WhatsApp API pricing

WhatsApp Business API pricing in Germany

Meta's official rates for messaging customers in Germany, effective 1 October 2026, and a calculator for your real monthly bill. You pay Meta directly; Mywa is a flat $14.99/month.

Updated October 2026

Meta charges by the country of the number you message.

Messages you send per month

Offers, launches, reminders to buy

Order, payment and booking updates

One-time passwords

Replies within 24 hours of a customer's message

Each gets 1,000 free replies a month

How you pay

Businesses in India are billed in rupees; everyone else in US dollars.

Your total per month

$917.49

Two bills. That’s all. Plus local taxes.

1 · Paid to Meta, directly

$902.50

Charged to the card on your own WhatsApp Business Account at Meta’s official rates. This money never passes through Mywa.

  • Marketing · 5,000 × $0.1365$682.50
  • Utility · 3,000 × $0.055$165.00
  • Authentication (OTP) · 0 × $0.055$0.00
  • Service replies · 1,000 × $0.055$55.00

1,000 service replies free this month (1,000 per number).

2 · Paid to Mywa

$14.99

One flat subscription. Every feature and 5 team members included.

  • No markup on Meta's rates
  • No per-message fee from Mywa
  • No per-seat or setup fees
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Meta’s list rates effective 1 October 2026, before tax. Utility and OTP rates drop at high volume, and chats that start from a click-to-WhatsApp ad are free for 72 hours. All rates by country

01Meta's rates

What Meta charges per message in Germany

List rates effective 1 October 2026, before tax. Marketing messages to Germany are the 2nd most expensive of 47 markets.

Per message (USD)Shorter bar = you pay less
Marketing: offers, launches, reminders$0.1365
Utility: order and payment updates$0.055
Authentication: one-time passwords$0.055
Service replies, after 1,000 free$0.055
Per 1,000 messages (USD)Shorter bar = you pay less
Marketing$136.50
Utility$55.00
Authentication$55.00
Service replies$55.00

Utility and authentication rates drop at high monthly volume.

02How billing works

Two bills. Nothing else.

With Mywa, what you pay for WhatsApp is always exactly two things, and you can see both.

  1. 1

    Meta bills you directly for messages

    You add your own card to your WhatsApp Business Account. Meta charges it per delivered message at its official rates. Mywa never touches this money.

  2. 2

    Mywa bills one flat subscription: $14.99/month

    Every feature and 5 team members included. The same price whether you send 100 messages or 100,000.

  3. 3

    No markup, no extras

    No margin on Meta's rates, no per-message fee from Mywa, no per-seat, setup or add-on charges.

03Worked examples

What a month costs in Germany

Real bills at Meta's 1 October 2026 rates for customers in Germany, with 1,000 free service replies on one number.

BusinessPaid to MetaPaid to MywaTotal / month
Small shop: 2,000 offers, 1,000 order updates, 1,500 replies$355.50$14.99$370.49
Growing business: 10,000 offers, 5,000 updates, 1,000 OTPs, 4,000 replies$1,860.00$14.99$1,874.99
High volume: 50,000 offers, 20,000 updates, 5,000 OTPs, 10,000 replies$8,695.00$14.99$8,709.99

Before local taxes. Mywa on the monthly plan.

04Compared with other markets

Germany vs other WhatsApp markets

Rates per message (USD), effective 1 October 2026. The rate follows your customer's country, so messaging abroad costs that country's rate.

MarketMarketingUtilityAuthenticationService
Germany$0.1365$0.055$0.055$0.055
India$0.0118$0.0014$0.0014$0.0014
North America$0.025$0.0034$0.0034$0.0034
United Kingdom$0.0635$0.022$0.022$0.022
Brazil$0.0625$0.0068$0.0068$0.0068
United Arab Emirates$0.0576$0.0157$0.0157$0.0157

Source: Meta: Pricing on the WhatsApp Business Platform

05What changed on 1 October 2026

Replies now count after 1,000 a month

Meta didn't change Germany's per-message rates on 1 October 2026. What changed for everyone: service replies are now charged after the first 1,000 per business phone number each month, at $0.055 each for customers in Germany.

Chats that start from a click-to-WhatsApp ad or a Facebook Page button stay free for 72 hours, whatever you send.

  • 1

    Send order, delivery and payment updates as utility, not marketing: they cost a fraction of the price.

  • 2

    Run click-to-WhatsApp ads. every message for the next 72 hours is free.

  • 3

    Send campaigns to people likely to care. fewer wasted marketing messages.

  • 4

    Check the rate you pay against Meta's. a provider markup grows with every message.

06FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Meta's rates effective 1 October 2026 are $0.1365 per marketing message and $0.055 per utility or authentication message, before tax. Service replies cost $0.055 after 1,000 free per number each month.

The first 1,000 each month per phone number are. After that Meta charges $0.055 per reply. Replies within 72 hours of a click-to-WhatsApp ad are always free.

Meta bills your own WhatsApp Business Account directly at its official rates. Mywa charges only its subscription, $14.99/month or $149/year, plus local taxes, with no markup on messages and no per-seat fees.

The rate follows your customer: any business messaging a number in Germany pays Germany's rate.

It uses Meta's official list rates. Your real bill can be slightly lower at high volume, because utility and authentication rates drop in volume tiers.

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