---
title: "Best Instagram DM Tool for Coaches: 7 Tested Picks"
slug: best-instagram-dm-tool-for-coaches
author: "Leonardo Maldonado"
category: "Tools & Alternatives"
articleType: listicle
tags: ["best Instagram DM software","Instagram DM tools for coaches"]
publishedAt: 2026-09-06T09:00:00.000Z
updatedAt: 2026-09-06T09:00:00.000Z
canonical: https://setluca.com/blog/best-instagram-dm-tool-for-coaches
---# Best Instagram DM Tool for Coaches: 7 Tested Picks

> The best Instagram DM tool for coaches is Luca. It drafts replies in your voice, qualifies the lead, runs follow-ups, and books the call, with human review on by default. ManyChat suits comment-to-DM funnels, SetSmart hands-off auto-send, Chatfuel Instagram-plus-Facebook flows, and respond.io a small team sharing one inbox.

## Key takeaways

- Luca is our pick for coaches who close in the DMs and want replies in their own voice, with human review on by default. Starter is $99/mo.
- ManyChat owns Instagram comment-to-DM triggers and rule-based flows, but leans autoresponder unless you build it out. Free tier; AI starts on Pro at $29/mo.
- SetSmart fits coaches who want higher-volume Instagram auto-send. Paid plans start at $25/mo for 250 AI messages.
- Chatfuel is an official Meta partner covering Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp automations. AI PRO is $49/mo.
- respond.io is the pick when two or three people share one inbox. Starter is $79/mo.
- Instagram's own Professional inbox is free and good enough under roughly 15 DMs a day.
- Setter AI does not list native Instagram DM support, so it's a poor fit for Instagram-first coaches despite ranking for these searches.

---

If you sell coaching, your Instagram DMs are your shop floor. The tool you want answers fast, sounds like you, qualifies the lead, and books the call without turning your inbox into a bot. This roundup ranks seven tools coaches actually use in 2026, with every price and channel pulled from each vendor's own site.

Speed is the reason the whole category exists. Answer inside five minutes rather than thirty and a lead is **21 times more likely to qualify** -- that's the MIT Lead Response Management Study, across more than 15,000 leads over three years. A tool that answers in seconds does the thing you can't do at 11pm. Below are the tools, the prices we checked, and an honest read on who each one is for.

## Instagram DM tools for coaches at a glance

Every price and channel below came from the vendor's own live pricing page on September 6, 2026. Instagram is where most of these tools started, so it tends to be their deepest integration, with other channels bolted on later.

| Tool | Best for | Native Instagram DM | Starting paid plan | What the price meters | Human review default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Luca** | Coaches who close in the DMs | Yes | $99/mo | Conversations + channels | Yes, on by default |
| **ManyChat** | Comment-to-DM funnels | Yes | $29/mo (AI on Pro) | Active contacts | No |
| **SetSmart** | High-volume auto-send | Yes | $25/mo | AI messages sent | No |
| **Chatfuel** | Instagram + Facebook flows | Yes | $49/mo | Usage limits by tier | No |
| **respond.io** | A small team sharing one inbox | Yes | $79/mo | Monthly active contacts | No |
| **Instagram Professional inbox** | Under \~15 DMs a day | Yes (native) | Free | Nothing | You are the sender |
| **Setter AI** | WhatsApp inbound from paid ads | No | $497/mo | Credits | No |

Read the "what the price meters" column before the price column. A $25 plan counted in AI messages and a $29 plan counted in contacts run out at wildly different points, and that's where the second invoice surprises people.

## How did we evaluate these tools?

We are Luca, and Luca is in this roundup. So here's the method, and you can check every number yourself.

We scored seven tools on five things: whether they handle Instagram DMs through Meta's official API (the sanctioned connection every legitimate tool uses), whether the replies read like a person, how much control you keep before a message sends, what the plan actually counts, and the price against all that. Prices came from each vendor's own page on September 6, 2026. Where a vendor doesn't publish a limit, we say so rather than guess.

We put Luca first because it's the only tool here that holds every AI reply for your approval by default. That's a design opinion, not a neutral fact, and it costs Luca points on how quickly you can walk away from your inbox. Two of the seven verdicts below send you somewhere other than Luca.

