Hi everyone! I built a Discord bot with ChatGPT’s help since I’m not really a programmer. The bot searches eBay listings and uses AI to check if deals are good, then posts links to my Discord channel when it finds something worthwhile. Everything works fine when I run it locally on my computer, but I need it running all the time. I tried Railway but ran into some issues getting it set up properly. What are some good platforms where I can just upload my bot files and have them run continuously? Looking for something simple where I don’t need to configure much stuff.
I’ve been running Discord bots on Heroku for three years now - it’s rock solid. Push your code and it handles everything automatically. Just throw in a Procfile (literally one line) to tell it how to run your bot. They killed the free tier, so you’re looking at $5-7/month for basic hosting. Great docs and dead simple deployment though. One heads up - dynos restart every 24 hours, so build in reconnection logic or your bot will drop offline.
I’ve hosted Discord bots on Render for two years - it’s rock solid. Free tier gives you 750 hours monthly, which covers most personal bots. Setup’s dead simple: connect your GitHub repo and it deploys automatically. Rarely goes down and has great logging for troubleshooting. Only catch is the bot sleeps after 15 minutes of inactivity on free tier. You can set up a ping service or upgrade to paid ($7/month) for true 24/7 uptime.
Replit’s solid for Discord bots. Just drag your files in and hit run - can’t get easier than that. $5/month keeps it running 24/7. You can edit everything right in the browser since it’s basically an online IDE. Way simpler than Railway.
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