2026 Head-to-head · last refreshed May 25

Spur vs DelightChat: an AI agent isn't the same thing as an AI assistant.

DelightChat is a mature Shopify-first WhatsApp helpdesk with email and native mobile apps. We're the AI-native alternative — agents trained on your full knowledge base, deployed across WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and web chat, with unlimited contacts and tickets on every plan instead of per-ticket and per-contact overages.

No credit card. Live on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and web chat in a few hours.

Shopify App Store
5.0/ 108
AI resolution
~70%
Contacts & tickets
Unlimited
Official
Tech Partner

Same Shopify D2C team

Live pricing
AI architecture
AI agent

Trained on your KB · 4 channels · custom actions

AI assistant

Drafts replies · FAQ KB · per-ticket toggle

100k-contact list · annual software
$4,790

AI Max · unlimited contacts

$6,108

Growth $299 + 70k contact overage

Shopify App Store
5.0

/ 108

4.8

/ 212

Instagram / Facebook
Acquisition-first · ad signals to Meta
Comments & DMs as tickets

Helpdesk-first inbox

Sources: Spur Pricing · DelightChat Pricing · Shopify App Store (May 25, 2026). Worked math in Pricing section.

Built for the channels your customers actually use.
WhatsApp Business APIInstagram DM & CommentsMessengerWeb live chatShopify-native

If you only read three things

Three reasons D2C brands switch from DelightChat to Spur.

DelightChat is a real product with 212 Shopify reviews and a 2026-active changelog. We're not here to bury it. We're here to explain when our shape fits better. The rest of this page is the receipts.

01 · AI architecture

~70%

queries resolved before a human ever replies

DelightChat's AI is a GPT-powered drafting assistant with a per-ticket toggle and an FAQ-shaped KB. Our agent trains on your websites, help docs, PDFs and YouTube transcripts, deploys across four channels from one config, and calls your backend through Custom AI Actions.

See the capability matrix

02 · Pricing shape

$0

per extra ticket. Per extra contact. Per extra broadcast.

DelightChat caps tickets and marketing contacts, then bills overages ($5–$10 per 100 tickets, $3–$10 per 1,000 contacts). We cap AI credits, seats and channels — the things you provision deliberately. The variables that grow when your business succeeds stay unmetered.

See the worked scenarios

03 · Acquisition surface

64

from one IG Live · ~6% conversion on 1,000+ viewers

Spur treats Instagram and Facebook as acquisition surfaces — comment-to-DM, click-to-DM ads, conversion signals back to Meta. DelightChat treats them as inbox events to answer. Both work. Only one drives the campaign.

Libas case study

What you actually get

One AI brain. Four channels. Actions that hit your backend.

The same agent works WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger and web chat — and through Custom AI Actions, it looks up orders, applies discounts, books meetings, updates your CRM and tags Shopify orders. The conversation becomes the workflow trigger. Humans take over the moment something gets interesting.

Knowledge sources
Site · PDFs · YouTube
Languages
95+
Spur · Shared Inbox AI handling 14 · Human 3 · Resolved 52
  • Priya M. 14:22

    AI:Applied SAVE10 to cart #2014 · checkout link sent.

    Cart recovered
  • @thequirkynaari 14:18

    "LINK" → DM flow qualified · pushed CAPI lead event to Meta.

    Comment → DM
  • Aarav S. · returning buyer 14:11

    "Track my order #4821" → AI calls backend, returns ETA, tags Shopify.

    Custom AI action
  • Diego R. 14:04

    AI:Return started for order #3990 · pickup tomorrow.

    AI handled
Broadcast queued · 8,200 contacts · unlimitedCart recovery flow activeClick-to-IG-Direct ad live

Illustrative — names, handles and order numbers are made up for this mock.

Is this for you?

Two good options. Different shapes. Here's the honest filter.

DelightChat earned trust over four years of polished Shopify + WhatsApp helpdesk work. We're not a drop-in replacement — we're a different center of gravity. Pick by the team you actually have.

