The Twilio WhatsApp alternative with no fee on every message
Twilio's WhatsApp pricing adds $0.005 to each message on top of Meta's charge. With Mywa, Meta bills you directly at its official rates and you pay one flat $14.99/month, with a team inbox, campaigns and automation included.
Updated October 2026
Twilio vs Mywa for WhatsApp
From Twilio's WhatsApp pricing page, checked 25 October 2026.
Twilio
- Fee per message
- $0.005, inbound or outbound
- Failed messages
- $0.001 each
- Meta's charges
- Added to your Twilio bill
- Software fee
- None listed on the WhatsApp pricing page
- Team inbox, campaigns, automation
- Built by your developers on the API
- Best for
- Developers building custom messaging
Mywa
- Fee per message
- None
- Failed messages
- No charge from Mywa
- Meta's charges
- Billed by Meta to your own card, at its official rates
- Software fee
- $14.99/month or $149/year (₹999/month in India)
- Team inbox, campaigns, automation
- Included, up to 5 team members
- Best for
- Teams that want to start messaging today
Source: https://www.twilio.com/en-us/whatsapp/pricing, checked 25 October 2026. Prices change; check Twilio's page before deciding.
Twilio's per-message fee at real volume
On top of Meta's charges, which are the same with both. Counts only messages you send; Twilio charges the same fee for messages customers send you.
| Mywa: flat subscription | $14.99 flat |
|---|---|
| Twilio: $0.005 × 5,000 | $25.00 |
| Mywa: flat subscription | $14.99 flat |
|---|---|
| Twilio: $0.005 × 20,000 | $100.00 |
| Mywa: flat subscription | $14.99 flat |
|---|---|
| Twilio: $0.005 × 100,000 | $500.00 |
In the US, Meta's marketing rate is $0.025 and its utility rate $0.0034: Twilio's $0.005 fee is more than Meta's own charge on every utility message.
When Twilio fits better, and when Mywa does
Choose Mywa if your team wants to send campaigns, answer customers and automate replies on WhatsApp now, at Meta's own rates and one flat fee.
Twilio may suit you better if you have developers building a custom product that also needs SMS, voice or email through one API, and the per-message fee is worth that flexibility to you.
How to move to Mywa
- 1
Create your Mywa workspace
Sign up with email or Google and pick monthly or annual.
- 2
Connect your number through Meta
Meta's Embedded Signup opens inside Mywa. Your WhatsApp Business Account and number belong to you, not to any provider.
- 3
Add your card in Meta's Billing Hub
From then on Meta bills your messages directly at its official rates.
- 4
Bring contacts and templates, invite your team
Import contacts by CSV, recreate the templates you need, invite up to 5 team members and go live.
Frequently asked questions
Twilio's WhatsApp pricing page lists $0.005 per message, inbound or outbound, on top of Meta's charges, plus $0.001 for each message that ends as failed (checked 25 October 2026).
Above about 2,998 messages a month, yes: Twilio's fee alone passes Mywa's $14.99 flat price there, and Mywa includes the inbox, campaigns and automation. Meta's own charges are the same with both.
Yes. Mywa has a REST API to send template messages, sync contacts and start automations, plus signed webhooks for incoming messages and delivery updates.
No. The number and your WhatsApp Business Account are yours. You connect them to Mywa through Meta's Embedded Signup.
From each provider's own public pricing page, checked 25 October 2026 and linked on the cost breakdown page. Where a page didn't say something, we say so rather than guess. If anything is out of date, tell us at hi@mywa.net and we'll correct it.
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