Linkubit vs Interakt (2026): what each one does, what each adds to Meta's rate, and which to choose
Interakt: A WhatsApp and Instagram marketing and support hub with a separate Sales CRM product, sold by Haptik to Indian D2C brands. Linkubit: an AI salesperson that answers, qualifies, quotes from your catalogue and takes the payment, on WhatsApp, email, Instagram and Messenger.
The difference is what happens after a customer writes. Linkubit's AI answers as a salesperson — it qualifies, quotes only from your catalogue, keeps your rules in code and takes the payment in the chat — on every plan, with WhatsApp at Meta's rate and nothing added. Interakt is the better choice if an Indian D2C brand on Shopify that wants WhatsApp and Instagram marketing with a Jio-backed provider, and is happy to buy the CRM as a second product. Every figure below is from Interakt's own pages, dated.
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What's different
Six things Linkubit does, each beside what Interakt’s own pages say about the same thing. Where those pages say nothing, the line says so rather than guessing.
An AI salesperson, not a flow builder
It reads the enquiry, answers in the customer's language — a Hindi voice note included — asks the qualifying questions you set, moves the lead through your stages and opens a priced deal. Nobody draws a flowchart, and it is on every plan, including Free.
Interakt: AI agents. "WhatsApp AI Agents @ 3000 INR" on Growth and Advanced, plus an AnswerBot with a handful of runs included per plan.
Quotes only what your catalogue says
A price it states is read from your catalogue or your documents; a unit price the catalogue does not carry, or a price with no source behind it, is refused before the reply leaves. Deal values and payment requests come from the same list, never from a number typed in the chat.
Interakt: Not on Interakt's pricing page as read on 18 September 2026.
Rules enforced in code, with a human one step away
A gate runs before every action and every send — no discounts, no promises outside the catalogue, hand a refund to a person — and a verifier reads every reply. Anything the agent may not do is refused in code, not in a prompt; a rule it would like changed becomes a request for a human, never a change.
Interakt: Not on Interakt's pricing page as read on 18 September 2026.
One customer, one record, four channels
WhatsApp, email, Instagram DM and Messenger (the last two from Pro) arrive in one inbox on one contact — the person who clicked an Instagram ad, wrote on WhatsApp and replied by email is one record with one history, one owner and one pipeline card.
Interakt: Channels its site lists: WhatsApp, Instagram, RCS (Enterprise).
The payment happens in the chat
A UPI or card request inside WhatsApp, or a Razorpay link from your own account, at the catalogue price. The money goes to you; Linkubit never holds it. The deal closes itself when the payment lands.
Interakt: WhatsApp Pay, payment links from the inbox, Razorpay and PayU.
Ads that lead to WhatsApp, built and measured in the same place
Click-to-WhatsApp, lead-form, Google Search and Performance Max campaigns are created from the product — paused until you switch them on — and every lead carries the ad it came from. Qualified leads and won deals are reported back to Meta and Google, so the ad platforms learn from your pipeline, not from clicks.
Interakt: Not on Interakt's pricing page as read on 18 September 2026.
At a glance
| Linkubit | Interakt | |
|---|---|---|
| AI | The AI salesperson is the product, on every plan including Free: it answers, qualifies, quotes only from your catalogue and opens a priced deal. One credit is one AI reply. | AI agents. "WhatsApp AI Agents @ 3000 INR" on Growth and Advanced, plus an AnswerBot with a handful of runs included per plan. |
| Channels | WhatsApp and email on every plan; Instagram DM and Messenger from Pro | WhatsApp, Instagram, RCS (Enterprise) |
| Payments in the chat | A UPI or card payment request inside WhatsApp, or a Razorpay link, always at the catalogue price, paid into your own account — Linkubit never holds the money | WhatsApp Pay, payment links from the inbox, Razorpay and PayU. |
| WhatsApp per-message charge | None — Meta's per-message rate, billed by Meta to your own WhatsApp Business Account, and nothing added by Linkubit | Adds to Meta's rate. Printed per plan for Indian numbers: marketing ₹0.970 on Starter down to ₹0.949 on Advanced, utility ₹0.160 to ₹0.140, authentication ₹0.129 to ₹0.127 — against Meta's ₹0.8631 and ₹0.115. Yearly billing is 20% off, quarterly 8%. |
| Trial | 14 days of Pro with 25 credits to start, no card; +75 when you connect your WhatsApp number and +100 when you add a card (no charge) | Not stated on the pricing page. |
| Free plan | Free plan: 30 AI replies a month, up to 150 contacts, one WhatsApp number, no time limit | Starter is free, for Instagram only. |
| Starting price | ₹499 a month (Starter, 3 seats), billed monthly; ₹4,990 a year | ₹2,799 a month (Growth) |
Which to choose
Choose Interakt if
- Interakt's Starter plan is free for Instagram automation with unlimited agents.
- RCS as a channel on the Advanced and Enterprise plans, and a deep Shopify integration for order flows.
- Unlimited agent seats on every paid marketing plan, where Linkubit's Starter includes three.
Choose Linkubit if
- One product: the inbox, the AI salesperson, the pipeline and attribution are one price, not a marketing hub plus a ₹2,499 Sales CRM plus a ₹3,000 AI agent.
- Rules and approvals enforced in code — a unit price that is not in the catalogue is refused before the reply sends, a change to its own rules becomes a request for a person, and a person approves anything that spends.
- Email and Messenger alongside WhatsApp and Instagram, on one contact record, so a customer who wrote on three channels is one person with one history.
- Click-to-WhatsApp and lead-form ads built from the product, paused until switched on, with every lead carrying the ad it came from and qualified leads reported back to Meta.
- Meta's per-message rate is passed through unchanged; Interakt's printed rates are 10–12% above Meta's on marketing and 22–39% on utility.
