{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "infobip", "name": "Infobip API + MCP", "vendor": "Infobip", "vendorUrl": "https://www.infobip.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "messaging", "summary": "Per-channel REST APIs and a unified Messages API for SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, RCS and Viber, plus 2FA.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/infobip", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/infobip.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/infobip.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/infobip.json", "repo": "https://github.com/infobip/mcp", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "sse" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.infobip.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@infobip-api/sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "infobip-api-python-client" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "API key with scopes, sent as `Authorization: App \u003ckey\u003e`, or OAuth 2.0. Each account has its own base URL at \u003csubdomain\u003e.api.infobip.com. The MCP servers accept OAuth 2.1 with discovery or the same App key header.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go. The SMS page shows the average across networks, about $0.0082 a message to the US and $0.044 to the UK. US WhatsApp $0.00476 per utility or authentication message, $0.0374 per marketing message and $0.005 per free-form message; the first 1,000 service conversations per WhatsApp Business Account a month are free. The 60-day free trial allows up to 100 messages per channel to your verified number (https://www.infobip.com/sms/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in docs, pricing or MCP README (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 36, "npmWeekly": 17770, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.infobip.com/docs/api", "llmsTxt": "https://www.infobip.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.infobip.com/platform/1/openapi", "registryName": "com.infobip/mcp", "capabilities": [ "messaging.sms", "messaging.mms", "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.verify", "messaging.inbound" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "free-tier", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "webhooks", "whatsapp", "sms", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-09", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 386, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 25, "reliability": 43, "schema": 90, "security": 67, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "API keys with scopes, expiry dates and IP allowlists, and OAuth 2.1 on the MCP servers. Europe-wide traffic processing degraded on 2026-08-10 (about 1 hour) and 2026-08-15 (about 3 hours).", "bestFor": "Teams that need many channels and countries from one vendor with tightly scoped keys, or that already use Infobip.", "strengths": [ "API keys with scopes, expiry dates and IP allowlists, and OAuth 2.1 on the MCP servers", "18 hosted MCP servers split by channel, with the Message server at 1 or 2 tools", "One OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the whole platform, plus llms.txt and a no-key docs MCP", "Valid security.txt, ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018, and SOC 2 Type 2", "Sub-processor page with data locations and change alerts" ], "weaknesses": [ "Europe-wide traffic processing degraded on 2026-08-10 (about 1 hour) and 2026-08-15 (about 3 hours)", "No messaging rate limits or SLA published", "Published SMS prices are network averages, and per-network rates need a portal login", "JavaScript SDK unreleased since November 2023", "No webhook signing found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use the account's own base URL (\u003csubdomain\u003e.api.infobip.com), not a generic host", "Connect only the MCP server for the channel you need, the RCS server alone has 27 tools", "Create a key with only the scopes the agent needs and an expiry date", "Send trial messages from ServiceSMS to verified numbers only (up to 5)" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 25, "reliability": 43, "schema": 90, "security": 67, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 97 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://$INFOBIP_BASE_URL/sms/3/messages\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: App $INFOBIP_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"messages\":[{\"sender\":\"ServiceSMS\",\"destinations\":[{\"to\":\"447415774332\"}],\"content\":{\"text\":\"Hello from Infobip\"}}]}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http infobip-sms https://mcp.infobip.com/sms", "config": { "mcpServers": { "infobip-sms": { "headers": { "Authorization": "App ${INFOBIP_API_KEY}" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.infobip.com/sms" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/messaging.sms", "tool": "https://letme.dev/infobip" }, "sameCompany": [ "infobip-calls" ], "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "SMS outbound, US", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.0082, "note": "average across networks" }, { "item": "SMS outbound, UK", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.044, "note": "average across networks" }, { "item": "WhatsApp utility or authentication, US", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.00476 }, { "item": "WhatsApp marketing, US", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.0374 }, { "item": "WhatsApp free-form, US", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.005 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Infobip Ltd", "domain": "infobip.com", "domainRegistered": "2003-10-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.infobip.com/policies/service-terms-conditions", "privacy": "https://www.infobip.com/policies/privacy-notice", "statusPage": "https://status.infobip.com", "changelog": "https://www.infobip.com/docs/release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 97 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/infobip.json", "live": { "slug": "infobip", "probe": { "target": "https://api.infobip.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:49.716102865Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 166, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 99.63, "uptime30d": 99.72, "p50ms24h": 90, "p95ms24h": 167, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 2135, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 275 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 269 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 217, "ok": 216 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.infobip.com", "indicator": "maintenance", "summary": "Service Under Maintenance", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:06:42.775232023Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.infobip/mcp", "version": "2.