Pick DelightChat if

  • Email is a meaningful part of your support inbox and you don't want a separate tool for it.
  • Your support team lives in native iOS and Android apps — the App Store presence is non-negotiable.
  • You have 20+ support agents and value the bigger included seat counts (20 on Scale, 50 on Growth).
  • You operate multiple Shopify stores and want unlimited stores at the Growth tier.
  • Mature "boring" helpdesk depth — internal notes, collision detection, manual tickets, snooze, COD verification — is what you measure quality by.
  • Your monthly ticket and contact volumes are predictable, so per-ticket and per-contact pricing doesn't scare you.
Most growing D2C brands land here

Pick Spur if

  • You want an AI agent that resolves the first 70% of queries on its own — not a drafting assistant your humans still sit behind.
  • You run paid Meta ads — comment-to-DM, Click-to-WhatsApp, click-to-IG-Direct — and want the AI qualifying inside Meta's 72-hour free-entry window.
  • Your contact list grows fast — and you'd rather not find $150 of overages in next month's bill because you ran a Diwali campaign.
  • You want the AI to do things — order lookup, refund, discount, CRM update, meeting booking — via Custom AI Actions.
  • Your support headcount roadmap reads "keep flat, lean on AI" — and you want a tool that substitutes labor, not just speeds it up.
  • You want a real developer surface — REST API, webhooks, HTTP Request actions and a Spur MCP server for AI clients like Claude or ChatGPT.

The math, in full

DelightChat caps tickets and contacts. We cap credits, seats and channels.

That sounds like an even trade. It isn't — tickets and contacts grow when your business grows, while seats and channels are things you provision deliberately. Here are both pricing pages, then four scenarios at increasing scale.

DelightChat · monthly

−30% on annual
  • Startup

    5 users · 3 channels · 1 Shopify store · 500 tickets · 2,500 contacts.

    $29/mo

  • Scale

    20 members · 10 channels · 3 stores · 2,000 tickets · 10,000 contacts.

    $99/mo

  • Growth

    50 members · 25 channels · unlimited stores · 6,000 tickets · 30,000 contacts.

    $299/mo

Overage & add-ons

  • Extra 100 tickets (Startup → Growth)+ $10 → $5
  • Extra 1,000 contacts (Startup → Growth)+ $10 → $3
  • Extra WhatsApp number+ $25/mo
  • Back-in-stock alerts+ $10–$30/mo
  • AI tokens past 10k/mo+ $2 / 100k

A "billable ticket" counts when a human agent replies; "marketing contact" = one unique phone in a month regardless of message count. WhatsApp Meta fees pass through identically.

View pricing

Spur · website annual

−20% vs monthly
  • AI Acquire

    1 AI agent · 100 credits · 1 seat · 3 flows · Instagram + Click-to-DM.

    $12/mo

  • AI Start

    + Shopify + WhatsApp + Click-to-WhatsApp · 25 flows · 2,000 credits · 2 seats.

    $31/mo

  • AI AccelerateClosest to Scale

    2 AI agents · 12,000 credits · 5 seats · 50 flows · webhooks · Custom AI Actions.

    $127/mo

  • AI Max

    3 AI agents · 20,000 credits · 10 seats · unlimited flows · dedicated AM.

    $399/mo

Predictable add-ons

  • Extra AI agent+ $7/mo
  • Extra live chat channel+ $7/mo
  • Extra user+ $15/mo
  • Extra WhatsApp channel+ $29/mo
  • 1,000 AI credits+ $12

Unlimited contacts. Unlimited tickets. Unlimited broadcasts. Unlimited automation executions. AI billed as flat credits — the whole bill fits on one spreadsheet row.

View pricing
Scenario D · broadcast-heavy brand

Four real scenarios. Both tools priced honestly.

500 tickets/mo · 100,000 contacts · one broadcast/mo to the whole list.

DelightChat Growth + 70k contact overage

$6,108/yr

  • Scenario A · DelightChat Startup =$348/yr
  • Scenario B · DelightChat Scale =$1,188/yr
  • Scenario C · DelightChat Growth =$3,588/yr
  • Scenario D · Growth + 70k contact overage =$6,108/yr

Spur AI Max · unlimited contacts

$4,790/yr

  • Scenario A · Spur AI Start =$374/yr
  • Scenario B · Spur AI Accelerate =$1,526/yr
  • Scenario C · Spur AI Accelerate =$1,526/yr
  • Scenario D · Spur AI Max · unlimited contacts =$4,790/yr

All scenarios exclude WhatsApp Meta pass-through (identical on both — India marketing rate is ~₹0.86 per delivered message from Jan 1, 2026). Software only. A December 2025 DelightChat merchant — almost four years on the platform — posted on the Shopify App Store that they'd incurred over $150 in unexpected contact-overage charges over three months, with no easy way to see usage. DelightChat's reply on the listing did not dispute the fees; they acknowledged usage and billing visibility could be easy to miss. This is not a smear quote. It's a public, public-reply exchange — the most honest signal on the platform. The lesson for any buyer: model the full bill, not just the plan price.

