Overview

We try to explain all the charges that you will incur to use the Chakra Chat WhatsApp API Solution.

Charges for Using Chakra Chat

Snapshot of pricing structure for using the all-access Chakra Chat WhatsApp solution

There are 2 types of charges you will incur for complete access to the Chakra Chat WhatsApp API solution

Chakra Platfrom Fee 👉 Chakra Paid Subscription Plans
Meta Charges to send outbound template messages 👉 Template Message Rates

Chakra Subscription Pricing

Chakra Subscription Paid Plan enabled your account to access all the Chakra Chat Features (including Chat Dashboard, Chatbots, AI Chatbot, Campaigns, Leads, etc)

10000 Template Messages/month - This is the allowed limit to number of templates messages that can be sent in a particular Paid Plan. Please note, every template messages is charged by Meta and it's not included in Chakra Chat Paid Subscription Plan

Unlimited Session Messages - Session messages are free-form, non-template messages sent within a 24-hour "customer service window" that opens when a user messages a business. This is basically messages excahnged on Chat. Read more about this here

Pro-rated @ $0.001 per template message after 10000 messages - If your account sends a higher number of template messages than the prescribed limit in your Chakra Subscription Paid Plan, a pro-rated charge is applicable at this rate on top of your standard Chakra Paid Plan Susbcription Value.

Example: If you are in Starter plan and send 12,000 template messages in a month. Your account has sent 2,000 messages over the prescribed limit of the Plan. So, a pro-rated charges on these excess message count (2,000) @ $0.001 = $2 is added to your base Subscription Plan charge of $12.49.

** whatsapp template message charges to be paid directly to Meta ** Any template message send is charged by Meta as per their standard rate card and is billed directly to Meta*. Check the WhatsApp Template Message Rate Card for country wise specific rated.

Paid vs Free Plans

Chakra FREE Subscription

Chakra Subscription	Meta Payment Method	Can Receive Messages?	Can Send Template Messages?
`FREE`	`NOT Added`	`YES` ✅	`NO` ❌
`FREE`	`Added`	`YES` ✅	`NO` ❌

Chakra PAID Subscription

Chakra Subscription	Meta Payment Method	Can Receive Messages?	Can Send Template Messages?
`PAID`	`NOT Added`	`YES` ✅	`NO` ❌
`PAID`	`Added`	`YES` ✅	`YES` ✅

Chakra Chat Subscription Highlights

Chakra Chat offers highly competitive pricing for our customers:

ZERO markup in template message charges (pay as per the Meta rate card). Saved upto 25% on messaging charges.
Connect Multiple Numbers
Coexistence Support
Basic Lead Management

Messages Types and Charges

Service Messages: Free-form responses to user-initiated inquiries, such as customer support replies or FAQs. Such Replies are sent to users within a 24-hour window (also known as the Customer Service Window - CSW) after the user's last message to your business. Service messages are always FREE with NO limits.

Template Messages: Template messages are pre-approved, structured message formats that businesses use to initiate conversations with users who have opted in to receive them. There are various categories of template messages, e.g., Marketing, Utility, Authentication, etc. Template messages are always CHARGED. Check the Meta’s Rate Card for Template Messages

WhatsApp Template Message Rate Card

Market Pricing Table

WhatsApp Template Message Calculator

The rates are sourced from Meta Pricing Rates. Check here for any latest changes in the pricing rates
Cost per message in USD on the WhatsApp Business Platform, effective July 1, 2025
The charges are on a per-message basis on the WhatsApp Business Platform
Some markets are mapped to a "Rest of" region or "Other."

For Charka Chat users, the template messaging charges are paid directly to Meta by adding a payment method in Facebook Business

Country-Wise Pricing Table

Country-wise charges for WhatsApp Business API messaging charges.

Cost per message in USD on the WhatsApp Business Platform, effective January 1, 2026
Messages are charged on a per-message basis on the WhatsApp Business Platform. Learn more

