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WhatsApp API Cost Calculator

Work out what Meta charges each month for your WhatsApp Business API messages to Indian customers.

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  • Runs in your browser

WhatsApp API Cost Calculator

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Offers, launches, festive greetings, reminders to come back. ₹0.8631 each.

Booking confirmations, order updates, payment reminders. ₹0.115 each.

One-time passwords. ₹0.115 each.

Free-form replies inside 24 hours of their message. The first 1,000 a month per number are free, then ₹0.115 each.

Meta charges a month

₹2,128.70

About ₹25,544 a year. That is ₹0.33 per message on average.

Marketing
₹1,726.20
Utility
₹172.50
Authentication
₹0.00
Service replies 2,000 of 3,000 charged
₹230.00
Total a month
₹2,128.70

Meta's list rates for messages to Indian numbers, effective 1 October 2026 (Meta pricing docs). Your WhatsApp provider may add its own fee, and tax may apply. When a customer reaches you from a Click to WhatsApp ad and you reply within 24 hours, Meta charges nothing for messages in that conversation for up to 7 days.

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How this tool works

Enter how many marketing, utility, login-code and service messages you send a month. See Meta's charges at the current India rates, with the free service messages taken off.

  • Everything happens in your browser. What you type is not sent to Brand Bakery or stored by us.
  • Free to use, with no account and no email gate. Check the output before you publish or print it.
  • Agents and scripts can call it too: POST /api/tools/whatsapp_api_cost. See the API docs.

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