The one-line verdict
Pick Interakt if you want a published rupee price for a CRM plan and can live with 100 AI messages a month on the add-on. Pick bananaleaf.ai if you want the AI agent, the pipeline and bookings set up together on the number your customers already message.
Side by side
| What you get | bananaleaf.ai | Interakt |
|---|---|---|
| Public plan prices | No public price; the plan is set per organisation after a call | Growth $55 and Advanced $69 a month; Sales CRM ₹2,499 a month. Quarterly 8% off, yearly 20% off; discounted prices not shown[1] |
| Users included | Set per plan | Unlimited agents on Marketing and Support plans; Sales CRM includes 5 agents, extras ₹499 each a month[1] |
| AI agent | Included in the Agent plan: answers from your documents and price sheet, qualifies, books, follows up | AI Agents add-on, ₹2,499 a month with 100 AI messages on the Sales CRM page[1] |
| Meta message charges | Meta's message charges billed at cost plus a stated markup, prepaid | Template charges above the free limit are extra[1] |
| CRM / pipeline | Pipeline with stages you define; the deal record and stage are written from the chat | Sales CRM with pipelines and auto-assignment of WhatsApp leads[1] |
| Click-to-WhatsApp ads | Records the ad each lead came from; sends stage changes back to Meta as conversion events | Ads launcher and conversion data passing on Sales CRM[1] |
| Appointment booking | Built-in calendar the assistant books into | Not listed on the pricing page[1] |
| Chatbots | Button trees for welcome menus; the assistant answers everything else from approved knowledge | Linear chatbots on Growth, branching on Advanced[1] |
"Not listed" means Interakt's page did not say, not that the product lacks it. Meta's own message charges apply on both, and since 1 October 2026 Meta also charges for service messages after 1,000 free ones per number each month.[2]
Where bananaleaf.ai pulls ahead
- The AI is not metered by a 100-message add-on; it answers every lead and writes the deal record as part of the plan.
- Bookings are built in; a demo, a site visit or a consultation lands on a calendar from inside the chat.
- The deal record fills itself from the conversation, so the pipeline is current without anyone typing.
When Interakt is the better pick
- You want a published rupee price for a CRM plan and can live with 100 AI messages a month on the add-on.
- Your team is large and the Marketing or Support plan's unlimited agents matter more than the AI.
- You sell on Shopify or WooCommerce and want Interakt's commerce flows first.
Switching from Interakt
- Your number moves with you under Meta's provider migration; we handle it with you.
- Export contacts and the pipeline stage from Interakt as CSV; the import places each lead on a stage here.
- Templates are re-submitted under your number here.
- Keep the WhatsApp Business app on the same number if you use it; we run alongside it.
Questions people ask
How much is Interakt's CRM?
Its pricing page lists Sales CRM at ₹2,499 a month with 5 agents, extra agents ₹499 each, and an AI Agents add-on at ₹2,499 a month with 100 AI messages (opened 29 Oct 2026).
Is bananaleaf.ai cheaper than Interakt?
We cannot say from public pages: bananaleaf.ai's plan is quoted per organisation. Compare one monthly total that includes users, the AI agent and your expected messages.
Does Interakt book appointments?
Its pricing page does not list booking. bananaleaf.ai has a built-in calendar the assistant books into.
Can I move my pipeline stages from Interakt?
Yes, as a CSV with a stage column; the import places each lead on the matching stage here.
Sources
Every numbered link above points to one of these, opened on the date shown.
- 1Interakt — pricing page (opened 29 Oct 2026; copyright 2025) interakt.shop
- 2Meta — WhatsApp Business Platform pricing (changes effective 1 Oct 2026) developers.facebook.com
Checked 29 October 2026. Prices and plan names change; if Interakt's page says something different today, tell us and we will re-check.