An honest comparison
Relevance AI and Dhanur AI, compared honestly
Both let you build AI agents that use tools, show what each run cost and ask before they act. Relevance AI suits sales and operations teams who build and look after their own agents across many apps, on a monthly plan in US dollars. Dhanur AI suits small and growing Indian businesses that want a ready-made agent for one job, such as answering enquiries or booking appointments, priced in rupees with no monthly fee and replying in Hindi and Hinglish as well as English.
Their prices and features as of 5 October 2026, from their public pages. See the sources
In short
Who each one suits
Relevance AI suits
- Sales, marketing and operations teams with someone to build and maintain agents
- Work that runs across many business apps, with more than 2,000 integrations
- Teams that need SOC 2 Type II, a choice of US, EU or Australian data region, or phone and meeting agents
- Buyers comfortable with a monthly plan in US dollars
Dhanur AI suits
- Shops, clinics, coaching institutes, agencies and service businesses in India
- Owners who want a ready-made agent for one job, set up from their website or by chatting
- Businesses whose customers write in Hindi or Hinglish as well as English
- Anyone who wants to start small, approve what matters and see what each task cost
Side by side
The comparison
Their side is from their public pages, read on 5 October 2026. Ours is from our pricing and feature status pages.
Price model
- Relevance AI
- Monthly plan in US dollars. Pro: $19 a month billed yearly, or $29 billed monthly. Team: $234 a month billed yearly, or $349 monthly. Enterprise: custom.
- Dhanur AI
- No monthly fee. Prepaid credits (1 credit = ₹1): about ₹2.17 a reply on the Smart level. Top-ups from ₹50, with 18% GST added when you buy credits.
What a month costs a small business
- Relevance AI
- From $29 on Pro billed monthly, which includes 2,500 actions and $20 of AI model usage a month. An action is counted each time an agent runs a tool. Extra actions cost $80 per 1,000; extra AI usage costs $20 per 10,000 credits.
- Dhanur AI
- About ₹1,302 for 600 replies on website chat (200 enquiries, about 3 replies each), plus GST when you buy the credits. Nothing else each month.
Set-up
- Relevance AI
- Self-serve. Build agents, tools and teams of agents yourself, or ask Invent, its AI builder, to create and edit them.
- Dhanur AI
- Create a workspace on the web. Paste your website address, or teach your agent by chatting: answer its questions, or send a photo of your rate card, a PDF or a link. Templates come with ready tests.
- Relevance AI
- Connect your own WhatsApp account. Using WhatsApp as a trigger is a Premium trigger, on Pro and above.
- Dhanur AI
- Pilot. For a small number of workspaces, our team connects a WhatsApp number for you. You can't connect your own number from the app yet; that is next. Sharing your chat link on WhatsApp works today.
Hindi and Hinglish
- Relevance AI
- Not stated on the pages we read.
- Dhanur AI
- Live. Replies in English, Hindi or Hinglish, and finds answers in your information in all three.
Approvals before the AI acts
- Relevance AI
- Yes. Each tool or connection can run on its own, need approval, or let the agent decide. Approvals wait in its task view.
- Dhanur AI
- Live. Each action can go ahead on its own, ask first, or ask and then go ahead after a wait. Approve, edit or reject in Tasks, and set approval limits by amount.
Cost shown per task
- Relevance AI
- Yes, in credits. Each run shows the credits used, split by tool and AI model cost. Credits are bought in US dollars.
- Dhanur AI
- Live. Every task and every step shows its cost in rupees.
Data location
- Relevance AI
- US (N. Virginia), EU (London) or Australia (Sydney), chosen at sign-up and fixed after that.
- Dhanur AI
- App servers in Mumbai; engine and databases in Bengaluru. Some providers work outside India: Anthropic for the AI, Meta for WhatsApp, and storage for photos sent in chats.
Trial or starting credits
- Relevance AI
- No trial listed. Its plan with no charge has been retired for new sign-ups and existing accounts, so every organisation needs a paid plan.
- Dhanur AI
- ₹25 of free credits for every new workspace, with no card needed. Then pay as you go.
Best for
- Relevance AI
- Teams with someone to build and run agents across many business apps, paying in dollars.
- Dhanur AI
- Owners who want enquiries answered and followed up from their own information, with their OK on what matters and a rupee price on every task.
