WhatsApp & iMessage flat rate for GoHighLevel

WhatsApp & iMessage. At a flat rate.

No per-message fees – not even from Meta. While the official WhatsApp Business API bills every template message individually, Phone Connector connects your own number by QR code for a fixed price per number. Your team chats in the CRM inbox, workflows send automatically.

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  • Fixed price per number – no per-message fees, not even from Meta
  • No Meta verification, no template approval
  • Hosted in Germany

Flat rate instead of per-message billing

Every message costs you: nothing extra.

With the official WhatsApp Business API, Meta charges every marketing and utility template individually – on top of the provider's fee. With Phone Connector you pay a fixed price per number, no matter how much your team writes.

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Replies within 24 hours of a customer message are free with the official API too.

Official API: Meta fees–per month, plus the platform provider's fee
Phone Connector–per month and number – messages included
Official WhatsApp Business APIPhone Connector
Cost per messageMeta charges every template message (marketing approx. €0.11, utility approx. €0.05 in Germany)€0 – fixed price per number
Base feeusually monthly with the platform provider, depending on provider and plannone – just the price per channel
SetupMeta Business account, verification, template approvalscan a QR code, about 1 minute
Numbernew or migrated number for the APIyour existing number, phone keeps working
iMessage & SMSnot includedincluded (via Mac or Android phone)
Large campaignsbuilt for it; sending limits depend on Meta's quality ratingpossible with sending limits – ban risk with bulk messaging remains

Meta prices according to current price overviews for Germany (October 2026, without guarantee; they vary by recipient country and volume). Phone Connector does not use an official Meta interface; for very large marketing campaigns the official API is the safer choice.

Channels

Three channels. Your own numbers.

No new number, no SMS provider in between: Phone Connector uses the WhatsApp account, Apple ID and SIM card you already have.

WhatsApp

Linked device, like WhatsApp Web

Scan a QR code in the app and your existing number is connected. Your phone keeps working as usual.

  • Personal or business app
  • Images, videos, voice messages, documents
  • Delivered and read status
  • Pairing code if you only have your phone at hand

Unofficial connection – not the WhatsApp Business Platform. Avoid bulk messages to people who don't know you.

iMessage

Through a Mac with your Apple ID

A small bridge on a Mac that stays switched on – your own or a rented cloud Mac – sends and receives iMessages for the CRM.

  • Blue bubbles to iPhone users
  • Read receipts (if the recipient sends them)
  • Photos converted for the CRM
  • Set up with one Terminal command

Requires a Mac (macOS 12 or later) signed in with the same Apple ID as your iPhone.

SMS

Through your Android phone – or iPhone

Our free Android app turns an Android phone with your SIM into the SMS sender for your CRM. Alternatively via your iPhone and Mac.

  • Your own number and mobile plan
  • Usable as the CRM's SMS provider – also for workflows
  • Dual SIM
  • Texts written on the phone appear in the CRM

The Android app is installed directly from our server (not from the Play Store). Text only, no MMS.

No WhatsApp? The message still arrives.

If a number has no WhatsApp, the contact is tagged “No WhatsApp” and the message goes out via iMessage instead – or as a text message if no Mac is connected.

WhatsAppiMessageSMS

WhatsApp, iMessage, Apple and Android are trademarks of their respective owners. Phone Connector is not affiliated with Meta, Apple or Google.

The problem

Your customers write on their phones. Your CRM doesn't see it.

A WhatsApp here, an iMessage there, a text to someone's work phone – and the CRM only knows about the emails. Context gets lost between colleagues.

The result: questions asked twice, follow-ups forgotten, and automations that can't reach customers where they actually reply.

Phone Connector changes that.

Your messenger channels and GoHighLevel stay connected – in both directions.

Your phonePhone ConnectorGoHighLevel
  • WhatsApp on a work phoneMissing
  • iMessageMissing
  • SMSMissing
  • Voice messageMissing
  • Email in the CRMVisible

Product

Your team chats in the CRM. Your customers stay in their messenger.

Phone Connector runs in the background and makes sure every message ends up on the right contact – and every reply goes out on the right channel.

Flat rate in the normal inbox

All conversations run in the existing inbox on the contact – no counters, no per-message fees. Unknown numbers become new contacts.

fixed price per number

Choose the channel when replying

In the contact's message box your team picks email, SMS, WhatsApp or iMessage. Replies go out from your own number.

WhatsApp · iMessage · SMS

Automatic fallback

No WhatsApp on that number? The contact gets the tag “No WhatsApp” and the message is sent via iMessage or SMS.

WhatsApp → iMessage → SMS

Voice messages as text

Optional: voice messages are transcribed on our own server in Germany and shown below the recording – no external AI provider.

optional, per channel

Read status in both directions

Delivered and read receipts show up in the CRM. Answered on the phone? The conversation is marked as read in the CRM too.

WhatsApp & iMessage

Sending limits you control

For workflows and campaigns: first contacts per day, messages per hour and batches with pauses. Messages typed in the chat always go out immediately.

queued, not dropped

Illustration: a WhatsApp conversation in GoHighLevel and the Phone Connector page inside the sub-account.

And the details that matter

  • Several numbers per sub-accountPersonal numbers per user or shared numbers for the team; one default for workflows.
  • Workflow action“Send message” via WhatsApp, iMessage or SMS – e.g. appointment reminders.
  • Opt-out with STOPContacts who reply “STOP” get an opt-out tag and are skipped by workflows.
  • Optional consent checkWorkflows only send to contacts with the “Messenger Opt-in” tag, if you switch it on.
  • Media up to 5 MBImages, videos, voice messages and documents are passed to the CRM.
  • OverviewPending, sent, delivered, read and received messages – per channel and in total.
  • Message logTime, numbers and status of every message – no content. Retention 7–365 days.
  • Disconnect alertsAdmins are notified by email if a channel stays disconnected for more than 15 minutes.
  • White-label for agenciesYour own product and platform name, support address and prices – your clients see your brand.
  • English, German, SpanishThe CRM app and the Android app speak your users' language.
  • Assign contacts to the ownerNew contacts via a personal number are assigned to the right user automatically.
  • DPA in the appConfirm the data processing agreement during setup and download it at any time.

