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Relay

A WhatsApp gateway for your app.

Deploy Relay Estimate cost

Status

Soon

Needs Workers Paid

No

Estimated monthly cost

$0/mo

Replaces

Twilio

from $40/mo

How it runs on Cloudflare

Request Workers Queues D1
  • WorkersWebhook in, message out.
  • QueuesRetries failed deliveries.
  • D1Message log.

Compared

Compared onTwilioSaaSEvolution API on a VPSSelf-hosted sampleRelayFlareyard on Cloudflare
Monthly costfrom $40$10 + your time$0.00 est.
Who holds your dataThey doYouYou
Servers to runNoneOne, at leastNone
ScalingPlan tiersResize by handAutomatic
UpdatesForced on youYou patchPull requests
Your agent can change itNoYes, you deployYes, tests gate it

Same

  • Send and receive
  • Templates
  • Webhooks

Different

  • No always-on gateway box
  • Retries via Queues
  • Your agent can add an integration

What it costs you

10k

Estimated monthly cost

$0.00/mo

Fits the free plan

Workers20k requests$0.00
Queues30k operations$0.00
D110k rows written · 30k rows read$0.00

Prices: Cloudflare's published rates, checked 2026-10-16 (Workers, Queues, D1). Usage per action is a sample.

What it creates in your account

  • Workers
  • Queues
  • D1

What it asks Cloudflare for, and why

workers-platform.writeDeploy the webhook Worker.Requiredqueues.writeRetry failed deliveries.Required

Scope names are illustrative until the OAuth scope list is final.

Shape it

Ask your agent, in your own copy of Relay:

› Forward order updates from Stripe webhooks as WhatsApp messages.

Updates

Each release arrives as a pull request. Sample history.

  • v0.3.0Template messages.

Screens

Messages
Templates
Delivery log

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