Social media decision
OneBump
A competent developer can build a working bump bot and analytics stack, but OneBump's main durable value is its large partner network and brand reach, which cannot be reproduced by a single developer; keep paying if you rely on that network, otherwise build a pared-down self-hosted bot.
Visit website↗$3.99/mo
$48/yr
Read off the official pricing page.
$100one-off50 h to build
$20/mo6 h/mo upkeep
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 8 seats.
The code exists. It is not what you are paying for.
These 2 projects are real, published, and do the core job — and this page still says keep paying. What the subscription buys is network effects and brand trust, and none of that ships in a repository. Fork one anyway if you want to. Go in knowing what it does not carry. What stays hard ↓ · All OneBump alternatives, with the arithmetic →
What a replacement has to do
- User issues a bump command in Discord → bot validates cooldown and user premium status → bot posts a branded embed to other servers in its partner list → record bump event in DB → surface analytics and allow PDF export.
What it still won’t have
- Large existing auto-share partner network (30K+ servers)
- Immediate audience and network-driven discovery
- Brand trust and marketplace position (#1 Discord bump bot)
- Operational scale and reliability guarantees (99.9% uptime)
What remains hard
- Network effects
Your server gets automatically shared across OneBump's partner network — growth on autopilot.
- Brand trust
OneBump — #1 Discord Bump Bot
First-year cost
Keep paying
Paying is—cheaper in year one.
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 8 seats.
Money you would actually spend
Time you would spend
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What you would spend
What we assumed
The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.
Runnable build prompt
Build a self-hosted Discord bump bot using Node.js (discord.js), Postgres, Redis, and Docker. Core features: accept a /bump command, render fully-customizable embed templates, broadcast embeds to a configurable partner-server list (webhooks or bot accounts), enforce per-server cooldowns and reminders, record bump events in Postgres, provide an analytics dashboard with CSV/PDF export (Puppeteer), and integrate Stripe for a paid tier that reduces cooldowns and unlocks custom banners. Out of scope: seeding or recreating OneBump's partner network and marketplace. Include error handling, input validation, tests for command handlers and scheduler, Docker Compose for local dev, and deployment docs for a small VPS (systemd or Docker).
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Pay verdict base20
- An open-source build was found+5
- 4 cited sources+3
- Price verified on pricing page+3
- Hard moats found in the evidence-3
- Evidence score28
The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.
How scoring works →Cited sources · 4
Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official productOneBump — Home
- official pricingOneBump — Premium
- open sourceCog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot
- open sourcecodebymitch/TitanBot
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.
