Comparison
AiSensy is a full engagement suite billed monthly. WABAPI charges ₹0 a month and prices the message itself. Here is the arithmetic, done honestly — prices as of August 2026, including the volumes at which AiSensy becomes the cheaper choice.
| WABAPI | AiSensy | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | ₹0 — you buy credits, nothing recurs | Basic ₹1,500/mo (₹1,350/mo billed yearly), Pro ₹3,200/mo, plus taxes |
| First-year minimum | ₹0 to connect and test — ₹1,050 when you go live, repeatable | ₹16,200 on Basic billed yearly, plus taxes and message charges |
| Marketing message | from ₹1.25 | ₹1.09 |
| Utility message | from ₹0.25 | ₹0.145 |
| Extra team members | No per-seat charge | ₹750 per extra agent per month |
| Chatbot builder | Not offered — WABAPI sends campaigns, it is not a chat suite | Paid add-on at ₹2,500/mo |
| Shared team inbox | Not offered | Included |
| Trial | Free: connect your number and send 20 messages at no cost. ₹1,050 for 3,000 credits to go live | 14-day trial and a forever-free tier |
| Commitment | None — credits stay valid 24 months, whichever pack you buy | Monthly or yearly subscription |
AiSensy figures are their published prices as of August 2026 and exclude taxes; check their site for current rates. WABAPI figures are computed from the live rate configuration this site runs on.
AiSensy's marketing rate is ₹1.09 a message against WABAPI's rate from ₹1.25 — they are 16 paise cheaper per message at that rate. What you pay them on top is the plan: ₹18,000 a year on Basic at monthly billing (₹16,200 billed yearly), plus taxes.
Divide the fee by the saving: ₹18,000 ÷ 16 paise ≈ 1,12,500 marketing messages a year — about 9,375 a month. Send less than that and WABAPI's total bill is lower; send more and AiSensy Basic wins on totals. On utility messages the crossover sits near 14,286 a month (1,71,429 a year).
Two things move that line further out: the chatbot builder is a ₹2,500/mo add-on, and each extra agent is ₹750/mo. Either one raises the fixed cost the message savings have to earn back before AiSensy comes out ahead.
A comparison page that pretends the other product has no case is not worth your time. AiSensy is the stronger pick if:
If what you need is campaigns from your own number, priced per message with no standing charge, that is the job WABAPI was built for.
It depends on volume. AiSensy's marketing rate (₹1.09) is lower than WABAPI's (from ₹1.25), but you pay ₹18,000 a year for the Basic plan before sending anything. The crossover works out to roughly 9,375 marketing messages a month — below that, WABAPI's total bill is lower; above it, AiSensy can be cheaper on totals, as long as you do not need the paid chatbot add-on or extra agent seats.
Yes. There is no subscription, no seat charge and no platform fee. You buy credits — a utility message costs from ₹0.25 and a marketing message from ₹1.25 — and credits come off only when a message actually goes out. Undelivered messages are credited back automatically.
Yes. Your WhatsApp Business number belongs to your Meta Business account, not to any platform. You connect it to WABAPI through the official Meta embedded signup. Message templates are tied to the previous setup, so they need to be created and approved again — approval usually takes minutes to a few hours.
No. WABAPI is deliberately a campaign tool: templates, lists, scheduled sends, delivery reports and credits. If a chatbot or a shared team inbox is central to how you work, AiSensy is the better fit today — that is stated plainly on this page rather than buried.
Credits from any pack stay valid 24 months from purchase, whichever pack you buy. Unlike a subscription, a quiet month costs you nothing — the credits simply wait.
They are AiSensy's published prices as of August 2026: Basic ₹1,500/mo (₹1,350/mo billed yearly), Pro ₹3,200/mo, chatbot add-on ₹2,500/mo, extra agents ₹750/mo, marketing messages ₹1.09 and utility ₹0.145, all plus taxes. Check AiSensy's own site for the latest figures.
Connect your number free and send 20 messages at no cost — pay only when you go live — and the pricing page has every rate and pack.