WhatsApp
Instagram
Messenger
Wati stops at step two.
Here’s what actually happens when someone messages a local business, and where a WhatsApp-first tool runs out of road.
Pick a category. See the gap.
Their app is an inbox.
Ours is the whole business.
Wati’s mobile app lets you read and reply to WhatsApp. DMly’s lets you run the place from the shop floor, confirm a booking, take a payment, check the week’s revenue, all between customers.
DMly Starter vs Wati Pro.
The tiers most local businesses land on. DMly costs less and includes far more.
Six subscriptions become one
Wati is one line on the invoice. Here’s the rest of it.
Life after Wati
“We used Wati for a year and still paid for Calendly, an invoicing app and a review tool. DMly is all of it in one login. We cut three subscriptions in a week.”
“Half our bookings come from Instagram DMs, and automating them in Wati was a dead end. Moving to DMly put every channel in one inbox and our reply time halved.”
“The bit that sold me: a customer messages, the bot books them, takes the deposit and asks for a Google review after. That’s one flow. In Wati that was four tools.”
“Migration took an afternoon. They moved our contacts and templates for us and we never lost a conversation.”
We move you across. Free.
Before you switch
No. DMly is an official Meta Business Partner, so your WhatsApp Business API number, and any verified badge, migrates across with no downtime and no re-verification.
No. You only switch on what you need. Most owners start with the inbox and automation, exactly like Wati, then turn on bookings or invoices when they’re ready.
Nothing. Our team moves your contacts, tags and templates for you, and we run both systems in parallel until you are happy to switch off Wati.
DMly Starter is $29/mo billed yearly and includes all 8 channels, every feature, unmetered automation triggers and every integration. Wati Pro is $79/mo for a single number, limited integrations, unlimited only on the $199 tier, with Shopify or WooCommerce billed as an extra, on top of the booking, invoicing and review tools you still have to buy.
Yes: those are billed by Meta and are the same regardless of platform. We pass them through at cost with no markup.
It does, but the automation on those channels is limited compared with its WhatsApp support, and TikTok, Telegram, SMS, Live Chat and Google Business still aren’t there. On DMly every channel is first-class, with the same flows, CRM and reporting behind all of them.
Not with us. Every integration is included on your plan and automation triggers are unmetered. Wati limits integrations below its $199 tier, bills separately for Shopify and WooCommerce, and meters automation triggers.
Absolutely. Start a free trial, build a flow or two, and only move your number when it feels right.
Comparison based on publicly available information about Wati at the time of writing. Wati is a trademark of its respective owner and is not affiliated with DMly. Features and pricing may change: please verify before relying on this page.
