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F5Bot
Quick answer
F5Bot is a minimal keyword-alert bot that emails you when your terms appear on Reddit, Hacker News or Lobsters. It offers AI-based filtering of alerts, advanced filtering options, Slack and Discord delivery, and RSS, JSON and API access to matches. Plans are Free at $0, Silver at $9.99 a month, Gold at $49.99, Platinum at $214.99 and Diamond from $500 a month. A free tier exists for personal use, and paid tiers raise keyword and volume limits.
Best for
A solo founder or small team that wants cheap or free alerts on Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters.
Not for
A team that needs coverage beyond Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters, or AI answer tracking, since F5Bot lists neither.
Facts
Pricing
- Free: $0/mo
- Silver: $9.99/mo
- Gold: $49.99/mo
- Platinum: $214.99/mo
- Diamond: $500/mo
From F5Bot's website, checked Oct 2026.
Free plan or trial
Free tier exists for personal use; paid tiers raise keyword/volume limits
From F5Bot's website, checked Oct 2026.
Sources covered
Reddit, Hacker News, Lobsters
API / MCP
Offers programmatic API access plus RSS/JSON feeds
How MarketHQ compares
| Feature | MarketHQ | F5Bot |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free (paid from $29/mo) | $0/mo |
| Free plan or trial | Free tier, no card required | Free tier exists for personal use; paid tiers raise keyword/volume limits |
| Sources covered | Hacker News, GitHub, RSS, Stack Overflow, Dev.to, Lobsters, Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube, X, Perplexity, Product Hunt, Broader web crawl, Bluesky | Reddit, Hacker News, Lobsters |
| AI engines tracked | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek | Not published |
| API / MCP | Yes, on every paid plan | Offers programmatic API access plus RSS/JSON feeds |
Alternatives
- MarketHQ: tracks brand mentions across communities, news, blogs, social and AI answers, with gap analysis and action plans.
- Agorapulse: Teams that already manage social publishing and want listening added alongside it.
- Awario: Teams that want broad web and social mention tracking with lead generation built in.
- Brand24: Teams that need broad social and review coverage with sentiment scoring and already budget for a dedicated listening tool.
- BrandBastion: A brand that wants social comments moderated around the clock with crisis sentiment flagged.
- Brandwatch: A large team that needs broad social coverage and has budget for an enterprise suite.
- Cision: PR and communications teams that need broadcast, print and journalist-outreach tools alongside AI visibility tracking.
- Critical Mention: PR teams that need broadcast monitoring and AI brand visibility in one place.
- Hootsuite: Teams that want scheduling, publishing and listening in one platform.
- Isentia: PR and communications teams in the APAC region that need broadcast and print monitoring alongside AI View.
- Khoros: Enterprises that run branded communities and want social management and care in one suite.
- KWatch.io: A team that wants real-time keyword alerts across LinkedIn, X, Reddit and Hacker News at a low monthly price.
- Mention: Small marketing teams that want one broad mention feed across the web, social and news.
- NapoleonCat: Teams that want social scheduling, moderation and competitor benchmarking in one tool.
- Quid (NetBase Quid): Market research and insights teams that want broad data mining across social, news, patents and other source types.
- Notifier: A team that wants broad Reddit, Hacker News and social alerts with AI filtering at a modest monthly price.
- Octolens: Teams that want community and social monitoring with API and MCP access on every plan.
- Onclusive: A PR or comms team that wants media monitoring bundled with multi-engine AI visibility tracking.
- Pulsar: A global brand that needs audience intelligence across many languages and regional social platforms.
- ReplyGuy: A founder or small team that wants AI-drafted replies to Reddit and Twitter/X mentions of a product.
- Sendible: An agency that wants unlimited users per account and scheduling across multiple social channels.
- Social Searcher: A quick, no-signup check of public social mentions for a brand, hashtag or name.
- SocialPilot: A social scheduling team that also wants Facebook and Google Business review monitoring.
- Sprinklr: A large organization that wants social, listening, marketing and service tools from one vendor.
- Sprout Social: Teams that want social management plus listening and an AI research assistant in one platform.
- Syften: A team that wants simple community keyword alerts with API, webhook or MCP access.
- Synthesio: Enterprise research teams that want consumer intelligence across social, search and ecommerce signals.
- Zoho Social: A business already on Zoho apps that wants social scheduling and monitoring in the same suite.
Related
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- Glossary: definitions of the terms that come up when comparing tools like this one.
Sources
- F5Bot: https://f5bot.com (checked Oct 2026)