WhatsApp · Rate Limits

Whatsapp Rate Limits

Whatsapp Rate Limits is the rate-limit profile for WhatsApp on the APIs.io network — every limit transcribed verbatim from the provider’s own documentation on 2026-11-05.

It captures 9 rate-limit definitions, including Business Management endpoints (default) — your app can make 200 requests per hour, per app, per Messaging account, by default; Business Management endpoints (active account) — your app can make 5000 requests per hour, per app, per active Messaging account; Credit Line API — your app can make 5000 requests per hour.

Tagged areas include Messaging, Analytics, WhatsApp, Business Messaging, and Meta.

9 Limits
Transcribed from the provider's documentation on 2026-11-05 — developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/....
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MessagingAnalyticsWhatsAppBusiness MessagingMeta

Limits

Business Management endpoints (default) per app, per Messaging account
your app can make 200 requests per hour, per app, per Messaging account, by default
GET ///assigned_usersGET //phone_numbers//message_templates//subscribed_appsGET /
· per 1 hour
200
Business Management endpoints (active account) per app, per active Messaging account
your app can make 5000 requests per hour, per app, per active Messaging account
· per 1 hour
5000
Credit Line API per app
your app can make 5000 requests per hour
GET //extendedcreditsPOST //whatsapp_credit_sharing_and_attachGET and DELETE /GET //owning_credit_allocation_configs
· per 1 hour
5000
Cloud API throughput (default) per business phone number
Business phone numbers can send up to 80 messages per second by default
· per 1 second
80
Cloud API throughput (upgraded) per business phone number
up to 1,000 mps by automatic upgrade
· per 1 second
1000
Coexistence (WhatsApp Business app) numbers throughput per business phone number used with both the WhatsApp Business app and Cloud API
have a fixed throughput of 20 mps
· per 1 second
20
Pair rate limit per business phone number, per WhatsApp user
Business phone numbers can send 1 message every 6 seconds to the same WhatsApp user
· per 6 seconds
Pair rate burst per business phone number, per WhatsApp userburst
You may send up to 45 messages in a 6-second burst
· per 6 seconds
Messaging limit (new portfolio) per business portfolio, unique WhatsApp users outside a customer service window
Newly created business portfolios have a messaging limit of 250
· per 24 hours
Moving 24-hour period; scales to 2,000 via scaling paths and then automatically.

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curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/rate-limits?limit=25"

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