AI Benchmarks & Comparisons
Transparent ₹3.50/min Pricing: No Monthly Subscription
Pure pay-as-you-go per minute in INR. Why Sancharya charges zero platform retainers.
Last updated: 25 October 2026
Per-Minute Economics vs International Platforms
International platforms like Vapi and Retell AI advertise low entry rates ($0.05/min platform fee), but require customers to separately purchase Deepgram speech recognition, ElevenLabs voices, OpenAI LLM tokens, and Twilio phone numbers.
This pushes real costs to $0.15–$0.25/min (approx. ₹12.50 to ₹21.00 per minute) in foreign currency, subject to 18% GST reverse charge and credit card FX markups.
Sancharya All-Inclusive Domestic Billing
Sancharya bundles inference, telephony, speech models, in-call WhatsApp delivery, and CRM sync into a single transparent metric:
- Talk Time Rate: From ₹3.50 per connected minute (1 Credit = ₹1 INR).
- Platform Retainers: ₹0 per month. No recurring SaaS subscription lock-ins.
- Setup Fee: ₹0. Deploy your first AI employee in under 3 minutes.
- Payment Methods: Instant recharge via UPI, Google Pay, PhonePe, NetBanking, and Indian cards via Cashfree Payments with official GST invoices.