Instagram is the platform where DM automation shows up most often, even in tools that don’t support it anywhere else.
Vista Social: full visual flow builder — comment-to-DM triggers (post/reel/live/story-reply/mention), keyword and welcome auto-replies, templates. Contact caps scale by plan (10K–100K).
RecurPost includes Instagram DM automation and a DM/comment inbox with AI replies in its base plans — at price points ($9–79/mo) where most of this category either gates the feature higher or omits it. Disclosure: same team as this site.
By comparison, tools like HeyOrca support Instagram-only triggered DM flows without templates, and several major tools — Agorapulse, Sendible, Publer — have no DM automation at all on any plan. Check a tool’s Directory profile before assuming this is included.