ManyChat is a capable product and the reason most people look for an alternative is not features. It is the billing model and the currency.
ManyChat prices by active contact. Every unique person your automation touches in a billing period counts, and the price moves up as that number grows. The model works if each contact carries revenue. It works badly for creators, because reach is unpredictable. A reel that performs unusually well can add thousands of contacts and raise your bill without adding a single customer. You are charged for attention, not for outcomes.
The currency compounds it. Dollar pricing on an Indian card adds a foreign transaction fee, exposes you to exchange rate movement, and usually arrives without a GST invoice you can claim against.
When comparing alternatives, check four things. Whether contacts are unlimited or metered, because that decides whether a viral post is good news or an unexpected bill. Whether billing is in rupees with a GST invoice. How many Instagram accounts the plan covers, since agencies and multi-brand sellers get caught out here. And whether the tool runs on Meta's official Graph API, because a cheap tool that risks your account is not cheap.
Migration is more straightforward than people expect. Export your keyword list and the message text for each flow, then rebuild the highest traffic automation first and run it alongside the old one for a few days to compare delivery. Move the rest once you trust the numbers. Disconnect the old tool completely when you are done, because two tools on one account can double-send and trigger rate limits.
Do not switch for a small saving alone. Switch when the pricing model stops matching how your account grows, which for most creators is the point where reach became unpredictable.