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What answering WhatsApp with AI actually costs (and why it isn't what you read)

You saw that the WhatsApp API "charges per conversation" and closed the tab. What Meta actually bills, what it stopped charging in 2024, and what you pay when your assistant only replies.

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What answering WhatsApp with AI actually costs (and why it isn't what you read)
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Messaged at 11:40pm: what your chatbot does when the business is closed

Questions don't wait for you to open. How the ChatME assistant replies overnight, why it never offers a booking outside your real hours, and what happens when the question is too complex.

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Answering WhatsApp when you're too busy to check your phone

While you're with a customer, on the road or mid-shift, your WhatsApp doesn't stop. How the ChatME assistant replies instantly, and exactly what happens when you answer yourself.

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Your business WhatsApp is your personal phone: how to automate it without losing it

Your business number is the phone you've always had, and it never stops. How to automate WhatsApp with AI without giving up replying yourself from your own app, exactly what changes, and what costs nothing.