## Which Instagram DM tools are best for coaches in 2026?

### 1. Luca: best for coaches who close in the DMs

Luca is an AI DM setter built for online coaches. It reads Instagram DMs, plus WhatsApp, Telegram, and Messenger, from one inbox. It qualifies with real questions rather than a form, chases people who go quiet, and books the call. Every reply lands in a review queue first, so nothing goes out in your name until you tap approve. Auto-send exists for when you trust the voice, and it ships switched off.

Luca drafts in your voice rather than from a template. Training it on your own past threads is the step that makes that work, and our guide on how to [make AI DMs sound like you](/blog/make-ai-dms-sound-like-you) covers what to feed it.

**Pros:** review queue on by default, drafts in your tone, four channels in one inbox, follow-up cadences included, no cold outreach by design. **Cons:** slower to get fully hands-off than a tool that just sends, and the first week takes real approving. Not built for comment-to-DM ad funnels. **Pricing:** Starter $99/mo, Pro $249/mo, Scale $499/mo, month to month. See [Luca's pricing](/pricing) for what each tier includes. **Best for:** coaches doing roughly $2k-$200k/mo who close in the DMs and care how their messages read.

### 2. ManyChat: best for comment-to-DM funnels

The broadest tool on this list, and nothing beats it on comment-to-DM triggers. ManyChat covers Instagram, TikTok, Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS, and email. Post a Reel, ask for a keyword in the comments, and ManyChat sends the link. It has added an AI layer for DM replies, but the product started life as a flow builder, so making it feel like a closer is a build project.

The price is counted in active contacts, and that's the trap. Free covers 25 contacts, Essential $14 covers 250, Pro $29 covers 2,500, Business $69 covers 7,500, and Advanced $139 covers 25,000. AI starts on Pro. Go over on Pro and each extra contact costs $0.05, so one Reel taking off can move your bill without booking you a single call.

**Pros:** the most mature comment-to-DM triggers here, huge channel list, generous free tier, enormous template library. **Cons:** contact-based billing punishes a post that takes off, AI is locked behind the $29 tier, flows need building and keeping up to date. **Pricing:** Free; Essential $14; Pro $29; Business $69; Advanced $139/mo. **Best for:** creators who run keyword-comment funnels and don't mind building flows. **Buy ManyChat over Luca** if your growth comes from Reels and comment triggers and you'd rather capture leads than close them in the thread. Our [SetSmart vs ManyChat](/blog/setsmart-vs-manychat) breakdown compares it against a dedicated setter, and [ManyChat alternatives for coaches](/blog/manychat-alternative-for-coaches) covers the switch.

### 3. SetSmart: best for hands-off Instagram auto-send

An AI appointment setter that qualifies, books, and follows up, with every channel on every plan. SetSmart works across Instagram DMs, WhatsApp, and Messenger, and the only thing that changes between tiers is volume: Light $25 for 250 AI messages a month, Pro $97 for 1,000, Scale $297 for 4,000, Enterprise $797 for 15,000.

Counting messages sent is honest and easy to work out in advance. One qualifying conversation burns through several messages, so Light is a trial rather than a working plan. SetSmart sends on its own with no review step, which is why it feels faster than Luca in week one.

**Pros:** clear per-message pricing, all channels on every plan, genuinely hands-off, low entry price. **Cons:** no human review step, message caps arrive fast once volume is real, Instagram-first feature set. **Pricing:** Light $25, Pro $97, Scale $297, Enterprise $797/mo. **Best for:** coaches happy to let AI send without watching. If that's you but you'd still want a second look before anything goes out, read our [SetSmart alternative](/blog/best-setsmart-alternative-for-coaches) breakdown.

### 4. Chatfuel: best for Instagram plus Facebook flows

One of the few tools here with official partner status, which matters if you run ads into DMs. Chatfuel automates Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, and its AI PRO tier adds a sales assistant and a knowledge base on top of the flow builder. Like ManyChat, it's flow-first, so a real closing conversation is something you design rather than switch on. There's a free Light plan and AI PRO at $49/mo. Usage limits live in separate docs rather than on the pricing page, and that's worth an email before you hang a launch on it.

**Pros:** Meta partner status, strong Instagram-and-Facebook coverage, AI assistant with a knowledge base, free tier to test. **Cons:** usage limits aren't on the pricing page, flow-first design, weaker follow-up tools than a dedicated setter. **Pricing:** Light free; AI PRO $49/mo. **Best for:** coaches running Instagram and Facebook ads together who want AI-assisted flows from a Meta-approved vendor.

