WhatsApp Conversation-based pricing
As of June 1, 2023, the price of WhatsApp conversations will change according to the type of template sent, based on new categories. In addition, it is important to know that the first 1,000 user-initiated conversations of the month will be free of charge.
You will still be charged per conversation, which includes all messages delivered within a 24-hour period, but there will now be 4 types of conversations associated with the new template categories, each with an associated cost. See how it works below for more information.
How it works
WhatsApp Business API conversations are now divided into four categories that have different prices:
- Utility conversations: initiated by the company with a utility category message template and relate to transactions, shipping updates, post-purchase notifications, payment notifications, etc.
- Authentication conversations: initiated by the company with an authentication message template, to authenticate users with one-time passwords, including at various steps of the verification process. They must use a pre-defined message that can include security and validity warnings, as well as a one-time password button. They cannot include URLs, multimedia elements or emojis.
- Marketing conversations: These do not refer to previous interactions with the user and may include promotions, offers, welcome or closing messages, recommendations, requests to perform a new transaction and much more.
Service conversations (formerly user-initiated): All conversations initiated by customers fall into the category of service conversations.
The costs per conversation will depend on the category of the template and the country of the user.
When a message template of a certain category is sent, a conversation of that category is opened. That is, if you send a marketing message template, the cost of that conversation will be from the marketing category.
You can send several templates of the same category during the conversation window without generating a new cost. However, if a category conversation window is open and your company sends a different category template, a new cost corresponding to the new category will be generated and a new conversation window will be opened.
Conversations initiated by conversational announcement
Conversations initiated by users through click-to WhatsApp ads or call-to-action buttons on a Facebook page are free of charge.
In this case, businesses have a 72-hour conversation window in which they can submit templates from different categories without any cost or category change being generated.
Standard pricing will apply to ads that click on WhatsApp. The conversation that starts from the ad is free, but not the ad itself.
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Country to Region Mapping for Regional Rates
List of Countries in Region
North America
Canada
United States
Rest of Africa
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Chad
Congo
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Rest of Asia Pacific
Australia
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Laos
Mongolia
Nepal
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Georgia
Greece
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ukraine
Rest of Latin America
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Puerto Rico
Uruguay
Venezuela
Rest of Middle East
Bahrain
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Yemen
Rest of Western Europe
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
Ireland
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Rates from June 1, 2023
Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service (formerly user-initiated) |
Argentina | 0,074 | 0,049 | 0,044 | 0,038 |
Brazil | 0,075 | 0,042 | 0,038 | 0,036 |
Chile | 0,107 | 0,070 | 0,063 | 0,054 |
Colombia | 0,015 | 0,010 | 0,009 | 0,007 |
Egypt | 0,129 | 0,082 | 0,074 | 0,077 |
France | 0,172 | 0,092 | 0,083 | 0,103 |
Germany | 0,164 | 0,102 | 0,092 | 0,098 |
India | 0,012 | 0,005 | 0,005 | 0,005 |
Indonesia | 0,049 | 0,024 | 0,036 | 0,023 |
Israel | 0,042 | 0,023 | 0,020 | 0,022 |
Italy | 0,083 | 0,050 | 0,045 | 0,046 |
Malaysia | 0,103 | 0,024 | 0,022 | 0,026 |
Mexico | 0,052 | 0,032 | 0,029 | 0,013 |
Netherlands | 0,192 | 0,096 | 0,086 | 0,107 |
Nigeria | 0,062 | 0,038 | 0,034 | 0,037 |
Pakistan | 0,057 | 0,030 | 0,027 | 0,017 |
Peru | 0,084 | 0,050 | 0,045 | 0,021 |
Russia | 0,096 | 0,057 | 0,051 | 0,048 |
Saudi Arabia | 0,049 | 0,030 | 0,027 | 0,023 |
South Africa | 0,045 | 0,024 | 0,022 | 0,020 |
Spain | 0,074 | 0,046 | 0,041 | 0,044 |
Turkey | 0,013 | 0,011 | 0,010 | 0,004 |
United Arab Emirates | 0,041 | 0,024 | 0,021 | 0,023 |
United Kingdom | 0,085 | 0,048 | 0,043 | 0,047 |
North America | 0,030 | 0,018 | 0,016 | 0,011 |
Rest of Africa | 0,027 | 0,019 | 0,017 | 0,044 |
Rest of Asia Pacific | 0,088 | 0,057 | 0,051 | 0,027 |
Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | 0,103 | 0,074 | 0,067 | 0,030 |
Rest of Latin America | 0,089 | 0,059 | 0,053 | 0,051 |
Rest of Middle East | 0,041 | 0,024 | 0,021 | 0,026 |
Rest of Western Europe | 0,071 | 0,050 | 0,045 | 0,048 |
Other | 0,072 | 0,041 | 0,036 | 0,017 |
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Policy Requirements
Our policy requires use of a template message whenever sending a message to a user more than 24 hours since their last message. If you send a free form message outside the customer support window, this message will not get delivered.