WhatsApp Business API pricing in Nepal
What Meta charges per WhatsApp message to Nepali numbers, and what a month costs for a clinic, a trekking agency and an online shop.
Updated 7 November 2026
Meta's rates in Nepal
Per delivered message, from Meta's USD rate card for Nepal effective 1 October 2026.
| Message | What it's for | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | Offers and announcements, to customers who opted in | $0.0732 |
| Utility | Booking reminders, order and delivery updates | $0.0034 |
| Service | Replies inside the 24-hour window, after 1,000 free a month per number | $0.0034 |
| Authentication | One-time passwords to Nepali numbers, from a business based there | $0.0034 |
| Authentication (international) | One-time passwords to Nepali numbers from a business based abroad | $0.112 |
Utility messages are charged at this rate up to 150,000 a month and authentication up to 100,000; Meta's lower volume rates apply after that. Source: Meta
What a month costs in Nepal
At Meta's list rates, for three sizes of business, with one WhatsApp number each.
- A dental clinic in Lalitpur
For a dental clinic in Lalitpur with 200 chats a month and about 3 replies each, all 600 replies are inside the free 1,000, so they cost nothing. Adding 300 reminders and updates ($1.02) brings Meta's bill to about $1.02 a month.
- A trekking agency in Thamel
For a trekking agency in Thamel with 800 chats a month and about 6 replies each, 4,800 replies are 3,800 paid after the free 1,000: $12.92. Adding 400 reminders and updates ($1.36) brings Meta's bill to about $14.28 a month.
- An online shop in Kathmandu
For an online shop in Kathmandu with 3,000 chats a month and about 4 replies each, 12,000 replies are 11,000 paid after the free 1,000: $37.40. Adding 6,000 reminders and updates ($20.40) and 2,000 offers ($146.40) brings Meta's bill to about $204.20 a month.
How Meta bills businesses in Nepal
Meta bills your own WhatsApp Business account, not HeyKiko, and HeyKiko adds nothing to Meta's fees.
- Cheap updates, dear marketing
Utility messages are $0.0034 and marketing $0.0732; keep promotions occasional.
- Travellers cost their own country's rate
A trekker with a UK or US number is charged at the UK or North America rate, not Nepal's.
- International OTPs
A business abroad sending one-time passwords to Nepali numbers pays $0.112 each.
- Ad replies, free for days
If a customer messages from a Click-to-WhatsApp ad and you answer, your messages to them are free of Meta's fees for up to 7 days.
Questions about WhatsApp pricing in Nepal
Straight answers before you budget.
From 1 October 2026, Meta charges $0.0732 per marketing message and $0.0034 per utility or authentication message in Nepal. Service replies are free for the first 1,000 a month per number.
India is cheaper for marketing ($0.0118 against $0.0732); utility costs $0.0014 in India and $0.0034 in Nepal.
No. Meta bills your WhatsApp account directly and HeyKiko adds nothing.
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