### 5. respond.io: best for a small team sharing one inbox

respond.io is a shared inbox, not a setter. It pulls Instagram DMs, comments, and ad enquiries into one workspace, runs AI agents for common questions and booking links, and syncs to HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, or Shopify. If an assistant and a junior coach both answer DMs, it handles who gets what better than any setter tool here. Prices are Starter $79/mo, Growth $159/mo, Advanced $279/mo, and a custom Enterprise tier, all counted in monthly active contacts. A coach working alone pays for team features nobody will use.

**Pros:** a real multi-user inbox with routing, Instagram comments and ads in the same view, solid CRM syncs, reporting on how fast you reply. **Cons:** priced and built for teams, the AI agents lean toward answering questions rather than selling, no review-before-send step. **Pricing:** Starter $79, Growth $159, Advanced $279/mo; Enterprise custom. **Best for:** coaching businesses where two or more people work the same Instagram inbox. **Buy respond.io over Luca** if what's holding you back is who answers what, rather than how fast or how well you answer.

### 6. Instagram's Professional inbox: best under about 15 DMs a day

Instagram's own inbox is free, and better than most coaches assume. Switch to a Professional account and you get saved replies, instant replies, question buttons, and folders. Every third-party tool on this page reads from that same inbox through Meta's Instagram Messaging API, so staying native doesn't mean you're missing a hidden layer. The ceiling is real, though. No drafting, no follow-up, and nothing chases the lead who went quiet on Tuesday. Saved replies also read like saved replies.

**Pros:** free, zero setup risk, no third-party access to your account, saved replies and FAQs built in. **Cons:** no drafting, no automatic follow-up, no qualifying, you chase everyone by hand. **Pricing:** $0. **Best for:** coaches under roughly 15 inbound DMs a day. **Stay native instead of buying anything** if you can answer everyone inside an hour today. Paying $99 to automate an inbox you already handle is a bad trade.

### 7. Setter AI: not really an Instagram tool

Worth clearing up, because this one turns up in searches for Instagram DM tools. Setter AI (trysetter.com) sells WhatsApp, SMS, and website chat on its own site, and doesn't list native Instagram DM support anywhere. What it does well is fast follow-up on Meta ad and form leads pushed into WhatsApp, which is a different job. The pricing is shaped for agencies: Starter $497/mo for 1,000 credits, Professional $2,297/mo for 5,000, and Enterprise $3,497/mo for 10,000.

**Pros:** fast on paid-ad lead follow-up, calendar and Zapier integrations, built for high inbound volume. **Cons:** no native Instagram DMs, an entry price five times higher than anything else here, a credit model you'll need to work out first. **Pricing:** Starter $497, Professional $2,297, Enterprise $3,497/mo. **Best for:** consultants and agencies running paid lead-gen into WhatsApp. Skip it if Instagram is your main channel.

### Starting monthly price, compared

Cheaper doesn't mean a better fit. Entry plans buy very different things: caps on messages, caps on contacts, how many channels you get, and how much of the conversation the AI actually carries.

**Chart:** Among Instagram DM tools for coaches in 2026, Instagram's native inbox is free, SetSmart starts at 25 dollars, ManyChat at 29 dollars, Chatfuel at 49 dollars, respond.io at 79 dollars, Luca at 99 dollars, and Setter AI at 497 dollars per month. (Source: each vendor's live pricing page, retrieved 2026-09-06. Entry plans differ widely in what they meter.)

## How does each tool handle Instagram's API rules?

All of them go through the same door. Every legitimate tool reads your DMs through Meta's Instagram Messaging API, which works only on Professional accounts and only opens after someone messages you first. Meta's Messenger Platform policy gives you 24 hours to reply with anything promotional, and a Human Agent tag stretches a manual reply out to seven days. None of it allows messaging strangers.