Not sure? Start a free Linkubit workspace — 14 days of Pro with 25 credits to start, no card; +75 when you connect your WhatsApp number and +100 when you add a card (no charge) — and put it on your own number beside whatever you use today. Nothing sends until you say so.
Interakt's plans, and Linkubit's
Interakt’s plans as its pricing page printed them on 18 September 2026; where a price is shown only on annual or quarterly billing, the row says so. Linkubit’s plans are from its own price list, which the API is held to.
| Plan | Per month | Per month, annual | Seats | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interakt — as printed on www.interakt.shop, 18 September 2026 | ||||
| Starter | Free | — | Unlimited (owner role) | Instagram only; basic campaigns, linear chatbots |
| Growth | ₹2,799 | — | Unlimited agents | WhatsApp + Instagram, advanced workflows, catalog templates; plus taxes |
| Advanced | ₹3,799 | — | Unlimited agents | Branching chatbots, RCS channel, advanced webhooks; plus taxes |
| Sales CRM | ₹2,499 | — | 5 sales agents, extra ₹499 each | A separate product from the marketing hub; plus taxes |
| Enterprise | On request | — | Unlimited | On request |
| Linkubit — from the pricing page | ||||
| Free | Free | — | 1 | 30 AI replies a month, up to 150 contacts; WhatsApp at Meta’s rate |
| Starter | ₹499 | ₹416 | 3 | 100 AI replies a month; WhatsApp at Meta’s rate |
| Pro | ₹999 | ₹833 | 5 | 300 AI replies a month; WhatsApp at Meta’s rate |
| Scale | ₹2,499 | ₹2,083 | 15 | 1000 AI replies a month; WhatsApp at Meta’s rate |
A month of messages, priced on each side
Interakt prints its own per-message rates for Indian numbers. Linkubit charges Meta’s rate and nothing more — the messages are billed by Meta to your own WhatsApp Business Account. Ten thousand marketing and five thousand utility messages is a mid-sized month:
| 10,000 marketing + 5,000 utility messages | Linkubit (Meta’s rate) | Interakt (printed rate) |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing, per message | ₹0.8631 | ₹0.970 |
| Utility, per message | ₹0.115 | ₹0.160 |
| Messages for the month, before GST | ₹9,206 | ₹10,500 |
| Difference | ₹1,294 a month, ₹15,528 a year, on messages alone | |
Why this matters more than the subscription
A subscription is a fixed number. Per-message charges scale with your business, so a mark-up that looks like paise becomes the larger bill the month a campaign works. The pricing guide has Meta’s full India rate card and what changes on 1 October 2026.
Questions people ask
What does Linkubit do that Interakt does not?
One product: the inbox, the AI salesperson, the pipeline and attribution are one price, not a marketing hub plus a ₹2,499 Sales CRM plus a ₹3,000 AI agent. Rules and approvals enforced in code — a unit price that is not in the catalogue is refused before the reply sends, a change to its own rules becomes a request for a person, and a person approves anything that spends. Email and Messenger alongside WhatsApp and Instagram, on one contact record, so a customer who wrote on three channels is one person with one history. Click-to-WhatsApp and lead-form ads built from the product, paused until switched on, with every lead carrying the ad it came from and qualified leads reported back to Meta. Meta's per-message rate is passed through unchanged; Interakt's printed rates are 10–12% above Meta's on marketing and 22–39% on utility. Where Interakt is the better choice: an Indian D2C brand on Shopify that wants WhatsApp and Instagram marketing with a Jio-backed provider, and is happy to buy the CRM as a second product.
Is Linkubit an Interakt alternative for D2C brands?
For a brand whose sales happen in conversation — quoting, qualifying, booking, collecting a UPI payment in the chat — yes, and at a lower total price. For a Shopify store that mainly needs order and abandoned-cart notifications, Interakt's Shopify integration is more mature than Linkubit's.
Can Interakt users keep their number and templates?
The number migrates through Meta's Embedded Signup with its green tick and quality rating. Templates are re-submitted on the new provider, which Meta usually approves within hours.
What does Interakt cost per month?
Growth is ₹2,799 and Advanced ₹3,799 a month plus taxes for the marketing and support hub, with 20% off on yearly billing. The Sales CRM is a separate ₹2,499 a month, and WhatsApp AI agents are ₹3,000 on top. Per-message charges are added on Interakt's printed rates.
Sources
- Growth ₹2,799, Advanced ₹3,799 a month plus taxes; Sales CRM ₹2,499 with 5 agents and ₹499 per extra agent; Starter free. www.interakt.shop, seen 18 September 2026.
- Per-message rates for Indian numbers: marketing ₹0.970–₹0.949, utility ₹0.160–₹0.140, authentication ₹0.129–₹0.127; service free. www.interakt.shop, seen 18 September 2026.
- "WhatsApp AI Agents @ 3000 INR for Growth & Advanced plan". www.interakt.shop, seen 18 September 2026.
- WhatsApp Pay, payment links, Razorpay and PayU integrations listed. www.interakt.shop, seen 18 September 2026.
- Footer: "Copyright© Jio Haptik Technologies Limited". www.interakt.shop, seen 18 September 2026.
- Meta's India rates are ₹0.8631 marketing and ₹0.115 utility per message. developers.facebook.com, seen 18 September 2026.
Accurate as of 18 September 2026, when we last read Interakt’s public pricing page; its prices and features may have changed since. Linkubit’s figures come from its own price list. Spotted something that has moved? Tell us and the page is corrected and re-dated.
Wati, AiSensy, Interakt, Gallabox, DoubleTick, Zoko, QuickReply.ai and respond.io are trademarks of their respective owners. Linkubit is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any of them; each is named only to compare what its own public pages say.
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