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title: "What is a WhatsApp Tech Provider?"
description: "A WhatsApp Tech Provider is a software company that onboards clients to the WhatsApp Business Platform via Embedded Signup, without a Meta credit line."
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# What is a WhatsApp Tech Provider?

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**Short answer:** A WhatsApp Tech Provider is a software company, approved by Meta, that onboards its own clients to the WhatsApp Business Platform through Embedded Signup. Unlike a Solution Partner (the old BSP label), it has no credit line, so each client adds a payment method and pays Meta directly for messages while the Tech Provider bills only for its own software.

## How do the partner types differ?

| Role | Credit line | How clients pay for messages |
|---|---|---|
| Solution Partner (BSP) | Yes, can extend to clients | Via the partner's credit line, invoiced by the partner |
| Tech Provider | No | Client adds a payment method; Meta bills the client |
| Tech Partner | No | As for Tech Providers |

## How do you become a Tech Provider?

Meta publishes no fixed time for these reviews, so do not promise clients a go-live date before approval.

1. Create the app with the WhatsApp use case and connect a business portfolio.
2. Verify your business with Meta.
3. Prepare App Review: app settings, a video of a message sent from your app and a video of creating a template.
4. Request advanced access to whatsapp_business_messaging and whatsapp_business_management.
5. Build and test Embedded Signup, then onboard clients.

## Tech Provider or build on a partner?

- Become a Tech Provider when WhatsApp is core to your product and you have engineering capacity.
- Build on a Solution Partner for a lower engineering load and, where offered, one invoice.
- A multi-partner solution lets both share client assets, with charges on the Solution Partner's credit line.

## Official sources

- [WhatsApp Business Platform: partner types and solution providers, Meta for Developers](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/solution-providers)
- [Get started for Tech Providers, Meta for Developers](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/solution-providers/get-started-for-tech-providers)
- [Embedded Signup overview, Meta for Developers](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/embedded-signup/overview)

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Updated: 2026-11-06