An F5Bot alternative for buying intent, not every keyword hit

F5Bot’s job is easy to explain. You pick words. When those words show up on the sites it watches, you get an email. That is useful, and this page is not going to pretend otherwise or invent a comparison chart of delivery times.

The difference is the starting point

LaunchRadar starts with your product URL. It drafts the searches, you edit them, and then it scores each public post. A mention of your category is not treated the same as “does anyone know a tool that…”. Hiring posts and “Show HN, I just launched” posts are pushed down on purpose.

Sources

Hacker News and Bluesky are on from day one. X is optional and off unless the server has a bearer token. Reddit is not included, and neither is Lobsters. If your F5Bot alerts depend on those, keep them. LaunchRadar will not reproduce that feed.

What arrives in the morning

A digest with the source, the link, the intent score, why it scored that way, and a suggested reply. Free accounts get that weekly, capped at three leads. Solo (US$19/month) and Pro (US$49/month) get it daily. Pro adds a fuller drafted reply and a faster refresh. You post anything you want to say. The product never posts it for you.

You can test the hook without an account on the public sample, or read pricing before you start.