How many DMs can InstantDM send per hour?

Hourly pace by plan

Plan	Hourly pace for comment automations
Free	Up to 800 per hour
Legend Pro	Up to 800 per hour
Trendsetter	Up to 2,000 per hour
Trendsetter Pro	No hourly limit
Multi Starter, Multi Pro	No hourly limit

These are the paces on the pricing page. Treat them as a ceiling, not an exact counter: the hourly count is approximate.

The hourly pace is separate from credits. Free accounts start with 500 credits (1 credit = 1 DM that Instagram accepts). Legend Pro, Trendsetter and Trendsetter Pro have unlimited DMs, paced per hour. Multi Starter includes 30,000 automations per account per month, and Multi Pro 300,000.

Steps

1. Click Account Settings in the left menu. A window titled “Settings” opens.
2. Click the Safety & Limits tab.
3. Find Automations / Hour (“New comment-to-DM automations per hour.”).
4. Pick a number from the list. Choices above your plan’s ceiling are greyed out. Maximum Allowed is for plans with no hourly limit.
5. Click Save at the top right.

On the phone app

Tap your profile photo → Settings → Safety & Limits. Change Automations / Hour (the app shows “Your plan allows up to …”), then tap Save Changes.

What happens when you reach your pace

• Free and Legend Pro: new comments over the limit are not answered automatically. In the post’s All Comments tab they show Rate limit reached. They are not listed in Automation Recovery.
• Trendsetter and the Multi plans: extra comments wait in a queue and are answered later. They show Scheduled (hover: “Waiting in Queue”). A queued comment uses a credit only when its DM is actually sent.
• Instagram’s own limit is separate. If Instagram says your account is sending too fast, the comment shows Instagram limit reached. InstantDM pauses for your Rate Limit Retry time and then tries again.

Good to know

• The pace only counts comment automations. DM keyword replies, story replies and button taps are not slowed by it.
• The lowest choices (100 to 400) currently pace the same as 500.
• A lower pace is gentler, but on Free and Legend Pro it also means more comments may go unanswered on a busy post.
• No pace setting can promise that Instagram won’t limit your account. See is InstantDM safe?
• Expecting a big spike? Read what to do when a post goes viral.

What you can’t do

• Go above your plan’s ceiling.
• Pace DM keyword replies or story replies with this setting.
• Set a different hourly pace for each post.

If it doesn’t work

• Many comments show Rate limit reached: raise Automations / Hour if your plan allows it, or upgrade. On Trendsetter, extra comments are queued instead.
• Comments show Instagram limit reached: Instagram asked your account to slow down. Wait, and check Rate Limit Retry in Safety & Limits.