Fair is fair
Where Relevance AI is stronger
WhatsApp you connect yourself
You can link your own WhatsApp account and use it as a trigger on the Pro plan. On Dhanur AI, WhatsApp is a pilot and our team connects each number.
Far more integrations, today
More than 2,000 apps and 1,000 app triggers on every plan. Our connected apps are a pilot for a small number of workspaces.
Phone and meeting agents
Calling and meeting agents come with its Team plan. Our agents work in writing only; voice agents are planned.
Certifications and enterprise controls
SOC 2 Type II and GDPR, a choice of US, EU or Australian data region, and SSO, roles and audit logs on Enterprise. We hold no certification yet; SOC 2 readiness and SSO are planned.
Bring your own AI keys
You can use your own AI model keys on every plan. On Dhanur AI this is planned.
Room for bigger teams
Team has 5 builders and 5 shared projects, and Enterprise has no limit. A Dhanur AI workspace has 2 seats and 1 project unless you ask us for more.
And the other side
Where we fit better
Rupees, with no subscription
Start with ₹25 of free credits, then top up from ₹50 by UPI, card or net banking, with a GST invoice from an Indian company. Nothing to pay in a month your agents are quiet.
A rupee price on every task
Each task and each step shows what it cost in rupees, so you can weigh it against what the job is worth.
Hindi and Hinglish
Agents reply in English, Hindi or Hinglish, in the language the customer writes in, and find answers in your information in all three.
Ready-made agents for Indian businesses
16 templates, such as clinic bookings, shop questions, lead follow-up and site visits, each with ready tests and an example month's cost.
Teach it without a website
Answer its questions, or send a photo of your rate card, a PDF or a link, in Hindi, Hinglish or English. You accept each fact before agents use it.
Tests in every workspace
Test sets, checks and must-pass before publishing work in every workspace. Relevance AI's pricing docs list Agent Evaluations under its Enterprise plan.
What works today, what is a pilot and what is planned is on our feature status page.
Questions
Common questions
Is Dhanur AI a Relevance AI alternative for Indian businesses?
For many small and growing Indian businesses, yes. Both build AI agents that use tools, ask before risky actions and show what each run cost. Dhanur AI is priced in rupees with no monthly fee and replies in Hindi and Hinglish. If you need phone agents, a certified platform or thousands of app integrations today, Relevance AI does more.
How do the prices compare?
On 5 October 2026, Relevance AI's Pro plan was $19 a month billed yearly or $29 billed monthly, with 2,500 actions and $20 of AI usage included. Dhanur AI has no monthly fee: about ₹2.17 a reply on the Smart level, from prepaid credits, with ₹25 of free credits to start.
Can I move my agents from Relevance AI?
Not automatically. Copy your agent's instructions and knowledge into a new Dhanur AI agent, or start from one of our templates and add your own information. Templates come with tests, so you can check the answers before you publish.
Does Dhanur AI work on WhatsApp?
Only in our pilot. For a small number of workspaces, our team connects a WhatsApp number to your agent. You can't connect your own number from the app yet; that is next. Today you can share your chat link on WhatsApp, and customers chat with your agent on a web page.
Where is my data kept?
Relevance AI stores data in the US, the EU or Australia, chosen at sign-up. Dhanur AI's app servers are in Mumbai and its engine and databases are in Bengaluru. The AI work itself is done by Anthropic, and some other providers work outside India; our data and privacy page lists them.
Sources
Prices and features as of 5 October 2026, from their public pages, as shown to a visitor in India. Prices change, so check their pages before you decide. “Not stated on the pages we read” means we couldn't find it there, not that they don't offer it. If something here is out of date, tell us and we'll correct it.
Their pages
- Relevance AI pricing(opens in a new tab)
- Relevance AI docs: pricing and plan details(opens in a new tab)
- Relevance AI docs: plans and credits(opens in a new tab)
- Relevance AI docs: approvals and escalations(opens in a new tab)
- Relevance AI docs: WhatsApp(opens in a new tab)
- Relevance AI docs: security and data regions(opens in a new tab)
Our own facts
Try it on your own questions
Create a workspace, start from a template and test your agent in a chat that sends nothing to anyone. New workspaces get ₹25 of free credits with no card needed, then you pay as you go.