# 15 F5Bot alternatives in 2026

Last updated: November 9, 2026.

The best alternatives to F5Bot for Hacker News search APIs: Algolia, Scrappa and Social Fetch, by our benchmark. F5Bot's website is f5bot.com.

## Hacker News search API alternatives

[Algolia](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/algolia/free-get-api-v1-search), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/scrappa/free#10-pack) and [Social Fetch](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/social-fetch/free#29-monthly) are the best [Hacker News search API providers](https://datacircle.dev/best-hacker-news-search-api) in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our [F5Bot plan pages](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/f5bot/214-99-monthly), we compare each F5Bot plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below.

- [Browsable, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/browsable/free#19-monthly): no price per 1,000 searches
- [Buska, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/buska/free#contact-us): no price per 1,000 searches
- [Mentionkit, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/mentionkit/free#49-monthly): no price per 1,000 searches
- [Octolens, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/octolens/free-7-day-free-trial#199-monthly): no price per 1,000 searches
- [QuanticData, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/quanticdata/free#19-monthly): no price per 1,000 searches
- [Scrappa, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/scrappa/free#contact-us): no price per 1,000 searches
- [Trends MCP, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/trends-mcp/free#contact-us): no price per 1,000 searches

Compare every Hacker News search API plan: [Hacker News search API pricing: free and cheapest plans compared](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-api-pricing)

## Reddit post API alternatives

[Arctic Shift](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/arctic-shift/free), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/scrappa/free#10-pack) and [ScrapeAtlas](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/scrapeatlas/free#249-pack) are the best [Reddit post API providers](https://datacircle.dev/best-reddit-post-api) in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our [F5Bot plan pages](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/f5bot/214-99-monthly), we compare each F5Bot plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below, cheapest per 1,000 posts first.

- [Zembra, top-up from $2,862](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/zembra/free#top-up-from-2862): $1.20 per 1,000 posts
- [Bright Data, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/bright-data/free#499-monthly): $1.30 per 1,000 posts
- [Anysite, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/anysite/free#49-monthly): $1.44 per 1,000 posts
- [UGC Scraper, $799 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/ugc-scraper/free#799-monthly): $1.60 per 1,000 posts
- [KeyAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/keyapi/free#contact-us): no price per 1,000 posts
- [ReefAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/reefapi/free#contact-us): no price per 1,000 posts
- [THINKPOL, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/thinkpol/contact-us): no price per 1,000 posts
- [UnifAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go#contact-us): no price per 1,000 posts

Compare every Reddit post API plan: [Reddit post API pricing: free and cheapest plans compared](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-api-pricing)

## See also

- [Browsable alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/browsable-alternatives)
- [Buska alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/buska-alternatives)
- [Mentionkit alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/mentionkit-alternatives)
- [Octolens alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/octolens-alternatives)
- [QuanticData alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/quanticdata-alternatives)
- [Scrappa alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/scrappa-alternatives)
- [Trends MCP alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/trends-mcp-alternatives)
- [Zembra alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/zembra-alternatives)