WhatsApp Cloud API vs Wapito, feature by feature
Meta's official WhatsApp Cloud API has no endpoints for groups, Channels or status posts, and it will not let you write to someone outside a 24-hour window without an approved template. Every capability below is checked against Meta's own documentation, with the link and the date it was read.
Feature by feature
| Capability | Official Cloud API | Wapito | The short answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create Group | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 3 endpoints | No. The official API cannot create a WhatsApp group. |
| Group Participants | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 3 endpoints | No. The official API cannot add or remove group members. |
| Group Admins | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 3 endpoints | No. There are no group roles in the official API. |
| Group Invite Link | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 4 endpoints | No. Invite links are not part of the official API. |
| Group Settings | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 2 endpoints | No. The official API cannot configure a group. |
| Group Join Requests | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 4 endpoints | No. Join requests do not exist in the official API. |
| Group Info | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 3 endpoints | No. The official API cannot see a group at all. |
| Leave Group | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 3 endpoints | No. The official API has no group to leave. |
| Send Group Message | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 11 endpoints | No. The official API cannot post into a group. |
| Group Icon | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 4 endpoints | No. There is no group, so there is no group icon. |
| Group Events | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 3 endpoints | No. The official API has no group events. |
| Create Channel | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 4 endpoints | No. Channels are absent from the official API. |
| Post to Channel | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 5 endpoints | No. You cannot publish to a Channel officially. |
| Follow Channels | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 4 endpoints | No. The official API cannot follow or read a Channel. |
| Post Status | No endpoint Meta's docs · checked | 4 endpoints | No. Status does not exist in the official API. |
| Check Number | Restricted Meta's docs · checked | 2 endpoints | Not really. There is no official validation endpoint. |
| LID to Phone | Restricted Meta's docs · checked | 2 endpoints | Not applicable. The official API never shows you a LID. |
| Profile Picture | Restricted Meta's docs · checked | 3 endpoints Beta | Partly. You can set yours, not read theirs. |
| Send Without Template | Restricted Meta's docs · checked | 12 endpoints | Only inside a 24-hour window opened by the customer. |
| Connect a Number | Restricted Meta's docs · checked | 7 endpoints | No. Meta registers the number and takes it off the app. |
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