Open-Sourcing AI Reply Automation: How to Cut Social Monitoring Costs by 90%

For founders and indie hackers, missing customer conversations on social media means losing leads to competitors. Existing solutions like ReplyGuy charge $49–$299/month, making social monitoring inaccessible for bootstrapped teams. MentionMaster's open-source release demonstrates how intelligent relevance filtering can reduce AI API costs by 60% while automating replies across five major platforms.