The Leadsales alternative
with no separate fee for AI.
Leadsales is a CRM for selling on WhatsApp: from $97 a month, with the official API from the $133 plan and its AI agent, Lead Agent, from $87 a month on top. 008 Engage has no plan: each AI reply costs from $0.002.
No monthly fee
No license and no seats: top up your balance and pay for what you use.
From $0.002 per reply
AI is billed per generated reply, by model: with a low-cost model, each message costs very little.
Your whole team
No per-user fee: your human agents work from the dashboard.
Straight to Meta
The WhatsApp account is yours and you pay Meta at its rates, with no per-message markup.
Message our agent: it runs on WhatsApp with 008 Engage.
008 Engage vs Leadsales, point by point.
Leadsales organizes a team of salespeople on WhatsApp. 008 Engage puts an AI agent to answer, qualify and close. These are the differences.
| Criterion |  |  008 Engage |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly plan | From $97 (Básico, no WhatsApp API) | None: pay as you go |
| Official WhatsApp API | From the Profesional plan, $133 a month | Included from day one |
| AI agent | Lead Agent: free the first month; then from $87 a month | From $0.002 per reply, on the model you choose |
| Team users | 3 to 5 by plan; more cost extra | No per-seat fee |
| Meta messages | Deducted from its balance, by type and country | Straight to Meta, no markup |
| CRM and sales pipelines | Very complete pipelines, auto-assignment and scheduled follow-ups | CRM, campaigns and agents that qualify and close |
| Channels | WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram | WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram, webchat, SMS, email and voice |
| To try it | 14 days free | Free account with $5 in credit |
Leadsales data taken from its public pages in October 2026; sources are listed at the bottom of the page. Prices exclude tax and may change.
What you pay each month with AI answering.
With Leadsales, the official API starts on the Profesional plan and Lead Agent is billed separately from the second month. 008 Engage has no plan: you pay for each AI reply, from $0.002.
- Profesional plan$133/month
- Lead Agent, from the second monthFrom $87/monthExtra
- Users above 4ExtraExtra
- Meta messagesFrom your balance, by type and countryExtra
008 Engage- Monthly feeNone
- Team seatsNo feeIncluded
- AI replyFrom $0.002, by model
- Meta messagesPaid to Meta directly, no markupExtra
Leadsales prices on monthly billing, in US dollars, per its pricing page; in pesos, Profesional is MX$3,239.88. Since October 1, 2026, Meta also bills service messages, after 1,000 free per number each month. 008 Engage is a Tech Provider: the WhatsApp account is yours and Meta bills you directly.
Where Leadsales still wins.
Leadsales is built around teams that sell on WhatsApp.
A complete sales CRM
Pipelines, auto-assignment, tags and scheduled messages for the whole team.
Prices in pesos
MXN plans, with discounts for quarterly, half-yearly or annual billing.
Balance included
The Profesional plan includes $10 a month of balance for campaigns, and Avanzado, $20.
If what you need is to organize a team of salespeople on WhatsApp, Leadsales fits. If you want an AI agent to answer, qualify and close, paying only for what it uses, look at 008 Engage.
Every message counts. And since October 1, every message is billed.
WhatsApp now charges every service message your business sends. A bot that greets, repeats itself and asks “anything else?” multiplies the bill. 008 Engage agents reply only when it's needed and stop once the conversation is resolved.
Only the replies that matter
It puts in one message what others send in three.
100% goal-oriented
Every reply moves the conversation toward the sale or the resolution.
Mutes the conversation
An “ok” or a “thanks” doesn't trigger another paid message.
Multimodal from the first message
It understands voice notes and images without asking customers to type.
No asking twice
It remembers every customer and never asks for the same details again.
Cost in plain sight
Cost analytics per agent, model and campaign.
008 EngageIt handles and closes on WhatsApp.
An autonomous agent runs the whole conversation end to end: it understands intent, answers questions, recommends, handles objections and closes the sale or case. Fully multi-turn with no human in the loop, leaving an internal summary of every chat for your team.
Voice and image, not just text.
Customers don't always type — they send a voice note or a photo. Your agent transcribes and understands the audio, and reads what's in the image — a product, a receipt, a document — to reply with the right context, just like a person would.
Voice notes
It transcribes them and gets the intent, even when they're long.
Photos and documents
It reads receipts, invoices, products and screenshots.
First time right
It answers with the full context in a single message.
0:18“The sneakers arrived but they're too small. Can I swap them for a 43?”
From Leadsales to 008 Engage, without downtime.
- 01
Migrate your number
Your number moves to your own WhatsApp Business account, connected to 008 Engage: it stays yours.
- 02
Bring your knowledge
Your catalog, FAQs and documents train the agent.
- 03
Test with real cases
Try it on your usual conversations before opening it to all your customers.
- 04
Open the channel
Once you're convinced, let it take over. No lock-in.
The first month is free. From the second, per its pricing page, it ranges from $87 a month (Starter) to $297 (Growth) and $793 (Scale), on top of the plan.
With 008 Engage, AI is billed per reply, from $0.002 with the lowest-cost models.
Pay as you go with a prepaid balance: no license, no per-seat fee and no minimums. AI is billed per generated reply, from $0.002 with the lowest-cost models, and you pay Meta for the messages.
Your new account comes with $5 in credit to try it.
Yes. Your number moves to your own WhatsApp Business Account (WABA) connected to 008 Engage. Because we're a Tech Provider, the account is yours and Meta bills you.
Since October 1, 2026, Meta also bills replies inside the 24-hour window, after 1,000 free per number each month.
That's why the number of messages your agent sends matters: 008 Engage groups replies and doesn't answer a «thanks».
Compare 008 with other platforms.
Put an agent to the test.
Request a demo or talk to our agent on WhatsApp right now.
Sources
- Leadsales · Pricing
- Leadsales · WhatsApp CRM
- Meta · WhatsApp Business Platform pricing
- 008 Engage · How it's billed
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