WhatsApp AI Agent for Indian Businesses: Cost & How It Works
What a WhatsApp AI agent does for an Indian business — leads, bookings, Hindi and English support — what it costs to build and run, and how we ship it fast.
Agents on the official WhatsApp Business API that answer from your catalogue, check your calendar or stock, and pass hot leads to a person — with the whole thread.
500–2,000 real conversations clustered into message types.
Tools per action, short system prompt, eval set from the export.
Agent drafts, staff approve, every edit becomes a test.
After-hours first, then all traffic, reviewed weekly.
| Tier | Scope | Timeline | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAQ + lead capture | Answers from docs, collects leads | 2–3 weeks | ₹3.5L – ₹8L |
| Bookings / orders | Calendar, POS or store integration | 3 weeks | ₹8L – ₹17L |
| Full support agent | Status, returns, tickets, CRM, hand-off | 4–6 weeks | ₹17L – ₹38L |
Every project starts with a written scope and a fixed price, delivered within 48 hours of your brief.
Yes, migrated to the Business API. The number and its history stay yours.
Always. Unofficial gateways get numbers banned.
Model usage is usually under ₹8,000 a month for a few thousand chats; WhatsApp conversation fees are billed by Meta on top.
What a WhatsApp AI agent does for an Indian business — leads, bookings, Hindi and English support — what it costs to build and run, and how we ship it fast.
Our three-week process for building a WhatsApp AI agent on the official Business API — message analysis, tool design, evals, shadow mode and launch.
Ten practical AI automations Indian small businesses use in 2026 — WhatsApp agents, voice booking, invoice extraction and more — with costs in rupees.
We reply within 24 hours at hello@truecodeai.com with how we would build it.