# Nodium vs Wati: an API gateway or a ready-made inbox

Wati and Nodium answer two different needs. Wati is a ready-made product for support and marketing teams: a shared inbox, chatbots and campaigns, from €59 a month. Nodium is an API gateway for developers: it carries WhatsApp messages to and from your own code, and starts free.

## Two different products

|  | Nodium | Wati |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Made for | Developers and software publishers | Support and marketing teams |
| What you get | REST API, signed webhooks, SDK, CLI | Shared inbox, chatbots, campaigns, integrations |
| Entry price | €0 (Build), then €19 a month (Launch) | €59 a month, billed yearly (Growth) |
| Users | Not a pricing unit | 3 on Growth, 5 on Pro and Business; extra users €39 to €89 a month |
| Extra number | €8 a month (Launch), €4 (Scale) | €29 a month |
| API and webhooks | On every plan, the free one included | 10,000 API calls a month and no webhooks on Growth |
| Who writes the replies | Your code | Your team, a chatbot or an AI agent inside Wati |

## When Wati fits better

- Your team answers customers by hand and needs an inbox today, without writing code.
- You want chatbots, campaigns and a Shopify integration ready to switch on.

## When Nodium fits better

- WhatsApp is a feature of your own product: the conversation must live in your application, with your data and your rules.
- You connect many customers' numbers and pay per number, not per seat.
- You need webhooks and the full API from the first day, on the free plan too.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does Nodium include an inbox like Wati?

No. Nodium's console shows conversations so you can check what your code sends and receives, but Nodium is not a helpdesk: it has no agent assignment, no chatbot builder and no AI replies.

## Sources

- [Wati — Pricing](https://www.wati.io/pricing/)
- [Nodium — Pricing](https://nodium.io/en/pricing)

Updated 2026-11-10 · https://nodium.io/en/compare/wati