$1,318/yr saved

Spur's unlimited-contacts model has its clearest dollar advantage at list size. Software stays flat; only the Meta message fees grow with the list.

Spur extra contacts
$0
Spur extra tickets
$0
Spur extra broadcasts
$0

Disclaimers: DelightChat 30% annual discount can flatten the gap on lower tiers; Spur’s Shopify App Store channel plans price differently (AI Accelerate = $159/mo monthly with 25 flows / 25 segments). Both prices exclude WhatsApp Meta pass-through, which is identical on either platform.

Why the gap exists

Six things buyers tell us they were missing on DelightChat.

These are themes founders mention on intro calls — and most show up in public review threads too. We cite every one. Click any source to verify it.

1

AI is an assistant, not an agent.

DelightChat's AI is GPT-powered drafting and rewriting, plus a per-ticket chatbot toggle and an FAQ-shaped KB. Useful — and real — but it sits behind a human. Spur trains an agent on websites, PDFs and YouTube transcripts that resolves before a human is needed.

2

Tickets and contacts get metered.

Each plan includes a billable-ticket cap and a marketing-contact cap, with overages charged per 100 tickets / per 1,000 contacts. A billable ticket counts the moment a human replies. Your bill grows with your business — predictably for some teams, painfully for others.

3

Instagram & FB sit inside the helpdesk.

DelightChat treats Instagram and Facebook as channels that land in the inbox to be answered. Click-to-WhatsApp Ads were added in Q4 2023 — good — but the acquisition surface (comment-to-DM, click-to-IG-Direct, Meta CAPI signal-back) is shallower than a brand running paid Meta really needs.

4

Automation rules have visible limits.

DelightChat's own help doc lists what the rule engine doesn't do today: no delayed auto-replies, no automatic tag removal, no Instagram/Facebook list-option chatbots, no automatic photo replies for IG/FB. Real constraints for power users.

5

"View all tickets" needs a workaround.

DelightChat's own help article says viewing all tickets across all support channels at once is not a native feature today — the recommended workaround is creating an automation that tags every new ticket as [all tickets]. Older tickets aren't retroactively tagged.

6

The marketing API is rate-capped.

DelightChat's custom WhatsApp marketing API is documented at 1 request per second. Fine for light Shopify Flow / Zapier sends. Not the same thing as a developer-first platform. Spur exposes REST + webhooks + HTTP Request actions + a Spur MCP server for AI clients.

Capability map · zoom in

Capability by capability, grouped the way buyers actually shop.

Green checks where the platform owns the capability. Amber when it supports it but the depth is shallow. Grey dash when it's not there. Sources: live product pages and each vendor's own help docs.

Scan signal

8

Spur-only clear edges

8

Shared clear capabilities

23 rows total. Use the chips first, then read the evidence where the answer is partial or unclear.

Clear Partial or dependent Not clearly offered

AI architecture — agent vs assistant

4 edges

1 shared clear capabilities across 5 checks.

AI agent that resolves end-to-end

Spur

Clear ~70% resolution · 4 channels

DelightChat

Partial Per-ticket chatbot toggle

AI drafts & rewrites replies for agents

Spur

Clear Inbox copilot included

DelightChat

Clear GPT assistant · core feature

Knowledge sources for AI

Spur

Clear Site · PDFs · YouTube · Q&A

DelightChat

Partial FAQ KB · bulk URL + CSV (Q1 2026)

Custom AI Actions (call your backend)

Spur

Clear Order lookup · refund · CRM · payments

DelightChat

Not clear Limited

Spur MCP server for AI clients

Spur

Clear Templates · contacts · broadcasts

DelightChat

Not clear Not offered

Messaging & commerce — both tools are real here

2 edges

3 shared clear capabilities across 7 checks.

