Find the best messenger
to host your bot
We analyse every major messaging platform — APIs, bot limits, webhooks, deployment, and developer experience — so you can pick the right home for your bot without guessing.
Not every messenger
is bot-friendly
Picking the wrong platform can mean rate limits, broken webhooks, and dead-end APIs. We dig deep so your bot runs reliably at scale.
API Quality
We test every bot API — latency, reliability, polling vs webhooks, and how well-documented the endpoints are for real developers.
Rate Limits
Strict rate limits kill bots. We measure exactly how many messages per second each platform allows and how gracefully it handles bursts.
Audience Size
A great API means nothing without users. We factor in monthly active users and how bot-discovery works on each platform.
Developer Experience
SDKs, documentation quality, community support, and deployment guides — we evaluate the full developer journey from day one.
Permissions & Privacy
We examine what data each platform shares with bots and how the permission model affects both safety and feature capability.
Cost to Operate
Free tiers, paid plans, hosting complexity — we calculate the real cost of running a production bot on each platform at different scales.
Our current top 3
Based on our latest round of testing. Full breakdown with scores on the reviews page.
Telegram
The gold standard for bot development. A mature Bot API, generous limits, and millions of active bot users make it the top choice.
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Discord
Rich slash commands, buttons, and a huge developer community. Excellent for community bots but server-centric by design.
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Slack
Powerful workspace automation with a solid API. Ideal for internal business bots, but audience reach is limited to paid workspaces.
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scored transparently
Every score you see is based on a real bot we built and ran on each platform — not a spec sheet or marketing copy.
Read methodology
Real-world deployments. We run actual bots for at least 30 days before scoring any platform.
No sponsored content. Platforms cannot pay to improve their scores or placement.
Updated quarterly. API changes and platform updates trigger a full re-test.