Respond.io prices around Monthly Active Contacts - pay more as your audience grows. At $159/month you get 1,000 MACs, 10 users, and a 5.5% Stripe fee on every wallet top-up. WABridges doesn't care how many contacts you message. One bridge, one price.
One WhatsApp number, kept online, sending and receiving as much as you need. Here is what each side charges for it.
Contact limits, seat overage, and processing fees.
Unlimited messages, every feature on every bridge, prorated refund when you cancel.
The points people actually compare before they pick a provider.
| Respond.io | WABridges | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $79/month (Starter) | $5/bridge/month |
| Active contact limit | 1,000 MACs (Growth) | Unlimited |
| MAC overage | $12–15/100 extra MACs | None |
| Wallet top-up fee | 5.5% per top-up | None |
| Refund on cancel | None once activated | Yes - prorated automatically |
| Late payment penalty | 10%/month on balance | None |
| Free trial | 7 days | 7 days, no card |
| REST API | Yes | Yes |
| Webhooks | Yes | Yes |
What changes on the invoice and in the code once the bridge is running.
Respond.io pricing is $79–$349/month. WABridges is $5/bridge/month, a flat fee per WhatsApp bridge with unlimited messages and no per-message fees.
No. WABridges is a flat $5/bridge/month with unlimited messages. You are never billed per message, per conversation, or per template.
Yes. Provision a bridge in under 60 seconds, pair any WhatsApp number by scanning a QR code, and point your code at the REST API. No WhatsApp Business API approval or migration project required.
Three guides that cover most of what people move a number for.
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