F5Bot vs Monitor Mentions: pricing and features
F5Bot emails you when a keyword shows up in a new Reddit post or comment, on Hacker News or on Lobsters. It has run since 2017 and the basic alerts are free. Monitor Mentions shows who is posting about a consumer brand on Instagram, TikTok and Reddit, and how that compares with its competitors.
Still choosing? The brand mention tools buyer's guide sets the main tools side by side.
F5Bot
- Category
- Keyword alerts for Reddit and Hacker News
- Coverage
- Reddit posts and comments, Hacker News and Lobsters
- Pricing
- Free, with paid plans at $12.99 and $49.99 a month (November 2026)
- Best for
- Your buyers talk on Reddit and Hacker News, you want an email within minutes of a new thread, and you do not need Instagram or TikTok at all.
Monitor Mentions
- Category
- Brand mention monitoring with competitor benchmarking
- Coverage
- Instagram for every brand we monitor, by hashtag, tagged tab and name. On paid plans, TikTok and news from Starter and Reddit from Growth, daily, for your brands and their competitors.
- Pricing
- Published on our pricing page, no sales call
- Best for
- You run a consumer brand. Your customers post photos and videos on Instagram and TikTok, and you want to see those posts and the creators behind them, with Reddit beside them.
F5Bot pricing
Read off F5Bot's own pricing page in November 2026. Prices change, so check theirs before you buy.
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Keyword alerts by email, basic filtering |
| Silver | $12.99 a month | 20 keywords, advanced filtering, full post text, non-commercial use |
| Gold | $49.99 a month | 200 keywords, RSS and JSON feeds, AI filtering, Slack and Discord |
Enterprise on request.
Where F5Bot is the better choice
It does one job well and the entry plan costs nothing. Reddit comments are checked every few minutes, filters can narrow by subreddit or exclude terms, and the Gold plan adds AI filtering, Slack and Discord. For founders and developer tools, where the conversation happens on Reddit and Hacker News, it is the obvious first alert to set.
If that describes your situation, buy F5Bot. We are not trying to be a broader tool than we are.
Where Monitor Mentions fits better
- Instagram and TikTok, which F5Bot does not cover
- Who is posting: the creators behind the mentions, with their follower counts
- Your competitors measured on the same schedule, so a week of mentions has something to be compared with
- 1035 consumer brands already tracked, each with a free public page
F5Bot vs Monitor Mentions: questions
Is Monitor Mentions a F5Bot alternative?
For some jobs. F5Bot covers Reddit posts and comments, Hacker News and Lobsters. Monitor Mentions covers brand mentions on Instagram, with TikTok and news from Starter and Reddit from Growth, and measures you against your competitors. If your customers post about you on Instagram and TikTok, we go deeper there; if you need the channels F5Bot covers and we do not, F5Bot is the better tool.
How much does F5Bot cost?
F5Bot is free, with paid plans at $12.99 and $49.99 a month, read off its own pricing page in November 2026. Enterprise on request. Prices change, so check https://f5bot.com/ before you buy.
How much does Monitor Mentions cost compared to F5Bot?
Our prices are published on the pricing page, priced by the brands you monitor rather than by keywords or a monthly mention allowance, with no sales call.
When should I choose F5Bot instead?
Your buyers talk on Reddit and Hacker News, you want an email within minutes of a new thread, and you do not need Instagram or TikTok at all.
What does Monitor Mentions track?
Who is posting about a brand: public Instagram posts by other accounts that name it, including the ones that never tag it, the creators behind them, and the same numbers for its competitors. 1035 consumer brands already have a public page, with follower counts and engagement read from their profiles.
Other comparisons
View all →F5Bot's plans and features were read from its own site in November 2026. Product features and pricing change, so check F5Bot's own site for their current details.