[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":95},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pseo:compare:whapi-vs-green-api":3},{"a":4,"b":10,"faqs":14,"pick_a_when":24,"pick_b_when":25,"related":26,"rows":35,"seo":78,"slug":91,"tier":92,"updated":66,"url":87,"verdict":93,"wapito_in_pair":5,"why_compared":94},{"is_wapito":5,"name":6,"slug":7,"type":8,"url":9},false,"Whapi.cloud","whapi","unofficial-saas","\u002Falternatives\u002Fwhapi\u002F",{"is_wapito":5,"name":11,"slug":12,"type":8,"url":13},"Green API","green-api","\u002Falternatives\u002Fgreen-api\u002F",[15,18,21],{"a":16,"q":17},"Both charge per linked number rather than per message, which is the main reason teams choose an unofficial provider over Meta's per-conversation pricing in the first place. Whapi.cloud publishes a free Sandbox with ceilings and a Premium price per number; Green API prices per instance in tiers with a free developer tier for testing. Compare the per-number price against the feature set you will actually use, not the headline figure.","How do the two pricing models differ?",{"a":19,"q":20},"Neither publishes an OpenAPI document, so you cannot generate a client, diff the contract in CI or drop the specification into a mock server for either. Green API compensates with first-party client libraries on GitHub for JavaScript, Python, PHP, Go, Java, C++ and 1C; Whapi.cloud ships example bots and documentation on ReadMe with an llms.txt rather than maintained SDKs.","Which one can I generate a client for?",{"a":22,"q":23},"Yes, fundamentally. Both drive a real linked WhatsApp device rather than Meta's official platform, so both can have a number restricted or banned, and neither provider can appeal on your behalf. Anti-ban controls differ in the detail, such as proxy allocation and warm-up, but no provider in this category can promise safety, and you should be wary of one that does.","Do both carry the same ban risk?","You need groups, communities, Channels and stories over one API, and you want per-event webhook routing with retries and a secret header.","You want a first-party client library in your language, a polling option instead of a public webhook endpoint, and a simpler surface for notifications and replies.",{"alternatives":27,"hub":30,"pillars":31},[28,29],{"title":6,"url":9},{"title":11,"url":13},"\u002Fcompare\u002F",[32],{"title":33,"url":34},"Create Group","\u002Fwhatsapp-api\u002Fcreate-group\u002F",[36,40,44,47,53,62,69,73],{"a":37,"a_source":38,"b":37,"b_source":38,"dimension":39,"feature":38},"Proprietary hosted service under its terms of service.",null,"License",{"a":41,"a_source":38,"b":42,"b_source":38,"dimension":43,"feature":38},"Hosted. One linked-device session per channel; the engine is not published.","Hosted. One linked-device instance per number; the engine is not published.","Engine and protocol",{"a":45,"a_source":38,"b":45,"b_source":38,"dimension":46,"feature":38},"Hosted by the provider. Nothing to run.","Hosting",{"a":48,"a_source":38,"b":49,"b_source":38,"dimension":50,"feature":51},"Groups, communities, Channels (newsletters) and stories as REST endpoints.","Groups (create, participants, settings) as REST methods. Channel coverage is thinner than the protocol-level libraries offer; check the current documentation.","Groups, Channels and status",{"name":33,"slug":52,"url":34},"create-group",{"a":54,"a_source":55,"b":58,"b_source":59,"dimension":61,"feature":38},"Sandbox free with published ceilings. Premium quoted at $29 per number per month with a five-day trial; the annual figure is shown inconsistently on the pricing page.",{"as_of":56,"url":57},"2026-09-14","https:\u002F\u002Fwhapi.cloud\u002Fprice","Tiered per instance, with a free developer tier intended for testing. Current figures are on the provider's pricing page.",{"as_of":56,"url":60},"https:\u002F\u002Fgreen-api.com\u002F","Pricing",{"a":63,"a_source":38,"b":64,"b_source":65,"dimension":68,"feature":38},"Managed by the provider. No public source repository to measure.","Managed by the provider. Its first-party client libraries are versioned on GitHub.",{"as_of":66,"url":67},"2026-09-16","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fgreen-api","Maintenance cadence",{"a":70,"a_source":38,"b":71,"b_source":38,"dimension":72,"feature":38},"Multiple URLs per channel, per-event routing, retries, a secret header and custom headers.","A webhook URL per instance, plus a polling endpoint that hands out queued notifications.","Webhooks",{"a":74,"a_source":38,"b":75,"b_source":76,"dimension":77,"feature":38},"No OpenAPI document. Example bots rather than maintained SDKs; documentation on ReadMe with an llms.txt.","First-party client libraries for JavaScript, Python, PHP, Go, Java, C++ and 1C on GitHub. No OpenAPI document.",{"as_of":66,"url":67},"SDKs and client code",{"breadcrumb":79,"canonical":88,"description":89,"h1":86,"lastmod":66,"title":90},[80,83,85],{"name":81,"url":82},"Home","\u002F",{"name":84,"url":30},"Compare",{"name":86,"url":87},"Whapi.cloud vs Green API","\u002Fcompare\u002Fwhapi-vs-green-api\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fwapito.com\u002Fcompare\u002Fwhapi-vs-green-api\u002F","Whapi.cloud has the broader endpoint surface and the richer webhook routing; Green API ships first-party client libraries in seven languages and adds a…","Whapi.cloud vs Green API (2026): WhatsApp API | Wapito","whapi-vs-green-api","t5b","Whapi.cloud has the broader endpoint surface and the richer webhook routing; Green API ships first-party client libraries in seven languages and adds a polling endpoint for events. Neither publishes an OpenAPI document. If your workflow leans on Channels or communities, check Whapi.cloud's coverage first; if you want an official client library, Green API has them.","Two hosted unofficial WhatsApp APIs with the same commercial shape: one linked number per channel or instance, billed per number rather than per message, aimed at teams that want notifications and two-way messaging without Meta's template process. They differ in breadth of the API surface, in how you receive events, and in what client code the provider gives you.",1790464905441]