The Interakt Alternative Built for Booking Appointments, Not Selling Products
Interakt is built for WhatsApp commerce, catalogs, and support. Welqo is appointment-native: it books a real calendar inside WhatsApp, never double-books, and takes deposits straight to your own account.
Interakt is a capable WhatsApp Business Platform for storefronts. If you sell products, it shines: you can publish a catalog, run WhatsApp Pay checkouts, blast campaigns, and route customer questions through a shared team inbox. Its pricing follows the commerce playbook too — a monthly platform fee that commonly scales per agent or seat, layered on top of WhatsApp's per-conversation messaging charges. For a store answering hundreds of buyer chats, that model fits. For a salon, clinic, tutor, or studio whose real product is a time slot, it leaves the hardest part unsolved: the calendar.
Welqo starts from the opposite end. It is an AI booking assistant that lives inside WhatsApp and on a shareable web page, and every conversation is wired to a real per-staff calendar. When a customer messages to book, Welqo checks live availability, holds the slot, and confirms — so two people can never grab the same 4pm with the same stylist. It reschedules and cancels the same way, updating the calendar instantly instead of leaving you to reconcile a chat thread by hand.
Here is a Tuesday in a two-chair salon. A regular messages at 11pm: 'Can I move my Saturday cut to Sunday morning?' Welqo reads it, sees Priya is booked Sunday but Anjali is open at 10:30, offers it, and rebooks the moment the customer taps yes — no staff awake, no double-booking. It replies in the customer's own language (it auto-detects 40+), sends an automatic reminder 24 hours and 2 hours before, and if a ₹200 deposit is required, collects it so the slot is protected. That deposit settles to the salon's own Razorpay/UPI account at 0% commission on the booking.
Two more things matter for service businesses. Welqo's pricing is flat — Booking at ₹999/$15 and Front Desk at ₹2,499/$39, not per-seat — so adding staff to the calendar never inflates the bill, and there is a genuine free tier up to 50 bookings a month with reminders included. And Call Rescue turns missed calls into WhatsApp booking conversations, so the phone ringing out during a haircut becomes a booked appointment instead of a lost one. Customers install nothing and need no account; it runs on Meta's official WhatsApp Business Platform, and you can go live the same day with no code.
Why businesses choose Welqo
- A real calendar, never double-booked. Welqo books, reschedules, and cancels against a live per-staff calendar and holds each slot as it confirms — so the same time with the same person can never be taken twice. Catalog and support tools were never built to do this.
- Deposits to your own account, 0% on bookings. Take deposits or prepaid packs that settle straight to your own Razorpay, UPI, or international-card account, with 0% commission on the booking itself. No marketplace sitting between you and your money.
- Flat pricing, not per-seat. Booking is ₹999/$15 and Front Desk is ₹2,499/$39 — flat. Add every stylist, therapist, or tutor to the calendar without a per-agent fee, plus a real free tier up to 50 bookings a month with reminders included.
- Missed calls become bookings. Call Rescue turns a missed call into a WhatsApp booking conversation automatically, and reminders go out 24h and 2h before every appointment — so a ringing phone mid-service still ends in a filled slot.
The old way vs the WhatsApp way
| WhatsApp commerce & support platforms | Welqo | |
|---|---|---|
| Core purpose | Sell products, catalogs & support | Book & manage appointments |
| Real calendar / no double-booking | Not the focus | Built in, per staff |
| Pricing model | Often per seat + per conversation | Flat plan, not per-seat |
| Booking deposits | Via commerce checkout | To your own account, 0% on bookings |
| Free tier for bookings | Varies | Up to 50 bookings/mo, reminders included |
Go live the same day
- Sign up and add your services and hours
- Connect your WhatsApp number
- Customers book — you get the calendar
Frequently asked questions
How is Welqo different from Interakt?
Interakt is built for WhatsApp commerce and support — catalogs, checkouts, campaigns, and a team inbox. Welqo is appointment-native: it books a real per-staff calendar inside WhatsApp, prevents double-booking, sends automatic reminders, and takes deposits to your own account. If your product is a time slot rather than an item, Welqo solves the part a commerce tool leaves out.
Can I migrate from Interakt to Welqo without losing WhatsApp?
Yes. Welqo runs on Meta's official WhatsApp Business Platform, so you keep a professional WhatsApp presence. You can go live the same day with no code, and your customers install nothing and need no account — they just message like they always have.
Does Welqo charge a commission on my bookings?
No. Welqo charges 0% commission on bookings. Deposits and prepaid packs settle directly to your own Razorpay, UPI, or international-card account. You pay a flat monthly plan — ₹999/$15 or ₹2,499/$39 — not per seat, and there's a free tier up to 50 bookings a month.
What happens when two customers ask for the same slot?
Welqo checks the live calendar and holds each slot the moment it confirms, so the same time with the same staff member can't be booked twice. It reschedules and cancels the same way, updating availability instantly instead of leaving you to untangle a chat thread.
How much does it cost?
Free to start — a shareable web booking page plus AI booking. Paid plans from ₹999 / $15 a month unlock unlimited AI WhatsApp booking and reminders, and the Front Desk plan (₹2,499 / $39) adds no-show recovery, deposits, waitlist backfill and broadcasts.
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