Two things decide how much risk a tool puts on your account: whether it sends without you looking, and whether it respects that 24-hour window instead of firing a day-three follow-up Meta will bounce. Any tool promising unlimited DMs to people who never messaged you is working outside the API, and those are the ones that get accounts restricted. Our guide to the [safest Instagram DM automation tool](/blog/safest-instagram-dm-automation-tool) covers how to tell them apart.

| Tool | Connects via official API | Sends without your approval | Cold DMs | Where the risk sits |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Luca** | Yes | Only if you turn auto-send on | Never | Low; you approve by default |
| **ManyChat** | Yes | Yes, flows fire automatically | No | Volume spikes from comment triggers |
| **SetSmart** | Yes | Yes, by design | No | Unsupervised sends at high volume |
| **Chatfuel** | Yes (Meta partner) | Yes, flows fire automatically | No | Flow logic errors at scale |
| **respond.io** | Yes | Only if you enable an AI agent | No | Agent answering outside its scope |
| **IG Professional inbox** | Native | No | No | None beyond your own typing |
| **Setter AI** | Not for Instagram | Yes | No | Not applicable to Instagram |

## How do you choose an Instagram DM tool?

Four things decide it. Does the tool reply in your voice? Does it connect through the official API? Does it qualify before it books? Can you read a message before it sends? Voice matters most of the four, because a canned reply reads as canned and the person on the other end feels it in the first line. Before you switch anything on, read [is Instagram DM automation safe](/blog/is-instagram-dm-automation-safe) so you know what keeps your account healthy.

- **Choose Luca** if you close in the DMs, people mention your posts by name, and a generic reply would cost you a $2,000 client. You'll approve drafts for a week or two before you stop thinking about it.
- **Choose ManyChat** if most of your leads come from comment keywords on Reels, and what you want is catching them and sending a link rather than closing them. Budget for the contact-based billing.
- **Choose SetSmart** if you want AI sending on its own from day one, your offer is simple enough that a wrong reply won't cost you much, and you can work out your monthly message count.
- **Choose Chatfuel** if you run Meta ads across Instagram and Facebook and want one flow builder covering both, from a Meta partner.
- **Choose respond.io** if more than one person works the inbox and the real problem is who answers what.
- **Choose nothing yet** if you get under 15 DMs a day and answer them inside the hour. Set up saved replies and come back to this in three months.
- **Run two** in one case only: ManyChat to catch the comment-to-DM leads, and a setter to carry the conversation once the lead replies. Push the ManyChat contact into your setter's inbox rather than letting both of them answer.

## A worked example: Maya, a strength coach

Maya coaches lifters online and posts four Reels a week. Her package is twelve weeks of 1:1 at $1,800, and on a normal day about 40 people message her. Six are real buyers, a dozen want free programming advice, and the rest are emoji. She was answering in two batches, morning and night, which left a nine-hour hole for anyone who wrote in the evening. This walkthrough is made up, not a real client thread.

She started on Luca Starter at $99/mo, Instagram only, auto-send off. Setting it up took an afternoon: 30 of her own past DM threads pasted in so the drafts matched how she writes, three qualifying questions (training age, goal, whether they'd worked 1:1 before), and her calendar connected with a 48-hour buffer. On day three, a lead who'd asked about price still hadn't written back. Luca queued this:

> **Lead (2 days ago):** "how much is the 1:1?"**Maya:** *[sent price, then silence]***Luca draft, queued for approval:** "Hey! No pressure at all. When we spoke, the goal was getting your squat moving again without wrecking your back. Still the plan? I've got Thursday at 2 or Friday at 10 if you want to grab one."

Maya read it, changed "wrecking" to "tweaking" because that's her word, and tapped approve. The edit took four seconds and taught it something.

Her first week ran about 25 drafts a day in the queue. Most she approved untouched, a handful she edited, two she deleted as spam accounts. By week three she turned auto-send on for the qualifying questions only and kept review on for anything that mentioned price. That split is where most coaches land. The sum she cared about was $99 a month against a package at $1,800.

## Which edge cases do most roundups skip?

**The lead replies at 2am from another timezone.** This is the case the whole category exists for. Set your tool's sending hours to your working day plus a wider band, not round the clock, and let it answer inside that band in the lead's local time. A reply at 2am their time reads as a bot even when the words are perfect. If your tool can't work out the timezone, hold overnight replies for a 7am send where they are.

**The lead already bought.** Current clients message the same inbox, and nothing kills trust like your coach's AI pitching a discovery call to someone eight weeks into the program. Tag your clients out before you go live. If your tool has no way to exclude people, that's a real reason to pass on it.

**Story replies flood in during a launch.** One good Story can squeeze a week of DMs into two hours. Comment-to-DM tools keep firing and your contact count jumps, which on ManyChat's Pro plan costs $0.05 for every contact past 2,500. Cap your triggers before launch day and check your plan limit the week before, not the week after.

