LinkBounce Free auto-DM
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Free planA free Instagram auto-DM plan of 500 DMs
For creators testing Instagram comment-to-DM without a card, Free is $0 for 500 automated DMs a month, 1 automation, and 1 Instagram account. Creator is $8/month and Pro is $14/month, with no automatic overage.
Short answer: LinkBounce Free costs $0, needs no credit card, and includes 500 automated Instagram DMs a month, 1 active automation, and 1 Instagram account. Sends pause when the allowance is reached, so there is no automatic overage. Other tools publish larger free allowances, and the table below lists the figures from their official pricing pages.
What LinkBounce Free is
The free plan is a real workspace, not a locked preview. You can connect one Creator or Business Instagram account, set one active automation, and send up to 500 automated DMs in the month. The keyword match is whole-word. The private reply is one per commenter per post, and the DM carries the product link you attach. Public reply variations, All Posts and Next Post targeting, and CTR are on the paid cards, not on Free. Basic campaign results are on the Free card.
When the 500th automated DM goes out, sending pauses. You are not billed a few cents per extra message. That is the trade. A larger free plan elsewhere may carry you further into a viral Reel. This one stops, visibly, and waits for a new month or a paid plan.
Other free allowances, from their pages
These are free-tier claims from each official pricing page. Confirm the vendor’s page before you rely on a figure that may have changed.
| Tool | Free allowance | Source |
|---|---|---|
| LinkBounce | 500 automated DMs/month, 1 account, no card, pause at the cap | linkbounce.com/pricing |
| LinkDM | 1,000 DMs, 1 Instagram account | linkdm.com/pricing |
| ReplyRush | 1,500 DMs | replyrush.com/pricing |
| Hypello | 1,000 DMs | hypello.com/pricing |
| Zorcha | Unlimited DM automation, as advertised on the free plan | zorcha.com/pricing |
| Tadlo | “Unlimited DMs, Free Forever” in the page title | tadlo.ai/pricing |
| Zaprep | $0, 1,000 active contacts, 1 account. Their page says prices as of November 2026. | zaprep.com/pricing |
| HelloDM | See their pricing page for the current free allowance. | hellodm.io/pricing |
| Inrō | €0, with 100 active contacts mentioned in their FAQ | inro.social/pricing |
| InstantDM | 500 DMs | instantdm.com/pricing |
| CreatorFlow | 500 DMs | creatorflow.so/pricing |
| ManyChat | ManyChat bills by monthly active contacts; see manychat.com/pricing for current prices. | manychat.com/pricing |
Prices from each vendor’s official pricing page, checked 13 November 2026.
Paid entry prices
If you outgrow a free bucket, these are the paid entry figures from the same official pages. They are not a complete feature matrix.
| Tool | Paid entry | Note |
|---|---|---|
| LinkBounce | Creator $8/month or $80/year. Pro $14/month or $140/year. | 1 Instagram account. No automatic overage. No DM packs. |
| Hypello | Creator $4.90. | From their pricing page. Higher tiers and allowance details stay on their pricing page. |
| HelloDM | Starter $8.99/month. | Confirm what Starter adds on their pricing page. |
| Zorcha | Pro $14.99/month, or $9.99/month on annual. | Free is advertised as unlimited DM automation. |
| ReplyRush | See their pricing page for the current paid tiers. | Free listed at 1,500 DMs. |
| Tadlo | See their pricing page for current INR prices. | The page title says unlimited DMs, free forever. Do not treat a third-party dollar conversion as their price. |
| Zaprep | Solo $5.99 (2 accounts, 5,000). Growth $14.99 (5 accounts, 15,000+) with an extra $0.99 per 1,000. | Page says prices as of November 2026. |
| Inrō | Pro €12.99/month. Annual Pro €1,249/year. Managed from €249/month. | Metered contacts. Currency is euro, as published. |
Prices from each vendor’s official pricing page, checked 13 November 2026.
A lower sticker is not the whole decision. Zaprep’s Solo price is $5.99 and includes 2 accounts in the figure above. Hypello’s Creator price is $4.90. Those are real, smaller numbers than $8. They are also different products with their own limits, which you should read on the linked page. LinkBounce’s reason to exist beside them is the published pause instead of overage, one account, whole-word comment-to-DM, and a preview before activation. If you need the largest free allowance, the table shows several that are larger than 500, including claims of unlimited free sending. Start there if volume on a free plan is the only requirement.
Limits that stay in view
One Instagram account per workspace. The account has to be a Creator or Business account connected with Meta OAuth. LinkBounce does not ask for your Instagram password. Saving a draft does not start sending. You activate each campaign yourself. A matched comment gets at most one private reply per commenter on that post. LinkBounce does not scrape profiles and does not message people who never commented.
Free stops at 500 automated DMs in the month. Creator stops at 3,000. Pro removes LinkBounce’s own monthly DM cap, and Meta’s messaging windows and rate limits still apply. Public reply variations are a paid feature: 3 on Creator, 10 on Pro. Link tracking and CTR are on Creator and Pro. Campaign comparison is on Pro.
Narrower comparisons: LinkDM, InstantDM, CreatorFlow, ManyChat.
Keep reading
Tadlo amounts are in INR as published, not converted.
Good questions.
Straight answers.
Plain answers about plans, the official API, and what LinkBounce does not do.
Is LinkBounce’s free plan the largest?
No. LinkDM listed 1,000 DMs, ReplyRush 1,500, Hypello 1,000, and Zorcha and Tadlo advertise unlimited free DM automation. LinkBounce Free is 500 automated DMs a month.
Does the free plan need a card?
No. LinkBounce Free is $0 with no credit card. It includes 1 active automation and 1 Instagram account. Sending pauses at 500.
What do $8 and $14 add?
Creator is $8/month or $80/year: 3,000 DMs, 10 automations, 3 public reply variations, All Posts and Next Post, and CTR. Pro is $14/month or $140/year: no fixed LinkBounce DM cap, 50 automations, 10 variations, and campaign comparison. Both still include 1 Instagram account. No automatic overage.
Why quote other free plans at all?
So the 500-DM cap is not mistaken for the biggest free offer. Use the official links in the table. They can change after 13 November 2026.
Start free
If 500 DMs, no card, and a hard pause is enough to test the keyword, start free. If you already know you need a larger free bucket, use the table and open that company’s page.