# Six ways to call your leads without one more hire > The main alternatives to hiring a telecaller in India are a telecalling agency (₹10,000 to ₹35,000 a month on IndiaMART), IVR and call routing, WhatsApp auto-replies, a self-serve AI calling platform from ₹3.50 a minute, or a done-for-you AI telecaller. Brand Bakery's is ₹22,500 a month plus ₹50,000 setup and calls every enquiry within a minute. - Page: https://www.brandbakery.tech/telecaller-alternatives - Last updated: 2026-10-22 Breadcrumb: [Home](https://www.brandbakery.tech/) > [Pricing](https://www.brandbakery.tech/pricing) > Alternatives to hiring a telecaller ## Six options, one job - **Hire one more telecaller.** ₹12,000 to ₹17,000 a month for a fresher, ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 experienced, before incentives (Delhi). Fits: Relationship selling, negotiation and buyers who want one person they know. The catch: Office hours only, one call at a time, and hiring and training again when they leave. Source: [WorkIndia, Delhi telecalling jobs, checked 21 October 2026](https://www.workindia.in/telecalling-jobs-in-alaknanda-delhi/). - **A telecalling agency.** ₹10,000 to ₹35,000 a month as listed on IndiaMART, by hours, callers and volume. Fits: Short campaigns to your existing customers that need many callers for a few weeks. The catch: Calls happen in the shift you pay for, reports often come at day end, and some agencies cold call. Ask which. Source: [IndiaMART tele-servicing listings, checked 21 October 2026](https://m.indiamart.com/impcat/tele-servicing.html). - **IVR and call routing.** From ₹5,000 a month billed yearly (MyOperator), plus GST. Fits: Sending incoming calls to whoever on your team is free. The catch: A person still has to pick up and call back. It never calls a new enquiry on its own. Source: [MyOperator pricing, checked 21 October 2026](https://myoperator.com/pricing). - **WhatsApp Business auto-replies.** The WhatsApp Business app, from the app stores. Fits: An instant greeting, and an away message outside business hours. The catch: The same fixed text to everyone. Nobody calls, nothing gets qualified and nothing gets booked. Source: [WhatsApp Business app, checked 22 October 2026](https://whatsappbusiness.com/products/business-app/). - **A self-serve AI calling platform.** From ₹3.50 a minute on Sarvam before GST, about ₹5.52 on Bolna, with telephony on top. Fits: Teams with a developer who can build, connect and maintain the agent. The catch: You write the call flow, wire up your lead sources, follow the calling rules and fix it when calls go wrong. Source: [Sarvam voice agents pricing, checked 22 October 2026](https://docs.sarvam.ai/voice-agents/pricing), [Bolna pricing, checked 22 October 2026](https://www.bolna.ai/pricing). - **Brand Bakery AI telecaller.** ₹22,500 a month plus ₹50,000 setup, with 2,000 minutes, then ₹8 a minute. No GST added. Fits: Calling every new enquiry within a minute, at any hour you allow, with every call logged in your sheet. The catch: It is not a closer for big negotiations. It hands those to your team with the notes ready. Figures are as each source publishes them, not quotes. Salaries are before PF and incentives, and agency listings differ in what they include. Check the source before you decide. ## When a hire is still the answer - Large deals where the buyer wants a relationship with one person - Negotiation beyond the offers and discounts you have written down - Site visits, demos and meetings in person ## The setup we recommend Most businesses mix two of these. Keep your best caller for the buyers who are ready to talk, and let the AI telecaller take the first call on every new enquiry within a minute, ask your qualifying questions, book the visit and run the follow-ups. Incoming calls only? The AI Receptionist is ₹10,000 a month plus ₹30,000 setup. ## Rules it never breaks - Calls only people who asked to be contacted: a form, a portal enquiry, a missed call or a callback request. - Tells callers it is an AI assistant at the start of every call. - Announces at the start of every call that it is recorded. - Follows TRAI commercial communication rules, with DLT registration in place before any outbound messaging. - Handles personal data under the DPDP Act, with a data processing agreement in your contract. ## Questions ### What can I use instead of hiring a telecaller? A telecalling agency, IVR and call routing, WhatsApp auto-replies, a self-serve AI calling platform, or a done-for-you AI telecaller. Only the last two call a new enquiry on their own, at any hour. The others either need a person to call back or never call at all. ### What is the cheapest alternative to a telecaller? Per minute, a self-serve AI calling platform, from about ₹3.50 a minute on Sarvam before GST and telephony. You still pay in hours to build and maintain it. A done-for-you AI telecaller costs more and includes that work: ours is ₹22,500 a month plus ₹50,000 setup. ### Can an AI telecaller replace my telecaller? It takes over the first call, the qualifying questions, the bookings and the follow-ups. Your people keep the conversations that need judgment, and get more time for them. ### Can the AI telecaller make cold calls? No. It calls only people who asked to be contacted: a portal enquiry, an ad form, a website form or a missed call. Cold lists are out of scope. ### Will the people it calls know it is an AI? Yes. Every call starts with the AI saying it is an AI assistant, and a notice that the call is recorded. ## Start Request a callback at https://www.brandbakery.tech/contact?service=ai-employees. 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