wa2tg.app vs Z-API
Short answer: Z-API and wa2tg.app are different kinds of tools. Z-API is a Brazilian WhatsApp API service. You pay a monthly fee per WhatsApp instance, link your own number by QR code and receive messages through webhooks. It is made for developers and agencies building integrations. Bridging to Telegram is not a feature: you would have to code it.
wa2tg.app is a hosted, no-code WhatsApp ↔ Telegram bridge: you connect one WhatsApp group to one Telegram group on this website in about 2 minutes, and every message is mirrored both ways, live, with media. No server, no QR code, no code, and your own WhatsApp number is never linked to anything.
Side by side
| wa2tg.app | Z-API | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Hosted WhatsApp ↔ Telegram bridge, ready to use | WhatsApp API for developers (Brazil) |
| Setup | About 2 minutes on the website, no code | Create instance, QR link, then a developer connects webhooks to Telegram |
| Runs on your number? | No. Our number joins your group as a member | Yes. Your number is linked by QR |
| Ban risk for your number | None for you | Exists: unofficial client on your own number |
| Telegram side | Included, both directions | Not included |
| Media | Photos, videos, voice notes, documents | Available through the API; you handle it in code |
| Price | Free plan (100 msgs/day, no card); $20 or $50 per month, one-time | Monthly subscription per instance, plus developer time |
When Z-API is the better choice
Z-API makes sense for a company that already has developers and wants to plug WhatsApp into its own systems (CRM, order flow, chatbot). For a group that simply needs to exist on both WhatsApp and Telegram, wa2tg is cheaper and needs nobody technical.
How wa2tg.app works (3 steps)
- Open wa2tg.app/start, name your Telegram group and click Start free. We create the Telegram group and show a short code.
- Add our number +61 468 332 437 to your WhatsApp group (existing or new) and paste the code there.
- Done: messages flow both ways, with photos, videos, voice notes and documents. In groups with more than 2 people, every mirrored message shows the sender's name.
Other comparisons: Evolution API · GREEN-API · Beeper · watgbridge · Zapier / Make · Twilio / WHAPI · WHAMetrics · Pricing
FAQ
Not out of the box. Z-API gives you WhatsApp webhooks; connecting them to Telegram requires code and hosting. wa2tg.app already does the whole job, both directions.
No. You name your Telegram group on the site, add our number to your WhatsApp group and paste a code. That is the whole setup.
No. There is a free plan and one-time payments ($20 or $50 for one month). Nothing renews by itself.
Mirror a WhatsApp group and a Telegram group, both ways. Free to use: 100 msgs/day for 30 days, then 20/day. Need more? $20 (500/day) — one-time, no subscription.
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