# DMPilot — Instagram DM automation for small creators and businesses

> Instagram DM automation for creators: comment to DM, story replies and keyword DMs. With email lead capture and tracked links. Uses Instagram's official API through an approved tech provider.

## What DMPilot does

- Comment → DM: DM anyone who comments your keyword on a post or Reel
- Public comment reply paired with the DM
- Story reply → DM: reply to story replies and reactions automatically
- Keyword DM triggers: auto-reply when a DM contains a keyword
- Lead capture: ask for an email inside the DM thread, with consent text
- Tracked links: short links with click counts and click-through rate
- DM buttons (link buttons) inside automated messages
- Built on Meta’s official Instagram API via an approved tech provider
- Respects the 24-hour messaging window and one-private-reply-per-comment rule
- One link DM per person, per automation, per day (a 24-hour per-contact cooldown)
- A send that hits a rate limit is retried with backoff
- Follow first: ask for a follow before the link; when Instagram can’t confirm it, the link still goes out
- One reminder DM when the link isn’t tapped, cancelled if they tap it or send a DM
- An inbox with every conversation, where you can reply by hand
- A dashboard with people reached, DMs sent, link clicks and leads

## What it deliberately leaves out

- visual flow builder
- WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger
- multi-account agency workspaces
- product carousels

## Pricing

- Free plan, no card: up to 100 people a month and 3 live automations
- Pro: $9/month or $81/year (three months free), no cap on people or automations, plus email capture and the reminder DM
- No trial and no flow builder to learn

## Key pages

- [Instagram DM automation: the complete guide](https://dmpilot.pro/instagram-dm-automation)
- [Use cases](https://dmpilot.pro/use-cases)
- [Guides](https://dmpilot.pro/guides)
- [Alternatives](https://dmpilot.pro/alternatives)
- [Pricing](https://dmpilot.pro/pricing)
- [llms.txt](https://dmpilot.pro/llms.txt)

## Get started

Sign in with Google or an emailed code at https://dmpilot.pro/sign-in, connect Instagram, pick a trigger, write one message.

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Source: https://dmpilot.pro/