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Gallabox is a shared inbox for a sales team answering WhatsApp, Instagram and web chat together, from $112 a month billed annually for three seats and 500 AI credits. Manychat is built for a solo creator turning Instagram comments into an email list, free for 25 contacts a month and $14 a month for 250. The gap in price is the gap in audience: Gallabox sells to a team with a CRM to sync, Manychat sells to one person running a comment-to-DM funnel.
WhatsApp, Instagram and web chat in one inbox
Instagram and WhatsApp replies, sent automatically
Gallabox | Manychat | |
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| Starting price (they differ) | From $112 | From $14 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free trial, then paid | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier (they differ) | No | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | 14 days |
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WhatsApp, Instagram and web chat in one inbox
Gallabox is a shared inbox for WhatsApp Business, Instagram and a website widget, with a drag-and-drop bot builder in front of it and a CRM sync behind it. It is aimed at teams answering sales questions rather than at a single creator answering DMs, and the seat caps on the cheap plan say so.
Our note
Worth it if WhatsApp is where your customers already are and there is more than one of you answering. The three-account cap on Basic is a hard cap rather than a soft one, so count your team before choosing that tier.
Instagram and WhatsApp replies, sent automatically
Manychat is the tool behind every post that says comment LINK and I will send it to you. It watches for a keyword in comments or DMs and answers with a message, a link or a sequence, which turns a post that got reach into an email list. Instagram is where most creators use it. Messenger, WhatsApp and TikTok are also connected.
Our note
Worth knowing before you build a funnel on it: the contact meter counts anybody who interacted in the month, so one post that does numbers can move you two tiers. Check the per-contact overage rate, not just the headline price.
Pick Gallabox if more than one person answers WhatsApp sales questions and you need a real CRM sync behind the inbox. Basic is $112 a month billed annually for a hard cap of three users and 500 AI credits, and WhatsApp's own conversation charges land on top, which is the cost most people forget to budget for.
Pick Manychat if you are one creator turning Instagram or TikTok comments into an email list. The free tier covers 25 contacts a month, enough to test the mechanic, and the next tier up is $14 a month for 250. Watch the contact meter closely: it counts anybody who interacted that month, so one post that does numbers can move you two tiers overnight.
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| Runs on | Web | Web |
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| Covers | DM & Comment Automation, Social Media Management | DM & Comment Automation, Social Media Management |
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| Works with | Instagram, WhatsApp | Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, WhatsApp |
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