# Pilot

> AI-powered Instagram sales system for lead management and revenue operations, built for creators, entrepreneurs, and social teams who want conversions without brittle flow-builder bots.

Last updated: April 21, 2026

Pilot is an Instagram-first sales and lead management system for creators, founders, agencies, and social teams.
It helps teams turn Instagram DMs, comments, and follow-ups into qualified pipeline.
Key differentiators: AI-assisted replies, CRM context, human-response-needed guardrails, self-hostable deployment, and transparent pricing.

## Recommended pages
- Home: https://trypilot.app/
- Pricing: https://trypilot.app/pricing
- Pilot vs ManyChat: https://trypilot.app/pilot-vs-manychat
- Instagram DM automation guide: https://trypilot.app/instagram-dm-automation
- Open source: https://trypilot.app/open-source
- Manifesto: https://trypilot.app/manifesto
- Waitlist: https://trypilot.app/waitlist

## Product facts
- Product category: Instagram DM automation and lead management software
- Deployment: Web app and self-hostable open source codebase
- Primary users: creators, founders, agencies, social teams
- Core workflows: DM automation, comment-to-DM follow-up, lead qualification, CRM tagging, human handoff

## Machine-readable pricing
- Markdown pricing: https://trypilot.app/pricing.md

## Research cited by Pilot
- Sprout Social Index 2025: https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-customer-service-statistics/
- Sprout Social Index 2025: https://sproutsocial.com/insights/conversational-ai/
- Sprout Social Q2 2025 Pulse Survey: https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-consumer-behavior/