How it works

Set up once. Then just keep chatting.

No new number, no developer, no AI subscription of your own.

  1. 1

    Install in GoHighLevel

    Add Phone Connector to your sub-account. It opens directly in the CRM menu; an admin confirms the company details once.

  2. 2

    Scan the QR code

    In WhatsApp go to Linked devices → Link a device and scan the code. Optionally connect a Mac for iMessage or an Android phone for SMS.

  3. 3

    Choose who uses it

    Assign a number to a user or share it with the team. Set sending limits for workflows if you like.

  4. 4

    Reply from the CRM

    Messages appear on the contact. Your team replies in the message box – on the channel the customer prefers.

The difference

Customers reply where they like. Your CRM still has the whole story.

WhatsApp from the work phone, an iMessage to the boss, a text to the office – Phone Connector brings everything together on one contact. Answered on the phone? It's in the CRM as well.

Group chats and status updates are not transferred.

Use cases

Made for teams whose customers prefer to text.

Service businesses

Appointments, quotes and questions on WhatsApp – visible for the whole team, not just on one phone.

Sales teams

Follow up on the channel the lead actually uses, with the full history right in the contact.

Reminders & follow-ups

Workflow messages via WhatsApp or SMS – with sending limits, opt-out and consent check.

GoHighLevel agencies

Offer your clients WhatsApp, iMessage and SMS on their own numbers – white-label, every sub-account strictly separated.

Your branding, your price

Privacy

Built for European privacy expectations.

Messages are personal data. Here is exactly how Phone Connector handles them – without buzzwords.

Hosted in Germany

The service and the transcription run on our servers in a data centre in Germany.

No message storage

Message content is processed in memory and passed straight to the CRM. Outgoing messages are stored encrypted only until they are sent.

Transcription without AI providers

Voice messages are transcribed by our own speech recognition on the same server – nothing is sent to OpenAI, Google or similar.

Encrypted access

WhatsApp logins and keys are encrypted with AES-256-GCM; device access for Mac and Android is stored only as a hash.

Strict sub-account separation

Each sub-account is its own tenant, enforced by database row-level security and covered by automated tests.

You control retention

The log stores metadata only (time, numbers, status). Retention 7–365 days, delete any time; uninstalling deletes everything.

A data processing agreement (GDPR Art. 28) is confirmed in the app before the first channel and can be downloaded at any time.

Pricing

One flat rate per number. Messages included.

Each connected channel – WhatsApp number, iMessage or SMS phone – costs a fixed amount, billed through your sub-account wallet. No per-message fees, no Meta charges.

7 days free

$9 per number per month – messages included

Or $90 per channel per year. No base fee, no minimum term: remove channels at any time.

Included

  • No per-message fees – neither from us nor from Meta
  • Images, videos, voice messages included
  • Fallback, sending limits and opt-out
  • Overview and message log
Get started

Get started

No more paying per message. WhatsApp and iMessage at a flat rate.

Install the app, connect your own number by QR code and chat as much as your team needs – at a fixed price.

  • Keep your number and your phone
  • Set up inside GoHighLevel
  • 7-day free trial

$9 per number per month – messages included

or $90 per number per year

The first 7 days are free. No base fee.

Get started

Installed via the HighLevel Marketplace and billed through your sub-account wallet. Your mobile plan stays with your carrier.

FAQ

Questions & answers

Missing something? Write to us – we're happy to help.

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What exactly does flat rate mean?
You pay a fixed amount per connected number or channel. There is no fee per message – neither from us nor from Meta – whether your team writes 100 or 10,000 messages a month. Sending is only limited by your own sending limits, which are meant to protect your number from a WhatsApp ban.
Is this the official WhatsApp Business API?
No. Your number is connected as a linked device, like WhatsApp Web. That means no Meta verification, no template approval and no per-message fees – but it is not an official Meta product. For large marketing campaigns we recommend the official WhatsApp Business Platform.
Can my WhatsApp number be banned?
Yes, there is always a risk – especially with messages to people who haven't consented, many first contacts in a short time or many reports. Phone Connector gives you sending limits, batches, opt-out handling and a consent check. We recommend a low rate, especially for new numbers. There is no guarantee.
Do I need a Mac?
Only for iMessage. WhatsApp runs entirely on our server, and SMS can go through an Android phone with our free Android app.
Does my phone have to stay online?
Not for WhatsApp – it works like WhatsApp Web. WhatsApp signs linked devices out after about 14 days without the phone connecting. The Mac (iMessage) and the Android phone (SMS) have to stay on and connected.
Where do the messages appear?
In the normal Conversations inbox, on the contact. There is no separate WhatsApp area. In the message box your team picks email, SMS, WhatsApp or iMessage.
Can AI agents reply?
Messages arrive as normal CRM conversations, so the CRM's own AI agents can work with them – please check the current HighLevel documentation for which channels your agent supports. With transcription switched on, voice messages are available as text too.
Is it GDPR compliant?
Hosting and transcription are in Germany, message content isn't stored, and a data processing agreement is part of the setup. You remain responsible for consent – e.g. for marketing messages.
What does it cost?
$9 per number per month or $90 per year, billed through your sub-account wallet. Messages are included – no per-message fees. The first 7 days are free.
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