B
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Current
1,000
1,000 -- free service message allowance for WhatsApp Business Platform (2026-10)
WhatsApp Business Platform provides an allowance of 1,000 free service messages per business phone number each month starting 1 October 2026.
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Value
1,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026-10
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Meta
Primary
Tier A
https://flowcall.co/blog/whatsapp-business-api-pricing ↗
Source Article
WhatsApp Business API Pricing (Oct 2026): Rates by Country
Meta charges for each WhatsApp Business Platform message it delivers, at a rate set by the message category and the recipient's country: in India, ₹0.8631 for a marketing message and ₹0.115 for a utility, authentication or service message; for US and Canadian numbers, $0.0034 for utility, authentica…
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Meta
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Methodology
Meta pricing documentation effective 1 October 2026
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,000 | |
| 2026-10 (current) | 1,000 | 0% |
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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WhatsApp Business Platform: 1,000 free service message allowance. Source: Meta (2026-10). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/whatsapp-free-service-messages-monthly-2026
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