AI chatbot for a small business in India: cost, setup and limits
An AI chatbot can answer hours, prices and common questions on your website and WhatsApp all day. Here is what it costs to build in India, what it can and cannot do, and when a form is better.
By Shashi Kumar ·
AI chatbots are no longer a demo. A small business can have one on its website and WhatsApp that answers questions from its own documents and hands the conversation to a person when needed. The important decisions are what it should know, when it should stop, and what it costs to run.
What a good small-business chatbot does
- Answers questions about services, prices, hours, location and process from your own content.
- Collects the visitor's name, phone and need, and creates a lead in your CRM.
- Hands over to WhatsApp or a human when the question is outside its knowledge.
- Says "I don't know" instead of inventing an answer.
What it should not do
- Quote final prices for custom work.
- Make promises about delivery dates or medical, legal or financial advice.
- Replace the human reply for a serious buyer. Its job is to qualify and hand over.
What it costs
- Build. AI integration from Acquiretech starts at ₹12,000 and includes connecting a language model to your documents, a website widget, lead capture and handover rules.
- Run. Model usage is pay-as-you-go, typically a few hundred to a few thousand rupees per month for a small business, plus hosting.
- Maintain. Updating the knowledge documents when prices or services change, which you can do yourself.
When a form is better
If you receive fewer than a handful of enquiries a day, a short form with WhatsApp follow-up may serve visitors just as well at lower cost. Add a chatbot when the same ten questions arrive repeatedly or when visitors arrive outside your hours.
A sensible rollout
- Write down the twenty questions customers actually ask.
- Prepare clear answers in a document. This is the bot's knowledge.
- Launch on the website only, review conversations weekly, fix gaps.
- Add WhatsApp once the answers are stable.
Frequently asked questions
Can the chatbot speak Hindi?
Yes. Modern models handle Hindi, Hinglish and English in the same conversation.
Will it leak customer data?
It should not, when built properly: conversations are stored on your side, the model does not train on your data, and the knowledge is limited to what you provide. We document this in delivery.
Can it book appointments?
Yes, when connected to a booking system or by collecting a preferred time for your team to confirm.
Next step
Send your website and your top ten customer questions. You will get a scope, running-cost estimate and a fixed build price.
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