F5Bot
The facts below are what the maker publishes about F5Bot, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From F5Bot's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5 keywords · 10 alerts per keyword daily · 20 daily alerts · up to 2-hour delay · 7-day match history · free |
| Silver | $9.99 a month | 20 keywords · 30 alerts per keyword daily · 100 daily alerts · up to 5-minute delay · 7-day match history · billed monthly |
| Gold | $49.99 a month | 200 keywords · 100 alerts per keyword daily · 5,000 daily alerts · 90-day match history · RSS/JSON feeds · Slack/Discord integrations · AI filtering · billed monthly |
| Platinum | $214.99 a month | 300 keywords · 500 alerts per keyword daily · 200,000 daily alerts · 90-day match history · RSS/JSON feeds · 3 Slack/Discord integrations · 5 AI filters · API/webhooks · billed monthly |
| Diamond | $500 a month | Custom keywords · custom alert caps · custom integrations and AI filtering · API/webhooks · Starting at $500/mo |
| Silver | $109 a year | 20 keywords · 30 alerts per keyword daily · 100 daily alerts · up to 5-minute delay · 7-day match history · yearly plan, 1 mo free |
| Gold | $549 a year | 200 keywords · 100 alerts per keyword daily · 5,000 daily alerts · 90-day match history · RSS/JSON feeds · Slack/Discord integrations · AI filtering · yearly plan, 1 mo free |
| Platinum | $2,364 a year | 300 keywords · 500 alerts per keyword daily · 200,000 daily alerts · 90-day match history · RSS/JSON feeds · 3 Slack/Discord integrations · 5 AI filters · API/webhooks · yearly plan, 1 mo free |
The facts
Each one read from F5Bot's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI filtering
- AI filtering matches content based on a natural-language description instead of exact keywords and is available on select plans.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Alert channels
- Email,Slack,Discord,RSS,JSON,webhookschecked 22 Sep 2026
- API
- Plans with API access support programmatic alert management and webhook callbacks when F5Bot finds a match.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- It scans submissions and comments and checks for new content every few minutes.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Data and analytics
- The maker says the site uses cookies, including Google Analytics cookies, and Google Analytics processes visitor information.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Email delivery
- Eligible plans can disable email, group alerts after a delay, or schedule daily email digests at up to three chosen times.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Filtering
- Users can filter by subreddit, exclude terms, require co-occurring terms, and target fields such as title, body, URL, or username.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Eligible plans can send alerts to Slack or Discord through webhooks and provide RSS and JSON feeds.checked 4 Oct 2026
- News monitoring
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Notable limits
- F5Bot does not support regular expressions or wildcards, and its maker says it may not suit monitoring a very popular brand.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- The privacy policy says account data may include a name and email, and payment details are transmitted directly to third-party processors.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Service caveat
- The terms disclaim a guarantee that every keyword mention will be detected or that alerts will arrive without delay.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Social network coverage
- Reddit,Hacker News,Lobsterschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- Users can contact Lewis Van Winkle by emailing [email protected] or replying to any F5Bot alert email.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Tracked query limit
- 20checked 22 Sep 2026
- Web monitoring
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- What it does
- F5Bot monitors Reddit, Hacker News, and Lobsters for keywords and emails alerts when they appear.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- The maker describes use cases including brand monitoring, competitor intelligence, lead generation, and content or PR tracking.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2017checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Free tier limits
- The free plan is for personal use, and a keyword that exceeds its per-keyword or account alert limit is disabled until manually re-enabled.checked 4 Oct 2026
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