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BooSend VS OnlySocial: DM Automation In 2025

Author profilewritten by Marko Filipovic | @automatewithmarko
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OnlySocial entered the market as a multi-platform social media management tool that also offers Instagram DM automation. At $49/month, they positioned themselves as an all-in-one solution combining content scheduling, analytics, and chatbot automation across 15+ social platforms. On paper, it sounds great. In practice? It's a classic case of trying to be everything to everyone and that dilutes what matters most for DM automation.

The All-in-One Problem

Here's what OnlySocial actually is: a social media scheduling platform with DM automation tacked on as a feature. They spread their focus across content calendars, post scheduling, analytics dashboards, media libraries, RSS feeds, and multi-platform posting. DM automation is just one piece of a much larger puzzle, which means it doesn't get the deep innovation and attention it deserves.

BooSend took the opposite approach. We built a tool specifically for Instagram DM automation, and our entire roadmap is dedicated to making it smarter, faster, and more powerful. Every feature we add, every update we ship, every integration we build it's all focused on one thing: helping you convert DMs into revenue.

AI That Actually Does the Work

OnlySocial offers automated responses to Story replies, mentions, and reactions with customizable templates. You can set up a drag-and-drop chatbot that sends pre-written messages based on keywords. It's functional, but it's not intelligent. It's automation in the most basic sense trigger and response, nothing more.

BooSend's AI Agents are different. They don't just respond to messages, they qualify leads, route conversations, book appointments, deliver content, and log everything to your CRM without you lifting a finger. Through webhook and MCP integrations, our agents have access to your calendars, CRMs, email systems, payment processors, and even voice messages. They understand context and intent, not just keywords. They handle complex workflows that would take hours to build manually in other platforms.

Integrations That Actually Matter

OnlySocial's integrations are focused on social media platforms. You can connect Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, and a dozen other networks for scheduling and posting. That's useful if you're managing a social media calendar. It's not useful if you're trying to run a business through your DMs.

BooSend connects to what actually matters for revenue: your CRM, your calendar, your payment processor, your email system, your communication tools. Our webhook and MCP integrations, calendar syncing, payment processors, voice message delivery, and direct CRM logging let AI agents access your entire tech stack so they can do real work, not just send messages. When a lead books a call through your DMs, BooSend can add them to your CRM, send a confirmation email, create a calendar event, and trigger a follow-up sequence all automatically.

OnlySocial will help you respond to DMs faster. BooSend will help you turn those DMs into paying customers.

The Bottom Line

OnlySocial is a decent choice if you need an all-in-one social media management platform with basic DM automation as a bonus feature. But if Instagram DM automation is critical to your business—if you need AI that actually converts, integrations that actually work, and pricing that doesn't punish growth—BooSend is the clear winner.

BooSend was built by a business owner, for business owners. We kept everything people loved about the original DM automation tools (speed, simplicity, ease of use) and rebuilt the rest around what actually drives revenue: intelligent AI agents, seamless integrations, and transparent pricing.

Let's Compare

  • MultiChannel
  • Conversational Workflows
  • Advanced AI Agen't
  • Easy To Track Affordable Pricing
  • Pre-Loaded With Advanced Templates
  • Unlimited Contact's & Dm's
  • LifeTime Plan Available
OnlySocial
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Choose The Right Platform

OnlySocial
BooSend
Multi-Channel Messaging
OnlySocial provides a unified inbox that pulls DMs, comments, mentions, and reviews across supported networks (15+ platforms incl. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp; TikTok supported for scheduling).
BooSend delivers multichannel messaging for FaceBook, Instagram and WhatsApp in the near future
Multiple Account Management
You can connect multiple social profiles per plan (e.g., Freelancer: 8 profiles; Entrepreneur: 20; Professional: 100).
BooSend allows users to connect 3 Social Media Accounts under 1 Monthly Subscription or Infinite accounts under a life time plan
AI Agent Messaging
Built-in Salesbot/AI-powered chatbots for Instagram & Messenger, with ChatGPT integration. Included on paid plans (credits/quotas apply).
BooSend offers seamless AI Agent integration for building advanced conversational flows
Contact Limitations
No published per-contact storage fee. Plans include Email & SMS broadcast quotas (e.g., 1,000 each on Freelancer).
BooSend offers unlimited contacts
Messaging Limitations
Unlimited post scheduling; broadcasts are quota-based. DM usage follows each platform’s policies—OnlySocial doesn’t advertise “unlimited DMs.”
BooSend offers unlimited messaging
Platform Integrations
Native integrations (e.g., OpenAI/ChatGPT, Adobe Express, Bitly) plus API & Webhooks for custom workflows.
BooSend Offers Webhook Based Integration with other Platforms

Seamless Integration

Seamlessly integrate with dozens of your favorite apps and watch your workflow transform. BooSend connects effortlessly with your entire tech stack—keeping your CRMs automatically updated, syncing data in real-time, and executing critical actions on your behalf so you can focus on what matters most. No more manual data entry. No more switching between platforms. No more missed opportunities.

But we don't stop there. With powerful webhooks at your disposal, BooSend can connect with virtually any application in your arsenal—even custom tools and proprietary systems. If it has an API, we can talk to it. This means unlimited possibilities for automation, custom workflows, and integrations tailored precisely to your business needs.

Your tools should work together, not against each other. With BooSend, they finally do.

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Simple & Unbeatable Pricing

BooSend's pricing was created with you, the business owner in mind... We don't charge you extra for any features, no gate keeping! We don't charge you for growth, you can store unlimited contacts and talk to unlimited leads! And AI... well ofcourse you only pay for what you use! Pricing plan made perfect (or so our customers think)

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$0
FREE For 7 Days
Connect 1 Instagram Account
Send Up To 100DMs
Integrations
Content Scheduling
No AI Features

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$29a month
Unlimited Contacts
Connect 3 Instagram Account
Send Unlimited DM's
AI Agent
AI Agent, AI Extractor, and more...
Integrations
Content Scheduling
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$299
Unlimited Contacts
Unlimited Instagram Account
Send Unlimited DMs
AI Agent
AI Agent, AI Extractor, and more...
Integrations
Content Scheduling