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title: "Whapi.Cloud alternative: WhatsApp API per connection | D-API"
description: "Whapi.Cloud alternative: compare pricing, connection model and infrastructure, and see how D-API adds the official WhatsApp API and a dedicated IP per number."
url: https://d-api.cloud/en/whapi-alternative
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Alternatives

# Whapi.Cloud alternative: a managed WhatsApp API with official and unofficial connections

Whapi.Cloud is a developer-focused WhatsApp API that connects numbers as linked devices and charges a flat price per number. It is a solid product with a generous free sandbox. Teams usually look for an alternative when they need the official WhatsApp API in the same integration, a dedicated IP for each number, or a lower price per connection as they grow. This page compares both using only what Whapi.Cloud publishes.

By D-API engineering teamUpdated Sep 27, 20264 min read

## How Whapi.Cloud works today

From the [Whapi.Cloud pricing page](https://whapi.cloud/price) (accessed September 27, 2026):

-   **Connection model.** Each channel is a WhatsApp account linked as a device, so you keep using WhatsApp on your phone at the same time.
-   **Pricing.** $35 per number per month on monthly billing, or $29 per month on annual billing, with no per-message fees. Discounts for multiple numbers are available on request.
-   **Free sandbox.** Up to 5 active conversations per month, 150 messages per day and 1,000 API requests per month, for development.
-   **Trial.** A 5-day trial of the paid plan.
-   **Features.** Groups, Channels, Status (stories), Communities and webhooks through the API.

## Whapi.Cloud and D-API side by side

| Criteria | Whapi.Cloud | D-API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Connection type | Unofficial (linked device) | Unofficial (QR code or pairing code) and official WhatsApp API (Meta Cloud API) |
| Pricing | Per number: $35/month, or $29/month billed annually | Per connection: $15.00 at 1–9, $9.90 at 10, $8.75 at 11–50 |
| Per-message fees | None | None on the unofficial WhatsApp API |
| Free option | Free sandbox with usage limits | 3-day free trial, no credit card |
| Dedicated IP per number | Check with the vendor | Yes, a dedicated proxy per connection |
| Official API in the same integration | Check with the vendor | Yes, only the session type changes |
| WhatsApp voice calls (VoIP) | Check with the vendor | Included at no extra cost (bonus) |

## Price comparison at list prices

Whapi.Cloud on monthly billing versus the D-API Scale plan, where the tier price applies to every connection in the account. Whapi.Cloud volume discounts are not public, so treat their column as a ceiling.

| Connections | Whapi.Cloud / month | D-API / month |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | $35.00 | **$15.00** |
| 10 | $350.00 | **$99.00** |
| 30 | $1,050.00 | **$262.50** |
| 50 | $1,750.00 | **$437.50** |

On annual billing Whapi.Cloud drops to $29 per number, still above the D-API price at every public tier. Above 50 connections, D-API pricing is Talk to sales. Full details on the [pricing](https://d-api.cloud/en/pricing) page.

## When to choose Whapi.Cloud

-   You are prototyping and a free sandbox with no time limit matters more than production features.
-   You rely heavily on Channels, Status or Communities endpoints, which Whapi.Cloud exposes as dedicated APIs.
-   You prefer annual billing and a single number, where the price gap is small.

## When to choose D-API

-   **You need the official WhatsApp API too.** On D-API the official and unofficial connections use the same send routes; the type is set when you create the session. See the [official WhatsApp API](https://d-api.cloud/en/official-whatsapp-api).
-   **You run many numbers for different customers.** Each connection gets per-instance isolation and a dedicated IP, so one customer's sending habits don't drag the others down. See [how to avoid bans](https://d-api.cloud/en/avoid-whatsapp-ban).
-   **You want the price per connection to fall as you grow.** The tier price applies to every connection in the account.
-   **You want infrastructure you don't babysit.** 20+ servers across 3 datacenters, 99.9% uptime, self-healing / auto-reconnect and webhooks with retries and exponential backoff.

## Migrating from Whapi.Cloud to D-API

1.  **Isolate the provider in your code.** Put the calls you use (create connection, get QR, send text, send media) behind an internal interface.
2.  **Write the D-API adapter.** Authentication is an API key in the Authorization header; each number is a session with a `sessionId` you choose. In Node.js the SDK covers most of it:

```
import { DApi } from 'd-api-sdk'

const dapi = new DApi({ apiKey: process.env.DAPI_API_KEY })

await dapi.sessions.create({
  sessionId: 'customer-4821',
  connectionMode: 'qr',
  webhookUrl: 'https://your-app.com/webhooks/whatsapp',
})

await dapi.messages.sendText({
  sessionId: 'customer-4821',
  to: '15551234567',
  text: 'Your WhatsApp is now connected to the new system.',
})
```

3.  **Adapt your webhook receiver.** D-API events arrive in an envelope with `event`, `sessionId` and `data`. Details in [WhatsApp webhooks](https://d-api.cloud/en/whatsapp-webhook).
4.  **Move numbers in batches.** Connect the number on D-API, confirm the `connected` status, then unlink the Whapi.Cloud session.

D-API is a [WhatsApp API](https://d-api.cloud/en) built for products with many numbers. If that is your case, read [WhatsApp API for SaaS](https://d-api.cloud/en/whatsapp-api-for-saas) or compare with the [Green API alternative](https://d-api.cloud/en/green-api-alternative). The 3-day free trial needs no credit card.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Whapi.Cloud an official WhatsApp API?

No. According to its own pricing page, each Whapi.Cloud channel is a WhatsApp account connected through a linked-device session, the same way WhatsApp Web works. That puts it in the unofficial WhatsApp API category, like the QR code connection on D-API.

### Is D-API cheaper than Whapi.Cloud?

At list prices, yes. Whapi.Cloud lists $35 per channel per month on monthly billing and $29 on annual billing. D-API charges $15.00 per connection from 1 to 9 connections, $9.90 at 10 and $8.75 from 11 to 50, billed monthly. Whapi.Cloud also offers volume discounts that are not published, so ask them for a quote if you run many numbers.

### Does Whapi.Cloud have a free plan?

Yes. Its Developer Sandbox is free with usage limits: up to 5 active conversations per month, 150 messages per day and 1,000 API requests per month. It is meant for testing. D-API has no free plan; it offers a 3-day free trial, no credit card required.

### Can I keep the same WhatsApp number when I switch?

Yes. With the unofficial WhatsApp API the number stays on your phone. You unlink the old session and connect the same number to D-API by scanning a new QR code or entering a pairing code.

### Does D-API charge per message?

Not on the unofficial WhatsApp API: billing is per connection only. On the official WhatsApp API (Meta Cloud API), Meta still charges its own template fees, because Meta sets them.

Try D-API's WhatsApp API3-day free trial, no credit card.[Start free trial](https://app.d-api.cloud/register?lang=en)

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