# Periskope, $35 monthly: WhatsApp number check API

> Custom APIs and Webhooks for WhatsApp groups, chats and numbers (no Business API required)

Periskope's Pro plan lets you call the WhatsApp number check API. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. Periskope's docs list 1: On WhatsApp.
You pay $35 a month. Periskope limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
We haven't run a WhatsApp number check API benchmark yet.
This plan costs $35 a month. We rank 99 plans for WhatsApp number check APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.20 or less per 1,000 phones.
[ZelNum's $500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/zelnum/500-pack-pay-as-you-go-500-top-up-post-detect/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 phones: $0.043. [Wawp's €39 yearly plan](https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/wawp/39-yearly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 phones a month: about $3.66.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/periskope/35-monthly
- Get it: https://periskope.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whatsapp-number-check-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.periskope.app/v1/contacts/check`
- API key: with the plan, on https://periskope.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whatsapp-number-check-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.periskope.app/api-reference/contacts/check-contact?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whatsapp-number-check-api-pricing
- Sold by: Periskope (https://periskope.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whatsapp-number-check-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- On WhatsApp: ✓

## Price

- Per: call
- Billing: monthly
- $ a month: $35

## Charges

- Also pays for: 100 other Periskope calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Custom APIs and Webhooks for WhatsApp groups, chats and numbers (no Business API required)

## Data

- Freshness: live
- What it checks: messaging apps
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $35

## Rate limit

- Per second: 100

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: contact_ids. Optional: x-phone
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/contacts/check

## About the plan

- Plan: Pro
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over

## The 2 fields the plan's answer can hold

contact ID, registered on WhatsApp

## Periskope's plans (3)

- [Periskope, $35 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/periskope/35-monthly/llms.txt): 17% complete, live
- [Periskope, $300 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/periskope/300-yearly/llms.txt): 17% complete, live
- [Periskope, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/periskope/contact-us/llms.txt): 17% complete, live

## Periskope's calls (1)

- `POST /v1/contacts/check`: [Periskope, $35 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/periskope/35-monthly/llms.txt)

## Periskope's APIs (1)

- [Periskope WhatsApp number check API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/periskope/35-monthly/llms.txt)

## Periskope: WhatsApp number check API alternatives

[Periskope alternatives: other WhatsApp number check API providers by price](https://datacircle.dev/periskope-alternatives.txt)

We list other providers' plans billed monthly. These plans come closest to this plan in number of key fields. Each plan in the list gives live data.

- [Tamz, R$497 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/tamz/r-497-monthly/llms.txt): 33% complete, live
- [WSAPI, $5 monthly, Single Instance, GET /users/{phone}/check](https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/wsapi/5-monthly-single-instance-get-users-phone-check/llms.txt): 17% complete, live
- [Fonnte, $2.50 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/fonnte/2-50-monthly/llms.txt): 17% complete, live
- [MegaAPI, R$69.90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/check-whatsapp-apis/megaapi/r-69-90-monthly/llms.txt): 17% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-09.

- https://docs.periskope.app/api-reference/authorization?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whatsapp-number-check-api-pricing
- https://docs.periskope.app/api-reference/contacts/check-contact?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whatsapp-number-check-api-pricing
- https://periskope.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whatsapp-number-check-api-pricing
- https://periskope.app/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whatsapp-number-check-api-pricing