WhatsApp pricing

WhatsApp Business API pricing in Singapore

What Meta charges per WhatsApp message to Singapore numbers from 1 October 2026: marketing $0.0732, utility and authentication up to $0.0160.

WhatsApp rates per delivered message in Singapore

Meta charges when a message is delivered, not when it is sent. The rate depends on the message category and on the country calling code of the number you send to.

Message categoryFrom 1 October 2026
Marketing$0.0732
Utility$0.0160
Authentication$0.0160
Service$0.0160

Rates are Meta's published USD list rates per delivered message, from the rate cards on Meta's pricing page, checked 30 September 2026.

What changed in Singapore on 1 October 2026

Message categoryFrom 1 October 20261 July to 30 September 2026
Service$0.0160Free
  • Service messages, the non-template replies you send inside the 24-hour customer service window without Meta Business Agent, are now charged after 1,000 free a month per business phone number.
  • Utility templates sent inside an open customer service window, which were free until 30 September 2026, are now charged at the utility rate.

What a month of WhatsApp messages costs in Singapore

Monthly totals on the rate card from 1 October 2026. Utility and authentication include Meta's volume tiers, which lower the rate only for the messages inside each tier.

Messages a monthMarketingUtilityAuthentication
10,000$732.00$160.00$160.00
100,000$7,320.00$1,600.00$1,600.00
1,000,000$73,200.00$15,320.00$14,720.00

Good to know about WhatsApp pricing in Singapore

  • Singapore is priced as its own market, while Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines are billed together as Rest of Asia Pacific. Source
  • Businesses can be billed in Singapore dollars: SGD is one of eight billing currencies Meta added on 1 April 2026. This page uses Meta's USD rate card. Source

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Which platform you send from

Meta charges these rates whoever sends the message. What differs is the platform's own fee on top, and whether a person or an agent decides what goes out.

WhatsApp pricing in other countries

Meta prices every market from the same rate cards. Each page below carries the same tables for that market.

For a market with no page here, the cost calculator covers every market Meta prices. WhatsApp pricing by country lists them all.

FAQ

Questions about WhatsApp pricing in Singapore

No. Meta charges for every delivered marketing, utility and authentication template, and for service messages beyond 1,000 a month per business phone number. A free entry point window is one exception.
It opens when you answer a message from a Click to WhatsApp ad on Android or iOS within the customer service window. For up to 7 days, Meta charges only Meta Business Agent messages.
Non-template replies without Meta Business Agent are service messages. Since 1 October 2026, Meta charges for them beyond 1,000 a month per business phone number. Before that they were free.
Replies from a person or a third-party AI are service messages. Replies powered by Meta Business Agent are not: Meta has charged them per token since 1 August 2026.
No. Meta charges when a message is delivered, not when it is sent.
They apply to utility and authentication messages only. Past a monthly threshold that differs by market, a lower rate applies, and only to the messages inside each tier.
Per market and category, per calendar month, across every Messaging account (formerly WhatsApp Business account) in your business portfolio. Only charged messages count.
Meta bills by the country calling code of the WhatsApp number you send to, and maps some countries into regional groups such as Rest of Asia Pacific.
  • PDPC guidance says Singapore's Do Not Call rules cover marketing messages sent by voice call, SMS or apps like WhatsApp that use a Singapore phone number. Source
  • PDPC says businesses sending marketing messages to Singapore numbers must check them against the Do Not Call Registry first, unless the recipients gave valid consent. Source
  • Under the PDPA, a marketing message to a Singapore number must clearly identify the sender and how to reach them, with details likely valid for at least 30 days. Source

These notes summarise public rules as of 30 September 2026. They are not legal advice.

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