**Someone asks a question the AI shouldn't answer.** Injuries, medication, refunds, disputes, anything that could land you in legal trouble. Write these into a rule so the thread comes to you unanswered instead of getting a confident guess. Any tool without a hand-off rule is the wrong tool for a health or money coach.

**The 24-hour window closes before you follow up.** Meta gives you 24 hours after the lead's last message to send anything promotional. Miss it and your day-three follow-up bounces, or it has to go out under a Human Agent tag, which buys you seven days for a manual reply but not for a pitch.

## Troubleshooting: why isn't your Instagram DM tool working?

| Symptom | Likely cause | Fix |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DMs stopped syncing after a few weeks | Access token expired, password changed, or the account flipped back to Personal | Reconnect the integration, confirm the account is Professional, re-authorize permissions |
| Hot leads sitting unanswered for days | They're non-followers, so the thread landed in the Requests folder, which isn't marked seen until you accept it | Turn on request notifications and accept requests daily; most tools can't read an unaccepted request |
| Follow-up messages failing on day three | The 24-hour standard messaging window closed | Move the value message inside 24 hours; use the Human Agent tag path for a manual reply, not a pitch |
| Replies technically correct but reading like a robot | Training set too thin, or the tool only fills templates | Feed it 20-30 of your own past threads; if it has no voice training, that's the ceiling of the product |
| Account hit an action block days after connecting | Sending volume ramped too fast on a cold or new account | Pause auto-send, resume at human pace, and follow an [Instagram account warm-up](/blog/instagram-account-warm-up) schedule |
| Booking links going out, calendar staying empty | Calendar not connected properly, or a timezone mismatch between your booking tool and the lead | Test-book your own link from a second device; check the buffer and timezone settings on both sides |

## Which mistakes do coaches make with these tools?

**Buying on the sticker price.** The $25 plan counts AI messages, the $29 plan counts contacts, and the $79 plan counts monthly active contacts. Run your own numbers before you compare them. Forty DMs a day is roughly 1,200 conversations a month, and that lands in three very different places across those three plans.

**Turning auto-send on in week one.** You don't know how it sounds yet, and the first bad reply goes to a real buyer. Approve by hand until the drafts stop surprising you, then let one message type off the leash at a time.

**Treating a comment-to-DM funnel as a closing system.** Sending a link when someone comments "GUIDE" is catching a lead, nothing more. Nobody buys $1,800 coaching from an autoresponder. Something has to carry the conversation after the link lands.

**Ignoring the 24-hour window.** Coaches build five-day sequences, then wonder why messages three through five never showed up. Meta's policy is public and specific, and no tool can work around it. Build your sequence to Meta's rules rather than to an email habit.

**Letting the AI answer clients.** See the edge case above. Excluding them takes ten minutes and prevents the most embarrassing failure in this whole category.

**Never reading what went out.** Once auto-send is on, coaches stop looking. Read twenty sent threads every Friday for the first two months. That's how you catch the line that's costing you replies.

## How do you switch tools without losing conversations?

Moving between DM tools is easier than moving a CRM, because Instagram holds the message history, not the vendor. Your threads stay in your inbox when you disconnect. What doesn't come with you: your flows, your qualifying rules, your saved replies, and any tags living in the old tool. Export your contacts before you cancel, because most vendors cut access at the end of the billing period.

Run the new tool in review-only mode for a week with the old one paused rather than deleted, then disconnect the old one in Instagram's connected-apps settings. Leaving both connected and firing is how coaches end up messaging the same lead twice. Our [ManyChat alternative](/blog/manychat-alternative-for-coaches) guide walks the order in detail.

### One honest limit

Luca isn't hands-off on day one, and that's deliberate. The review queue is on by default, so you approve drafts for the first stretch until you trust the voice. That's slower than a tool that just sends. If your whole reason for buying is "I never want to look at my DMs again," it's the wrong purchase.

The trade runs the other way too. A tool like SetSmart feels faster in week one, then sends something off-key in week six and you hear about it from the lead. Neither choice is free. We picked the one where a bad week costs you time instead of a client, and we'd rather say that out loud than pretend the review queue costs nothing.

There's also a floor. If you get five DMs a day, no tool on this page earns its price. Answer them yourself and spend the $99 on ads.

If you close in the DMs and want your replies to still sound like you, [see what each Luca plan includes](/pricing) and start on the channel where your leads already are.


