Buyer's guide · AI CRM
The best AI CRM for Indian businesses that sell on WhatsApp
An AI CRM should do the slow parts of selling for you: reply to new leads in seconds, ask the qualifying questions, save the answers on the record and make sure nobody forgets to follow up. MotherBot does this on WhatsApp, with AI replies on your own AI account, a sales pipeline, quotations and automatic follow-ups, and syncs with Zoho, HubSpot and Salesforce.
Updated 27 October 2026. Competitor prices quoted from each vendor’s own pricing page, checked 3 September 2026.
At a glance
The short version. Every row links to the detail below.
| Tool | Best for | Starts at | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|
1. MotherBot | WhatsApp-first selling with AI on your own account | ₹0 · Free Forever | Yes |
2. Gallabox | AI lead qualification built in | ₹2,399/mo · Basic | No |
3. respond.io | Lifecycle stages and AI agents, globally | $79/mo · Starter | No |
4. Interakt | A separate sales CRM next to WhatsApp | ₹0 · Starter | Yes |
5. AiSensy | A low starting price, AI added later | ₹0 · Free Forever | Yes |
6. DoubleTick | Field sales teams on mobile | On request · All plans | Not published |
We make MotherBot, so it’s first on our own list — read it knowing that. To keep it fair, every competitor figure is quoted from that company’s own page, “Not published” means they don’t say (not that they can’t), and each card names where the tool is weaker, ours included.
What to look for
01
An instant reply to every lead
The first business to answer usually wins. AI should reply within seconds, day or night, from your own information.
02
Qualification saved to the record
Budget, requirement, city and timeline asked in the chat and saved as fields — not buried in a conversation.
03
Follow-ups that send themselves
A quiet lead gets a reminder and the salesperson gets a nudge, without anyone keeping a list.
04
AI help for your salespeople
Suggested replies, a summary of a long conversation and a read on how the customer feels — drafts your team decides on.
05
AI you can afford at volume
Credits and add-ons add up fast with hundreds of leads a day. Check how the AI is charged, not just the plan price.
06
It works with your CRM
If you already run Zoho, HubSpot or Salesforce, the AI and the chats should flow into it, not replace it.
The list
1. MotherBot
Ten channels, one inbox, built in India
Best for: WhatsApp-first selling with AI on your own account
AI replies and qualification on your own AI account, saved to the contact, then a sales pipeline, quotations with approval and automatic follow-ups. Leads from IndiaMART, 99acres, MagicBricks, Housing and NoBroker arrive with an instant WhatsApp reply. The AI assistant for agents (suggested replies, summaries, tone) is on the top plan, and AI needs your own AI provider account.
- Free Forever
- ₹0
- Spark
- ₹2,499/mo
- Growth
- ₹4,499/mo
- Infinity
- ₹6,499/mo
Monthly prices, plus GST. No card for the free plan; nothing expires.
See all plans2. Gallabox
Well documented, steep seat ladder
Best for: AI lead qualification built in
AI lead qualification and follow-up are plan features from its Essential plan, not add-ons. The entry plan is a hard cap of three users.
- Basic
- ₹2,399/mo
- Essential
- ₹5,599/mo
- Advanced
- ₹13,599/mo
From Gallabox's own pricing page at annual billing; quarterly rates in brackets. Meta's charges are separate on both platforms.
MotherBot vs Gallabox3. respond.io
Global multi-channel inbox
Best for: Lifecycle stages and AI agents, globally
Up to 20 lifecycle stages on every contact and capable AI agents across many channels. Priced in dollars, with AI agents from its Growth plan and AI sold as metered credits.
- Starter
- $79/mo
- Growth
- $159/mo
- Advanced
- $279/mo
From respond.io's own pricing page, annual billing. Contact overage $12 per 100 on Growth, $15 per 100 on Advanced; AI credits $15 per 1,000.
MotherBot vs respond.io4. Interakt
Unlimited agents, WhatsApp-led
Best for: A separate sales CRM next to WhatsApp
Sells a separate Sales CRM plan with pipelines and automatic lead assignment, and never charges per agent on its WhatsApp plans. It publishes less about AI than the others here.
- Starter
- ₹0
- Growth
- ₹2,799/mo
- Advanced
- ₹3,799/mo
From Interakt's own pricing page, plus taxes. WhatsApp's own per-message charges are separate on both platforms.
MotherBot vs Interakt5. AiSensy
Cheapest entry, AI sold separately
Best for: A low starting price, AI added later
The lowest paid starting price here, with five agents. Its AI agent is a monthly add-on and its CRM is lighter than the others on this list.
- Free Forever
- ₹0
- Basic
- ₹1,500/mo
- Pro
- ₹3,200/mo
From AiSensy's own pricing and help-centre pages. Excludes GST. WhatsApp's own per-message charges are separate on both platforms.
MotherBot vs AiSensy6. DoubleTick
Sales-led, price on request
Best for: Field sales teams on mobile
Marketed at sales teams who live on their phones. It publishes no prices, so you'll need a sales call to compare.
- All plans
- On request
DoubleTick publishes no pricing page, so there is nothing to quote. We have deliberately left this blank rather than repeat a third-party estimate — every other figure on this site comes from the vendor's own page and this one would not.
MotherBot vs DoubleTick
What AI lead management looks like in practice
Strip away the buzzwords and an AI CRM does six jobs. Check each one in a demo, on your own WhatsApp number, before you buy.
Capture. Leads from ads, your website, Google Sheets and portals arrive as contacts, with where they came from.
Reply. A first answer within seconds, with the brochure, price list or next question.
Qualify. The AI or a chatbot asks what your best salesperson would ask, and saves the answers.
Route. Hot leads go to the right person straight away; the rest get nurtured.
Follow up. Automatic reminders to quiet leads, and nudges to your team.
Summarise. Whoever picks up the lead reads a summary, not three weeks of chat.
Already using Zoho, HubSpot or Salesforce?
Keep it. Most teams don't need a second CRM — they need WhatsApp and AI replies feeding the one they have. MotherBot syncs both ways with Zoho CRM, HubSpot, Salesforce and LeadSquared on plans that include integrations, so the qualified lead and its conversation land on the record your team already uses.
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