Meta's published rates — updated 1 October 2026

WhatsApp Business API pricing in USA

What WhatsApp Business messages to customers in USA cost: marketing $0.025, utility $0.0034 and authentication $0.0034 per message. Enter your expected volumes below to see Meta's estimated monthly bill.

WhatsApp message rates in USA

Meta’s price per delivered message, by category. Messages customers send you are always free.

Meta prices USA as part of the “North America” market, so these are that market's rates.

MarketingOffers, discounts, launches$0.025
UtilityFalls past 80,000 messages a month, down to $0.0026$0.0034
AuthenticationOne-time passcodes$0.0034
ServiceThe first 1,000 a month are free per number$0.0034

Estimate your WhatsApp cost in USA

Customers' country (recipient number)

Currency

Priced as “North America”Rates last updated: 1 October 2026

Marketing

Messages you start whose purpose is promotional.

Offers, discounts, launches, abandoned carts.

$0.025

per message

messages

Utility

Messages you start about an existing transaction.

Order confirmations, shipping updates, reminders, receipts.

$0.0034

per message

messages
Volume discount

Authentication

One-time login and verification codes.

An OTP to sign in or confirm a number.

$0.0034

per message

messages
Volume discount

Service

Your ordinary replies inside the 24-hour window after a customer writes.

Answering a question, following up a complaint, sending details.

$0.0034

per message

messages

The first 1,000 a month are free per number, then billed at the utility rate.

WhatsApp Business numbers

Each number has its own free allowance of service messages.

1

1,000 free

Estimated monthly cost$65.30

North America rates

Meta's published price per delivered message, in US dollars — Meta bills in USD.

CategoryPer message
Marketing$0.025
Utility$0.0034Down to $0.0026 with volume
Authentication$0.0034Down to $0.0026 with volume
Service$0.0034Same as utility

This market covers: United States, Canada

How this is calculated

  • Meta charges for every delivered template message, by category and by the recipient's country — not yours.
  • Volume discounts are included: Meta lowers the utility and authentication rate once a month's volume passes set thresholds, and the lower rate applies only to the messages past each threshold. Meta counts across all your numbers in the same country.
  • Utility templates sent inside an open customer service window are charged like any other from 1 October 2026.
  • Conversations that start from a Click-to-WhatsApp ad open a 72-hour window in which every message is free — not counted here.
Want the categories and the 24-hour window explained in full? Read the WhatsApp pricing guide

This estimate is indicative and based on Meta's published rates, which Meta revises on its own schedule. The invoice Meta sends you is the only authority. Amounts in currencies other than the dollar are approximate — Meta bills in USD, and the actual exchange rate is set by your card issuer on the day it settles. FASLA CLOUD takes a 0% margin on messages. Exchange rates by ExchangeRate-API, updated daily.

WhatsApp pricing in other countries

About WhatsApp pricing in USA

$0.025 per delivered message, at Meta's published rates (updated 1 October 2026). Meta bills in USD.

$0.0034 per message, falling gradually to $0.0026 once utility messages pass 80,000 a month.

The first 1,000 replies a month are free per number, then they are charged at the utility rate ($0.0034). Messages customers send you are always free.

Your customer's number decides it. If your business is in Egypt and messages customers in USA, you pay USA rates.

No. WhatsApp messages are paid to Meta directly, from the payment method on your WhatsApp Business account, and we take a 0% margin on them.

Start messaging customers in USA on WhatsApp

The official WhatsApp Business API: a shared team inbox and approved-template campaigns — without bans.