Price Table (Verified October 2026)
| Tool | Pricing model | Entry price | What scales the bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMDrop | Flat creator plans | From $5/mo | Nothing per-contact; store included |
| ManyChat | Per-contact tiers | Usage-based, free tier very limited since Mar 2026 | Contacts and message volume |
| LinkDM | Flat Pro tiers | Around $19/mo for Pro automation | Feature gates, not contacts |
| InstantDM | Flat tiers | Around $9.99–$24.99/mo | Plan tier, not volume |
| Chatfuel | AI-credit tiers | $18/mo Business billed yearly | AI credits and companies |
| SuperProfile | INR flat | Free starter, around ₹499/mo Creator | Tier features (story, live, gates) |
| Beacons | Flat plus seller fee | Free with 9% fee; $10/mo Creator | 9% fee until $30/mo Plus |
| Interakt | Flat INR | Around ₹999/mo plus taxes | Channel add-ons |
Prices move quarterly. Confirm live pricing before you buy; this table is an October 2026 snapshot.
Cost at 10,000 DMs a Month
This is where models diverge. At 10,000 automated DMs:
- Flat plans (DMDrop, InstantDM, LinkDM, Interakt) cost the same as at 1,000. Viral months are free upside.
- Per-contact plans (ManyChat-style) re-price your whole audience. The tool that was cheapest at 500 contacts is often priciest at 10,000.
- Fee plans (Beacons-style) tax revenue, not volume: fine at low sales, painful at scale.
Rule of thumb: if your Reels regularly pass 100k views, flat pricing wins. If you send under 1,000 DMs a month, pick by features, not model.
Per-Contact vs Flat Pricing
Per-contact pricing punishes growth: every new follower raises your bill whether they buy or not. It suits agencies with few high-value contacts. Flat pricing suits creators, where reach is the whole game and most contacts never convert. Model the cost at 10x your current size before committing; that projection picks the winner.
Hidden Fees to Check
- Seller or transaction fees on store checkouts (Beacons 9% on lower tiers).
- AI-credit caps that throttle replies mid-month (Chatfuel-style tiers).
- Per-account or per-workspace multipliers for managers running client pages.
- Trial-to-paid cliffs: trials that convert to annual billing without warning.
Cheapest Fit by Creator Size
- Starting out: a real free tier (compared here) or the ₹99 Indian anchor (India guide).
- Growing (1k–10k DMs/mo): flat creator plans from $5–$25/mo. See LinkDM and InstantDM switch math.
- Bot-builder refugees: Chatfuel and ManyChat money goes further on creator-flat plans.
- Bio-page sellers: Beacons fee math favors switching once monthly sales pass a few hundred dollars.
Start DMDrop free and pay only when DMs pay you first.