WhatsApp Business Platform · Meta’s rates of October 1, 2026

WhatsApp API pricing,
country by country.

Meta charges for each template message it delivers, by the message’s category and your customer’s country, and replies are free up to 1,000 a month per number. Syniria adds nothing per message: you pay your plan, from $15 a month, and Meta bills its own fees to your WhatsApp account.

Rates effective October 1, 2026

How Meta charges

Four kinds of message,
four prices.

Meta sets the price by what a message is for and where the customer’s number is from. A message that isn’t delivered isn’t charged.

Marketing

Offers, news and reminders you send first, such as a campaign. Charged for each delivered message, at Meta’s marketing rate for the customer’s country.

From $0.0109 in Turkey to $0.1597 in Netherlands

Utility

Order, booking and account updates the customer expects. Charged for each delivered message, at a lower rate than marketing; since October 1, 2026, inside an open chat too.

From $0.0008 a message

Authentication

One-time passcodes for signing in or confirming an action. Charged for each delivered message, at its own rate by country; Syniria doesn’t send these.

See Meta’s rate card

Replies

Your answers when a customer writes first, from your team or your AI agent. Since October 1, 2026, a number’s first 1,000 delivered replies each month are free, then Meta charges each one at its utility rate for the customer’s country.

1,000 a month free per number

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What a month costs
with Syniria.

Meta’s fees for a month of messages, plus your plan. Syniria adds no fee per message and no markup, and your first 1,000 replies a month cost nothing.

Your month on WhatsApp

Syniria Connect, billed
1,000 marketing × $0.0118$11.80
500 utility × $0.0014$0.70
1,000 replies past the free 1,000 × $0.0014$1.40
Meta’s fees, billed by Meta to your WhatsApp account$13.90
Syniria’s fee per message$0.00
Syniria Connect, billed yearly ($180 a year)$15.00
About, a month$28.90

An estimate for one WhatsApp number at Meta’s list rates in US dollars for India, effective October 1, 2026, if every message is delivered, before Meta’s volume discounts and taxes. Meta’s own figures in your WhatsApp account are what you pay.

Meta’s rate card · October 1, 2026

Meta’s rates for
every market.

US dollars per delivered message. A country without its own rate takes its region’s; any country not in a region pays the “Other” rate. Replies past a number’s first 1,000 a month cost the utility rate.

Meta’s WhatsApp rates per delivered message, in US dollars, effective October 1, 2026
MarketMarketingUtility
Argentina$0.0618$0.026
Bangladesh$0.0732$0.0037
Brazil$0.0625$0.0068
Chile$0.0889$0.02
Colombia$0.0125$0.0008
Egypt$0.0644$0.0036
France$0.0859$0.03
Germany$0.1365$0.055
Hong Kong$0.0732$0.026
Hungary$0.086$0.035
India$0.0118$0.0014
Indonesia$0.0411$0.025
Iraq$0.0341$0.0079
Israel$0.0353$0.0053
Italy$0.0795$0.03
Kazakhstan$0.0604$0.018
Kuwait$0.0792$0.044
Malaysia$0.086$0.014
Mexico$0.0397$0.0085
Morocco$0.0414$0.023
Nepal$0.0732$0.0034
Netherlands$0.1597$0.05
Nigeria$0.0516$0.0067
Oman$0.0341$0.0247
Pakistan$0.0473$0.015
Peru$0.0703$0.03
Poland$0.0366$0.0122
Qatar$0.0341$0.012
Romania$0.086$0.029
Russia$0.0802$0.04
Saudi Arabia$0.0576$0.0107
Singapore$0.0732$0.016
South Africa$0.0379$0.0095
Spain$0.0707$0.02
Sri Lanka$0.0732$0.002
Turkey$0.0109$0.0009
Ukraine$0.086$0.0298
United Arab Emirates$0.0576$0.0157
United Kingdom$0.0635$0.022
North AmericaIncludes the United States and Canada$0.025$0.0034
Rest of AfricaIncludes Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia$0.0225$0.004
Rest of Asia PacificIncludes the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Australia and China$0.0842$0.0113
Rest of Central & Eastern EuropeIncludes Greece, Czechia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Slovakia$0.086$0.0212
Rest of Latin AmericaIncludes Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela$0.074$0.0113
Rest of Middle EastIncludes Jordan, Lebanon, Bahrain and Yemen$0.0392$0.0091
Rest of Western EuropeIncludes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland$0.0592$0.0171
OtherEvery country not named above or in a region$0.0604$0.0077

From the “USD list rates” file on Meta’s WhatsApp pricing page, effective October 1, 2026. Meta may change its rates on the first day of a quarter, and bills in the currency chosen for your WhatsApp account. Authentication rates and volume discounts are on Meta’s pricing page.

What Syniria costs

One price from us. Meta’s fees go straight to Meta.

Your plan covers the team Inbox, campaigns and everything else in it. Syniria adds no markup to Meta’s fees and charges nothing per message, per user or per WhatsApp number.

  • Meta bills its fees to your own WhatsApp account
  • Syniria shows Meta’s fee before every campaign
  • Instagram and Messenger have no Meta message fees
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How much does the WhatsApp Business API cost?

Meta charges for each message it delivers, by the message’s category and the customer’s country. A marketing message costs, for example, $0.0118 in India, $0.0473 in Pakistan and $0.0635 in the United Kingdom, as of October 1, 2026, and utility messages cost less. Replies are free up to 1,000 a month per number, then cost the utility rate. Meta charges nothing for the API itself; the software you use has its own price: Syniria Connect costs $15 a month billed yearly, or $19 monthly, with no fee per message.

Is the WhatsApp Business API free?

Partly. Meta charges no fee for the API itself, and a number’s first 1,000 replies each month are free. Marketing, utility and authentication messages are charged for each delivered message, and so are replies past 1,000 a month, at the utility rate. Chats a customer starts from a click-to-WhatsApp ad can be free for a while. The platform you use to send and receive has its own price.

Does Syniria add a markup to Meta’s fees?

No. Meta bills its fees to your own WhatsApp account, at its own rates, and Syniria adds no markup and no fee per message. Before every campaign Syniria shows Meta’s estimated fee, and afterwards the results page shows Meta’s own charges.

Who pays Meta, and how?

Your WhatsApp account pays Meta directly, with the payment method you add in Meta Business Suite. Without one, campaigns pause at their first message, and replies past the free 1,000 a month aren’t delivered.

Are replies to customers free on WhatsApp?

Up to 1,000 delivered replies a month per number. Since October 1, 2026, Meta charges each reply after that at its utility rate for the customer’s country, whether your team or an AI sends it, on any platform. Without a payment method on your WhatsApp account, Meta stops delivering replies past the 1,000. Instagram and Messenger have no Meta message fees.

How much is a WhatsApp marketing message in India, Pakistan or Nigeria?

Per delivered marketing message, as of October 1, 2026: $0.0118 in India, $0.0473 in Pakistan, $0.0516 in Nigeria, $0.0644 in Egypt and $0.0576 in Saudi Arabia. Kenya, Ghana and Uganda take Meta’s Rest of Africa rate, $0.0225, and the Philippines its Rest of Asia Pacific rate, $0.0842. Every rate is in the table on this page.

Sources

Meta’s side of this page, as it stood on October 1, 2026. Meta changes its prices and rules often; check its pricing page before you decide.

  1. Meta for Developers: WhatsApp pricing
  2. Meta for Developers: Pricing for non-template (service) messages
  3. Meta for Developers: Cloud API support (access is free)

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