What will WhatsApp Business API actually cost you?
Pick your country, drop in your monthly volume, see your real bill. Every rate below is from Go4whatsup's public pricing page — no hidden markup, no fake competitor numbers. The platform fee is added on top, and your customer-initiated chats stay free across every region.
Your monthly WhatsApp cost
You're billed per message, not per conversation.
Meta retired the 24-hour conversation window — every template message is now priced individually. Four categories — Marketing, Utility, Authentication, and Service — each priced differently by country. Service gets 1,000 free messages per number each month, then bills at the Utility rate.
Marketing
Outbound broadcasts, offers, abandoned-cart recovery, re-engagement. Highest rate per region.
"Hi Priya, 25% off ends tonight."Utility
Order confirmations, dispatch alerts, appointment reminders. Always much cheaper than Marketing — often 3–10× depending on country.
"Order #SO-2034 confirmed. Dispatch tomorrow."Authentication
One-time codes for login or account verification. Same rate as Utility in every region.
"Your code: 482910."Service
When the customer messages you first. First 1,000 per number each month are free in every region — after that they bill at your country's Utility rate.
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Questions buyers actually ask.
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Yes — pulled directly from our public pricing page. The numbers in the calculator and the numbers on your invoice are the same. If our pricing page changes, this calculator updates within 24 hours.
Is Service really free in every region?
Largely. Every number gets 1,000 free Service messages a month in all 32 regions above. Past that, Service bills at your country's Utility rate — the cheapest tier. Most teams' inbound volume sits under the 1,000 ceiling, which is why customer-support-heavy users see surprisingly small bills.
Does Meta still bill per conversation?
No. The 24-hour conversation window is retired. Sending 10 marketing messages to the same person now costs 10 marketing messages, where it used to count as one conversation. Utility messages sent inside a customer-service window are chargeable too. The one exception: chats opened from a Click-to-WhatsApp ad or a Facebook Page button stay free for 72 hours.
Why are Utility and Authentication priced the same?
Both are transactional — order confirmations, OTPs, appointment reminders. We bundle them into one rate tier so you don't have to maintain a complex template-classification workflow. Whichever category a template falls into, you pay the same per message.
What's NOT in the calculation above?
WhatsApp Business API setup is one-time and free. Template approval is free. Phone number provisioning is free. Onboarding support is free. AI auto-reply, AI campaign copy, AI language detection, and every CRM/ERP integration are all included in the $39/mo platform fee. The number above is your true recurring monthly cost — no setup, no per-template, no AI add-on.