# WhatsApp Business API pricing in Sri Lanka

> Meta's WhatsApp Business API rates for Sri Lanka from 1 October 2026, with very cheap utility messages, and what a month costs for three businesses.

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

Sri Lanka has some of Meta's cheapest utility messages and full-price marketing. Here are the rates, and what a month costs for a pharmacy, a hotel and an online store.

## Meta's rates in Sri Lanka

Per delivered message, from Meta's USD rate card for Sri Lanka 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 | $0.002 |
| Service | Replies inside the 24-hour window, after 1,000 free a month per number | $0.002 |
| Authentication | One-time passwords to Sri Lankan numbers, from a business based there | $0.002 |
| Authentication (international) | One-time passwords to Sri Lankan numbers from a business based abroad | $0.144 |

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](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/pricing)

## What a month costs in Sri Lanka

- For a pharmacy in Kandy with 300 chats a month and about 3 replies each, all 900 replies are inside the free 1,000, so they cost nothing. Adding 500 reminders and updates ($1.00) brings Meta's bill to about $1.00 a month.
- For a boutique hotel in Galle with 600 chats a month and about 6 replies each, 3,600 replies are 2,600 paid after the free 1,000: $5.20. Adding 500 reminders and updates ($1.00) brings Meta's bill to about $6.20 a month.
- For an online store in Colombo with 4,000 chats a month and about 4 replies each, 16,000 replies are 15,000 paid after the free 1,000: $30.00. Adding 10,000 reminders and updates ($20.00) and 3,000 offers ($219.60) brings Meta's bill to about $269.60 a month.

## How Meta bills Sri Lankan businesses

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

- **Utility for almost nothing**: A utility message to a Sri Lankan number is $0.002, so booking confirmations and delivery updates cost very little.
- **Marketing at full price**: Marketing is $0.0732 per message, the same as Singapore and Hong Kong.
- **Guests abroad are charged at their country's rate**: Messages to a German guest's number cost the German rate, $0.055 for a utility message.
- **Foreign OTP senders pay more**: One-time passwords to Sri Lankan numbers from a business abroad are $0.144 each.

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

## Questions about WhatsApp pricing in Sri Lanka

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

From 1 October 2026, Meta charges $0.0732 per marketing message and $0.002 per utility or authentication message in Sri Lanka. Service replies are free for the first 1,000 a month per number.

### What do messages to foreign guests cost?

Meta charges by the guest's number, not your location, so a message to a UK or German guest costs the UK or German rate.

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

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

## Related

- [HeyKiko in Sri Lanka](https://heykiko.io/ai-agent/sri-lanka)
- [WhatsApp API cost calculator](https://heykiko.io/tools/whatsapp-api-cost-calculator)