WhatsApp Business API

Spur

Clear Native + DeliveryBoost

DelightChat

Clear Native · Meta pass-through

Cart & checkout recovery

Spur

Clear Native, Shopify + Woo

DelightChat

Clear Native · mature

COD verification / COD-to-prepaid

Spur

Partial Via WhatsApp flows

DelightChat

Clear Strong · purpose-built

Click-to-WhatsApp Ads automation

Spur

Clear Native · CAPI signal-back

DelightChat

Clear Yes (since Q4 2023)

Click-to-Instagram-Direct ads

Spur

Clear Dedicated product · CAPI

DelightChat

Not clear Limited

Instagram comment-to-DM automation

Spur

Clear Acquisition-first · reels, stories

DelightChat

Partial Support-first reply

Email inside the support inbox

Spur

Not clear Not a channel today

DelightChat

Clear First-class channel

Helpdesk depth — where DelightChat's four years shows

0 edges

2 shared clear capabilities across 6 checks.

Shared inbox · ticketing

Spur

Clear Native · built-in ticketing

DelightChat

Clear Mature, four years polish

Internal notes & collision detection

Spur

Partial Notes yes · collision lighter

DelightChat

Clear Full helpdesk depth

Manual tickets & snooze

Spur

Partial Lighter

DelightChat

Clear Built out

Native iOS app for agents

Spur

Not clear PWA today

DelightChat

Clear Active updates 2026

Native Android app for agents

Spur

Clear Yes

DelightChat

Clear Yes · May 2026 release

Self-service order-status widget

Spur

Partial Via AI agent + live chat

DelightChat

Clear Dedicated widget

Pricing, trial & terms — where the bill grows differently

2 edges

2 shared clear capabilities across 5 checks.

Marketing contacts

Spur

Clear Unlimited on every plan

DelightChat

Partial 2.5k / 10k / 30k included

Billable tickets

Spur

Clear Unlimited

DelightChat

Partial 500 / 2k / 6k included

Included seats (entry tier)

Spur

Partial 2 (AI Start)

DelightChat

Clear 5 (Startup)

Free trial

Spur

Clear 7 days · no credit card

DelightChat

Clear 7 days

Shopify App Store

Spur

Clear 5.0 · 108 reviews

DelightChat

Clear 4.8 · 212 reviews

Owns it · Supports it, shallow depth · Not offered

Honest take · summarised

Same matrix in plain English — read both sides before you decide.

If two or more items on the DelightChat side describe your team, stay where you are. If two or more on the Spur side fit, install on Shopify or start the trial. We mean it.

Where DelightChat wins

  1. 01

    Email inside the inbox

    First-class email channel alongside WhatsApp, IG, FB and live chat — clearly on the pricing page and the Shopify listing. We don't position email as a support channel.

  2. 02

    Native iOS & Android apps

    Both apps are actively updated in 2026. If your agents reply from the App Store icon between other tasks, this is non-negotiable.

  3. 03

    Generous seat counts

    5 / 20 / 50 included by tier. If you genuinely have 25 agents and modest message volume, DelightChat's seat economics beat ours.

  4. 04

    Multi-store Shopify

    Unlimited Shopify stores at Growth. A multi-brand operator with low message volume per brand will price out better there.

  5. 05

    Mature helpdesk depth

    Internal notes, snooze, collision detection, manual tickets, the self-service order-status widget. Four years of polish on the unsexy things.

  6. 06

    COD verification & COD-to-prepaid

    Purpose-built flows that have been polished for India-style D2C operations. We support it via WhatsApp flows — equivalent on result, lighter on dedicated UI.

  7. 07

    More visible Shopify proof

    212 Shopify reviews vs our 108. Their footprint is bigger; our score (5.0 vs 4.8) is cleaner. Both are fair to cite; neither one decides the matter.

Where Spur wins

  1. 01

    AI agent that's a labor substitute

    DelightChat's AI helps your agent reply faster. Our agent is the agent — trained on multi-source KB, deployed across four channels, calling your backend through Custom AI Actions.

  2. 02

    Instagram & FB as acquisition

    Comment-to-DM, click-to-IG-Direct, click-to-WhatsApp, story replies — designed to qualify and push CAPI signals back to Meta. Libas turned a 1,000-viewer IG Live into 64 orders this way.

