Home/Glossary/What are monthly active contacts (MAC)?

Pricing

What are monthly active contacts (MAC)?

Monthly active contacts (MAC) is a billing metric used by some messaging vendors that counts the number of unique contacts a business exchanged messages with in a calendar month, regardless of how many messages each received. Plans are priced in MAC bands, and exceeding the band triggers an overage or an upgrade.

Updated 29 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

On this page
  1. Why it matters
  2. In VGraple CRM
  3. Related terms

PRICING

Monthly active contacts (MAC)

Monthly active contacts (MAC) is a billing metric used by some messaging vendors that counts the number of unique contacts a business exchanged messages with in a calendar month, regardless of how many messages each received. Plans are priced in MAC bands, and exceeding the band triggers an overage or an upgrade.

conversation quotaplatform feeper message pricing

Monthly active contacts (MAC) in one line

Why it matters

MAC pricing rewards deep conversations with few people and penalises broad, light-touch messaging such as reminders to a large base; conversation or contact-based quotas behave differently. When comparing vendors, model your own pattern: a clinic messaging 3,000 patients once a month looks very different from a sales team talking to 300 leads daily.

In VGraple CRM

Plans use stored contact limits and monthly conversation allowances rather than MAC: Free 500 contacts and 100 conversations, Starter 5,000 and 2,000, Growth 25,000 and 10,000, Scale unlimited. The pricing page explains how limits are counted.

Conversation quota, Platform fee, Per-message pricing.

Frequently asked questions

Is MAC the same as a contact limit?
No. A contact limit counts stored contacts; MAC counts contacts messaged in the month.
Does VGraple CRM charge per MAC?
No.
Which model is cheaper?
It depends on your pattern; model a typical month under each.

Run your WhatsApp on VGraple CRM

Free forever plan, official Meta WhatsApp Business API, set up in 15 minutes. No card needed.