Key takeaways
- Interakt is for a business reaching its customers: campaigns, inbox, chatbots, commerce. Milvao is for members of one community reaching each other.
- Interakt's WhatsApp Starter plan has no subscription fee; you pay per message. Milvao has a monthly price, and Meta bills message charges separately.
- Interakt describes no member directory or introductions.
- Both are on the WhatsApp Business Platform, and each needs its own number.
What each does
Milvao
Milvao takes a member's request for help, writes it up as a short brief they confirm, and offers it to a member who fits. If that member declines or stays quiet for 48 hours, it moves to the next, up to 3. Contact details go to both people only after the helper accepts. Operators can switch to approving each match themselves.
Side by side
| Compared | Milvao | Interakt |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Private requests and introductions between community members | Customer engagement for marketing, sales and support, on WhatsApp, Instagram and RCS source |
| Campaigns | None. Milvao sends no broadcasts | Bulk WhatsApp campaigns are included from the Starter plan source |
| Inbox | No shared inbox; operators handle only the requests Milvao hands over | A shared team inbox is included from the Starter plan source |
| Chatbots | None. Milvao's own flow handles joining, profiles, requests and offers | Linear chatbot flows on Growth; branching flows with API calls on Advanced source |
| Commerce | None | Catalogs and native payments on the Growth plan source |
| Member directory and introductions | Operator directory, ranked matching and contact shared after two yeses | No member directory or introductions between contacts is described on the home page source |
| Who it's for | Business networks, founder communities, accelerators and associations on WhatsApp groups | Industries listed include B2B sales, travel, restaurants, salons, edtech, real estate, agencies and banking source |
| Price to start | ₹4,999 pilot, then ₹2,999 a month on Starter | WhatsApp Starter shows no subscription fee; Growth is ₹2,799 a month plus taxes source |
| Message data | Milvao's own data is hosted in Singapore; messages travel through Meta's Cloud API | WhatsApp messaging data resides on Meta's Cloud API, and data localisation is not offered for it source |
Pricing
Pilot: ₹4,999 for 30 days, one payment that doesn't renew, set up with you. Starter: ₹2,999 a month for one community, one business number, up to 300 onboarded members and 2 operator seats. Growth: ₹6,999 a month for up to 1,000 onboarded members and 5 operator seats. Yearly billing gives two months free on both. Larger networks: priced with you. INR prices include GST. Meta bills its WhatsApp message charges to your own WhatsApp Business Account, separately. Members never pay. Details on the pricing page.
- Interakt: WhatsApp Starter shows no subscription fee and 1,000 free service messages; Growth is ₹2,799 and Advanced ₹3,799 a month plus taxes; Enterprise is on request. source
- Interakt: India message rates on Starter: marketing ₹0.970, utility ₹0.160, authentication ₹0.129. Only Enterprise is marked as having no markup charges. source
Different numbers, different jobs
A community that already uses Interakt to promote events or sell memberships can keep it. Milvao would run on a second business number that members save for one purpose: asking for introductions. Interakt messages would come from your marketing number, Milvao's from your community number, and the two never mix.
If your members mainly need to find each other, the commerce and campaign tools aren't the part that helps. If you mainly need to reach customers, Milvao isn't.
Where Milvao is weaker
- Milvao can't run campaigns, catalogs, payments or a sales CRM.
- Milvao has a monthly price even for small communities, where Interakt's WhatsApp Starter has no subscription fee.
- Milvao has no chatbot builder, no inbox for customer conversations and no integrations.
- Bot replies are in English only; Starter covers up to 300 onboarded members.
- Milvao is an early-stage product focused on India.
Which to choose
Choose Interakt
You sell to customers on WhatsApp and need campaigns, an inbox, chatbots, a catalog or a CRM.
Choose Milvao
You run a members-only community and want members introduced privately, with both people's agreement.
Choose both
Your community also markets itself or sells on WhatsApp, and you can keep a separate number for each.
Sources
- www.interakt.shop/ (checked 5 November 2026)
- www.interakt.shop/pricing/ (checked 5 November 2026)
- www.interakt.shop/privacy-policy/ (checked 5 November 2026)
This comparison is based on information Interakt publishes, read on the dates shown. It is not a scored hands-on benchmark. Interakt is a trademark of its owner. Milvao makes a competing product. Corrections are welcome through our contact page.