MotherBot
10 channels, one platform
respond.io
Global multi-channel inbox
MotherBot vs respond.io
They run more channels than we do. We run more of the work either side of the chat — quotes, invoices, calls, portal leads — with AI in the plan instead of on a meter.
Broadcasts and workflow automation
Every plan
Never a tier you upgrade into
$159/mo
Growth plan — the $79 Starter has neither
One customer, one thread
Channels each of us publishes
Not a WhatsApp tool. One conversation per person, wherever they message from.
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Only MotherBot
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Both do it
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33 capabilities compared · 11 more that respond.io doesn’t publish
Every respond.io figure comes from their own published pages, read on 3 September 2026.
Pick respond.io if…
You need WeChat or TikTok, and don't mind paying per contact and per AI credit.
Pick MotherBot if…
Your conversation ends in a quote, an invoice, a site visit or a call, and you want one bill with AI already in it.
Being fair
Where respond.io wins
If one of these is what your business runs on, buy theirs.
Twelve channels to our ten
They publish WeChat and TikTok. We don't.
Bring your own channel
Their Advanced plan wires in a channel they don't support. We have no equivalent.
Saved custom inboxes
Any filter becomes a named, shareable inbox. Ours are per-session.
Contact lifecycle stages
Up to 20 stages on every contact. We model this as deals in a pipeline.
Workspaces and PII masking
Advanced runs several workspaces and hides numbers from agents. We do neither.
Uncapped contacts on entry
Their $79 Starter doesn't meter contacts at all.
The other side
Where MotherBot wins
Automation isn't a tier
Broadcasts, workflows, AI agents and the API all start at $159 with them.
AI that can't run out
They sell credits at $15 per extra 1,000. Ours is a plan permission.
Quote, approve, invoice
With GST. They publish no quotation or invoicing module.
Calls, written up
They have the call. We add the transcript and an AI score.
Indian lead portals
IndiaMART, MagicBricks, 99acres and more, as conversations.
A form builder
Drag fields onto screens with a live preview. They publish none.
Not on the table above
Six things none of the ten publish
They're not matrix rows because every competitor column would read “?”. They're just ours.
Quote, approve, invoice
Send a branded quotation, route it for sign-off, see when it's opened — then raise the GST invoice.
Calls that write themselves up
Call from the platform. Recorded, transcribed onto the contact, scored by AI against your checklist.
Portal leads, as conversations
IndiaMART, MagicBricks, 99acres, Housing and NoBroker enquiries arrive as chats. No inbox, no copy-paste.
Nothing goes unread
A message that fails — or lands and is never opened — goes again on a schedule you set.
Forms built by dragging
Screens, fields, logic and your own data, with a live phone preview beside you.
Where your team already works
Chrome, Google Sheets and WordPress extensions, plus Zapier. Start from the spreadsheet you have.
Quoted, not paraphrased
What respond.io publishes
The plan that fits your team is usually not the one in the headline.
Starter
$79/mo
5 users, +$12 each. Uncapped contacts. No broadcasts, workflows or API.
Most citedGrowth
$159/mo
10 users, +$20 each. From 1,000 contacts. Adds broadcasts, workflows, AI agents, API.
Advanced
$279/mo
10 users, +$24 each. Adds SSO, webhooks, workspaces, custom channels.
Enterprise
Custom
Unlimited users, higher API rate limits.
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.
Check us
Every row, side by side
A question mark means they don't publish it — not that they can't.
- Included
- Higher tier
- No
- ? They don’t publish it
- WhatsApp Business API
- Instagram DMs
- Facebook Messenger
- Website live chat
- Telegram
- SMS
- Email in the same inbox
- LINE
- Viber
- RCS
- TikTok messaging
- Automatic fallback to another channelThe same message re-sent by SMS or email when WhatsApp can't deliver?
One plan. Ten channels. Everything in it.
Start free and stay free until you outgrow it. No AI credits to top up and no contact cap, ever.
- Contacts
- Unlimited
- Messages a month
- 5,000
- Team seats
- 2
- WhatsApp number
- 1
No card. Nothing expires. Switching from respond.io? We migrate you.
Questions
MotherBot and respond.io
Where every respond.io figure came from
Read on 3 September 2026. Vendors change their pricing — check before you commit, and tell us if you find something out of date.
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