SnitchFeed vs F5Bot
Verified against F5Bot's own site, September 2026
F5Bot is one of the genuinely good free tools on the internet, and most comparisons of it are dishonest. It is not a stripped-down trial version of a paid product: its Gold tier at $49.99 a month includes AI filtering, Slack, Discord and an API, and undercuts our entry price. The real difference is not features or cost, it is which platforms each tool can see.
Who each tool is actually for
F5Bot is for Reddit and Hacker News, done cheaply and well
Reddit posts and comments across every subreddit, Hacker News, and Lobsters. Free forever with no stated keyword limit, or $9.99 a month for advanced filtering, or $49.99 for 200 keywords with AI filtering, Slack, Discord, RSS, JSON and API access. If those three sources are where your audience lives, this is the right tool and the free tier may be all you need.
SnitchFeed is for teams whose buyers are not only on Reddit
Reddit and Hacker News, plus X, LinkedIn and Bluesky, with AI relevance scoring, intent signals and routing into Slack, Discord and webhooks. Built for B2B teams who need to catch conversations wherever they happen and turn them into work.
SnitchFeed or F5Bot?
Choose F5Bot if
Anyone who needs Reddit, Hacker News or Lobsters keyword alerts, especially at high keyword volume or no cost.
- Your audience is on Reddit and Hacker News, and nowhere else that matters
- You want a lot of keywords cheaply, or you want it free
- Email, Slack, Discord or a feed is all the delivery you need
- You are comfortable filtering noise yourself
Choose SnitchFeed if
B2B teams who need Reddit and Hacker News plus the platforms F5Bot does not cover, with the noise filtered before it reaches them.
- You need X, LinkedIn or Bluesky as well as Reddit
- Your keywords are generic enough that raw alerts would drown you
- You want mentions scored, tagged and routed rather than just forwarded
- More than one person needs to work the same feed
What it costs
F5Bot publishes no annual billing, so their figures are month to month. Ours are shown both ways.
| Comparison | F5Bot | SnitchFeed |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes, free forever, email alerts, no card required | No free tier, but a 7-day free trial with no card required |
| Cheapest paid tier | $9.99/month (Silver), 20 keywords | $59/month, or $47 annually (Starter), 10 keywords |
| Tier with AI filtering and Slack | $49.99/month (Gold), 200 keywords | $59/month (Starter), AI scoring and Slack included |
| Sources monitored | Reddit, Hacker News, Lobsters | Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Hacker News |
| Alert delivery | Email, plus Slack, Discord, RSS, JSON and API on paid tiers | Email, Slack, Discord, webhooks on Pro, plus API and MCP |
Where F5Bot is genuinely better
All of this is true. If any of it is a requirement rather than a preference, buy F5Bot.
It is free, and the free tier is genuinely useful
No card, no trial clock, no stated keyword limit. If you want to know when someone mentions your product on Reddit or Hacker News and you are happy receiving that by email, F5Bot does the job for nothing and we cannot compete with that. Plenty of people should stop here.
Far more keywords per dollar
Gold gives you 200 keywords for $49.99 a month. Our Pro gives you 30 for $119. If your problem is simply that you have a lot of terms to watch, F5Bot is better value and it is not close.
Their paid tier undercuts our entry tier
Gold at $49.99 includes AI filtering, Slack, Discord and API access for less than our $59 Starter. We are not going to claim those capabilities as our differentiators when a cheaper tool ships all of them.
Lobsters coverage
A small thing, but real: we do not monitor Lobsters at any price.
Where SnitchFeed beats F5Bot
The cases where we would tell you to pick us.
X, LinkedIn and Bluesky, which F5Bot cannot see at any price
This is the whole comparison. F5Bot monitors three sources and none of them is X or LinkedIn. If your buyers discuss tools on LinkedIn, or your brand gets talked about on X, no F5Bot tier will ever surface it. For most B2B teams that is the deciding factor.
A workspace rather than an alert stream
Listeners you can tune, feeds you can share, AI relevance and intent scoring on every mention, analytics, and reply drafting. F5Bot is deliberately a notifier, and it is an excellent one. If your problem ends when the alert arrives, that is enough. If it starts there, you will outgrow it.
Signal quality on high-volume terms
A common term on r/all produces a lot of noise, and a keyword alerter forwards it all. Our AI scoring filters and ranks before anything reaches you, which matters more the more generic your keywords are.
Where these figures come from
F5Bot figures were checked against their own site in September 2026. Pricing changes; if you spot something out of date here, tell us and we will fix it.
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I love SnitchFeed. Can't recommend it enough.
I really like what I achieved with SnitchFeed.
One dashboard. Every conversation that matters. No more hopping between platforms. Quality product & great founder 🤝
Anyone reading this comment, I've used SnitchFeed and loved it!
Spent 5 minutes on SnitchFeed, dropped a comment → new user
Just started using SnitchFeed and I'm already loving it. Great Work!
I love SnitchFeed. Can't recommend it enough.
I really like what I achieved with SnitchFeed.
One dashboard. Every conversation that matters. No more hopping between platforms. Quality product & great founder 🤝
Anyone reading this comment, I've used SnitchFeed and loved it!
Spent 5 minutes on SnitchFeed, dropped a comment → new user
Just started using SnitchFeed and I'm already loving it. Great Work!
I legit booked 5 meetings with SnitchFeed this week. And it's only Monday...
Does what it says on the tin. Quite well.
Every day I open my laptop, SnitchFeed is the first thing I log into.
Immediately found 5 perfect posts that I replied to on X & LinkedIn. Wasn't expecting that!
The ability to use AI sentiment scoring and get insights on data is incredibly useful. Very hard to find at this price point!
Super easy setup and UI. Actually delivers on what it promises to do.
I legit booked 5 meetings with SnitchFeed this week. And it's only Monday...
Does what it says on the tin. Quite well.
Every day I open my laptop, SnitchFeed is the first thing I log into.
Immediately found 5 perfect posts that I replied to on X & LinkedIn. Wasn't expecting that!
The ability to use AI sentiment scoring and get insights on data is incredibly useful. Very hard to find at this price point!
Super easy setup and UI. Actually delivers on what it promises to do.
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