AI Craft Technologies

ACT WhatsApp Engine
Your business lives on WhatsApp. Now automate it.

A self-hosted WhatsApp gateway that sends, replies and sells for you — order confirmations, catalogs, broadcasts and 24/7 AI answers, all from your own number. No Twilio meter, no per-message tax, no vendor holding your customers hostage.

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2B+
people on WhatsApp

messages / month
100%
self-hosted
0
per-message fees
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Managed hosting included

This engine runs as an always-on service, so it can’t live on ordinary shared web hosting — it needs a dedicated, always-on server. We host and manage that for you on our own infrastructure: updates, uptime monitoring and backups are all part of the service. Nothing for you to set up or keep running.

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The "official" WhatsApp tax

The mainstream way onto WhatsApp bleeds you on every conversation — and never lets you own the pipe.

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Metered per conversation

Twilio and the big BSPs bill you for every 24-hour session. Talk to more customers, pay more — forever.

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Template approval hell

Every message pre-approved by committee. Miss a format and your campaign is dead on arrival.

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You never own the number

Your chats, contacts and history live on their cloud. Leave, and your customer relationships vanish with them.

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Built for them, not you

You rent a slice of someone else’s platform and hand your data to a middleman on every single send.

Why the ACT WhatsApp Engine

We put the whole channel back in your hands

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Self-hosted & 100% yours

Runs on your own server, tied to your own WhatsApp number. You own the gateway, the chat history and every contact — nobody in the middle.

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AI answers, day and night

Wire it to our AI engine and it replies in your brand voice — qualifies leads, answers FAQs and books orders while you sleep.

One flat engine, unlimited sends

No per-message meter. Broadcast to thousands, run drip flows and confirm every order without watching a billing counter tick.

Everything it does

A full WhatsApp suite — not just a "send" button

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Send & auto-reply

Text, buttons and instant replies triggered by keywords or intent.

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Media & documents

Images, video, PDFs, invoices and voice notes delivered natively.

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Order & catalog flows

Show products, take orders and fire confirmations straight into your CRM.

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Broadcasts & drips

Segmented campaigns and multi-step follow-ups to opted-in contacts.

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Groups & channels

Automate group posting and one-to-many WhatsApp Channels at scale.

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Polls & buttons

Interactive polls and quick-reply buttons for fast, tappable answers.

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Inbound routing

Route incoming chats by topic to the right person, mailbox or bot.

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n8n & webhooks

Every message in or out can trigger your own automation flows.

Flagship features

The features that turn WhatsApp into a growth engine

Three standouts your customers already know how to use — now working for you, automatically.

WhatsApp Channels newsletter
Newsletter · Channels

Your own WhatsApp newsletter — opened, not ignored

Broadcast updates, drops and offers to a WhatsApp Channel your audience actually follows. No 20% email open rates — WhatsApp gets seen in minutes, and your engine sends it automatically.

  • Publish to unlimited followers
  • Text, images, video & polls in one post
  • Scheduled & automated from your engine
  • Followers stay anonymous & opt-in
Mini-shop · orders

A checkout that lives inside the chat

Show your catalog, take the order and confirm it — all inside WhatsApp, no website hop. The engine sends product cards, captures the order and fires a confirmation straight into your CRM.

  • Rich product & media cards
  • Order capture & auto-confirmation
  • Payment links & receipts in-thread
  • Pushes orders into your CRM / Woo
In-chat product and order messages
WhatsApp event message with RSVP
Event messages

Invite, RSVP and remind — without leaving WhatsApp

Send native event invites with date, location and one-tap RSVP, then auto-nudge everyone before it starts. Perfect for launches, workshops, bookings and appointments.

  • Native event card with one-tap RSVP
  • Automatic reminders before the event
  • Track who’s coming in real time
  • Great for bookings & appointments
See it in action

Real WhatsApp, fully automated

Chats, contacts, groups, channels, polls, status, labels and calls — every part of WhatsApp your customers already use, now driven by your own engine.

Under the hood

Built on a proven engine. Finished by us.

The core runs on WAHA — a battle-tested open-source WhatsApp engine trusted by thousands of developers. We don’t reinvent that wheel; we configure, harden, host and supercharge it for you, then wire it to AI and your business systems. You get open-source reliability with a managed, done-for-you service on top.

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We set it up

You never touch a config file. We stand up the engine, connect your number and wire your flows end-to-end.

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We harden it

Anti-ban pacing, warm-up, opt-in hygiene, backups and monitoring — tuned so your number stays healthy.

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We host it

It runs on our managed infrastructure with uptime monitoring and updates — not on a laptop that has to stay on.

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We add the AI

We bolt on your AI brain, CRM hooks and automations so the raw engine becomes a system that actually sells.

ACT Engine · control room
One dashboard, total control

Every session, message and status — at a glance

The admin console we set up for you shows connected numbers, live sessions, server health and message flow in real time — so you always know the engine is working, without touching the tech.

