Respond.io vs WATI

Respond.io and WATI are both WhatsApp Business APIs, compared here on pricing, compliance, capabilities, and developer experience from structured, cited data - not reviews or paid placement. WATI starts lower at $59 per month vs $79 for Respond.io.

Comparedby a transparent data-readiness score computed from each API's published, sourced fields. No reviews, no paid placement. How we rank.

Data last verified 2026-06-16, with every field cited on each profile.

Head-to-head, from published, cited fields (auto-generated; no paid placement)
Field	Respond.io	WATI
Starting price	$79 month	$59 month + per-message markup
Pricing model	Subscription	Hybrid
Free tier	✗	✗
Self-serve signup	✓	✓
SOC 2	-	·
HIPAA	✗	·
GDPR	✓	✓
Webhooks	✓	✓
Sandbox	✗	✗
Documented actions	22	21

Full data and citations: Respond.io · WATI. See more WhatsApp Business APIs.