Move your Discord bot off Replit
Replit removed Always-On. Now the way to keep a bot online is a $20/mo Reserved VM — four times what it should cost. Move your bot to VibeBot for $5/mo flat, always on.
Bring your files. Always on, a quarter of the price.
Replit took Always-On away
Replit removed Always-On in January 2024. A non-deployed repl stops as soon as you close the editor tab, and an Autoscale deployment only wakes on incoming web requests — which a Discord bot never gets, because it talks to Discord over a gateway, not HTTP. So a gateway bot on Replit's free or Autoscale tiers won't stay online. The only thing that keeps it running is a Reserved VM at $20/mo — four times the price of hosting built for bots.
| Replit | VibeBot | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest always-on | Reserved VM, $20/mo | $5/mo |
| Free/cheap tier for a bot | Sleeps — gateway bot never wakes | Straight to $5, always on |
| Always-On | Removed Jan 2024 | On by default |
| Auto-restart on crash | — | Built in |
| Built for | General IDE / host | Discord bots |
How the move works
Bring your files
Paste your bot code into your control panel — no repl config to port.
Drop the Replit config
No .replit block, no Reserved VM to provision. Paste your Secrets as environment variables.
Go live at $5
Always on, auto-restart, live logs — a quarter of a Reserved VM.
Bot stuck since Replit removed Always-On? We'll get it running, hand back the code, and host it — no fix, no fee.
Get it fixed for $200Questions about moving
Do I have to change my code?
No — if it ran in your repl, it runs here.
What about my Replit Secrets?
Paste them as environment variables during setup.
What about Replit's built-in database?
Replit's DB only works inside Replit — export your data and point your bot at any managed Postgres.
Is there a free tier like Replit's?
No — but Replit's free tier sleeps and won't keep a gateway bot online anyway. $5/mo flat actually stays up.
My bot is broken — can you fix it?
Yes — flat $200, no fix no fee, 24–48 hours.
Bring your bot home
$5/mo flat · your code doesn't change · live in minutes · broken bot? Fix it for $200 →