# WhatsApp Business API pricing in Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon

> Meta's WhatsApp Business API rates for Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen from 1 October 2026, how they compare with the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and what a month costs.

Canonical: https://heykiko.io/whatsapp-api-pricing/middle-east
Last updated: 2026-11-07

Meta prices Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen as one market, “Rest of Middle East”, below the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Here's what each WhatsApp message costs and what a month costs for three businesses.

## Meta's rates in Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon

Per delivered message, from Meta's USD rate card for Rest of Middle East effective 1 October 2026.

| Message | What it's for | Rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | Offers and announcements, to customers who opted in | $0.0392 |
| Utility | Booking reminders, order and delivery updates | $0.0091 |
| Service | Replies inside the 24-hour window, after 1,000 free a month per number | $0.0091 |
| Authentication | One-time passwords to Bahraini, Jordanian and Lebanese numbers | $0.0091 |

Utility messages are charged at this rate up to 100,000 a month and authentication up to 300,000; Meta's lower volume rates apply after that. Source: [Meta](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/pricing)

## What a month costs in Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon

- For a dental clinic in Manama with 220 chats a month and about 4 replies each, all 880 replies are inside the free 1,000, so they cost nothing. Adding 400 reminders and updates ($3.64) brings Meta's bill to about $3.64 a month.
- For a car rental company in Amman with 1,000 chats a month and about 5 replies each, 5,000 replies are 4,000 paid after the free 1,000: $36.40. Adding 1,500 reminders and updates ($13.65) and 600 offers ($23.52) brings Meta's bill to about $73.57 a month.
- For an online store in Beirut with 4,000 chats a month and about 3 replies each, 12,000 replies are 11,000 paid after the free 1,000: $100.10. Adding 9,000 reminders and updates ($81.90) and 6,000 offers ($235.20) brings Meta's bill to about $417.20 a month.

## How Meta bills businesses in Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon

Meta bills your own WhatsApp Business account, not HeyKiko, and HeyKiko adds nothing to Meta's fees.

- **Cheaper than the big Gulf markets**: A marketing message here is $0.0392, against $0.0576 in the UAE and $0.0576 in Saudi Arabia.
- **Customers across the Gulf pay their own rate**: A business in Bahrain messaging Saudi or Emirati numbers pays the Saudi or UAE rate for those messages; the rate follows the customer's number.
- **Arabic reads right on every channel**: WhatsApp lays out Arabic right to left on the customer's phone, and HeyKiko's website chat shows Arabic messages right to left too, so you can lead with whichever channel your customers use.
- **A week free after an ad reply**: Reply to a customer who came from a Click-to-WhatsApp ad, and Meta charges nothing for your messages to them for up to 7 days.

Source: [Meta: WhatsApp Business Platform pricing](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/pricing)

## Questions about WhatsApp pricing in Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon

### How much does a WhatsApp Business API message cost in Bahrain?

From 1 October 2026, Meta charges $0.0392 per marketing message and $0.0091 per utility or authentication message to Bahraini numbers. Service replies are free for the first 1,000 a month per business number, then $0.0091 each.

### Are Jordan and Lebanon priced the same as Bahrain?

Yes. Meta prices Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen as one “Rest of Middle East” market, at the same rates.

### Why is WhatsApp more expensive in the UAE and Saudi Arabia?

Meta sets a separate, higher rate for those markets: $0.0576 per marketing message in the UAE and $0.0576 in Saudi Arabia, against $0.0392 here.

### Can the AI agent reply in Arabic?

Yes. Kiko replies in Arabic to customers who write in Arabic, on your website chat, WhatsApp and Telegram, and Arabic messages read right to left in the website chat.

### Does HeyKiko add a margin to WhatsApp fees?

No. Meta bills your WhatsApp account directly and HeyKiko adds nothing.

## Related

- [WhatsApp API cost calculator](https://heykiko.io/tools/whatsapp-api-cost-calculator)