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Compared · prices checked 10 November 2026

Gupshup vs MSG91

Pick Gupshup if your business wants WhatsApp, RCS, SMS, Truecaller and voice campaigns from one prepaid wallet with no platform fee. Pick MSG91 if you are an Indian app or small business sending OTPs and transactional SMS and paying per message. Gupshup charges a ₹0 a month platform fee and bills per message from a prepaid wallet plus 18% GST, with 1,000 AI messages free a month; MSG91 India SMS is ₹0.25 a message at 5,000, falling to ₹0.16 at the top slab, plus 18% GST.

Gupshup

A messaging platform for WhatsApp, RCS, SMS, Truecaller and voice campaigns, bots and AI agents.

Pick it when

Prepaid wallet with no platform fee

For

An Indian business that wants several messaging channels from one prepaid wallet.

What it costs

Self-serve: ₹0 a month platform fee, pay per message from a prepaid wallet plus 18% GST; Enterprise custom

Read from gupshup.ai on 10 November 2026

Free: 1,000 AI messages free a month, then ₹1 each

In India

Rupee wallet with 18% GST

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MSG91

A messaging platform for SMS, OTP, WhatsApp and email, sold by volume.

Pick it when

A small business in India, paying per message

For

An Indian app or business sending OTPs and transactional SMS.

What it costs

India SMS ₹0.25 a message at 5,000, falling to ₹0.16 at the top slab, plus 18% GST

Read from msg91.com on 10 November 2026

In India

Rupee rates plus 18% GST for India-to-India SMS

Open msg91.com

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