F5Bot alternatives: Prospy vs F5Bot
F5Bot emails you when your keywords show up on Reddit, Hacker News or Lobsters. The free plan covers 5 keywords for personal use. Paid plans add more keywords, faster alerts, Slack and Discord, RSS and JSON feeds, AI filtering and, on the top tiers, an API.
UpdatedPick F5Bot if you want fast, low-cost keyword alerts for Reddit and Hacker News and you are happy to read every match yourself. It has a free plan, and paid alerts arrive within minutes. Pick Prospy if you sell something and want one ranked feed instead: it watches 12 sources, scores each mention for buying intent and flags Reddit, Hacker News and YouTube threads that rank on Google. Prospy scans once a day.
- Sources
- 12 sources: X, Reddit, Hacker News, Bluesky, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, Quora, Product Hunt, GitHub and Medium. Not covered: Instagram, Facebook, news sites, podcasts.
- Scoring
- Every mention is scored by AI for relevance and buying intent. Keywords are scanned once a day.
- Pricing
- Prospy Pro $24.00/month, billed monthly. Explorer Pass $12.00 one time for three days of full access. No free plan.
- Safety
- Prospy never posts, comments or sends messages on your behalf and never needs your social logins.
Prospy vs F5Bot at a glance
F5Bot's column comes from its own website, checked on November 9, 2026. Where its site does not say, we say so instead of guessing. Plans change, so check f5bot.com before you buy.
| Prospy | F5Bot | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms covered | 12 sources: X, Reddit, Hacker News, Bluesky, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, Quora, Product Hunt, GitHub and Medium | Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters |
| How often it checks | Once a day for each keyword | Up to 2 hours on Free, up to 5 minutes on Silver, instant or scheduled on Gold and above |
| AI and intent scoring | AI scores every mention for relevance and buying intent and ranks the feed | Keyword matching, with filters for subreddits and required or excluded words on paid plans. AI filtering on Gold and above: you describe what you want and AI checks new posts. No intent score. |
| Threads that rank on Google | Checks Google for your keywords and flags high-intent Reddit, Hacker News and YouTube threads that rank, with their position | Not listed on its site |
| Alerts and delivery | Dashboard feed, email, Slack, Discord and signed webhooks | Email on every plan (instant, batched or a daily digest). Slack or Discord and RSS or JSON feeds from Gold. |
| API and MCP | REST API and MCP server | API and webhooks on Platinum and Diamond. No MCP server listed. |
| Posting and automation | Never posts, comments, votes or sends messages for you. You reply from your own accounts. | Alerts only. You open the thread and reply yourself. |
| Price | Prospy Pro $24.00/month, billed monthly. Explorer Pass $12.00 one time for three days of full access. No free plan. | Free (5 keywords, personal use). Silver $12.99/month, Gold $49.99/month, Platinum $214.99/month, Diamond from $500/month. Price checked November 9, 2026. |
Sources for F5Bot: f5bot.com, f5bot.com/tiers, checked November 9, 2026. Prospy is not affiliated with F5Bot.
When F5Bot is the better choice
An honest list. If these describe you, Prospy is probably not the right tool.
- You only need Reddit and Hacker News and want alerts within minutes, not once a day
- You want to start free: the free plan covers 5 keywords for personal use
- You track a long list of keywords: Gold allows 200 and Platinum 300
- You also want Lobsters, which Prospy does not watch
When Prospy is the better choice
Prospy reads public posts and never posts, comments, votes or sends messages for you, so there is no account of yours or ours at risk.
- Your buyers also talk on X, LinkedIn, YouTube, GitHub and the rest of the 12 sources Prospy watches
- You want each mention scored for buying intent and ranked, instead of reading every keyword match
- You want to know which Reddit, Hacker News and YouTube threads rank on Google before you spend time on a reply
- You want a REST API, an MCP server and signed webhooks included in Prospy
How to move from F5Bot to Prospy
Most teams are set up in one sitting. Your keywords carry over; the intent scoring is new.
- Copy your F5Bot keywords and keep the ones that name your product, your competitors or the problem you solve.
- Create a Prospy project from your website. Prospy suggests keywords; add your F5Bot ones.
- Leave every source on, or limit a keyword to Reddit and Hacker News if that is all you want from it.
- Send high-intent mentions to email, Slack or Discord with an alert rule, then turn off the F5Bot alerts you stopped reading.
Is F5Bot free?
F5Bot has a free plan with 5 keywords, marked for personal use, with alerts delayed by up to 2 hours. Its pricing page says monitoring for a business, a client or a product you sell is what the Gold plan is for.
Does F5Bot use AI?
Yes, on Gold and above. You describe what you are looking for in plain language and AI checks new posts against it. Gold includes 2 AI filters and the first $10 a month of model usage, with usage beyond that billed on top. Prospy scores every mention for relevance and buying intent as part of the plan.
Which sites does F5Bot monitor?
Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters. Prospy watches 12 sources, including Reddit, Hacker News, X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, YouTube and GitHub, but not Lobsters.
Does F5Bot post replies for me?
No. F5Bot sends alerts and you reply yourself. Prospy works the same way on purpose: it never posts, comments or votes for you.
Can I use F5Bot and Prospy together?
Yes. Some teams keep F5Bot for near-instant Reddit alerts on their brand name and use Prospy for the daily, intent-scored feed across every source.
How much does F5Bot cost compared with Prospy?
F5Bot, as listed on f5bot.com on November 9, 2026: Free (5 keywords, personal use). Silver $12.99/month, Gold $49.99/month, Platinum $214.99/month, Diamond from $500/month. Prospy Pro $24.00/month, billed monthly. Explorer Pass $12.00 one time for three days of full access. No free plan.
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