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Head to head · Messaging whatsapp · October 2026 research run

360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP vs Telnyx API + MCP

Telnyx API + MCP has a score of 73.8 (BB) against 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP's 52.2 (D). Both do messaging whatsapp. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 75 points.

360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP360dialog · HTTP API D52.2/100#343 of 452 Telnyx API + MCPTelnyx · HTTP API BB73.8/100#54 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick 360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP for

No category where it leads by five points or more.

Pick Telnyx API + MCP for

  • schema & documentation (+23)
  • agent ergonomics (+27)
  • security & auth (+10)
  • payments & pricing (+30)
  • maintenance & community (+75)
  • transparency & trust (+23)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this run360dialog WhatsApp API + MCPTelnyx API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%208380360dialog WhatsApp API + MCP +3
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27093Telnyx API + MCP +23
Agent ergonomics13%16.25380Telnyx API + MCP +27
Security & auth14%17.53545Telnyx API + MCP +10
Payments & pricing10%12.53565Telnyx API + MCP +30
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8883Telnyx API + MCP +75
Transparency & trust7%8.85073Telnyx API + MCP +23
Negative events≤1500
Total52.2 · D73.8 · BB

Facts side by side

Fact360dialog WhatsApp API + MCPTelnyx API + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
Vendor360dialogTelnyx
Hosted endpointhttps://waba-v2.360dialog.iohttps://api.telnyx.com/v2
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio
AuthOAuth or keyAPI key
PricingPaidPay per use
x402nopayer tooling only
LicencenoneMIT
Tools exposednone3
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 listedio.github.team-telnyx/telnyx
Last releasenone2026-09-25
Popularitynone197 stars, 417k npm/wk, 179k 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.

Telnyx API + MCP

US long code SMS $0.004 a part outbound and inbound, published with carrier fees and as machine-readable pricing.md. No per-key scopes or read-only keys, and the MCP can send or buy numbers without confirmation.

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

Telnyx API + MCP

  1. Register the 10DLC brand ($4.50) and campaign ($10 a month) before sending US long code traffic
  2. Back off on error 10011 for as long as the Retry-After header says
  3. Call get_api_endpoint_schema before invoke_api_endpoint, the schemas aren't in the tool list
  4. Give each agent its own key, since keys can't be scoped
  5. Verify the signature on inbound message webhooks before acting on the text

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