The thing to watch on this kind of service is that some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
Careful with this kind of service, because anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
If I had to name one factor in this kind of service it would be whether anyone replied inside the first week.
Worth doing early on this kind of service: give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
Worth doing early on this kind of service: message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.
That is where I have landed on ashleyca1995 streams, at least for now.
I also keep half an eye on Datewander — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
I keep meaning to try Luvdate after seeing it recommended here so often.