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T02:42:52.272076636Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@infobip-api/sdk", "version": "0.3.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:16:47.759093425Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "infobip-api-python-client", "version": "6.0.0", "released": "2026-01-22", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:16:50.542006553Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "infobip-api-python-sdk", "version": "5.0.1", "released": "2023-05-26", "seenAt": "2026-10-01T13:22:43.582658414Z" } ], "githubStars": 36, "npmWeekly": 10917, "pypiWeekly": 15911, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://infobip.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2030-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:09.798083274Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.infobip.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": false, "status": 404, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:34.358270889Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "infobip.com", "registered": "2003-10-16", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/infobip.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:32.73892323Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.infobip.com/sms/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:28.551954091Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b5e060a84bd2" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:49.716102865Z" } }, "answer": "WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Infobip API + MCP's 59.1 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Infobip API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "whatsapp-cloud-api", "name": "WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API)", "vendor": "Meta Platforms, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.facebook.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "messaging", "summary": "Meta's WhatsApp Business Platform Cloud API sends and receives WhatsApp messages for a business phone number through the Graph API, with inbound messages and status updates arriving by webhook. Access uses a Meta developer app and OAuth access tokens.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/whatsapp-cloud-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/whatsapp-cloud-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/whatsapp-cloud-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/whatsapp-cloud-api.json", "repo": "https://github.com/facebook/openapi", "license": "Proprietary service under the Meta Terms for WhatsApp Business Platform. The OpenAPI document in facebook/openapi is MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://graph.facebook.com", "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "Every call needs a Bearer access token from a Meta developer app with the WhatsApp use case. Access is self-serve for a business using its own account, with no App Review. A person creates the app, a business portfolio and a system user in Meta's dashboards, then generates a system user token with `whatsapp_business_messaging` and `whatsapp_business_management`. Apps that act for other businesses need Advanced access through App Review and onboard customers with Embedded Signup. Business verification raises the messaging limit above 250 recipients a day.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Charged per delivered message, by category (marketing, utility, authentication, service) and recipient country, with no platform or per-number fee found. Meta publishes rate cards as CSV and PDF in 16 currencies. We couldn't read the files, and the one rate we saw in prose is 0.68 US cents for a utility or authentication message to Brazil. Service messages are charged from 1 October 2026 per Meta's timeline. A test account and test number send without a payment method, so an agent can start without a contract (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the WhatsApp documentation, the llms.txt indexes, the pricing pages or the OpenAPI document (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/facebook/openapi/main/business-messaging-api_v23.0.yaml", "capabilities": [ "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.inbound" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage-based", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "whatsapp", "mcp", "sandbox", "status-page", "bug-bounty", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-11", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 201, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 34, "payments": 40, "reliability": 80, "schema": 82, "security": 67, "transparency": 82 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The first-party WhatsApp API has a public OpenAPI document, Markdown docs with llms.txt, numeric rate limits and a test number that sends without a payment method. Setup needs a person in three Meta dashboards, no idempotency key was found for sends, and Meta's terms restrict general-purpose AI assistants on the platform.", "bestFor": "The direct route to WhatsApp for a business messaging its own customers, with no reseller fee.", "strengths": [ "A test WhatsApp Business account and test number are created with the app and send template messages with no payment method on file", "OpenAPI 3.1 document under MIT in facebook/openapi (78 paths, 113 operations), plus llms.txt indexes and a Markdown copy of each docs page", "Limits are published with numbers, including 80 messages a second per number, 5,000 requests an hour per active account and one message every 6 seconds per recipient", "Message data is kept for at most 30 days, with local storage and no-storage options per phone number, and SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 reports for Cloud API", "Webhook payloads are signed with HMAC-SHA256 in `X-Hub-Signature-256`, and mutual TLS is available" ], "weaknesses": [ "A person has to create a Meta account, a developer app, a business portfolio and a system user in a browser before any token exists", "No idempotency key for message sends was found in the reviewed documentation or the OpenAPI document, so a retried send can reach the user twice", "Meta's pricing page says the 15 January 2026 terms permit general-purpose AI assistants only where Meta is