$5 per bridge per month. No per-message fees, no seats, no surcharges. Here is what each of the alternatives charges for the same job, and where the difference comes from.
Expensive per-number licensing.
Per-message fees that compound fast.
Seat fees, trigger limits, and no refunds.
Contact limits, seat overage, and processing fees.
Tiered per-message fees across every channel.
Enterprise pricing, opaque rate cards, add-on everything.
A platform fee stacked on every single message.
Free API, but you build and run everything yourself.
Same idea, more than double the price.
Eight times the price, zero refunds.
Seven times the price, refunds as store credit.
Great free software - if you want to run servers.
A free library is not a free API.
Most providers wrap Meta's Cloud API and markup every message, or resell linked devices with 8x surcharges. WABridges runs dedicated, lightweight Go containers per number. No message metering, no seat tax, no corporate bloat.
Official Business APIs require business verification with Meta, message template approvals, and per-conversation fees that escalate with volume. WABridges connects to your number as a linked device (the same multi-device protocol as WhatsApp Web). You get instant QR code pairing, unlimited messages, zero template gating, and a flat $5/month per bridge.
They use the same linked-device approach, but charge $12 to $39+ per month per number with restrictive refund policies (or store credit only). WABridges is built on a high-performance Go control plane with dedicated container isolation, priced at $5/month flat, and includes automatic prorated cash refunds on cancel.
The code is free, but operations are not. You have to rent and maintain a VPS, manage session storage, handle frequent socket drops, and update your containers every time WhatsApp alters its protocol. For $5/month, WABridges handles fleet monitoring, session recovery, and infrastructure so you can focus on building your application.
Cancel a bridge mid-month and we automatically refund the unused days directly to your card via Stripe. No support tickets, no cancellation fees, and no locked store credit.