respond.io

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Communication & Voice Unclaimed · our research only We found: from $79 🔎 1 cost-trap flag
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Our pricing checkRead on their own pricing page, 13 Aug 2026
Cost-trap flags🪑 Per-seat pricing
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Our pricing check · 2026-08-13, read off respond.io/pricingFour tiers, billed on monthly active contacts rather than seats: Starter $79/month, Growth $159, Advanced $279, and Enterprise on quote.
What will cost you money if you skim itThe entry plan is the inbox without the engine.

Cost-trap flags — each with its evidence

🪑 Per-seat pricing — Cost scales with every user you add
“That is kinder than per-seat pricing for a small team fielding a lot of chats, and harsher if you have a big list you talk to often.”

Genuinely good for

a small team that already lives in WhatsApp and Instagram DMs and has outgrown a shared phone — retail, clinics, travel, local services. Per-contact pricing suits you if headcount grows faster than conversation volume, and the seven-day trial without a card lets you check that before committing

Skip it if

you only need one channel: a plain shared inbox or a helpdesk will cost less than an omnichannel platform you use a fifth of. Skip the Starter plan specifically if automation is the reason you are looking — you will be on Growth within a month. And if your monthly active contacts run into the tens…

The honest comparisonWati — the comparison most WhatsApp-first teams will make, and one we have already researched. Both put a shared team inbox on top of the WhatsApp Business API; the practical difference is how the meter runs and where automation starts. respond.io reaches wider across channels — Instagram, Messenger, SMS…

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