What does a WhatsApp AI chatbot actually do?

A WhatsApp AI chatbot answers your company's customers on WhatsApp Business and acts on what they ask. Eva quotes from your catalog, books appointments, sends a bank-transfer payment link and records everything in its CRM. When needed, it hands the conversation to a person. It starts at $191 USD a month, billed yearly.

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Almost nobody is shopping for a menu of options. They want their customer to get a useful answer at the hour they wrote, so the sale does not die waiting.

9:41

La Ceiba Café

online

Today

I need an espresso grinder for under $10,000 MXN. What do you have?4:20 PM
Two fit: the 64 mm flat-burr grinder at $8,450 MXN, with 5 in stock, and the 54 mm conical-burr grinder at $5,900 MXN, with 3. Want a quote for either?4:20 PM
The 64 mm one. Does it come with a warranty?4:22 PM
Quote_3316.pdf1 page · PDF · 84 kBYes, one year from the manufacturer. Here is your quote.4:22 PM
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It understands the question the way your customer wrote it and answers with your catalog's price and stock.

End to end

This is how Eva answers

One complete conversation: with your tools connected, Eva quotes at your prices, collects, invoices and keeps the record. Left, what the customer sees; right, what Eva did meanwhile.

HC

Hotel Casa Real

online

Today

Do you carry 1.5-ton inverter mini-splits? I need 3 for a hotel.

10:42

We do: 1.5-ton 220 V inverter mini-split, $30,375 each with 14 in stock. All 3 come to $91,125, invoice included. Want the quote?

10:42

Yes, send it. Can I pay by bank transfer?

10:43

Here is your quote and the transfer payment link.

Quote_4821.pdf

10:43

Payment confirmed · $91,125

Done, I just paid.

10:51

Payment received. Your invoice is on its way and the order is on record. Delivery confirmation Thursday.

10:51

What Eva did meanwhile

Catalog

1.5-ton 220 V inverter mini-split

$30,375 · 14 in stock

Looked up in your real catalog

Payment and invoice

Quote_4821.pdf generated

Payment link · bank transfer

Payment confirmedInvoice issued

CRM

Hotel Casa Real · $91,125

WonFollow-up: Thursday

Example from a configured business: quotes at your prices, collects, invoices, and leaves it all on record.

What it does on your WhatsApp

Three things a menu bot cannot do

Quotes with real prices

Searches your catalog and answers with price, stock and conditions. It never makes a number up.

9:41

North Parts Store

online

Today

Do you have a filter for the 1.5-ton mini-split?6:05 PM
Yes, washable 1.5-ton filter, $480 MXN with 22 in stock. Want a quote with shipping?6:05 PM
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Answers at 6 in the evening the same as at 11 at night.

Answers at 6 in the evening the same as at 11 at night.

Books in your real calendar

Checks Google Calendar availability, holds the slot and sends the reminder.

9:41

Vega Dental Clinic

online

Today

Can you see me on Thursday?12:10
Thursday 11:00 and 16:00 are open with Dr. Vega. Which works for you?12:10
16:0012:11
Done: Thursday 16:00 is yours. I will remind you on Wednesday.12:11
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The appointment lands in your calendar, not in a notebook.

The appointment lands in your calendar, not in a notebook.

Collects and records it in the CRM

With your tools connected, it sends the payment link, confirms the payment and creates the contact and the opportunity.

9:41

La Ceiba Café

online

Today

Here is your Eva Pay SPEI bank-transfer link.4:24 PM

Payment confirmed in Eva Pay · $8,450 MXN

Payment recorded on the CRM opportunity

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Eva records every WhatsApp conversation and helps create contacts and opportunities.

Eva records every WhatsApp conversation and helps create contacts and opportunities.

Send us the question that goes unanswered today and we will show you what Eva would reply from your catalog.

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Free, menu bot or AI

What a free bot does not do

WhatsApp Business ships free auto-replies and menu bots are cheap. They are fine for notices; they do not sell.

Free WhatsApp BusinessMenu botEva
Answers at any hourAway message onlyWith fixed optionsWith real answers
Understands a question written the way people talk
Quotes from your catalog and your conditions
Books in your calendar
Collects and invoices, with your tools connected
Records and helps create contacts and opportunitiesSometimes
Hands the conversation to your team
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online sales in six months

Serviacero Comercial, a steel distributor, multiplied its online sales more than fourfold in six months with Eva answering and quoting immediately.

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Getting started

Set up in three steps

  1. 1

    Connect your WhatsApp Business

    The same number you already use. Instagram, Messenger and your site chat if you want them.

  2. 2

    Load your catalog and your rules

    The copilot reads your site and your catalog and proposes the first version. You correct it and test it in draft.

  3. 3

    Live in up to 5 business days once access and catalog are ready

    With a human review before launch. Your team takes any conversation with one click.

From $191 USD a month, billed yearly. Public prices, no surprises. See plans

What you need and what it does not do

Eva is not free and we will not pretend otherwise. These are the four things worth knowing before you write to us.

  • You need your WhatsApp Business number connected; every other channel is optional.
  • It answers only from what you loaded: catalog, knowledge and calendar. What is not there, it asks about or hands to a person.
  • Outside WhatsApp's 24-hour window an approved template is required, and Meta charges for it separately.
  • It sends your customers SPEI bank-transfer payment links in Mexican pesos, with no card option yet, and invoices when eligible.

Before you start

Frequently asked questions

Is there a good free WhatsApp chatbot?

The most honest free option is the one you already have: the messaging tools inside the WhatsApp Business app, which acknowledge people without serving them. Above that, free means trials and entry plans with a ceiling, usually the provider's branding in the chat window, a message cap and agents deleted after inactivity. If your questions always have the same answer, that is enough. The moment answering requires searching a catalog, quoting with conditions, checking a calendar or taking payment, you need an agent wired to your data, and that is paid software.

How do I set up a chatbot on WhatsApp?

The greeting and away messages take minutes inside the WhatsApp Business app's messaging tools. Putting a working agent on the number is a different path: you connect your WhatsApp Business number, load the catalog and knowledge base, write the pricing and escalation rules, and connect the calendar and payments. The copilot proposes the configuration from your site and your catalog, you correct it and test it as a draft, a human reviews it before launch, and implementation is delivered in five business days or less once complete inputs arrive.

What is a WhatsApp chatbot?

It is any system that answers on its own from a WhatsApp number, and the word covers two very different things. At one end sit scripted menus with canned replies; at the other, AI agents that understand natural language, check real data and complete whole actions. Before buying, ask two concrete questions: how well does it handle what nobody anticipated, and which actions does it genuinely execute.

How much does a WhatsApp AI chatbot cost?

The price has more than one line, which is why comparing monthly fees is misleading: the platform subscription, the AI layer when it is billed separately, the template messages Meta charges for on its own, and implementation. With Eva, plans measure capacity. Setup is included: we configure everything Eva does today, at no extra cost. Current amounts are on the pricing page, and the cost guide breaks the four lines down with verified public figures from other platforms.

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