The alternatives
1. bananaleaf.ai — the AI-native CRM
An AI sales agent on your own WhatsApp number and Instagram account that answers from your price sheet, books appointments and writes the deal record, with a pipeline that moves itself. No public price; the plan is set per organisation. Not for you if you want AI included on every plan and are happy to get the price on a call.
- What the AI does is spelled out: answers from your price sheet, books, writes the deal record, follows up.
- A pipeline, bookings and campaign attribution are part of the product, not something to ask about.
- Every price the assistant quotes comes from your own sheet; it never invents one.
2. Wati
Wati is a shared WhatsApp inbox and broadcast platform with a chatbot builder, a built-in CRM and a large integration list, sold on public plans.
- Pricing: Growth $59/month and Pro $119/month, billed annually; Business is custom. The page shows a dollar sign and does not name the currency (its own page, 25 October 2026).
- AI: Astra AI agents: not included on Growth; a separately priced add-on on Pro.
- CRM: Built-in WhatsApp CRM with a visual sales pipeline.
3. AiSensy
AiSensy is a WhatsApp marketing platform built around broadcasts and drag-and-drop chatbots, with an AI Agent Builder sold as an add-on.
- Pricing: Base plan price not visible in the page text we read; Monthly, Quarterly (5% off) and Yearly (10% off) billing are mentioned (its own page, 29 October 2026).
- AI: WhatsApp AI Agent Builder at ₹1,350 a month, with 1,000 AI messages.
- CRM: Not described on the pricing page; a LeadSquared integration is listed.
4. Interakt
Interakt is a WhatsApp marketing and support platform with a separately priced Sales CRM plan and an AI Agents add-on.
- Pricing: Growth $55 and Advanced $69 a month; Sales CRM ₹2,499 a month. Quarterly 8% off, yearly 20% off; discounted prices not shown (its own page, 29 October 2026).
- AI: AI Agents add-on, ₹2,499 a month with 100 AI messages on the Sales CRM page.
- CRM: Sales CRM with pipelines and auto-assignment of WhatsApp leads.
5. Gallabox
Gallabox is a WhatsApp inbox, broadcast and chatbot platform with public rupee prices and AI credits included by plan.
- Pricing: Basic ₹2,999, Essential ₹6,999, Advanced ₹16,999 a month on quarterly billing; ₹2,399 / ₹5,599 / ₹13,599 a month on annual billing (its own page, 29 October 2026).
- AI: 500, 2,000 and 8,000 AI credits a month on Basic, Essential and Advanced.
- CRM: Lead pipeline management on Advanced.
6. Gupshup
Gupshup is an enterprise conversational-AI and messaging platform (WhatsApp, RCS, SMS, voice, Instagram) with a self-serve WhatsApp API priced per message and enterprise features priced on request.
- Pricing: Self-serve: "a standard 0.001 USD per message fee", with WhatsApp's charges "billed at actuals"; prices shown in USD only, no INR card. Enterprise features and pricing are on a separate request page (its own page, 2 November 2026).
- AI: Not part of the self-serve page. The home page sells "Gupshup AI Agents", an AI co-pilot for human agents and a Conversation Cloud to enterprises; no price shown.
- CRM: Not listed on the pricing page or the home page.
How to choose
Ask each vendor for one monthly total: platform fee, extra users, the AI agent, and an estimated message bill at Meta's rates for your market. Then ask the two questions that separate an inbox from a CRM: who owns each lead, and what happens to a lead nobody answered.
Questions people ask
What is the best DoubleTick alternative for a clinic or a small business?
It depends on what you need first: a published price and a shared inbox, or an AI agent with a pipeline and bookings. The list below gives each tool's own published price and what it does differently, so you can compare one monthly total.
Can I move my WhatsApp number from DoubleTick?
Yes. Meta allows a WhatsApp Business number to move between providers; old chats stay on the old platform, so export what you need first.
How much does DoubleTick cost?
Its pricing page (opened 29 Oct 2026) names Starter, Pro and Enterprise plans and lists no prices, so ask for a quote.
Does DoubleTick include AI?
Its pricing page says AI agents are built into every plan; the page does not say what they do. bananaleaf.ai's assistant answers from your documents, books and writes the deal record.
Does either publish prices?
Neither lists a public plan price. Ask both for one monthly total that includes users, the AI agent and your expected messages.
Sources
Every numbered link above points to one of these, opened on the date shown.
- 1DoubleTick — pricing page (opened 29 Oct 2026) doubletick.io
- 2Meta — WhatsApp Business Platform pricing (changes effective 1 Oct 2026) developers.facebook.com
Checked 29 October 2026. Prices and plan names change; if DoubleTick's page says something different today, tell us and we will re-check.