Set a Monthly WhatsApp Budget and Who Answers
Cap what your team's WhatsApp replies cost each month, get alerts, and decide whether hosts answer their own visitors.
- Plans: Starter and up
- Updated 27 October 2026
- 1 min read
Go to ConsoleWhatsApp and open Costs and budget.
- Set the Monthly budget for replies in GH₵, or leave it as No budget.
- Turn on Stop replies when the budget is reached if replies should stop at the budget. Leave it off to be alerted only.
- Choose whether Hosts answer their own visitors.
- Select Save.
Good to Know
- Each paid plan starts with a monthly budget, which Owners and Admins change or remove at any time.
- Owners and Admins are told at 80% of the budget and again when it's reached.
- While replies are stopped, your team can still read every conversation, add notes and hand conversations over. Passes and reminders on WhatsApp keep going.
- What replies cost shows what a reply and a follow-up count as. By person and By site show who sends what this month.
- With Hosts answer their own visitors off, hosts read and add notes, and reception sends the replies.
If Something Goes Wrong
- You can't change anything here. Only Owners and Admins change these.
- Replies stopped mid-month. The budget was reached with stopping on. Raise or remove the budget, or wait for the new month.
- You don't see Costs and budget. You're on Free, or your role can't see settings or billing.
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