WhatsApp API Pricing
WhatsApp is provided as a paid add-on channel on MyAlice. Meaning, your monthly bill for WhatsApp will be added on top of your MyAlice Monthly Subscription Fee. If you’re on a yearly plan and decide to use WhatsApp at any given month within the billing period, you’ll billed separately for WhatsApp each month. A 15% processing fee will be added on top of your monthly bill for WhatApp. So the equation would be:
Your Monthly Invoice= MyAlice Monthly Subscription Cost + (WhatsApp Cost * 15%)
Businesses using the WhatsApp Business Platform are charged per conversation, which includes all messages delivered in a 24 hour session.
How It Works
WhatsApp Business Platform conversations fall into two categories that are priced differently:
User-initiated: A conversation that initiates in response to a user message. Whenever a business replies to a user within the 24 hour customer service window, that message will be associated with a user-initiated conversation. Businesses can send free-form messages within this 24 hour customer service window.
Business-initiated: A conversation that initiates from a business sending a user a message outside the 24 hour customer service window. Messages that initiate a business-initiated conversation will require a message template.
All conversations are measured in fixed 24-hour sessions. A conversation starts when the first business message in a conversation is delivered, either initiated by the business or in reply to a user message. Businesses and users can exchange any number of messages, including template messages, within a 24 hour conversation session without incurring additional charges. Each 24 hour conversation session results in a single charge.
Charges for conversations are based on the user’s country code. A user here is defined as the customer that your business is communicating with. Rates for business-initiated and user-initiated conversations vary by country or region. Refer to the ‘Rate Card’ section below for more information.
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Free Tier Conversations
The first 1,000 conversations each month are free. This way your business can build experiences your customers will love before having to pay. Each WhatsApp Business account (WABA) will receive 1,000 free conversations per month. These conversations can be either user or business-initiated. Even if a WABA has multiple numbers attached, the free tier threshold is still 1000, as the free tier is provided at the WABA level. The free tier is refreshed monthly, based on the timezone associated with the WABA.
Free Entry Points Conversations
Conversations are not charged when users message businesses using call-to-actions buttons on Ads that Click to WhatsApp or a Facebook Page call-to-action buttons. Free entry point conversations can only be user-initiated. The first conversation that starts from the entry point is free of charge, then subsequent conversations with the user are charged.
Standard pricing applies for Ads that Click to WhatsApp. The conversation that initiates from the ad is free, but not the ad itself.
Rate Cards
You can download the individual rate cards and find the country to region mapping for countries where regional rates apply.
MyAlice WhatsApp API Cost Estimator
To get an estimate of your monthly WhatsApp cost, use our WhatsApp API Cost Estimator.
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