  3. 03

    Unlimited contacts & tickets

    No per-ticket overage. No per-1,000-contact overage. The variables that grow with your business stay unmetered. AI credits, seats and channels — the things you provision deliberately — are the budget variables.

  4. 04

    Custom AI Actions

    The AI itself decides when to call your backend with arguments it collected during the conversation — order lookup, refunds, discount application, CRM updates, meeting booking, payments, inventory.

  5. 05

    Developer surface that goes past WhatsApp

    REST API, webhooks, Send-HTTP-Request workflow actions (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE/PATCH with JSON bodies), Meta CAPI event actions, and a Spur MCP server for AI clients like Claude or ChatGPT.

  6. 06

    Cleaner Shopify rating

    5.0 on 108 reviews vs 4.8 on 212. Smaller footprint, cleaner score. Reviewers cite WhatsApp/IG automation, cart recovery, setup help and the responsive team.

  7. 07

    Founder-led support

    We're a 10-person bootstrapped team. When you message us, the response often comes from a founder or someone who built the feature you're asking about — not a tier-1 macro.

Six head-to-head verdicts

Still on the fence? Pick by the job you actually have.

Six common buying decisions, each with a one-paragraph verdict. Skim the headers — the labels tell you which way each one points.

AI for support

Winner: Spur

Spur's AI is an end-to-end agent across 4 channels, trained on multi-source KB, with Custom AI Actions hitting your backend. DelightChat's AI is GPT-powered drafting + per-ticket chatbot toggle. Different categories.

WhatsApp marketing

Close call

Both ship broadcasts, drips, cart recovery, order updates and Click-to-WhatsApp. We push unlimited contacts; DelightChat ships generous helpdesk depth. Decide on the bill shape — flat AI credits or per-contact overages.

Instagram & Facebook

Winner: Spur

DelightChat treats IG/FB as inbox events to answer. We treat them as acquisition: comment-to-DM, click-to-IG-Direct, story replies, ad-comment funnels, conversion signals back to Meta.

See Instagram playbook

Helpdesk depth

Winner: DelightChat

Internal notes, snooze, collision detection, manual tickets, COD verification, the self-service order-status widget. Four years of polish on the unsexy stuff. We have shared-inbox parity, not full-helpdesk depth.

Email support

Winner: DelightChat

DelightChat ships email as a first-class channel inside the same inbox. We don't position email as a channel today. If a meaningful share of your support is email, this is decided.

Developer surface

Winner: Spur

DelightChat exposes a WhatsApp marketing API at 1 req/sec. We expose REST + Swagger, webhooks, HTTP Request workflow actions, Meta CAPI events, and a Spur MCP server for AI clients. Different stage of build.

What real merchants are saying

Don't take our word for it. Read theirs.

Pulled directly from the Shopify App Store, G2 and named Spur case studies. Nothing is invented — every excerpt links back to the public source.

DelightChat — review signal

“Over $150 in unexpected contact-overage charges over three months, with no clear way to view contact usage. Unused WhatsApp marketing balance was non-refundable after cancellation.”
H la Cosedora · ~4-year merchant · Shopify App Store · December 2025
“The product works, but Facebook and Instagram setup failed, and the support team is effectively available once a day because of a timezone mismatch.”
Rhinestone Jewelry Corp. · US merchant · Shopify App Store · 3★ review
“Notifications did not always work, causing missed messages and trouble for the team.”
Pawphoria · Shopify App Store · mobile reliability

Fair disclosure. DelightChat earns plenty of strong reviews too — Messy Corner, AllThatGrows, Linen Culture, Foo Foods, Advi Blouses, Indithings all praise the team and the tool on the same listing. We’re showing the failure modes here because the success modes get told already.

Spur — review signal

Featured case study · Libas

IG Live viewers
1,000+
Orders closed
64
Revenue
₹78,000
“Comment automation + DMs took our IG Live from a 1,000-viewer event into 64 paid orders at ~6% conversion.”

Parul Chanana · Sr. Marketing Manager · Libas · Spur case study

“Abandoned cart flows were running within hours and the team helped us map our WhatsApp and Instagram strategy during onboarding.”
Shopify reviewer · Shopify App Store
“Quick support, easy implementation, WhatsApp/Instagram automation, comment-to-DM, responsive bug fixes — all in one tool.”
G2 reviewer · 12 reviews, all 5★ · Spurtastic Tech · Spur

Honest disclosure. We have 108 Shopify reviews to DelightChat's 212 — bigger visible footprint to them, cleaner score to us. Our G2 footprint is small (12 reviews, all 5★) and our Trustpilot has 2 reviews averaging 2.9★ — too small a sample to mean much, but we'd rather show you than hide it. We're newer and smaller. We're growing.