legally required to allow them", "Outside the 24-hour customer service window only pre-approved templates can be sent, and a new business portfolio is limited to 250 recipients in 24 hours", "Meta archived its Node.js SDK, and the published OpenAPI document is pinned to v23.0 while the Graph API is at v26.0" ], "agentNotes": [ "Check when the user last wrote. Free-form messages are accepted only within 24 hours of the user's last message. After that, send an approved template.", "Record the message id from each send and match it to `messages` webhook statuses. Many failures arrive only by webhook, and no idempotency key was found.", "On error 130429 or 131056 wait and retry. Meta's guidance for the per-recipient limit is 4^X seconds, with X rising by one per failure.", "Verify `X-Hub-Signature-256` with the app secret on every webhook, and deduplicate, because failed deliveries are retried for up to 7 days.", "Request `health_status` on the phone number before a campaign to see whether the app, business, account, number and template can send." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 34, "payments": 40, "reliability": 80, "schema": 82, "security": 67, "transparency": 70 }, "provenanceScore": 94 }, "connect": { "http": "curl 'https://graph.facebook.com/v23.0/\u003cBUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID\u003e/messages' \\\n -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n -H 'Authorization: Bearer \u003cSYSTEM_USER_ACCESS_TOKEN\u003e' \\\n -d '{\"messaging_product\":\"whatsapp\",\"recipient_type\":\"individual\",\"to\":\"\u003cWHATSAPP_USER_PHONE_NUMBER\u003e\",\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":{\"body\":\"Hello!\"}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http whatsapp_business_tools https://mcp.facebook.com/whatsapp_business_tools" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/messaging.whatsapp", "tool": "https://letme.dev/whatsapp-cloud-api" }, "sameCompany": [ "meta-marketing-api" ], "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Utility or authentication template, Brazil", "unit": "message", "usd": 0.0068, "note": "the one rate quoted in prose on Meta's non-template pricing page. Rates vary by country and category, and the rate card files weren't read" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Meta Platforms, Inc.", "domain": "facebook.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-03-29", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.facebook.com/legal/Meta-Terms-for-WhatsApp-Business-Platform", "privacy": "https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/business-data-processing-terms", "statusPage": "https://metastatus.com/whatsapp-business-api", "changelog": "https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The API answers at graph.facebook.com and the MCP server at mcp.facebook.com, both facebook.com subdomains.", "www.whatsapp.com/legal/business-solution-terms and /legal/meta-terms-whatsapp-business both redirect to www.facebook.com/legal/Meta-Terms-for-WhatsApp-Business-Platform. That page and the Cloud API hosting terms at www.facebook.com/legal/WhatsApp-Business-Platform-Cloud-API render only with JavaScript, so their text wasn't read.", "The privacy field points at the WhatsApp Business Data Processing Terms (last updated 22 August 2025), which we read. Meta's docs name the Cloud API hosting terms as the other data document for Cloud API customers.", "The legal entity is taken from the copyright line of the MIT licence in facebook/openapi. The data processing terms name WhatsApp LLC and WhatsApp Ireland Limited as contracting entities.", "www.facebook.com/.well-known/security.txt and www.whatsapp.com/.well-known/security.txt name a contact, the bug bounty policy at bugbounty.meta.com and a disclosure policy, and expire on 7 November 2026.", "RDAP for facebook.com gives a registration date of 1997-03-29.", "The WhatsApp changelog's newest entry is 12 May 2026, and the one before it 8 December 2025." ], "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/whatsapp-cloud-api.json", "live": { "slug": "whatsapp-cloud-api", "probe": { "target": "https://graph.facebook.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:09:02.278184818Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 124, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 111, "p95ms24h": 124, "samples24h": 19, "samples30d": 19, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 19, "ok": 19 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://metastatus.com/whatsapp-business-api", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T17:51:19.274515472Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:37.55658412Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c1607719e42e" }, { "url": "https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/business-data-processing-terms", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:31:35.269938621Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3a883fb460c8" }, { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/legal/Meta-Terms-for-WhatsApp-Business-Platform", "kind": "terms", "status": 0, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:43.250256264Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "blockedByRobots": true } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:09:02.278184818Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Infobip", "b": "Meta Platforms, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.infobip.com", "b": "https://graph.facebook.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy)", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$0.0048 per message", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for messaging whatsapp" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under the Meta Terms for WhatsApp Business Platform. The OpenAPI document in facebook/openapi is MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.infobip/mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-09", "b": "2026-08-11", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-01-22", "b": "2025-08-22", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "36 stars, 18k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Infobip API + MCP's 59.1 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Infobip API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Infobip API + MCP or WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API)?" }, { "answer": "Infobip API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Infobip API + MCP and WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Infobip API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.infobip.com and WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) at https://graph.facebook.