orca.floOrcaFlo vs Interakt: AI replies included, not added on
Interakt is a WhatsApp marketing and support platform on the official WhatsApp Business API, popular in India, with unlimited agents and contacts on its plans. Its AI agents are a separate monthly add-on with a small message allowance. OrcaFlo is an AI assistant first: every reply is AI, priced per message, set up for UAE businesses in minutes. Interakt figures from interakt.shop/pricing (checked 15 October 2026).
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Side by side
| OrcaFlo | Interakt | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | From $14.99 a month + 2¢ per message, after a 14-day free trial. | Growth $55/month + taxes (Advanced $69/month), plus the WhatsApp AI Agents add-on at $74.99/month; quarterly and yearly billing save 8% and 20% |
| AI replies | Included in the per-message price | 100 AI messages a month with the add-on, then $0.011 each |
| When you grow | Only your message count goes up | AI messages above 100, plus template message charges above the free limit |
| Meta’s fee on replies | None (your own WhatsApp app) | Charged per message since 1 October 2026, after 1,000 free a month |
| Agents and contacts | Unlimited staff logins, no seat fees | Unlimited agents and contacts on its plans |
| Automation | AI that answers, books and follows up, plus workflows | Auto replies and a basic linear chatbot on Growth; branching flows on Advanced |
| Gulf Arabic | Built in, plus voice notes understood | Multilingual |
| WhatsApp connection | Your existing app, by QR | Official WhatsApp Business API |
What would you pay?
Work out your own monthly cost
- Messages (customer and assistant): 3,000
- No Meta fee: connects to your WhatsApp app
- Growth plan ($55/month + taxes)$55
- WhatsApp AI Agents add-on (100 AI messages included)$75
- AI messages above 100 ($0.011 each)$15
- WhatsApp fees (estimated at Meta’s UAE rate; Interakt bills template messages above the free limit)$8
OrcaFlo costs about $78 less a month at this volume.
OrcaFlo’s figure is its cheapest option at your volume: Starter alone, or with a monthly message bundle where that costs less, which is only above about 4,500 messages a month.
Estimates from public prices, checked 7 October 2026. Meta’s fee is an estimate from its rate card. Your volume and their quote decide the real number.
What OrcaFlo does instead
It sells, not just answers
Quotes from your price list, books real slots, sends payment links, follows up people who went quiet and fills your CRM pipeline on its own. Hard questions go to your team with the whole chat.
One assistant on every channel
WhatsApp, Instagram DMs and comments, Facebook Messenger, website chat, email and Telegram arrive in one inbox, answered by the same assistant at the same per-message price. Instagram comments can turn into private chats automatically.
One price you can work out yourself
No plan fee for 14 days and your first 500 messages free, then from $14.99 a month + 2¢ per message. No setup fee. AI replies included, no seat fees, no contact tiers, no AI credits to top up, and no Meta fee on replies because OrcaFlo connects to your own WhatsApp app.
A bill you can watch
Your Subscription page shows this month’s messages and amount so far, what’s accruing today, and every charge. No credits to top up, no contact tiers.
Set up for your business in minutes
Scan a QR code, pick a starter pack for your type of business (store, clinic, salon, real estate, restaurant, gym) and the instructions, quick replies, pipeline and automations are ready to edit. No flows to build.
Arabic that sounds like the Gulf
Replies in the language the customer writes in, Gulf Arabic or English, switching per customer, and understands voice notes and photos.
You know before your customers do
The WhatsApp health light shows green, yellow or red for your number’s connection and delivery. If it goes red you get a notification and an email, with what to do.
Tested before customers see it
AI mystery shoppers: about 20 simulated customers chat with your assistant before you go live and you get a score, the worst chats and what to fix. Nothing is sent to anyone. Early access.
Your whole team, no seat fees
Add as many staff as you like, each with their own login and role. The price is per message, not per person.
How OrcaFlo connects, and the trade-off
OrcaFlo connects two ways. The Official WhatsApp Business API (Cloud API) is live: connect it in Channels and keep using the WhatsApp Business app on the same number, with Meta’s per-message fees billed by Meta to your own WhatsApp Business account. Or link the WhatsApp Business app on your phone by QR code, the way WhatsApp Web does. On the QR link you keep your number, your chat history and the app on your phone, there’s no Meta business verification, no template approval, and no Meta fee on your replies. The trade-off of the QR link: it isn’t Meta’s official Business API, so there’s no green tick. WhatsApp’s terms don’t allow unofficial apps, and linking one can lead to a temporary or permanent ban; spam-like behaviour raises that risk. That’s why we ask for an account at least 10 days old, pace broadcasts, and show a WhatsApp health light in your dashboard that turns red (with a notification and an email) the moment your number disconnects or messages stop going through.
Choose Interakt if…
- You mostly send marketing broadcasts and want click and conversion tracking on them.
- You need the official WhatsApp Business API and a green tick application.
- Your customers are mainly in India, where its message rates are listed.
Choose OrcaFlo if…
- You want an assistant that answers every customer itself, in Gulf Arabic or English, with no AI add-on to budget.
- You want one meter you can predict: messages.
- You want to keep the WhatsApp app and number you already use.
Questions
On the calculator’s model (10 messages a chat), OrcaFlo costs less below about 18,000 messages a month, about the same from there, and above about 45,000 Interakt’s Growth plan with the AI add-on can cost less. Try your own numbers in the calculator above. High-volume businesses can add a monthly message bundle, from 5,000 messages, and it pays off above about 4,500 messages a month.
No. OrcaFlo links to the WhatsApp Business app you already use by QR code, so there is no Meta verification and no fee on replies. The trade-off is explained above.
Yes. Export your contacts from Interakt as a CSV, then use Switch to OrcaFlo in the Contacts page: it reads Interakt’s export, with tags and custom fields.
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