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  • March 3, 2026
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olavana

hello i'm just trying to understand the free account - it says 25 contacts but i've jsut set up an auto dm link from comment. does this mean it will only work for 25 people?

Best answer by Fabio Gaulke

Hi, ​@olavana!

Manychat is rolling out new Free plans and pricing models for some regions. It seems that this is for you.

Here you find more information about limits and restrictions for your Free Plan = https://help.manychat.com/hc/en-us/articles/25800197498652-Free-plan

 

For the questions about the 25 contacts. The limit is for 25 ACTIVE contacts per month (every billing cycle).

It means that you can have as many contacts saved to your Free account as you wish, but automations may stop right after that number is reached.

Here are more information about the Contacts for the new price model = https://help.manychat.com/hc/en-us/articles/25800323349020-Active-Contacts

 

Hope this helps!

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Fabio Gaulke
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  • March 4, 2026

Hi, ​@olavana!

Manychat is rolling out new Free plans and pricing models for some regions. It seems that this is for you.

Here you find more information about limits and restrictions for your Free Plan = https://help.manychat.com/hc/en-us/articles/25800197498652-Free-plan

 

For the questions about the 25 contacts. The limit is for 25 ACTIVE contacts per month (every billing cycle).

It means that you can have as many contacts saved to your Free account as you wish, but automations may stop right after that number is reached.

Here are more information about the Contacts for the new price model = https://help.manychat.com/hc/en-us/articles/25800323349020-Active-Contacts

 

Hope this helps!


olavana
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  • March 4, 2026

Hi Fabio - thanks for the reply. This is very frustrating as my friends ended up using most of my contacts just on standard dms. this seems like a flawed way to count customers?


Fabio Gaulke
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  • March 4, 2026

Hi Fabio - thanks for the reply. This is very frustrating as my friends ended up using most of my contacts just on standard dms. this seems like a flawed way to count customers?

I can understand your frustration…

It seems that the new Free plan aims much more to only work as some kind of “test” or a way to build the flows you need before upgrading to any of the paid plans.