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Infobip API + MCP and WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 82", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 34" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that need many channels and countries from one vendor with tightly scoped keys, or that already use Infobip.", "slug": "infobip", "watchFor": "Europe-wide traffic processing degraded on 2026-08-10 (about 1 hour) and 2026-08-15 (about 3 hours)" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 80 against 43", "Agent ergonomics, 67 against 56", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 25", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 76" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "The direct route to WhatsApp for a business messaging its own customers, with no reseller fee.", "slug": "whatsapp-cloud-api", 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/infobip.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/infobip.json\n- WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API): grade B, 67.1/100, rank #201 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/whatsapp-cloud-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/whatsapp-cloud-api.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Infobip API + MCP (C)\n\nGood for: Teams that need many channels and countries from one vendor with tightly scoped keys, or that already use Infobip.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 82\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 34\n\nWatch for: Europe-wide traffic processing degraded on 2026-08-10 (about 1 hour) and 2026-08-15 (about 3 hours)\n\n### WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) (B)\n\nGood for: The direct route to WhatsApp for a business messaging its own customers, with no reseller fee.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 43\n- Agent ergonomics, 67 against 56\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 25\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 76\n\nWatch for: A person has to create a Meta account, a developer app, a business portfolio and a system user in a browser before any token exists\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Infobip API + MCP | WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 43 | 80 | WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) +37 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 82 | Infobip API + MCP +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 67 | WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 67 | 67 | even |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 40 | WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 34 | Infobip API + MCP +26 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 82 | WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **59.1 · C** | **67.1 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Infobip API + MCP | WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Infobip | Meta Platforms, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.infobip.com` | `https://graph.facebook.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| Price for messaging whatsapp | $0.0048 per message | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under the Meta Terms for WhatsApp Business Platform. The OpenAPI document in facebook/openapi is MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.infobip/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-08-11 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-01-22 | 2025-08-22 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 36 stars, 18k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Infobip API + MCP.** API keys with scopes, expiry dates and IP allowlists, and OAuth 2.1 on the MCP servers. Europe-wide traffic processing degraded on 2026-08-10 (about 1 hour) and 2026-08-15 (about 3 hours).\n\n**WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API).** The first-party WhatsApp API has a public OpenAPI document, Markdown docs with llms.txt, numeric rate limits and a test number that sends without a payment method. Setup needs a person in three Meta dashboards, no idempotency key was found for sends, and Meta's terms restrict general-purpose AI assistants on the platform.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Infobip API + MCP\n\n1. Use the account's own base URL (\u003csubdomain\u003e.api.infobip.com), not a generic host\n2. Connect only the MCP server for the channel you need, the RCS server alone has 27 tools\n3. Create a key with only the scopes the agent needs and an expiry date\n4. Send trial messages from ServiceSMS to verified numbers only (up to 5)\n\n### WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API)\n\n1. Check when the user last wrote. Free-form messages are accepted only within 24 hours of the user's last message. After that, send an approved template.\n2. Record the message id from each send and match it to `messages` webhook statuses. Many failures arrive only by webhook, and no idempotency key was found.\n3. On error 130429 or 131056 wait and retry. Meta's guidance for the per-recipient limit is 4^X seconds, with X rising by one per failure.\n4. Verify `X-Hub-Signature-256` with the app secret on every webhook, and deduplicate, because failed deliveries are retried for up to 7 days.\n5. Request `health_status` on the phone number before a campaign to see whether the app, business, account, number and template can send.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Infobip API + MCP or WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API)?\n\nWhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Infobip API + MCP's 59.1 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Infobip API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Infobip API + MCP and WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) need an API key?\n\nInfobip API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Infobip API + MCP and WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) without installing anything?\n\nYes. Infobip API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.infobip.com and WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) at https://graph.facebook.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infobip-vs-whatsapp-cloud-api.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/infobip-vs-whatsapp-cloud-api.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"infobip\", \"b\": \"whatsapp-cloud-api\"}`. 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