Answer everyone. Free to start.
No DM quota on either plan. You pay when you want every post answering at once, your stats, and your DMs signed by you alone.
Free
Enough to actually run your account.
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- An Instagram Business or Creator account
- 3 active posts at a time
- No cap on DMs sent
- As many links and codes as fit in one DM
- Public replies, one picked at random
- Catch up people who asked too early
- Duplicate protection
- 60-day activity log
- Automatic post import
No card required.
Pro
Every post armed, and it looks after itself.
$12.50/ monthinstead of $15
Billed $150 a year
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited active posts
- Listen for up to 10 of the words people actually write
- Months of trends, long after the log rolls off
- Stats dashboard
- Link clicks per post, and grouped by brand to export
- Send affiliate links untouched, no redirect
- No PigeonDM mention in your messages
- Answers DMs and story replies that use your word
- Export the log to CSV
- Failed sends replayed for you, overnight
Cancel any time. You drop to Free, you keep your data.
Everything, side by side
The things that make it trustworthy are on both plans. Paying buys you scale and reach, so every post stays on and you catch every word people write.
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
Active posts at a time How many posts are answering comments right now. Swap them whenever you like. | 3 | Unlimited |
DMs sent Up to 500 an hour per account. Past that, DMs wait their turn and still go out. | No cap | No cap |
Links and codes per post One per line, a link or plain text like a promo code. They all go out in a single DM, and Instagram rejects one over 1000 characters. On the free plan the PigeonDM signature takes 42 of those. | As many as fit in one DM | As many as fit in one DM |
Public reply under the comment Write a few versions and each comment gets one at random. | Included | Included |
Answer people who asked too early Before the post was on, imported or given its link: once it is ready, one click sends their DM, up to 7 days after the comment. | Included | Included |
One DM per person, per post Enforced by the database, so two simultaneous comments cannot produce two DMs. | Included | Included |
Whole-word matching “linked” never triggers “LINK”. | Included | Included |
Trigger words per post Most people who want your link never write the word you picked. Pro listens for the ones they do. | Just 1 | Up to 10 |
Activity log Every comment and the decision taken, including the ones that went nowhere, once one of your posts is on. | 60 days | 60 days |
Long-term history The log keeps 60 days for everyone. Pro also keeps a daily summary for good, so you still see months of sent, received, clicks and response time after the log rolls off. | Not included | Included |
Post import New posts import themselves overnight. A comment that lands before then is kept, as long as one of your posts is on, and gets its DM in one click, up to 7 days after the comment. | Automatic | Automatic |
Stats dashboard Answer rate, conversion per post, which words earn the DMs, response time, and the posts losing asks. | Not included | Included |
Link click tracking Every link you DM is a short redirect that counts the opens. See the clicks each post earns, and group them by brand to hand a partner a CSV. | Not included | Included |
Send raw affiliate links Some affiliate networks reject a redirected link and drop the commission. Pro can send the real link on a post, which turns off click tracking for that one. | Not included | Included |
No PigeonDM mention in your messages Free plans add one line at the end of each DM and public reply. | Not included | Included |
Auto-reply to DMs and story replies Someone DMs you LINK, or answers your story with it, and gets the message you set for that word. Off until you turn it on. | Not included | Included |
Export the log to CSV The whole window, one file, openable in Excel or Sheets. | Not included | Included |
Retry failed sends Instagram sometimes refuses a DM. Pro replays it overnight; free gets a button on the row. | Manual | Automatic |
Questions worth asking
- What happens when I reach 3 active posts?
- Nothing breaks and nothing is deleted. You turn one off to turn another on, or you upgrade. Your configuration and your log stay exactly as they are.
- Is there really no limit on DMs?
- No. A monthly DM cap would go quiet exactly when a post takes off and the asks pour in, which is the worst moment to stop answering. Instagram enforces its own rate limits, which we respect. On our side, DMs go out at up to 500 an hour per account, and anything past that waits its turn instead of being dropped.
- Do I need a card to start?
- No. The free plan needs an Instagram connection and nothing else.
- What access do you need on my account?
- Permission to read comments on your posts and to send a DM in reply, granted through Instagram’s own login screen. You can revoke it from Instagram at any time, and doing so stops everything immediately.
- Why does the pro plan cost this little?
- Because it does one job. There are no broadcast campaigns, no ad automation, no email capture, no chat flows to build. If you need those, another tool will serve you better, and honestly so.
- Can I cancel?
- Any time, and you drop back to the free plan rather than losing access. Your 3 most recent posts keep answering and the others get turned off, but nothing is deleted: every word, link and template is still there when you come back.
How this compares
Most tools in this category bill you by how many people you reach, or by how many messages you send. Each page says what the other tool does better, and what PigeonDM does not do at all.
Start on Free. Stay if it earns it.
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