## FAQ

### What is the best Instagram DM tool for coaches in 2026?

For most coaches who close in the DMs, Luca is the best Instagram DM tool. It drafts replies in your voice, qualifies the lead, runs follow-ups, and books the call, with human review on by default. ManyChat, SetSmart, Chatfuel, and respond.io each fit narrower jobs, from comment-to-DM funnels to shared team inboxes.

### How much does Instagram DM software cost?

Prices range widely in 2026. Entry paid plans start at $25/mo for SetSmart and $29/mo for ManyChat's AI tier, then $49/mo for Chatfuel, $79/mo for respond.io, $99/mo for Luca, and $497/mo for Setter AI. Instagram's native Professional inbox is free. Compare what each plan meters, not the headline price.

### Which Instagram DM tools work with Instagram DMs natively?

Luca, ManyChat, SetSmart, Chatfuel, and respond.io all support Instagram DMs through Meta's official Instagram Messaging API, which requires a Professional account. Setter AI does not list native Instagram support on its own site and focuses on WhatsApp and SMS. Luca also adds WhatsApp, Telegram, and Messenger for coaches selling across channels.

### Is an Instagram DM tool safe for my account?

It's safest when the tool uses Instagram's official API and lets you review before sending, rather than mimicking rapid human behavior. Meta's Messenger Platform policy only opens a 24-hour messaging window after a person contacts you first, so any tool promising cold DMs is operating outside the rules. Auto-send at high volume carries more risk than a human-approved queue.

### Can an Instagram DM tool sound like me?

Yes, if it drafts in your voice instead of filling canned templates. Luca is built around this: it writes in your tone from your own past threads and holds replies in a review queue so you can adjust before anything sends. Tools that only run rigid flows tend to read like autoresponders, which is exactly what loses hot leads.

### Do I still need a human setter?

Often no, and sometimes yes. An Instagram DM tool handles speed, qualifying, and follow-up around the clock, which covers most of what a junior setter does. For high-ticket closes or nuanced objections, a human still helps, and some coaches run both. A setter costs a salary; these tools start at $25 to $99 a month.

### Do I need an Instagram DM tool at all?

Not if you get under roughly 15 DMs a day and answer them within the hour. Instagram's native Professional inbox includes saved replies, instant replies, and FAQ buttons at no cost, which covers low volume. The case for paying starts when leads wait overnight, because reply odds drop sharply after the first few minutes.

### What happens if I don't reply within 24 hours?

Meta's Messenger Platform policy gives a business 24 hours to respond with promotional content after a person messages. Past that, you can only send a manual reply using the Human Agent tag, which extends the window to seven days but doesn't permit a pitch. Build your follow-up cadence so the offer lands inside the first day.


## Sources

1. [Lead Response Management Study (Oldroyd, MIT + InsideSales), 3 years / 15,000+ leads -- 21x qualification odds within 5 minutes](https://www.leadresponsemanagement.org/lrm_study/)
2. [Meta for Developers -- Instagram Messaging API: Professional accounts, Professional Inbox, Requests folder, 24-hour response window](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/instagram/)
3. [Meta for Developers -- Messenger Platform messaging policy: 24-hour standard window, Human Agent tag (7 days), no unsolicited promotional messaging](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/policy/policy-overview/)
4. [ManyChat pricing -- Free (25 contacts); Essential $14 (250); Pro $29 (2,500); Business $69 (7,500); Advanced $139 (25,000); AI from Pro](https://manychat.com/pricing)
5. [SetSmart pricing -- Light $25 (250 AI messages), Pro $97 (1,000), Scale $297 (4,000), Enterprise $797 (15,000); IG, WhatsApp, Messenger on all plans](https://setsmart.io/pricing)
6. [Chatfuel pricing -- Light free; AI PRO $49/mo; Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp automations](https://chatfuel.com/pricing)
7. [respond.io pricing -- Starter $79, Growth $159, Advanced $279/mo, Enterprise custom; monthly active contacts](https://respond.io/pricing)
8. [respond.io Instagram integration -- shared inbox for Instagram DMs, comments and ad inquiries; AI agents; CRM sync](https://respond.io/integrations/instagram)
9. [Setter AI pricing -- Starter $497/mo (1,000 credits), Professional $2,297, Enterprise $3,497; WhatsApp/SMS/web, no native Instagram](https://www.trysetter.com/pricing)

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