Countries	Region	Currency	Marketing	Utility	Authentication
Argentina	-	$US	0.062	0.026	0.026
Brazil	-	$US	0.063	0.007	0.007
Chile	-	$US	0.089	0.02	0.02
Colombia	-	$US	0.013	0.001	0.001
Egypt	-	$US	0.064	0.004	0.004
France	-	$US	0.086	0.03	0.03
Germany	-	$US	0.137	0.055	0.055
India	-	$US	0.012	0.001	0.001
Indonesia	-	$US	0.041	0.025	0.025
Israel	-	$US	0.035	0.005	0.005
Italy	-	$US	0.069	0.03	0.03
Malaysia	-	$US	0.086	0.014	0.014
Mexico	-	$US	0.031	0.009	0.009
Netherlands	-	$US	0.16	0.05	0.05
Nigeria	-	$US	0.052	0.007	0.007
Pakistan	-	$US	0.047	0.005	0.005
Peru	-	$US	0.07	0.02	0.02
Russia	-	$US	0.08	0.04	0.04
Saudi Arabia	-	$US	0.046	0.011	0.011
South Africa	-	$US	0.038	0.008	0.008
Spain	-	$US	0.062	0.02	0.02
Turkey	-	$US	0.011	0.005	0.005
United Arab Emirates	-	$US	0.05	0.016	0.016
United Kingdom	-	$US	0.053	0.022	0.022
Canada	North America	$US	0.025	0.003	0.003
United States	North America	$US	0.025	0.003	0.003
Algeria	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Angola	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Benin	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Botswana	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Burkina Faso	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Burundi	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Cameroon	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Chad	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Eritrea	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Ethiopia	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Gabon	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Gambia	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Ghana	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Guinea-Bissau	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Ivory Coast	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Kenya	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Lesotho	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Liberia	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Libya	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Madagascar	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Malawi	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Mali	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Mauritania	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Morocco	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Mozambique	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Namibia	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Niger	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Rwanda	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Senegal	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Sierra Leone	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Somalia	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
South Sudan	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Sudan	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Swaziland	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Tanzania	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Togo	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Tunisia	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Uganda	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Zambia	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Zimbabwe	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
Afghanistan	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Australia	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Bangladesh	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Cambodia	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
China	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Hong Kong	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Japan	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Laos	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Mongolia	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Nepal	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
New Zealand	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Papua New Guinea	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Philippines	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Singapore	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Sri Lanka	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Taiwan	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Tajikistan	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Thailand	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Turkmenistan	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Uzbekistan	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Vietnam	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
Albania	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Armenia	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Azerbaijan	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Belarus	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Bulgaria	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Croatia	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Czech Republic	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Georgia	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Greece	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Hungary	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Latvia	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Lithuania	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Moldova	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
North Macedonia	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Poland	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Romania	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Serbia	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Slovakia	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Slovenia	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Ukraine	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
Bolivia	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Costa Rica	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Dominican Republic	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Ecuador	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
El Salvador	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Guatemala	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Haiti	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Honduras	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Jamaica	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Nicaragua	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Panama	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Paraguay	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Puerto Rico	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Uruguay	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Venezuela	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
Bahrain	Rest of Middle East	$US	0.034	0.009	0.009
Iraq	Rest of Middle East	$US	0.034	0.009	0.009
Jordan	Rest of Middle East	$US	0.034	0.009	0.009
Kuwait	Rest of Middle East	$US	0.034	0.009	0.009
Lebanon	Rest of Middle East	$US	0.034	0.009	0.009
Oman	Rest of Middle East	$US	0.034	0.009	0.009
Qatar	Rest of Middle East	$US	0.034	0.009	0.009
Yemen	Rest of Middle East	$US	0.034	0.009	0.009
Austria	Rest of Western Europe	$US	0.059	0.017	0.017
Belgium	Rest of Western Europe	$US	0.059	0.017	0.017
Denmark	Rest of Western Europe	$US	0.059	0.017	0.017
Finland	Rest of Western Europe	$US	0.059	0.017	0.017
Ireland	Rest of Western Europe	$US	0.059	0.017	0.017
Norway	Rest of Western Europe	$US	0.059	0.017	0.017
Portugal	Rest of Western Europe	$US	0.059	0.017	0.017
Sweden	Rest of Western Europe	$US	0.059	0.017	0.017
Switzerland	Rest of Western Europe	$US	0.059	0.017	0.017
	Rest of Western Europe	$US	0.059	0.017	0.017
	Rest of Middle East	$US	0.034	0.009	0.009
	Rest of Latin America	$US	0.074	0.011	0.011
	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe	$US	0.086	0.021	0.021
	Rest of Asia Pacific	$US	0.073	0.011	0.011
	Rest of Africa	$US	0.023	0.004	0.004
	Others	$US	0.0604	0.0077	0.0077

Charges for Using Chakra Chat​

Chakra Subscription Pricing​

Paid vs Free Plans​

Chakra Chat Subscription Highlights​

Messages Types and Charges​

WhatsApp Template Message Rate Card​