What counts as a customer engaged?
- One you actually talk with that month: they message you, or your workspace reaches out with an answer, a follow-up, a win-back, or a reply you send yourself. Each one counts once, however long the conversation runs and however many messages it takes, and the same person across two channels is still one customer. Your stored contacts, campaign deliveries nobody replied to, opted-out or blocked contacts, and your own team's numbers never count.
How does billing work, and is there a discount for paying yearly?
- Every price on this page is a month of service. The yearly option is twelve of them paid up front, and it costs ~20% less than the same year paid one month at a time. Monthly billing carries no commitment and is charged at the start of each cycle.
Is there a free trial or a self-serve signup?
- Yes. Signing up is free, and from Billing inside your workspace you can start a seven-day free trial of the plan you pick. A card is required, nothing is charged when you start, and the exact conversion date is shown up front; cancel any time before it and you pay nothing. Multi-outlet businesses and Enterprise start with a conversation instead.
Does sending a campaign use up my customers?
- No. Delivering a campaign does not count anybody. It draws on your message balance for the Meta fees, and that is all. If someone replies, the conversation that follows counts, because that is a conversation worth having.
What happens if I go over my size?
- You get notices at 80% and again at 90%, while there is still room, and at your limit Otobiz simply pauses replies to NEW customers, and conversations already underway keep going, with new messages waiting safely in your inbox. Your size is a firm limit rather than a meter: nothing is ever charged beyond your plan. To reply to new customers again you move up a size, or you let the month reset. Billing shows the exact list of customers that counted.
Are there per-user charges?
- No. Every plan includes up to five team members with no per-user charge and no setup fee, so adding people changes nothing on your bill. If your team is bigger than five, talk to us and we will size it with you.
What do I pay Meta?
- Meta charges for some of the WhatsApp messages your business starts, priced by message type and by the country the message is delivered to. Answering a customer inside the 24 hour window after they message you carries no Meta fee. Promotional messages you choose to send do, at the rate Meta publishes.
Can I change plan or size later?
- Yes, either one, at any time. Moving up takes effect immediately, so you get the features the moment you need them, with the difference prorated. Moving down is never blocked and takes effect on your next cycle, so you keep every day you already paid for. Growing your customer numbers moves your size on the plan you are already on, so you change plan only when you decide you want Otobiz to do a new job.
Do I get moved to a pricier plan as I grow?
- No. More customers moves your size, not your plan. The plans are jobs, not capacity, so nothing about growing pushes you up the ladder. Above 20,000 customers a month we size an Enterprise plan with you.
Does the price per customer fall as my volume rises?
- Yes. The price rises more slowly than your customer numbers do, so every step up costs less per customer than the step below it. On Standard paid for a year up front, that runs from $0.20 for each customer at 500 a month to $0.05 at 20,000. Growth and Scale fall the same way, and so does monthly billing.
What does another outlet cost?
- $79 a month, flat, for each outlet after the first, up to 10. Past 10 we size an Enterprise plan with you. The number of outlets never decides which plan you are on.
Can my bill run away in a busy month?
- No, and there are three separate reasons. The software price stops at your chosen size: it is a firm limit, not a meter, so at the limit Otobiz pauses new-customer replies rather than billing you, and a busy month never adds a charge you did not choose by moving up a size. Message fees run from a balance you load, so an empty balance means no paid sends go out. Ad budget sits on your own ad account, so that spend never passes through us.
Do you take a cut of my ad spend?
- No. Ad budget sits on your own connected ad account, so it never passes through Otobiz, and nothing is placed without your approval.
Does answering a customer cost extra?
- No. Reading and answering a message a customer sent you carries no charge from Otobiz, and no Meta fee inside the 24 hour window. A month with more conversations than usual moves your size, and each size costs less per customer.
Can we start on one channel and add more later?
- Yes, and adding a channel is not a pricing event on our side. Telegram and chat on your own website carry no per-message platform charge at all, which makes them a sensible place to start.
What happens to our WhatsApp number and our data if we leave?
- The WhatsApp Business Account, the number, the message templates, and the opt-ins are connected through your own Meta business and stay with you. Your contacts, conversations, and knowledge base belong to your workspace and can be exported at any time. Deleting the workspace removes its data and disconnects its channels.