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Ricky compared with respond.io
With Ricky you choose contacts and AI credits. Your team, autonomous agents, campaigns and workflows are included from the start, with no tier upgrade to unlock features.
$0
for each extra person in Ricky's inbox
From day one
AI agents, campaigns and workflows on Ricky
Per unit
is how contact and AI credit overages are priced
The full comparison
Example with 1,000 active contacts per month, 10,000 AI credits and 10 people. Use the table to see what each platform includes and what it charges extra.
Your pick · Ricky
$100/ month
Unlimited users. Every feature included.
Compared with
$199/ month
$199 plan
With Ricky you pay $99 less every month.
respond.io Growth lists 1,000 contacts and 10,000 AI credits for this plan. Each platform uses its credits differently.*
Side by side
Inbox and official WhatsApp
Ricky
Included.
respond.io
Included.
People in the inbox
Ricky
No limit and no per-seat fee.
respond.io
10 included in respond.io Growth; $25 per extra person per month.
AI agents, campaigns and workflows
* We chose respond.io's lowest-priced monthly plan whose published allowance covers at least the selected contacts and credits. Each platform defines its own credits; an autonomous reply usually uses 2 to 5 credits on respond.io and 2 to 5 on Ricky. It's an estimate, not an exact equivalence of results.
respond.io data checked on September 23, 2026. This comparison summarizes public information that may change. Confirm prices, limits and terms on respond.io's official site; their current terms prevail. Prices in USD or stated monthly equivalents, excluding taxes and Meta message fees. Ricky's custom integrations are quoted separately.
The Ricky difference
If you need a full operation today, Ricky doesn't make you buy another tier to turn on automation tomorrow.
Ricky doesn't charge for adding people to the inbox. On respond.io, the cost of each extra seat depends on your plan.
Ricky offers AI agents, campaigns and workflows at every capacity. On respond.io, these features depend on the tier.
Ricky publishes the cost of each extra contact and AI credit. You can compare it with the overage blocks respond.io publishes.
Your whole team, from day one.
Choose contacts and AI credits. Every other feature is included.
Ricky
Included at any capacity.
respond.io
Available from Growth; Starter has no autonomous agent or workflows.
API, webhooks and integrations
Ricky
Catalog connectors available at any capacity.
respond.io
API and Zapier/Make from Growth; workflow webhooks from Advanced.
Included AI credits
Ricky
10,000 credits per month in this selection.
respond.io
10,000 credits in respond.io Growth; usage may be counted differently.
Extra contact
Ricky
$0.10 per actual contact.
respond.io
$12 per block of 100 contacts
Extra AI credit
Ricky
$0.01 per actual credit.
respond.io
$15 per block of 1,000 credits; capped at 200% of the allowance