.
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Last updated: 2026-08-07