AI automation
Automate the work nobody should be doing
We map where your team's hours actually go, then automate the worst of it on the tools you already pay for — with AI handling the judgement steps rules cannot.
A free 30–45 minute process audit. You get the shortlist whether or not you hire us.
Quick answer
How much does AI automation cost in India, and how do I know what is worth automating?
Mana Studio maps where a team's hours actually go, then automates the worst of it on the tools the business already pays for — CRM, accounting, Sheets, email, WhatsApp — with AI handling the judgement steps rules cannot. On the India price list one process automated end to end starts at ₹25,000, a department's worth of workflows is ₹75,000, and company-wide builds with custom software behind them start at ₹1,75,000, given as a fixed number in writing after a free audit and before any work starts. That audit is 30–45 minutes on how work actually moves through the business, returning a shortlist ranked by hours saved per rupee spent — and if nothing on the list justifies the cost, Mana Studio says so. Every workflow has a failure path: anything the system is not confident about goes to a person with an alert, and anything touching money or a customer has an approval gate by default. Workflows, API keys, servers and accounts are handed over in the client's name, with no platform fee. Mana Studio is based in Warangal, Telangana, India, works with clients in India, the United States, the United Kingdom and the UAE in English, Telugu and Hindi, and replies to enquiries within one business day.
Last reviewed
- One process
- From ₹25,000 (India price list)
- Department pack
- ₹75,000
- Company-wide
- From ₹1,75,000
- Audit
- Free, 30–45 minutes, ranked by hours saved per rupee
- Safety
- Approval gate on anything touching money or a customer
- You own
- Code, servers, domain and every key, in your name
Every business has a handful of processes that quietly consume a person's week: copying enquiries from a form into a CRM, chasing the same follow-up, re-keying invoice lines, assembling the same report every Monday. None of them is important enough to fix, and together they are usually the largest recoverable cost in the company.
We start with an audit rather than a proposal. Thirty to forty-five minutes walking through how work actually moves through your business, then a shortlist ranked by hours saved per rupee spent. If nothing on that list justifies the cost, we say so — we would rather lose the quote than sell an automation that saves four minutes a week.
What gets built runs on the tools you already pay for. Migrations are expensive, disruptive and rarely the actual problem. Where a rule is enough, we use a rule; AI goes in only where the step genuinely needs judgement — classifying a message, extracting a field from an inconsistent document, deciding whether an enquiry is worth a salesperson's time.
What businesses automate first
Lead capture and qualification
Website form or WhatsApp enquiry → AI qualification against your criteria → into the CRM with the right owner and tags → notification to the person who should call. Nothing sits in an inbox overnight.
Customer support triage
Incoming message → answered from your own knowledge base where the answer exists → escalated to a person with context attached where it does not. The escalation path is designed first, not last.
Document processing
Invoices, purchase orders and forms arriving by email or PDF → extracted into structured fields → validated → written to your database or accounting tool, with anything uncertain routed to a human.
Sales follow-up
Quote sent → reminder sequence → status synced back to the CRM → a weekly summary of what is actually moving, instead of a pipeline nobody updates.
Internal operations and reporting
The Monday report, the stock reconciliation, the onboarding checklist — assembled automatically from the systems that already hold the data.
Approval gates where they matter
Anything touching money or a customer commitment waits for a human to sign off by default. Automation should remove typing, not remove judgement.
What we build on
Mainstream, well-supported technology — chosen so your next developer can pick the project up, not so we are the only ones who can maintain it.
Automation
- n8n (self-hosted)
- Custom Node.js workflows
- Webhooks & REST APIs
AI steps
- Classification
- Extraction
- Summarisation
- Qualification
Your tools
- CRM
- Accounting
- Google Sheets
- WhatsApp Business API
- Slack
Reliability
- Retries
- Failure alerts
- Human approval gates
- Run logging
How we work
How automation work runs
Free process audit
We walk through how work moves through the business and come back with a ranked shortlist — hours saved against cost to build. No obligation, and the shortlist is yours either way.
Map before build
The chosen process is written out step by step, including the exceptions, before anything is built. Most of the value of an automation project is discovered here.
Build on your existing tools
Connected to what you already pay for. Self-hosted n8n where the volume makes per-task pricing expensive, custom code where no tool fits.
Launch, watch, tune
Failure alerts from day one, a tuning period after launch, and plain-English documentation your team can follow. Every workflow, key and account is in your name.
What it costs
Automation is one of the few things here with fully published packages, in both markets. The build fee is one-time; ongoing cost is whatever the underlying services charge, billed to your own accounts rather than marked up.
Platform work from the same team
Automation lives inside real systems. These are products we have built and run.
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AI Automation by industry
The sectors we have shipped work in, and what changes about the build in each one.
Sources & further reading
The primary documentation behind the claims on this page.
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AI Automation — frequently asked questions
How much does AI automation cost in India?
One process automated end to end starts at ₹25,000, a department's worth of workflows is ₹75,000, and company-wide builds with custom software behind them start at ₹1,75,000. You get a fixed number in writing after the free audit, before any work starts.
How do I know which parts of my business are worth automating?
That is what the free audit is for. We spend 30–45 minutes on how work actually moves through your business, then come back with a shortlist ranked by hours saved per rupee spent. If nothing on that list justifies the cost, we tell you.
Do I have to move to new software?
No, and we would usually advise against it. We build on what you already pay for — your CRM, your accounting tool, Sheets, email, WhatsApp. Migrations are expensive, disruptive and rarely the actual problem.
What happens when an automation gets something wrong?
Every workflow has a failure path. Anything the system is not confident about goes to a person instead of being guessed at, and you get an alert. Anything touching money or a customer gets an approval gate by default, so a human signs off before it goes out.
Is this just Zapier? Could I do it myself?
For a simple two-app trigger — honestly, yes, and we will tell you so rather than charge for it. Where we earn our fee is the work that hits the ceiling: steps needing real judgement, volumes where per-task pricing gets expensive, branching logic, or anything needing a proper database behind it.
Who owns the automations?
You do. Every workflow, API key, server and account is handed over in your name. There is no platform fee to us and nothing stops working if you stop working with us.
What is the difference between AI automation and an AI agent?
An automation follows a path you defined, with AI handling specific steps inside it. An agent decides its own next step against a goal. Automations are cheaper, more predictable and the right answer far more often — see our AI agent development page for when the other one is worth it.
Find what you can automate
A free 30–45 minute process audit. You get the shortlist whether or not you hire us.