CRATIO VS BIGIN (BY ZOHO)

The pipeline tool you'll outgrow in 12 months.

Bigin is the cheap on-ramp. The off-ramp is Zoho CRM at 2.5–4.4× per seat. Cratio Pro ships CRM, Mobile Call Tracking and WhatsApp Inbox on one tier — ₹399 per user, no upgrade trap.

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Outgrew Bigin?
  • Free migration
  • Save 40% vs Bigin
RECOMMENDED
₹399per user / month · billed annually
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Bigin by Zoho logo
Bigin by Zoho
Premier
₹900per user / month · billed monthly

In 30 seconds

Pick Cratio if…
  • You run 5+ seats and want CRM + calling + WhatsApp as one bill — not a base CRM plus Exotel plus a WhatsApp BSP.
  • Your reps call from personal SIMs and you need those calls logged automatically.
  • Your leads come from IndiaMART plus 99acres, MagicBricks, JustDial, Housing or Facebook — not just IndiaMART.
  • You can see yourself hitting Bigin's 100k-record or 50-rule ceiling within 12 months.
  • You'd rather switch once now than be upsold to Zoho CRM at 2.5–4.4× in a year.
Pick Bigin if…
  • You're solo or a 1–3 person team validating product-market fit — Bigin Free at ₹0 for 1 user / 500 records is unmatched.
  • You already run Zoho Books, Zoho Invoice, Zoho Campaigns or Zoho One — Bigin slots into that ecosystem natively.
  • You only need a visual pipeline for <500 deals a year, and 30-minute setup matters more than depth.
  • Your only lead source is IndiaMART or Shopify, and you don't run WhatsApp or personal-SIM calling at scale.

4 reasons teams outgrow Bigin

Pipeline tool, not a sales platform

Pipelines and contacts work great until you need automation depth, multiple lead sources, or team-wide WhatsApp.

With Cratio: CRM, calling and WhatsApp ship together on one Pro tier.

WhatsApp is one button, not a workflow

Sending a template from a deal record doesn't replace a shared inbox, campaigns, or chatbot.

With Cratio: Inbox, campaigns, chatbot, routing and automation work as one system.

Calling depends on a separate vendor

Reps calling from personal SIMs are invisible until you buy Exotel or Knowlarity.

With Cratio: SIM call tracking is built into the Android app on day one.

Indian lead sources are mostly DIY

Beyond IndiaMART, you stitch together webhooks for 99acres, MagicBricks, JustDial and Facebook.

With Cratio: Every major Indian lead source is connected out of the box.

Every tier. Every cap. One table.

Bigin's caps are public — they define the product. Here's where each tier tops out vs. what Cratio Pro bundles at ₹399.

FeatureBigin Premier (₹900)Bigin 360 (₹1,260)Cratio Pro (₹399)
AutomationsBasicAdvancedVisual builder + prebuilt library
Custom fields per module2550Included
WhatsApp3rd-party only3rd-party onlyNative
Mobile SIM call trackingNot availableNot availableNative Support
Indian lead portalsNeed external connectorsNeed external connectorsIndiaMART + 99acres + JustDial + MagicBricks + Housing + TradeIndia + Facebook
Reports & analyticsBasic; pushed to Zoho Analytics upsellBasic; pushed to Zoho Analytics upsellSales, Lead, Manager KPIs, Telecaller Performance, Lead Performance
Lead scoringBasicBasicVia workflow automation + lead distribution
OnboardingSelf-serveSelf-serveCRM-expert-led, in-house, one-to-one
Upgrade pathOne-click to Zoho CRM Pro ₹1,400 (2.5× Premier)One-click to Zoho CRM Enterprise ₹2,400 (1.9× Bigin 360)Pro bundles the Triad — no upgrade escalator
Automations
Bigin Premier (₹900)
Basic
Bigin 360 (₹1,260)
Advanced
Cratio Pro (₹399)
Visual builder + prebuilt library
Custom fields per module
Bigin Premier (₹900)
25
Bigin 360 (₹1,260)
50
Cratio Pro (₹399)
Included
WhatsApp
Bigin Premier (₹900)
3rd-party only
Bigin 360 (₹1,260)
3rd-party only
Cratio Pro (₹399)
Native
Mobile SIM call tracking
Bigin Premier (₹900)
Not available
Bigin 360 (₹1,260)
Not available
Cratio Pro (₹399)
Native Support
Indian lead portals
Bigin Premier (₹900)
Need external connectors
Bigin 360 (₹1,260)
Need external connectors
Cratio Pro (₹399)
IndiaMART + 99acres + JustDial + MagicBricks + Housing + TradeIndia + Facebook
Reports & analytics
Bigin Premier (₹900)
Basic; pushed to Zoho Analytics upsell
Bigin 360 (₹1,260)
Basic; pushed to Zoho Analytics upsell
Cratio Pro (₹399)
Sales, Lead, Manager KPIs, Telecaller Performance, Lead Performance
Lead scoring
Bigin Premier (₹900)
Basic
Bigin 360 (₹1,260)
Basic
Cratio Pro (₹399)
Via workflow automation + lead distribution
Onboarding
Bigin Premier (₹900)
Self-serve
Bigin 360 (₹1,260)
Self-serve
Cratio Pro (₹399)
CRM-expert-led, in-house, one-to-one
Upgrade path
Bigin Premier (₹900)
One-click to Zoho CRM Pro ₹1,400 (2.5× Premier)
Bigin 360 (₹1,260)
One-click to Zoho CRM Enterprise ₹2,400 (1.9× Bigin 360)
Cratio Pro (₹399)
Pro bundles the Triad — no upgrade escalator

What goes live in your first week

Migrating from Bigin? Here's what the Cratio team turns on for you.

