What is the difference between a Solution Partner and a Tech Provider?
Solution Partners are Meta Business Partners with credit lines, so they can invoice clients for Meta's message charges themselves. Tech Providers offer the same kind of service without a credit line, so their clients add their own payment method, Meta bills them for API usage, and the Tech Provider bills for its software.
Meta also describes Tech Partners: Tech Providers who are, or can become, Meta Business Partners.
Do you need a BSP to use the WhatsApp API?
Not strictly. A business with its own developers can use Meta's Cloud API directly. Most small and mid-sized businesses use a provider instead, because it handles sign-up, templates, the team inbox, automation and support, which would otherwise mean building and maintaining your own software.
How do you choose a WhatsApp API provider?
Compare the full monthly cost, including add-ons and per-user fees, what the AI actually does, which channels and lead sources connect, how Meta's message charges are billed and what setup help you get. Read each provider's own pricing page and note the date you checked it, because prices change.
Our comparisons with AiSensy, WATI, Interakt and Gallabox use prices from each vendor's own page, with the date checked.
How does Rainmaqer AI handle this?
Rainmaqer AI gives you the official WhatsApp Business API, set up during onboarding, with Sid and all six AI agents in one plan. Meta's message charges are billed separately at actuals from a prepaid wallet.
Rainmaqer AI is ₹1,999/month billed yearly or ₹2,999/month billed quarterly, plus GST. See pricing.
Sources
Checked on 25 Oct 2026. Meta updates these pages often, so check them for the latest detail.
- Meta: Partners (Solution Partners and Tech Providers)
- Meta: Pricing on the WhatsApp Business Platform
Frequently asked questions
What is Rainmaqer AI's setup?
Rainmaqer AI runs on the official WhatsApp Business API and sets it up for you during onboarding. Ask us on WhatsApp if you need details of the partner setup for your account.
Are Meta's charges the same with every provider?
Meta sets its per-message rates by category and country. Providers either pass them on at actuals or add a markup, so check each pricing page. Rainmaqer AI bills Meta's charges at actuals from a prepaid wallet.
Can I change providers later?
Yes. Meta lets a number move between providers. Plan the move with both of them so templates, contacts and billing move cleanly and there's no gap in service.
Is a BSP the same as a CRM or chatbot tool?
No. A BSP or Solution Partner gives you API access. Many providers, Rainmaqer AI included, add software on top, such as an inbox, AI agents, broadcasts and a deal pipeline.