Free WhatsApp bot — what's really free, what's safe, and when to upgrade

Your free WhatsApp bot options

The free WhatsApp Business app gives you a business profile, quick replies and labels — but it is basic and tied to one device, with no real chatbots, no team inbox and no automation from your own systems.

Free bot scripts and libraries that automate the regular WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business app cost nothing, but they go against WhatsApp's terms and can get your number banned — and with it every chat your customers know you by.

A bot on the official WhatsApp Business API is the safe way to automate WhatsApp. Lead Pattern has no free plan, but you can build and run unlimited bots free for 14 days on the Growth plan, with no credit card.

When a free bot stops being enough

Upgrade when more than one person needs to answer, when you want to message customers who haven't saved your number, or when bots should react to ad leads or store orders.

• Starter (₹1,500 a month or ₹15,000 a year) includes 1 chatbot for one user.
• Growth (₹3,500 a month or ₹35,000 a year) includes unlimited chatbots and a shared team inbox for the owner plus 5 agents.
• Prices exclude GST. Bot replies inside the 24-hour customer window carry no Meta fee; template messages outside it are charged by Meta at cost, with zero markup.

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