1. Pick one journey
Choose a single, high-volume conversation, such as booking an appointment, qualifying a lead or answering order-status questions.
WhatsApp Chatbot Builder
WhatsApp Chatbot Builder
No-Code AI Automation
Build WhatsApp chatbots without code that qualify leads, book appointments, answer FAQs and hand off to a human when needed, connected to the same CRM and inbox as every other channel.
What Is a WhatsApp Chatbot Builder?
A WhatsApp chatbot builder lets you design automated WhatsApp conversations, such as a booking flow, a lead-qualification questionnaire or an FAQ menu, on a visual canvas instead of writing code. The bot runs on the WhatsApp Business API, not the WhatsApp Business app, so it can reply to many customers at once and hand a conversation to your team at any point.
The Messagify chatbot builder handles FAQs, order tracking, lead capture and appointment booking automatically on WhatsApp and on your website, escalating to a live agent only when a conversation genuinely needs one. Every conversation, human or automated, lands in the same unified inbox and syncs to the built-in CRM, so your team always has full context.
Key Features
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Visual Flow Builder
Design conversation flows and decision trees on a drag-and-drop canvas, without writing code.
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Buttons, Lists & Quick Replies
Send WhatsApp reply buttons, list menus, images and text so customers tap an answer instead of typing it.
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Questions With Validation
Ask a question, save the answer, and check that it is a number, email address or phone number, re-asking when it isn't.
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Intent Routing
Route a conversation by what the customer asks about, with a fallback path when nothing matches.
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API Calls & Code Steps
Call your own systems mid-conversation, for example to look up an order or available slots, and use the response in the next message.
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Live Agent Escalation
Hands off to a human teammate mid-conversation with full context preserved.
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WhatsApp & Web Chat
Runs on WhatsApp Business API and as an embeddable web chat widget, from the same flows.
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Multilingual
Replies in the customer's language, including Hindi, English and regional Indian languages.
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CRM Sync
Every captured lead and conversation syncs automatically to the built-in CRM in real time.
WhatsApp Chatbot Use Cases
Healthcare: appointment booking, FAQ triage
E-commerce: order status, return requests
Real estate: lead qualification, site visit scheduling
Education: admission queries, course FAQs
Beauty & salon: booking and reminders
Financial services: first-line query handling
What a WhatsApp Chatbot Costs to Run
Bot replies to a customer who has messaged you are billed as WhatsApp service messages. A message the bot starts outside the 24-hour customer service window needs an approved template and is billed by its category. Rates include Meta's charge, and GST is added at invoicing.
See full pricing →WhatsApp Service
Replies to customer messages, charged per message
₹0.14
from, per message
WhatsApp Utility & Authentication
Order updates, reminders, OTPs
₹0.14
from, per message
WhatsApp Marketing
Promotions, offers, re-engagement
₹0.95
from, per message
For worked examples by category, read WhatsApp Business API pricing in India. Platform plans are on the pricing page.
How to Build a WhatsApp Chatbot
Start with one journey that already costs your team time, then build it step by step:
2. Map the questions
List what the bot must ask and what each answer changes, so every branch ends in a booking, an answer or a handoff.
3. Build the flow
Add message, question, button and list steps on the canvas, and use conditions to branch on the customer's answers.
4. Connect your systems
Use API-call steps to fetch slots, order status or customer details from your own systems, and save the results to the contact.
5. Set handoff rules
Decide which topics always go to a person, and add a handoff step so the conversation reaches the shared inbox with its history.
6. Test, then publish
Chat with the bot in the builder's test panel, fix any dead ends, then connect it to your WhatsApp number or website widget.
How WhatsApp Lead Qualification Works
A useful qualification flow gathers only the information your sales or service team needs to decide the next action. The answers are stored with the contact so a human does not have to repeat the same questions.
Capture intent
Identify the product, service or outcome the visitor is asking about and route them into the relevant flow.
Ask qualifying questions
Collect structured details such as location, requirement, timeline or preferred service without turning the chat into a long form.
Apply routing rules
Use the captured answers to assign the conversation, start a follow-up workflow or request human review.
Preserve context
Pass the questions, answers and conversation history into the shared inbox and CRM for the next interaction.
See how this works for real estate lead follow-up and admission enquiries.
WhatsApp Appointment Booking Automation
Collect the request
Ask for the service, location, staff preference or other information needed to find an appropriate slot.
Offer availability
Present suitable dates or times from the configured scheduling workflow and let the customer make a selection in chat.
Confirm and remind
Save the booking and trigger confirmation, reminder, rescheduling or cancellation messages as configured.
Escalate exceptions
Hand unusual requests or unavailable-slot conversations to a human with the collected context intact.
Templates and the 24-Hour Window
When a customer messages your business, a 24-hour customer service window opens, and the bot can reply freely inside it. To start a conversation outside that window, for example a reminder the next day, the bot must send an approved message template. If templates keep getting rejected, see why WhatsApp templates get rejected.
Designing Safe, Useful Automation
Define boundaries
Specify what the bot can answer or change and which topics always require a person.
Make handoff visible
Tell the customer when automation cannot complete the request and provide a clear path to assisted support.
Collect less data
Ask only for information required by the journey and apply the appropriate retention and access controls.
Review real conversations
Use conversation outcomes and failed paths to improve questions, routing and knowledge over time.
WhatsApp Chatbot vs RCS Chatbot
The same flow design applies to RCS, where steps render as rich cards and suggested replies inside the phone's messaging app. If you want to reach customers on RCS, see the RCS chatbot builder. To trigger bot conversations from your own application, start with the WhatsApp API documentation.
Frequently Asked Questions
A WhatsApp chatbot builder is a tool for designing automated WhatsApp conversations, such as booking, lead qualification and FAQ flows, on a visual canvas without writing code. The bot runs on the WhatsApp Business API and can hand a conversation to a person at any point.
No. Flows are built on a drag-and-drop canvas from message, question, button, list and condition steps. Developers can optionally add API-call or code steps to connect the bot to your own systems.
Yes. Automated chatbots run on the WhatsApp Business API, not the WhatsApp Business app. Messagify connects your number to the API as part of onboarding.
The chatbot builder works on WhatsApp Business API and as an embeddable chat widget on your website, both connected to the same CRM and unified inbox.
Yes. When a conversation needs a human touch, the bot escalates it into the shared team inbox with full conversation history, so no context is lost.
Yes. The Messagify chatbot is multilingual, so it can converse in Hindi, English and regional Indian languages, replying in the language your customer writes in.
Bot replies to customers who messaged you are billed as WhatsApp service messages, from ₹0.14 per message. Messages the bot starts outside the 24-hour window use approved templates, from ₹0.14 for utility and ₹0.95 for marketing. Rates include Meta's charge; GST is added at invoicing.
Beyond FAQs, the bot can qualify leads, book appointments, call your own systems through API steps, sync captured data to your CRM, and trigger follow-up workflows automatically.
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