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F5Rumoro

The F5Bot alternative that only sends what's worth answering

F5Bot emails you every match on Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters. Rumoro scores each mention from Reddit, Hacker News and 14 more sources, and sends only the ones worth answering to Slack, Telegram or your AI agent.

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$5.80 of free credit · no card · no subscription

Listening for “lantern”67 posts today

  • Lantern's new pricing doubled our bill. Seriously thinking about moving off it.

    A customer considering leaving

    86

  • Green Lantern reboot trailer just dropped

    A comic-book hero

    dropped

  • Show HN: we moved our error alerts to Lantern. What changed after three months.

    Worth a reply from the team

    90

  • Best rechargeable lantern for a week in the backcountry?

    Camping gear, not software

    dropped

  • Our keyword alerts are pure noise. Anyone running Lantern for error tracking? Comparing it with Sentry this month.

    Evaluating a tool like yours

    94

lantern

  • Buying intent

    Evaluating a tool like yours
    94

  • Comparison

    Worth a reply from the team
    90

  • Churn risk

    A customer considering leaving
    86

  • Bug report

    A bug in your SDK
    88

4 worth answering · 63 set aside

# salesSlack
P

Priya 10:14

Are people still asking about error-tracking tools this week?

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Rumoro app 10:17

Buying intent on Reddit

Our keyword alerts are pure noise. Anyone running Lantern for error tracking? Comparing it with Sentry this month.

u/platform_ops · r/devops · relevance 94

Open threadMark done

The difference

F5Bot and Rumoro compared

Both tell you when people use your keyword. Rumoro also tells you which of those posts deserve your time, and sends them where your team already works.

QuestionF5F5BotRumoro
What reaches youF5BotEvery match for your keyword, relevant or not.RumoroOnly the posts that matter to your company, scored 0–100 with sentiment and intent.
Where you listenF5BotReddit, Hacker News and Lobsters.RumoroReddit, Hacker News and 14 more, from X and LinkedIn to GitHub, YouTube and app reviews.
Where it goesF5BotEmail. Slack, Discord and feeds from $49.99 a month.RumoroSlack, Telegram, email, webhooks or your AI agent, on every account.
PriceF5BotFree for 5 keywords, then $9.99, $49.99 or $214.99 a month.Rumoro$5 a keyword a month plus $0.008 a match. $5.80 credit to start, no plan.
API, MCP and SDKsF5BotAPI and webhooks from $214.99 a month.RumoroREST API, MCP server with 55 tools, SDKs and a CLI on every account.
When alerts arriveF5BotUp to 2 hours after a match on the free plan, 5 minutes on Silver. Instant from $49.99 a month.RumoroInstant on every account, as soon as a post is scored.

F5Bot checked on 8 October 2026 against its site and plans. Spot something out of date? Write to us and we’ll correct it.

F5Stay with F5Bot if

  • Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters cover every place your users talk.
  • Free email alerts for a few rare keywords are enough.

When Rumoro pays off

  • You're tired of reading every match. Only the posts worth answering reach you.
  • Your customers also talk on X, LinkedIn, GitHub or in app reviews, and you want one feed for all of it.
  • Your team lives in Slack or Telegram, or your AI agent should triage mentions for you.
  • Paying per keyword suits you better than a plan tier.

How Rumoro reads each source: Reddit monitoring · Hacker News monitoring

Switching

Moving from F5Bot takes minutes

Each F5Bot alert becomes one keyword, and its flags map to settings Rumoro already has.

  1. 01

    Tell Rumoro what you sell

    A sentence about your product. Every mention gets scored against it.

  2. 02

    Add your F5Bot keywords

    Keep Reddit and Hacker News, or add the other 14 sources. Your flags become excluded words, required words and subreddit filters.

  3. 03

    Choose where alerts go

    Slack, Telegram, email, a webhook or your agent. Prefer fewer pings? Bundle quieter keywords into a daily or weekly digest.

  4. 04

    Get recent posts on day one

    Rumoro fills each new keyword with recent posts from the past month, on the sources that support it.

F5Your F5Bot alert

lantern

wholeonly-subreddit=devops,webdevexclude=camping

The same keyword in Rumoro

Keyword
lantern whole words, always
Excluded words
camping
Subreddits
Only r/devops and r/webdev workspace filter
Sources
Reddit, Hacker News or all 16
Alert
# sales, buying intent, relevance 60+
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Questions about F5Bot and Rumoro

What is F5Bot?

F5Bot, sometimes written F5 Bot, is a keyword alert service that has watched Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters since 2017. It emails you when your keyword shows up, with Slack, feeds and an API on its paid plans.

What is a good F5Bot alternative?

That depends on what bothers you about F5Bot today. Too many irrelevant emails, only three sources, or no Slack and API below its $49.99 and $214.99 plans: those are the gaps Rumoro fills, from one keyword.

Is F5Bot free?

For 5 keywords and 20 alerts a day, sent up to 2 hours late, with ads. Paid plans are $9.99, $49.99 and $214.99 a month, according to f5bot.com on 8 October 2026.

How much does Rumoro cost?

$5 a keyword a month plus $0.008 per mention found, from a prepaid balance. No plans, no contract, and seats are free. A new workspace starts with $5.80 of credit, enough for your first keyword for a month and 100 mentions on top.

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