Comparison
Wati is a team inbox and automation suite billed per month and per user. WABAPI charges ₹0 a month and prices the message itself. Here is the arithmetic, done honestly — prices as of August 2026, including the volumes at which Wati becomes the cheaper choice.
| WABAPI | Wati | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | ₹0 — you buy credits, nothing recurs | Growth ₹2,499/mo, Pro ₹5,999/mo, Business ₹16,999/mo, plus taxes |
| First-year minimum | ₹0 to connect and test — ₹1,050 when you go live, repeatable | ₹29,988 on Growth, plus taxes and message charges |
| Marketing message | from ₹1.25 | ~₹0.94–₹1.04 (about a 20% markup on Meta rates) |
| Utility message | from ₹0.25 | Meta rate plus roughly 20% |
| Extra team members | No per-seat charge | ₹1,299 per extra user per month |
| Chatbot builder | Not offered — WABAPI sends campaigns, it is not a chat suite | Included |
| Shared team inbox | Not offered | Included — shared omnichannel inbox |
| Trial | Free: connect your number and send 20 messages at no cost. ₹1,050 for 3,000 credits to go live | 7-day trial |
| Commitment | None — credits stay valid 24 months, whichever pack you buy | Monthly or yearly subscription; Shopify add-on $4.99/mo |
Wati figures are their published prices as of August 2026 and exclude taxes; check their site for current rates. WABAPI figures are computed from the live rate configuration this site runs on.
Wati's marketing rate lands around ₹0.94–₹1.04 a message against WABAPI's rate from ₹1.25 — between 21 and 31 paise cheaper per message at that rate. What you pay them on top is the plan: ₹29,988 a year on Growth, plus taxes, plus ₹1,299 a month for every user beyond the included seats.
Divide the fee by the saving: ₹29,988 ÷ 21–31 paise ≈ 96,735–1,42,800 marketing messages a year — roughly 8,061–11,900 a month. Send less than that and WABAPI's total bill is lower; send more and Wati Growth can win on totals.
Every extra seat at ₹1,299/mo adds ₹15,588 a year to the fixed cost those message savings have to earn back — which is how audited real-world bills end up two to three times the headline plan.
A comparison page that pretends the other product has no case is not worth your time. Wati is the stronger pick if:
If what you need is campaigns from your own number, priced per message with no standing charge and no per-seat billing, that is the job WABAPI was built for.
It depends on volume. Wati's marketing rate (~₹0.94–₹1.04) is lower per message than WABAPI's (from ₹1.25), but the Growth plan costs ₹29,988 a year before any message goes out. The crossover works out to roughly 8,061–11,900 marketing messages a month. Below that range WABAPI's total bill is lower; above it, Wati can win on totals — before add-ons and extra seats are counted.
Third-party pricing audits have reported real Wati bills reaching two to three times the headline plan once extra users (₹1,299/user/mo), add-ons and message markups are included. That is not a criticism of the product — the inbox and automations are genuinely strong — but it is worth modelling your real seat count and volume before choosing a plan.
Yes. No subscription, no per-user charge, no platform fee. A utility message costs from ₹0.25 and a marketing message from ₹1.25, and credits come off only when a message actually goes out. Undelivered messages are credited back automatically.
No. Wati's shared omnichannel inbox, chatbots and 100+ integrations are real strengths (G2 rating 4.6), and if your support team needs them today, Wati is the better fit. WABAPI is a campaign tool: templates, lists, scheduled sends, delivery reports and credits.
Yes. Your WhatsApp Business number belongs to your Meta Business account, not to any platform. You connect it to WABAPI through the official Meta embedded signup. Message templates are tied to the previous setup, so they need to be created and approved again — usually a matter of minutes to hours.
They are Wati's published prices as of August 2026: Growth ₹2,499/mo, Pro ₹5,999/mo, Business ₹16,999/mo, extra users ₹1,299/user/mo, and roughly a 20% markup on Meta's per-message rates, all plus taxes. Check Wati's own site for the latest figures.
Connect your number free and send 20 messages at no cost — pay only when you go live — and the pricing page has every rate and pack.