Migration · no-risk path

Worried about switching? Here's what actually breaks — and how we fix it.

DelightChat-to-Spur isn't a button. There's a WhatsApp BSP handoff, message templates to re-approve, a Gupshup wallet to spend down before cancellation, and Shopify Flow / Zapier triggers to point at the new templates. Our onboarding team coordinates all of it.

Two things to do first

  • Confirm DelightChat renewal date. Don't migrate two weeks before renewal — give yourself a parallel-run window.
  • Spend down your Gupshup wallet. The 7-day refund policy may not return unused marketing balance after cancellation.
  • Export everything before uninstalling. Conversations, contact list, automation definitions — access ends immediately on uninstall.
  1. 01

    Connect Shopify + WhatsApp

    Install the Spur Shopify app. For an existing WhatsApp number, our team coordinates the BSP handoff to avoid downtime.

  2. 02

    Re-approve templates

    Use the same template names so your Shopify Flow / Zapier triggers don't break. Re-submit through Spur's wallet.

  3. 03

    Connect IG, Facebook, web chat

    Meta Business connection covers IG + FB. Install the live chat widget for the AI agent on web.

  4. 04

    Train the AI agent

    Site URL, help docs, PDFs, YouTube transcripts, custom Q&A — broader than the DelightChat FAQ-shaped KB. Same agent runs all four channels.

  5. 05

    Rebuild flows

    Cart recovery, COD verification, order updates, review requests, comment-to-DM, click-to-IG-Direct. Our visual builder maps cleanly to DelightChat patterns.

  6. 06

    Parallel-run 7–14 days

    Forward DelightChat tickets manually. Watch AI resolution rate, CSAT, time-to-first-response, cart recovery revenue.

  7. 07

    Cancel cleanly

    Export historical conversations, contact list and automation definitions before you uninstall — DelightChat's own reply on the Shopify listing confirms uninstall ends access immediately. Plan cancellation around your renewal date.

Diligence checklist

Ask these in writing — before you sign either contract.

We've seen too many teams buy the wrong tool and stay locked in. Asking these up front saves the messy email thread in month seven.

For DelightChat

  1. 1.Exact plan on the quote — Startup, Scale or Growth — and where does the 30% annual discount land it?
  2. 2.What's the projected billable-ticket count for our team? At our cadence, what's the projected overage?
  3. 3.What's our projected unique-marketing-contact count? Where does it land us versus the included cap?
  4. 4.Where do we see contact and ticket usage in-app? Can we get usage alerts at 80%/90%/100%?
  5. 5.If we cancel, what happens to the WhatsApp marketing wallet balance? (Gupshup's 7-day refund policy — get this in writing.)
  6. 6.AI assistant — what’s our included token allowance, and what’s the overage rate beyond 10k tokens/month?
  7. 7.What's the support team's working timezone? What's the median response time during our business hours?
  8. 8.Once we uninstall, how do we export conversation history, contact list and automation definitions?

For Spur

  1. 1.Are we buying on the website plan or the Shopify App Store plan? Flow / segment / credit caps differ.
  2. 2.In-app WhatsApp wallet rate for our country and category? (The authoritative number for any campaign.)
  3. 3.Where does our data sit? AWS Frankfurt + WhatsApp data localization Europe, plus Google CDN/NLP & Cloudflare — confirm what flows where.
  4. 4.What's the current security packet — SOC 2 controls, audit summary — and how do we receive it under NDA?
  5. 5.What happens to unused AI credits and WhatsApp wallet balance if we cancel? (Get this in writing before topping up large balances.)
  6. 6.Trial terms — 7 days, no credit card required, full access to AI Acquire / AI Start features?
  7. 7.Subprocessor schedule — which AI model vendors process our customer data, and can we have them named in our DPA?
  8. 8.Contract counterparty — which legal entity are we signing with (Spur's is Spurtastic Technologies Private Limited), and what's the SCC schedule for international transfers?

Questions buyers ask

Common questions, handled in plain English.

