Head to head

F5Bot vs GummySearch

F5Bot is a keyword alerts tool: Free, simple and reliable. Enter a keyword, get an email when it shows up on Reddit or Hacker News. GummySearch is a audience research tool: Built for Reddit audience research: finding communities, themes and pain points.

F5BotGummySearch
PriceFreeClosed to new customers; shuts down 1 Dec 2026
What it watchesReddit, Hacker News, LobstersReddit
AI buyer-intent scoringNo, keyword matchingNo, keyword matching
CategoryKeyword alertsAudience research

Details read from f5bot.com and gummysearch.com, last checked October 2026. Check the vendor sites before you subscribe.

Choose F5Bot if

Free, simple and reliable. Enter a keyword, get an email when it shows up on Reddit or Hacker News.

Watch out: It matches words, not meaning. Common category words flood your inbox, and a buyer who describes the problem without your keyword is never caught.

Choose GummySearch if

Built for Reddit audience research: finding communities, themes and pain points.

Watch out: It closed to new customers in November 2025 after failing to reach a commercial Reddit API deal, and shuts down entirely on 1 December 2026.

The short version

Perfect for brand-name mentions. For finding buyers in busy subreddits, the noise becomes the job. Useful for understanding an audience. For catching buyers in the minute they post, you need an alerting tool.

Or skip both

If what you want is the posts where someone is asking to buy, Leadhoot scores every new post on Reddit, X and Threads 0–100 for buyer intent and sends only the high scorers to email, or Slack on Agency, within a minute.

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Common questions

Neither wins outright. F5Bot: Perfect for brand-name mentions. For finding buyers in busy subreddits, the noise becomes the job. GummySearch: Useful for understanding an audience. For catching buyers in the minute they post, you need an alerting tool.

F5Bot: Free. GummySearch: Closed to new customers; shuts down 1 Dec 2026. Vendor pricing changes, so check before you subscribe.

Leadhoot watches the subreddits you pick and searches X and Threads for your phrases, scores every new post 0–100 for buyer intent, and sends only the high scorers to email (Slack on Agency) within a minute. It never posts or DMs for you.