WhatsApp
WhatsApp — turned on
Why it matters

Your business number activated, team inbox seeded, templates approved, automations switched on.

Cratio Pro includes
  • WhatsApp Business API number activated
  • Shared team inbox with assignment + routing live
  • Templates submitted and approved
  • Chatbot flow + first campaign list ready
Call Tracking
Calling — turned on
Why it matters

Cratio mobile app installed across every rep, SIM call logging on, post-call disposition in flow.

Cratio Pro includes
  • Cratio app installed on every rep's Android phone
  • Personal-SIM call logging + recording active
  • Post-call disposition flows configured
  • Cloud Telephony connector live if you want IVR / click-to-call
Lead Sources
Indian leads — wired up
Why it matters

Every Indian lead channel reconnected to Cratio. No webhooks for you to maintain.

Cratio Pro includes
  • IndiaMART, JustDial, 99acres, MagicBricks, Housing.com webhooks reconnected
  • Facebook Lead Ads + Google Forms mapped to your pipeline
  • Routing rules + ownership map ported from your Bigin setup
  • First incoming lead lands in Cratio — verified together on the kickoff call

Savings Calculator

Default comparison is Bigin Premier — the tier most SME teams land on for real sales use. Drag the slider to your team size.

Team size10 users
5 users100 users
Bigin Premier + Exotel + Wati
Bigin Premier license (billed monthly)
₹900 × 10 × 12
₹1,08,000
Cloud telephony (Exotel)
₹1,500 × 10 × 12
₹1,80,000
WhatsApp BSP (Wati, per workspace)
₹2,500 × 12
₹30,000
WhatsApp messages (~10k @ ₹0.20)
₹2,000 × 12
₹24,000
Year 1 total₹3,42,000
3-year total₹10.26 lakh
CRATIO PRO
Cratio Pro
Cratio Pro license
₹399 × 10 × 12
₹47,880
Telephony + WhatsApp Inbox
bundled
₹0
WhatsApp messages
0% markup on Meta rates
₹0
In-house onboarding
Free
₹0
Year 1 total₹47,880
3-year total₹1.44 lakh
Year 1 savings
₹2.94 lakh
3-year savings
₹8.82 lakh
Cheaper over 3 years
86%
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Bigin prices shown are "billed monthly" from bigin.com/pricing.html (April 2026). Annual billing typically reduces the license line by ~17–20%. Exotel telephony is required to match Cratio's native SIM call tracking. WhatsApp: Wati ₹2,500/mo per workspace + ~₹0.20/message Meta rate × 10k messages/mo. 18% GST extra.

Switch from Bigin — simpler than upgrading to Zoho CRM

Bigin's data model is narrower than Zoho CRM's — no Deluge, no Blueprints, no approval processes. Migration is a one-time mapping, not a rebuild.

1

Export from Bigin

Contacts, deals, pipeline stages, custom fields, tasks — Bigin exports everything as CSV from its admin panel. One file per module is enough to start.

2

We map to Cratio

Our team maps pipelines, stages, custom fields and tags into Cratio. WhatsApp number activation and lead-source integrations (IndiaMART, 99acres, JustDial, Facebook) reconnect in the same pass.

3

Go live in days

Data loads, SIM-tracking rolls out on the Cratio mobile app, team trained. Most Bigin teams are fully on Cratio inside a week — faster than the Zoho CRM upgrade path because you're moving to a focused product, not a 40-module suite.

The switcher offer
  • Free migration — we do the mapping and the data load
  • Save 40% vs Bigin
  • Dedicated onboarding specialist for the switch week
Book a migration callSwitch in days, not months.

Teams that switched from Bigin

Three angles, three customers — what changed in the first month.

RETAIL DISTRIBUTION
RB
Bigin Premier was ₹900 a seat. Add Exotel and we were closer to ₹2,400. Cratio Pro is ₹399 — same work, one bill.
Stack cost / seat −83%
Riya Bhattacharya
Sales Head · Aurelia Beauty Distributors, Vadodara
EDUCATION
KI
Bigin's self-serve worked when we were three reps. At twelve, the Cratio team did the migration end-to-end in five days.
Live in 5 days
Karthik Iyer
Operations Manager · Vishwas Coaching Institute, Madurai
REAL ESTATE
TP
WhatsApp inbox, 99acres webhook and SIM call logs were live in week one. On Bigin, none of those were in the box.
Live in week 1
Tanmay Patil
Sales Manager · Skyline Realty, Jaipur
FAQ

What teams usually ask before switching

Everything you need to know before switching.

Yes. We help migrate contacts, deals, pipelines, custom fields, tasks and notes from Bigin into Cratio.

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Pricing

Pricing — ₹399/user, lifetime

One Pro plan. Bundles CRM, call tracking and WhatsApp. 50% off lifetime, limited time.

Industry

Manufacturing & B2B

B2B sales cycles with multi-stakeholder approval workflows.

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Based on publicly available information as of April 2026. Bigin prices shown are billed-monthly list rates from bigin.com/pricing.html; annual billing may be lower. Trademarks are property of their respective owners.