  • Live session & connection status
  • Multiple numbers, fully isolated
  • Managed updates & uptime monitoring
Reliability, engineered

A resilient session lifecycle keeps your number connected

The engine manages the full WhatsApp session state machine — connect, authorize, run, auto-recover — so a dropped connection heals itself instead of taking your automation down.

WhatsApp session lifecycle managed by the ACT engine

Powered by the open-source WAHA project. ACT provides the setup, hardening, hosting, AI integration and ongoing management as a done-for-you service — WAHA is an independent open-source project and is not affiliated with AI Craft Technologies.

ACT WhatsApp Engine vs. the BSP crowd

  ACT WhatsApp Engine Twilio / official BSP
Message pricing One flat engine Per conversation, forever
Where it lives Your own server Their cloud
Your number & data Always yours Held on their platform
AI auto-replies Built in Extra / bring your own
Template gatekeeping You control it Committee approval
Client isolation One instance per client Shared workspace
Ongoing cost Predictable, low Grows with every chat
Built for agencies & multi-brand

One number per client. Total isolation.

Every client gets their own WhatsApp instance on your infrastructure — their number, their contacts, their flows — completely sealed from every other business you run.

Bundle it as a premium “WhatsApp concierge” add-on and bill it as a managed service — the engine cost stays flat while your margin scales.

Tattoo studioBookings · reminders
Web shopOrders · tracking
Local serviceLeads · quotes
🔒 Each number fully private & isolated

Where it plugs in

The WhatsApp Engine is the front door — it wires into the systems already running your business.

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Our AI engine

Replies, qualifies and drafts in your brand voice, 24/7.

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n8n & automations

Trigger flows, CRM updates and campaigns from any message.

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WooCommerce & CRM

Order confirmations and shipping updates sent automatically.

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ACT Poster

Publish everywhere, then let WhatsApp handle the conversation.

Message arrives → AI understands → it answers, books or sells — hands-free.
How it goes live

From your number to fully automated — in four steps

No new hardware, no app for your customers to install. We connect your existing number and hand you an engine that answers, books and sells on its own.

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Scan once to connect

You scan a single QR code with the phone that owns your WhatsApp number — exactly like WhatsApp Web. Your number is now linked to your own engine. No SIM swap, no new number.

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We wire your flows

We connect the engine to your orders, bookings, catalog and CRM, and set the auto-replies, keywords and broadcast lists your business actually needs.

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AI takes the wire

Incoming messages hit your AI brain, which understands intent and answers in your brand voice — qualifying leads, sending catalogs and confirming orders around the clock.

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You watch it run

A live dashboard shows every conversation, campaign and hand-off. You stay in control; the engine does the repetitive work.

Questions, answered

WhatsApp Engine FAQ

Is this the official WhatsApp Business API?+
It’s a self-hosted gateway that drives WhatsApp from your own number — so you get automation, AI replies and broadcasts without the per-conversation metering, template committees or middleman that come with the mainstream BSP route.
How does my number get connected?+
You scan a QR code once with the phone that owns the number, just like linking WhatsApp Web. The session then stays connected on your server — no re-scanning every day under normal use.
Can I use my existing WhatsApp Business number?+
Yes. It works with a standard or WhatsApp Business number, and keeps access to Business features like labels, catalogs, groups, Channels and Status.
Will my number get banned?+
There’s always a risk when any tool automates WhatsApp, so we build for safety: opt-in-only audiences, human-like pacing, gradual warm-up on new numbers and sensible daily limits. We never blast cold lists — that’s what gets numbers flagged.
What can it actually send and receive?+
Text, images, video, documents, voice notes, interactive buttons and polls — both outbound and inbound. Every incoming message can trigger an automation, a CRM update or an AI reply.
Where does my data live?+
On your own server. Your chat history, contacts and media stay on infrastructure you control — nobody in the middle holds your customer relationships.
Can it reply automatically with AI?+
Yes. We wire it to your AI brain so it answers FAQs, qualifies leads and books or confirms orders 24/7 in your brand voice — and hands off to a human whenever you want.
How many messages can I send?+
There’s no per-message meter — it’s one flat engine. Real volume is governed by safe, anti-ban pacing rather than a billing counter, so you can run broadcasts and drip flows without watching a cost dial.
Can you run several numbers or clients?+
Yes. Each number runs as its own fully isolated session — ideal for agencies or multi-brand owners who want every client sealed off from the others on the same infrastructure.
How do we get started?+
Book a live demo. We stand the engine up on a number, wire one real flow and let it answer a message end-to-end so you can see it working before anything goes live for your customers.

Put your business on WhatsApp. Automated.

We stand up the WhatsApp Engine on your number and wire it to your orders, bookings and AI replies in a live demo — then you watch it answer a real message end-to-end.

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Self-hosted · your number · AI-powered · unlimited sends