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title: "Respond.io Alternative & Pricing vs Wabery for Agencies"
description: "Respond.io pricing: Starter $79/mo, Growth $159/mo, Advanced $279/mo, Enterprise custom. Wabery: first Live client free, then $15/mo."
canonical: "https://wabery.com/alternatives/respond-io/"
last-updated: "2026-09-20"
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# Respond.io sells a shared inbox. We help you ship the client's chatbot.

Respond.io alternative for agencies, with Respond.io’s published pricing.

## Respond.io pricing

Respond.io Starter is $79 a month, Growth is $159 a month, Advanced is $279 a month, and Enterprise is custom. Pricing scales by monthly active contacts and user seats.

If you wanted a shared inbox, that is Respond.io, and Wabery is not claiming to be a better one. If you wanted to build a chatbot, demo it in a WhatsApp sandbox, and go live on the client's own number, that is Wabery.

## Configure a queue, or ship a bot

- **Respond.io**: a mature omnichannel inbox with a visual workflow canvas, 10+ channels, and round-robin and skill-based routing. Starter is $79/month and pricing scales by monthly active contacts and user seats. Credit where it is due: Respond.io does not mark up Meta's message rates and includes unlimited WhatsApp numbers on every plan.
- **Wabery**: one chatbot per client, proven on a shared WhatsApp sandbox with no Meta setup, then running on the client's own WhatsApp Business number. Free tier with no card, then $15/month for two Live client projects. The client owns the WABA and pays Meta directly.

Stay with Respond.io when the client has a sales or support team that needs routing, assignment, and agent-level reporting, or when they need Telegram, LINE, SMS and email in the same inbox. Come to Wabery when the deliverable is a chatbot, when you want the demo before the Meta paperwork, and when the bill should track live clients rather than contacts and seats. The practical difference is the first day: teams commonly report 10 to 20 hours configuring the workflow canvas, against an afternoon to get a sandbox thread you can show a client.

## FAQ

### How does Respond.io pricing work?

Respond.io Starter is $79/mo, Growth is $159/mo, Advanced is $279/mo, and Enterprise is custom. Pricing scales by monthly active contacts and user seats. Respond.io does not mark up Meta’s WhatsApp message rates and includes unlimited WhatsApp numbers. Wabery’s first Live client project is free; Pro is $15/mo for two Live projects.

### Is Wabery a Respond.io alternative?

Yes if you are an agency shipping a client WhatsApp chatbot: demo in a shared sandbox, then run it on the client’s WABA. No if you need a shared inbox with seats, routing, assignment, and agent reporting. That is Respond.io’s lane.

### Is Wabery a WhatsApp inbox?

No. Respond.io is a shared inbox. Wabery is the WhatsApp chatbot an agency builds and runs on the client’s number.

- Category roundup: https://wabery.com/blog/respond-io-alternatives-2026/
- Head-to-head: https://wabery.com/blog/respond-io-vs-wabery-2026/
- Sandbox: https://wabery.com/whatsapp-sandbox/
- Pricing: https://wabery.com/pricing/