I’m looking for recommendations on reliable hosting platforms for my Discord bot. Right now I’m using railway but it has frequent downtime issues that happen almost every day which is really frustrating. I’ve done some research online but there are so many conflicting opinions and reviews that it’s hard to decide. I’m currently considering cybrancee as my next option. What hosting services do you all recommend for Discord bots and what has your experience been like? I’m mainly looking for something with good uptime and reasonable pricing. Any advice would be appreciated!
I’ve been running my bot on DigitalOcean droplets for over a year with zero major downtime. The $5/month basic droplet handles most Discord bots just fine, and you get full server control. Setup’s more technical than Railway, but the reliability’s worth it. You’ll need to set up PM2 or another process manager for restarts, but once configured it runs rock solid. Main benefit is you’re not sharing resources with other apps - that’s likely causing your instability issues.
Been using AWS EC2 for two years now - it’s solid. Free tier handles most small/medium bots no problem, and pricing doesn’t get crazy when you scale up. I’ve hit maybe three outages total, all scheduled maintenance. Unlike Railway where you’re sharing resources (hello random slowdowns), you get dedicated hardware. Set up auto-scaling groups and your bot will restart itself if it crashes. Docs are actually good and support responds when you need help.
heroku’s worked fine for me too, been 8 months with solid uptime. sure, a few hiccups here and there but not daily issues like that. pricing is pretty chill if u don’t go overboard on resources.