Can I use the WhatsApp Business API for free?
Access is free — Meta charges nothing for the account, the number or the API — but every message you send is charged per message, and the software you use has its own price, from ₹0.
Access is free — Meta charges nothing for the account, the number or the API — but every message you send is charged per message, and the software you use has its own price, from ₹0.
Access is free — Meta charges nothing for the account, the number or the API — but every message you send is charged per message, and the software you use has its own price, from ₹0. In India Meta's rates are ₹0.8631 for a marketing template, ₹0.115 for a utility or authentication template, and from 1 October 2026 ₹0.115 for a reply inside the 24-hour window, before GST.
What can be free is the software: Linkubit's Free plan is ₹0 a month with 30 AI replies, 150 contacts and one number, and passes Meta's rate through unchanged. A "free API" offered by a tool that charges nothing per message is either counting the 72-hour free entry point or is not the official API.
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