--- title: "WhatsApp API Pricing in Saudi Arabia (Oct 2026)" canonical_url: "https://www.calypso.so/whatsapp-api-pricing/saudi-arabia" last_updated: "2026-10-28T21:37:10.144Z" meta: description: "Saudi Arabia: $0.0576 per WhatsApp marketing message, $0.0107 per utility, authentication or service message, from Oct 1, 2026. Tiers and calculator." keywords: "WhatsApp API pricing Saudi Arabia, WhatsApp Business API cost Saudi Arabia, precio API WhatsApp Saudi Arabia" "og:description": "Saudi Arabia: $0.0576 per WhatsApp marketing message, $0.0107 per utility, authentication or service message, from Oct 1, 2026. Tiers and calculator." "og:title": "WhatsApp API Pricing in Saudi Arabia (Oct 2026)" "twitter:description": "Saudi Arabia: $0.0576 per WhatsApp marketing message, $0.0107 per utility, authentication or service message, from Oct 1, 2026. Tiers and calculator." "twitter:title": "WhatsApp API Pricing in Saudi Arabia (Oct 2026)" --- Organize my WhatsApp **WhatsApp API pricing tracker** # WhatsApp API pricing in Saudi Arabia From October 1, 2026, Meta charges $0.0576 per marketing message delivered to Saudi Arabia, and $0.0107 per utility, authentication or service message, before volume tiers. In SAR, Meta's own local card: SAR 0.2159 and SAR 0.0401. Meta rate card · effective October 1, 2026Next possible change: January 1, 2027 ## Per-message rates **Marketing** SAR 0.2159 per message Offers, launches, re-engagement. **Utility** SAR 0.0401 per message Order updates, confirmations, reminders. **Authentication** SAR 0.0401 per message One-time passcodes. **Authentication-international** SAR 0.224 per message Passcodes from eligible businesses based abroad; Meta decides eligibility. **Service** SAR 0.0401 per message Replies inside the 24-hour customer service window. **Volume tiers** ## Volume tiers Utility and authentication get cheaper as your Saudi Arabia volume grows within a month. Each tier's rate applies only to the messages inside it. **Utility** | Messages per month | Rate | % | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 – 100,000 | **SAR 0.0401** | List rate | | 100,001 – 1,000,000 | **SAR 0.0381** | -5% | | 1,000,001 – 4,500,000 | **SAR 0.0361** | -10% | | 4,500,001 – 40,000,000 | **SAR 0.0341** | -15% | | 40,000,001 – 80,000,000 | **SAR 0.0321** | -20% | | 80,000,001 and up | **SAR 0.0301** | -25% | **Authentication** | Messages per month | Rate | % | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 – 300,000 | **SAR 0.0401** | List rate | | 300,001 – 2,000,000 | **SAR 0.0381** | -5% | | 2,000,001 – 10,000,000 | **SAR 0.0361** | -10% | | 10,000,001 – 20,000,000 | **SAR 0.0341** | -15% | | 20,000,001 – 40,000,000 | **SAR 0.0321** | -20% | | 40,000,001 and up | **SAR 0.0301** | -25% | **Calculator** ## Estimate a month in Saudi Arabia. Pick where your customers are, enter a month of messages, and see what Meta charges, volume tiers included. **Customers' country or region** **Currency** **Messages per month** **Marketing**Offers, launches, re-engagement. **Utility**Order updates, confirmations, reminders.**Authentication**One-time passcodes.**Authentication-international**Passcodes from eligible businesses based abroad; Meta decides eligibility.**Service**Replies inside the 24-hour customer service window.**Business phone numbers**Each gets 1,000 free service messages a month.**Estimated Meta charges per month · Saudi Arabia** SAR 1,640.90 SAR 0.0864 on average per billed message - Marketing · 5,000 messagesSAR 1,079.50 - Utility · 10,000 messagesSAR 401.00 - Authentication · 2,000 messagesSAR 80.20 - Service · 2,000 messagesSAR 80.201,000 service messages free this month. Meta's charges only, before taxes and any provider fees. Messages in a free entry point window (after a click-to-WhatsApp ad) are free and don't count toward tiers, so leave them out.**Country lookup**## Countries billed at these rates - Saudi Arabia +966 ## Compare nearby markets [**~~All markets ~~**](https://www.calypso.so/whatsapp-api-pricing#markets) Every market, every category. (SAR) | | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Auth. intl. | Service | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | SAR 0.2413 | Lowest in the column:SAR 0.0135 | Lowest in the column:SAR 0.0135 | SAR 0.2435 | Lowest in the column:SAR 0.0135 | | | SAR 0.1278 | SAR 0.0296 | SAR 0.0296 | SAR 0.4796 | SAR 0.0296 | | | SAR 0.1322 | SAR 0.0199 | SAR 0.0199 | — | SAR 0.0199 | | | SAR 0.2969 | SAR 0.1649 | SAR 0.1649 | SAR 0.4497 | SAR 0.1649 | | | SAR 0.1551 | SAR 0.0863 | SAR 0.0863 | SAR 0.3041 | SAR 0.0863 | | | SAR 0.1933 | SAR 0.0251 | SAR 0.0251 | SAR 0.281 | SAR 0.0251 | | | SAR 0.1278 | SAR 0.0926 | SAR 0.0926 | SAR 0.2248 | SAR 0.0926 | | | SAR 0.1278 | SAR 0.045 | SAR 0.045 | — | SAR 0.045 | | | SAR 0.2159 | SAR 0.0401 | SAR 0.0401 | SAR 0.224 | SAR 0.0401 | | | SAR 0.142 | SAR 0.0356 | SAR 0.0356 | Lowest in the column:SAR 0.0749 | SAR 0.0356 | | | SAR 0.2159 | SAR 0.0588 | SAR 0.0588 | SAR 0.1911 | SAR 0.0588 | | | Lowest in the column:SAR 0.0843 | SAR 0.015 | SAR 0.015 | — | SAR 0.015 | | | SAR 0.147 | SAR 0.0341 | SAR 0.0341 | — | SAR 0.0341 |**Questions and answers**## WhatsApp API pricing in Saudi Arabia**Cite or reuse**## Free to reuse. Link back as the source. The data is released under CC BY 4.0: use it in articles, decks and tools, with a link to this page. The rates are Meta's; the compilation, tiers and history are kept here. [**Download CSV**](https://www.calypso.so/data/whatsapp-api-pricing.csv) [**Download JSON**](https://www.calypso.so/data/whatsapp-api-pricing.json) [~~Source: Meta, Pricing on the WhatsApp Business Platform~~](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/pricing)**Citation**`Calypso. WhatsApp API pricing by country (Meta rate card effective October 1, 2026). https://www.calypso.so/whatsapp-api-pricing/saudi-arabia`**HTML link**`WhatsApp API pricing by country`**Start today**## **Running WhatsApp for a team?** Calypso puts every conversation on a board with an AI agent that answers, keeps the times customers ask for, and follows up, on the number you already have. [**Start 14-day free trial**](https://whatsapp.calypso.so/join) [**See pricing**](https://www.calypso.so/whatsapp/pricing)