AI Chatbot for WhatsApp
The AI chatbot for WhatsApp that replies while you sleep
An AI chatbot for WhatsApp is an assistant on your business number that learns your business, then answers customers on its own. Markleyo reads your website, prices and policies, then replies in seconds, suggests the right product, books calls and captures every lead. From $14.50/month. No code, and the same bot covers your website too.
- Trained on your own business
- Replies in seconds, 24/7
- Website, Instagram & Telegram included
- From $14.50/mo · 5-day free trial
What can an AI chatbot for WhatsApp actually do?
Markleyo is conversational AI trained on your own business, not the open internet. It answers WhatsApp messages in seconds, picks the right product for each customer, keeps every chat in one inbox, and passes the hard ones to your team with the full story attached.
It sells inside the WhatsApp chat.
Trained on your products and prices, it suggests real items with the right size, colour and price, and sends the buy link right there in the conversation. The customer never has to leave WhatsApp, open your site or wait for someone to come online.
It never drops a WhatsApp message.
Every chat and every lead lands in one shared inbox, whether it came from WhatsApp, your website, Instagram, Messenger or Telegram. Your team sees the name, the question and the history in one place, so nothing sits on read for three days.
It answers the same questions, forever.
Prices, opening hours, stock, delivery times, refunds, bookings: all answered from your own pages and policies, in seconds, at any hour. Roughly 9 out of 10 of these repeat questions get solved without anyone on your team picking up a phone.
It learns your business by itself.
Paste your website URL and it trains on your pages, prices, FAQs and policies in minutes. Add PDFs or spreadsheets on top. It answers from that library only, so it will not invent a discount or promise next-day delivery you do not offer.
It knows when to call a human.
Odd request, angry customer, a refund worth arguing about? It hands the chat to your team with the whole conversation attached, so your agent starts halfway through instead of asking the shopper to explain it all again.
Why do unanswered WhatsApp messages cost you sales?
People message a business on WhatsApp because they expect a fast reply. If yours comes tomorrow morning, they have already messaged the next shop on the list.
Messages pile up on read
- Customers give up after an hour of silence
- The same five questions arrive every single day
- Replies stop when your team goes home
- Nobody follows up on the ones who nearly bought
- One phone, one person, one chat at a time
Every message gets an answer
- Instant answers pulled from your own pages
- Handles hundreds of chats at the same time
- Suggests the right product to each customer
- Captures every lead and books the calls
- Replies 24/7 in each customer’s own language
What changes the day
your AI chatbot goes live.
What businesses see once the AI answers first on WhatsApp, in seconds, at any hour, in any language, without waking anybody up.
Averages across businesses running Markleyo. Your own numbers depend on message volume and how well the bot is trained. Meta’s per-message fees are billed separately.
What are the leading platforms for building AI chatbots on WhatsApp?
Wati, Respond.io, AiSensy, Interakt, Gallabox and Twilio are the WhatsApp specialists. Check which tier includes the bot, because the cheap ones often do not: Wati Pro is $119 a month annually, Respond.io Growth is $159, and AiSensy is $45 plus an $80 chatbot add-on. Markleyo is $29, or $14.50 for your first term with code EARLY50, and the same bot also covers your website, Instagram, Messenger and Telegram. Meta’s own message fees are separate on every platform. Prices checked in August 2026.
MarkleyoHow to add an AI chatbot to your WhatsApp Business account
Five steps, and your side of it takes about ten minutes. The only slow part is Meta checking your number, which happens whichever platform you pick.
Create your chatbot and set the greeting
Sign up, name your bot, write the first line customers will see and choose who replies: AI, your team, or both. WhatsApp is included on every Markleyo plan, so nothing here sits behind a higher tier.
Give it your business voice
Add your business name, logo and tone, then switch on lead capture so every chat collects a name and a number. On WhatsApp the profile is your shopfront, so it should read like you wrote it.
Let it learn your business
Paste your website URL and add any PDFs, spreadsheets, price lists or FAQs you already have. Training takes minutes. After that it answers from your own content only, so its facts match what you actually offer.
Connect your WhatsApp number
Open the channels screen and link your WhatsApp Business number, then send yourself a test message. Every WhatsApp bot runs on the official WhatsApp Business API, so Meta needs a verified business account, a dedicated number and a document check that can take 2 to 15 days. Start that early.
Switch on your other channels
Add your website, Instagram, Messenger and Telegram so the same trained bot answers there too, with every chat landing in one shared inbox. No extra fee, on any plan.
AI chatbot for WhatsApp: your questions answered
What businesses ask us most often before they switch it on, including how Meta’s own message fees work.
Start freeHow do I add an AI chatbot to my WhatsApp Business account?
Create the chatbot in Markleyo, train it on your website or documents, then connect your WhatsApp number from the channels screen and send a test message. One thing is true of every tool: a WhatsApp bot needs the official WhatsApp Business API, which means a verified Meta account, a dedicated number and a document check that takes anywhere from 2 to 15 days.
What are the leading platforms for building AI chatbots on WhatsApp?
Wati, Respond.io, AiSensy, Interakt, Gallabox and Twilio are the WhatsApp specialists, and Markleyo is the multichannel option. Wati Pro is $119 a month billed annually, Respond.io Growth is $159, AiSensy is $45 plus an $80 chatbot add-on, and Twilio adds $0.005 per message. Markleyo is $29, or $14.50 with code EARLY50. Prices checked in August 2026.
Which are the best AI chatbots available for WhatsApp integration?
Read the tiers carefully, because the cheap plans often exclude the bot. Wati’s $59 Growth plan only includes an AI co-pilot for your agents, not a customer-facing bot, and Respond.io’s $79 Starter ships basic AI Assist rather than a real agent. AiSensy charges $80 on top for chatbot flows. Markleyo includes the customer-facing bot on its entry plan.
Does an AI chatbot remove WhatsApp’s own message fees?
No, and no platform can. Since 1 July 2025 Meta charges per delivered template message, priced by the recipient’s country: marketing is about $0.025 in the US and $0.22 in Germany, while utility and authentication are often under $0.01. Replies you send inside the 24-hour customer service window are free.
What is the 24-hour customer service window?
When a customer messages you first, it opens a 24-hour window. Inside it your free-form replies cost nothing, which is exactly where an AI chatbot does most of its work. Meta has said service messages become chargeable from 1 October 2026, so check the current rate card before you budget.
Can I keep using the WhatsApp Business app on my phone?
Not with the same number. A number can only live in one place at a time, so once it moves to the WhatsApp Business API you handle chats in your platform inbox instead of the phone app. Many businesses move their main number and keep a second one on the app.
Do I need to code to build a WhatsApp chatbot?
No. You train Markleyo by pasting your website URL and uploading PDFs, spreadsheets or FAQs, then connect WhatsApp from the channels screen. There is nothing to install and no code to write. The slow part is Meta’s number verification, not the bot itself.
Can it reply in other languages?
Yes. It spots the language a customer writes in and replies in that language, across 70+ languages. That matters on WhatsApp, where the app is the default way to reach a business across India, Brazil, the Gulf, Latin America and much of Southeast Asia.
What happens when a customer needs a real person?
It hands the chat to your team with the full conversation attached, so your agent picks up halfway through instead of asking the customer to start again. WhatsApp chats land in the same shared inbox as your website, Instagram, Messenger and Telegram messages.
Turn WhatsApp messages into paying customers.
Build your WhatsApp chatbot today, train it in minutes, and let it answer your first customer while you get on with something else.
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