green-api.com

What It Is

GREEN-API is an instant messaging API gateway built mainly around WhatsApp, WhatsApp Business API (WABA), Telegram, MAX, and the MAX BOT API. It supports sending and receiving text, images, videos, audio, documents, contacts, locations, group messages, and statuses via API. It is not an email platform, and the available material does not show SMS or voice outbound calling capabilities, so it is better categorized as an IM communication API.

Core Capabilities

From a developer integration perspective, GREEN-API offers fairly detailed documentation, including an HTTP API, Webhook Endpoint, Long Polling, Postman/Apidog collections, and SDKs for Python, Go, Java, PHP, Node.js, HTML5, 1C, C++, and more. Its feature set covers message sending, inbound notifications, queues, logs, contacts, avatars, groups, status statistics, and phone number existence checks, with a file size limit of 100MB. It also provides GPT chatbot examples and integrations with Make, Zapier, Slack, n8n, Rocket.chat, Zabbix, MS Excel, and other tools, making it friendly for developers and automation use cases.

Pricing and Performance

Pricing includes a free developer plan: WhatsApp API Developer at 0 rubles/month, Business at 690 rubles/month, Chatbot at 960 rubles/month, and Partner at 23 rubles/day. Telegram/MAX also offer a 0 ₽ developer tier and a 690 ₽/month commercial tier. WABA is billed by country and message category; in the example, Armenia has a monthly fee of 100 USD, marketing messages cost 0.0988 USD each, and transactional/authentication messages cost 0.0153 USD each. On performance, the page claims a 100% SLA and mentions system uptime, unlimited message volume, and delivery/read status statistics. The MAX BOT API lists a limit of 30 rps. However, the main content does not provide real delivery rates, latency figures, or multi-region node data.

Pros and Cons

The main advantages are low entry cost, rich SDKs and documentation, support for multiple IM channels, and a white-label partner model. Its WABA offering also emphasizes the official Business API, which may help reduce account-ban risks compared with gray-market WhatsApp integrations. The drawbacks are that the pages are mainly in Russian, so Chinese teams may need translation; non-WABA WhatsApp gateways are presented alongside official WABA, so businesses should clarify their own compliance requirements; and information on security certifications, data residency, GDPR, and related topics is not disclosed.

Who It’s For and Access from China

GREEN-API is suitable for SaaS companies, CRM platforms, customer support systems, cross-border marketing teams, and bot projects with technical teams, especially businesses that need WhatsApp/WABA automation. Access from mainland China is not discussed in the main content. WhatsApp and Telegram themselves are generally not directly and reliably usable in mainland China, so real-world deployment may require network planning and evaluation of local alternatives. If targeting Chinese users, WeCom, DingTalk, Feishu, or SMS providers may be more suitable; if targeting overseas customers, it can be compared with Twilio, MessageBird, Vonage, 360dialog, or Meta’s official platform.