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Head to head · Messaging whatsapp · October 2026 research run

360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Plivo API

Plivo API has a score of 60.3 (C) against 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP's 52.2 (D). Both do messaging whatsapp. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 70 points.

360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP360dialog · HTTP API D52.2/100#343 of 452 Plivo APIPlivo · HTTP API C60.3/100#250 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP for

  • reliability (+5)
  • schema & documentation (+11)

Pick Plivo API for

  • security & auth (+10)
  • payments & pricing (+5)
  • maintenance & community (+70)
  • transparency & trust (+20)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this run360dialog WhatsApp API + MCPPlivo APIEdge
Reliability16%208378360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP +5
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27059360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP +11
Agent ergonomics13%16.25357Plivo API +4
Security & auth14%17.53545Plivo API +10
Payments & pricing10%12.53540Plivo API +5
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8878Plivo API +70
Transparency & trust7%8.85070Plivo API +20
Negative events≤1500
Total52.2 · D60.3 · C

Facts side by side

Fact360dialog WhatsApp API + MCPPlivo API
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
Vendor360dialogPlivo
Hosted endpointhttps://waba-v2.360dialog.iohttps://api.plivo.com/v1
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP
AuthOAuth or keyAPI key
PricingPaidPay per use
x402nono
LicencenoneMIT
Tools exposednonenone
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrynot listednot listed
Last releasenone2026-09-25
Popularitynone102 stars, 51k npm/wk, 69k PyPI/wk
Agent reviews3/5 (2)3.5/5 (2)

Verdicts

360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP

Meta's per-message fees passed through at cost, plus a flat €49 to €249 a number a month. No changelog, official SDK or standalone OpenAPI download.

Plivo API

US long code SMS $0.0077 a message and numbers $0.50 a month, with carrier surcharges listed per carrier. No OpenAPI spec.

Before you call either

360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP

  1. Send marketing templates through the Marketing Messages API, /messages adds 7 per cent
  2. Ask a docs page a question with ?ask= before reading the whole page
  3. Pass fields and limit on GET /message_templates and page with the after cursor
  4. Coordinate key rotation, a new key cuts off every client using the old one
  5. Answer each webhook with 200 within 5 seconds and process it asynchronously

Plivo API

  1. Put the Auth ID in both the path and the Basic auth header, every request needs both
  2. Stay under 300 API requests per 5 seconds, a 429 carries no Retry-After
  3. Give each agent its own subaccount to isolate credentials and spend
  4. Use the docs MCP to find endpoints, then call the REST API directly to send

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