If your question isn't here, message us on WhatsApp or email — we usually reply within the hour during business hours, often faster.

Talk to a human
Is Spur a full DelightChat replacement?

For most D2C commerce teams whose conversations live on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and web chat — yes. The two exceptions are email-led support (we don't position email as a channel) and helpdesk-grade ticket ergonomics (DelightChat's notes, snooze and manual tickets are more built out than ours). For everything else — broadcasts, cart recovery, IG/FB acquisition automation, AI agent depth — we either match or extend.

Is Spur cheaper than DelightChat?

It depends on shape. Our lowest paid plan is $12/mo versus DelightChat's $29/mo. At mid-tier we're typically within $30/mo of each other on base price, but the cost trajectory differs — DelightChat charges per-ticket and per-1,000-contact overages, we don't. If your support volume or marketing list is growing fast, we usually end up cheaper. If you have a large flat support team with low message volume, DelightChat's seat economics can be friendlier.

Does DelightChat have AI?

Yes — and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. DelightChat has a GPT-powered drafting assistant, an AI chatbot toggle per ticket, AI voice-note transcription, Shopify product data in AI replies, and a Q1 2026 release that added bulk URL + CSV knowledge-base import. The honest framing is the architecture is different: DelightChat's AI is built to help a human reply faster; ours is built to be the agent that resolves before a human is needed.

What's the per-message WhatsApp cost in India in 2026?

From Jan 1, 2026, ~₹0.8631 per delivered marketing message (up from ₹0.7846). Utility and authentication are ~₹0.115 each. Service messages remain free inside the 24-hour customer-service window, and the 72-hour free-entry window still applies to Click-to-WhatsApp and Facebook page CTA entries. Same Meta cost whichever BSP you use — DelightChat passes through at Meta rates, we charge through the in-app wallet (always check the live wallet rate before a campaign).

Can I migrate my WhatsApp number without losing approved templates?

Yes, with planning. Existing WhatsApp Business API numbers can be migrated between BSPs, but the move needs to be coordinated to avoid downtime. Templates are tied to the BSP, so even with the same number, you re-submit them in Spur's wallet — use the existing template names so your Shopify Flow / Zapier triggers don't break. Our onboarding team handles the BSP handoff end-to-end.

Does Spur have email support inside the inbox?

No. Our channels are WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger and web chat. If email is a primary support channel for you, DelightChat is the better fit on this dimension today, and we'll tell you so on the sales call.

Does Spur have a native iOS app?

We have a native Android app and an iOS "add to home screen" PWA experience today. DelightChat ships native apps on both stores with active 2026 updates. If your team genuinely lives in their phones — agents on the floor replying between other tasks — DelightChat is more comfortable on iOS until our native app ships.

What about WATI, Interakt, AiSensy, Zoko, Gorgias?

WATI, Interakt and AiSensy are WhatsApp-first BSPs with broader review footprints. Zoko sits in the same Shopify-WhatsApp territory. Gorgias is the Shopify-native helpdesk for email-led support. Our distinction against all of them is the same as against DelightChat: AI agents trained on multi-source knowledge, deployed across web/WhatsApp/IG/FB, with Custom AI Actions and acquisition automation that goes beyond WhatsApp. We publish head-to-head pages for each on our compare directory.

How does Spur handle security and compliance?

We operate under GDPR with customer data hosted on AWS Frankfurt and WhatsApp data localization set to Europe at number setup. Our DPA, subprocessor list and current security packet — including SOC 2 controls documentation — are shared under NDA with buyers in procurement review. Email security@spurnow.com or talk to your account contact for the latest. For lighter-touch reviews, our public GDPR statement and DPA cover most of the standard questions.

Bottom line · take it for a spin

Try it for a week. Pay nothing. Keep DelightChat running if you want.

Install Spur on Shopify in a few hours. Crawl your store + help docs to train the AI. Connect WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and your live chat widget. See whether the AI agent is the tool your team's been missing — without touching your existing DelightChat plan.

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  • Unlimited contacts & tickets — overage-free pricing on every plan
  • AI agent resolving ~70% of queries before a human ever replies
  • 5.0★ on Shopify across 108 merchant reviews
  • Official Meta Tech Partner · 550+ brands · 25+ countries
  • GDPR + AWS Frankfurt hosting + WhatsApp data localization Europe