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Vivahswapn vs Anand Maratha
Anand Maratha is a Maratha marriage bureau in Pune with a website and an app. If your family wants a private profile, a free start and an answer when you ask for help, there is a simpler choice. Here is the comparison, with a source for every claim about Anand Maratha.
For most Maratha families, yes. Vivahswapn is free to join, and a person on our team approves every profile and photo before other members see it. Anand Maratha charges ₹2,000 a year, sends contact details by email at 10 profiles every 5 days, and showed profile details to visitors without an account.
As checked on 1 November 2026. Sources
| Vivahswapn | Anand Maratha | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to join | Vivahswapn: Free to join. The free plan includes 5 interests, 10 chat messages and 20 search results a day. | Anand Maratha: ₹2,000 a year including GST, one plan only. Source |
| Refunds | Vivahswapn: Use the free plan for as long as you like before you pay anything. | Anand Maratha: No refund once paid, except a double payment or a technical error reported within 7 days. Source |
| Who checks profiles | Vivahswapn: A person on our team approves every profile, every photo and every later edit before other members see it. | Anand Maratha: Its rules ask members to check matches through relatives and friends, and say the bureau is not responsible. Source |
| Who can see your profile | Vivahswapn: Only signed-in members whose own profile we have approved can open a profile. | Anand Maratha: When we checked, profile details and photos opened without an account. Source |
| Photo privacy | Vivahswapn: You choose: photos for all members, or only for the people you accept. | Anand Maratha: A setting to hide photos is not mentioned. Source |
| Contacting a match | Vivahswapn: Chat in the app once an interest is accepted, and voice or video calls on paid plans, without giving out your phone number. | Anand Maratha: Contact details arrive by email, 10 profiles every 5 days. Chat between members in the app is not mentioned. Source |
| Help from family | Vivahswapn: Parents and siblings can have their own login to help run the profile, on paid plans. | Anand Maratha: A separate login for family members is not mentioned; you sign in with the registration ID and email. Source |
| Language | Vivahswapn: Marathi first, on the website and the Android app, with English one tap away. | Anand Maratha: Mostly English with Marathi headings; the rules page switches between Marathi and English. Source |
The free plan includes 5 interests, 10 chat messages and 20 search results a day.
Starting new chats, voice and video calls, contact details, photo requests, advanced filters, daily recommendations and logins for family members are on paid plans. Each is one payment for the period and never renews on its own.
On Google Play the app is rated 2.97 out of 5 from 109 ratings, and on the App Store 1.5 out of 5 from 36. These are recent reviews, in the reviewers’ own words.
“The app performance is very poor. It runs slow and takes too much time to load.”“I have to log in again and again, even after already signing in.”“app is down for almost a day now”Several recent reviewers write that their messages to the bureau went unanswered.
“No one responds to you even if you contact them...”“not responding. taking too much time”Its rules release contact details for 10 profiles every 5 days, and reviewers say paying more does not raise the limit.
“(You can get 10 profiles in 5 days.)”“Limit of only 10 req in 5 days is too restrictive n makes the app impractical.”“no option to send multiple request even by paying additonal amount. support team says create new account for additional request quota.”Its own pages put the checking on members, and rule out a refund once you pay.
“आपण घेतलेल्या स्थळांच्या माहितीची खातरजमा आपल्या नातलग, मित्र मंडळी मार्फत करून घ्यावी. भविष्यात काही प्रश्न उपस्थित झाल्यास त्यास केंद्र जबाबदार राहणार नाही.”In English: Check the details of the matches you take through your relatives and friends. If any problem comes up later, the centre will not be responsible.
“Once a membership or service subscription is purchased through Anand Maratha Vadhu Var Kendra®, it cannot be canceled under any circumstances.”On 1 November 2026, Anand Maratha’s rules page listed ₹2,000 a year including GST, for registration or renewal, with one plan. Contact details are limited to 10 profiles every 5 days, and fees are not refunded once paid. Vivahswapn is free to join.
On 1 November 2026 the Android app was rated 2.97 out of 5 from 109 ratings on Google Play, and the iPhone app 1.5 out of 5 from 36 ratings on the App Store in India. Recent Google Play reviews mention slow loading, repeated sign-ins and no reply from support.
When we checked on 1 November 2026, profile details and photos on Anand Maratha’s website opened without signing in. On Vivahswapn, only signed-in members whose own profile our team has approved can open a profile, and you can keep your photos for the people you accept.
Yes. Vivahswapn is free to join, and the free plan includes 5 interests, 10 chat messages and 20 search results a day. Starting new chats, voice and video calls, contact details and logins for family members are on paid plans.
Yes. On the free plan a parent can create and run the profile from their own account. On paid plans, the profile’s owner can also invite parents or siblings, each with their own login and the permissions the owner chooses.
Create your profile in Marathi or English. A person on our team reviews it, and then you can search, send interests and chat.
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We opened every page listed here on 1 November 2026. Review quotes are from the Google Play and App Store listings for India, with the stars and the date each reviewer gave; a cut is marked with …. Prices and offers change often, so check the service’s own site before you pay.
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