# WhaBuzz vs Interakt > WhaBuzz is a flat-fee WhatsApp API for developers. Interakt is a shared inbox, campaign and chatbot platform from ₹2,799 a month. Compared with sources. Source: https://whabuzz.com/compare/whabuzz-vs-interakt/ By Smaran Challapalli. Published 16 Oct 2026. Updated 16 Oct 2026. Interakt is a WhatsApp platform with a shared team inbox, campaigns, a no-code chatbot builder and Shopify tools, priced from ₹2,799 a month plus per-template rates. WhaBuzz is an API with no interface: Meta's own bodies, ₹500 a month for the first number, nothing per message. For teams that want an inbox without code, Interakt is the better pick. ## How do WhaBuzz and Interakt compare? | | WhaBuzz | Interakt | |---|---|---| | Who bills Meta's charges | Meta bills you directly on your own Meta account | Not published. The pricing page lists "Message cost (Based on the type of template)" inside the plan and adds that "Total Monthly WhatsApp Billing = Subscription Charges based on your plan + Template charges above free limit" | | Markup on Meta's rate | None. WhaBuzz never sees Meta's charges | Not itemised. Growth lists ₹0.958 marketing, ₹0.150 utility, ₹0.128 service (after 1,000 free); Meta's India rates are ₹0.8631, ₹0.115 and ₹0.115. Enterprise is described as "No Markup Charges" | | Provider's own fee | ₹500 a month first number, ₹250 each after, plus 18% GST | Growth ₹2,799 and Advanced ₹3,799 a month on monthly billing, plus taxes; yearly saves 20%. Starter is Instagram-only at ₹999. Enterprise on request | | API shape | Meta's `/messages` body plus `from` | Own public APIs (Track, Template Send, Non-Template Send, Get Users and others), key in an `Authorization` header. Not on Starter | | Webhook signing and retries | HMAC-SHA256 signature, retries over 24 hours, replay | Available on Growth and Advanced. Signing and retries not published on the pages checked | | Scope | API only: no inbox, no campaign builder, no chatbot builder | Shared team inbox, campaigns, chatbot builder, Shopify integrations, payment links, Sales CRM add-on | | Region and data residency | Cloudflare Asia-Pacific region | Not published | | Pricing transparency | Public flat fee, free 14-day trial | Plan prices and per-template rates public; trial length not published | According to Interakt's [APIs and webhooks overview](https://www.interakt.shop/resource-center/interakt-apis-and-webhooks-an-overview/), webhooks are gated by plan. > Note: You need to subscribe to Interakt’s Growth or Advanced plans to be able to use Webhooks. > > Source: [Interakt APIs and Webhooks overview](https://www.interakt.shop/resource-center/interakt-apis-and-webhooks-an-overview/) That page is dated 15 Jan 2023, so check the current plan limits with Interakt before you rely on it. Per the same page, the API rate limit is 300 requests a minute on Growth and 600 on Advanced. ## When should you pick Interakt? Pick Interakt when the people running WhatsApp are support, sales or store staff. Per its [pricing page](https://www.interakt.shop/pricing/), plans include a shared team inbox, campaigns, chatbot flows with branching on Growth and above, Shopify integrations, payment links from the inbox, and a Sales CRM add-on at ₹2,499 a month. WhaBuzz has none of these. It also has a longer operating history than WhaBuzz, which went live on 16 Oct 2026, and it offers assisted onboarding on paid plans and a dedicated account manager on Enterprise. ## When should you pick WhaBuzz? Pick WhaBuzz when your own software sends and receives the messages and you want Meta's request and response bodies unchanged. Errors come back verbatim in `error`, with `source: "meta"`, every response has a `request_id`, and webhooks are signed and retried for 24 hours. The fee is flat. Take 10,000 marketing messages to India. At Interakt's Growth rate that is ₹9,580 (10,000 × ₹0.958) plus the plan fee. At Meta's own rate it is ₹8,631, billed by Meta to you, plus ₹500 and GST to WhaBuzz. Interakt does not say how much of its rate is Meta's charge, so treat this as a list-price comparison only. ## How do you move from Interakt to WhaBuzz? Check who owns the WhatsApp Business Account. If it is yours, the number, approved templates, quality rating and tier stay with it. Inbox history, chatbot flows, contact lists and campaigns stay in Interakt, and your send and webhook code must change to Meta's shapes. The steps are in the [migration guide](https://docs.whabuzz.com/guides/migrating/). The same approach is covered for another provider in [moving from WATI](https://whabuzz.com/blog/migrate-from-wati/). ## Frequently asked questions ### How much does Interakt cost? Per its pricing page, Growth is ₹2,799 a month and Advanced ₹3,799 on monthly billing, plus taxes, with per-template charges on top. Enterprise is on request. ### Does Interakt have an API? Yes, public APIs for tracking users and events and sending templates, with a key in the `Authorization` header. They are not available on the Starter plan. ### Does WhaBuzz have a chatbot builder? No. WhaBuzz is an API. It has no inbox, campaign builder or chatbot builder. ### Does WhaBuzz charge per message? No. WhaBuzz charges ₹500 a month for the first connected number and ₹250 for each after, plus 18% GST. Meta bills its own charges to you directly. ## Sources - [Interakt pricing](https://www.interakt.shop/pricing/), checked 16 Oct 2026 - [Interakt APIs and webhooks overview](https://www.interakt.shop/resource-center/interakt-apis-and-webhooks-an-overview/), checked 16 Oct 2026 - [Meta WhatsApp Business Platform pricing](https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/pricing), checked 16 Oct 2026 - [WhaBuzz pricing](https://docs.whabuzz.com/pricing/), checked 16 Oct 2026 - [WhaBuzz webhooks guide](https://docs.whabuzz.com/guides/webhooks/), checked 16 Oct 2026 - [WhaBuzz migration guide](https://docs.whabuzz.com/guides/migrating/), checked 16 Oct 2026