Bot hosting for Discord, WhatsApp and Telegram, online 24/7.

Q: Does my bot stay online 24 hours a day?

Yes, and there is no sleep mode: the bot is not paused for inactivity. It runs as a continuous application, and health monitoring restarts it automatically after a crash, an out-of-memory failure or a failed health check, with a circuit breaker after repeated attempts so a broken deploy does not loop forever.

Q: Which kinds of bot can I host?

Discord bots and WhatsApp and Telegram bots, plus any other bot that runs on one of the supported runtimes. Each of those pages covers the platform-specific details.

Q: Which languages can I write my bot in?

Any of the nine supported runtimes: Node.js, Python, Go, Java, PHP, C#, Ruby, Elixir or a custom Docker image. That covers discord.js, discord.py, JDA, Telegraf, python-telegram-bot, Baileys and whatsapp-web.js.

Q: Can I try it before paying?

Yes. There is a free 7-day trial. We verify your account email before activating it.

Q: Does a WhatsApp bot keep its session after a restart?

Yes. Everything under /app, including session files, persists across restarts, with 10 GB of free disk on every plan. Keep in mind that libraries such as whatsapp-web.js and Baileys are unofficial community projects.

Q: Can I use a database with the bot?

Yes. Connect a managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB or Redis database to store settings, prefixes and user data, in the same dashboard as the bot.

Q: I already host my bot elsewhere. Is it worth switching?

It depends on what bothers you today. See the comparison between free hosting, a self-managed VPS and a managed platform, with the steps to migrate without rewriting the bot.

Deploy your bot from GitHub or a ZIP file, in the runtime it is already written in, and let automatic restarts and live metrics keep it up around the clock.

Host my bot How it works

From $1.54/month

Built for bots that cannot go offline

99.99%

uptime target

< 3 sec

to deploy your bot

Auto restart

on a crash or memory limit

Free SSL

on a subdomain ready for webhooks

Comparison

Three ways to host a bot, side by side.

What each kind of hosting usually delivers on the points that matter most when you keep a bot online.

Criterion	Shard Cloud	Free hosting	Self-managed VPS
Running 24/7	Yes, with no sleep mode	Often paused for inactivity or usage limits	Yes, as long as you maintain the server
Restart after a failure	Automatic, with health monitoring	Varies from one service to another	You set it up, with systemd or pm2
Deploy	GitHub or a ZIP or RAR file	Varies from one service to another	Manual, over SSH
Logs and metrics	Live, in the dashboard	Usually limited	You install and maintain them
HTTPS for webhooks	Free, on a subdomain	Varies from one service to another	You issue and renew the certificate
Database	Managed, in the same dashboard	Usually not included	You install it and back it up
Server maintenance	None	None	OS, security and updates are on you

Running 24/7

Shard Cloud: Yes, with no sleep mode
Free hosting: Often paused for inactivity or usage limits
Self-managed VPS: Yes, as long as you maintain the server

Restart after a failure

Shard Cloud: Automatic, with health monitoring
Free hosting: Varies from one service to another
Self-managed VPS: You set it up, with systemd or pm2

Deploy

Shard Cloud: GitHub or a ZIP or RAR file
Free hosting: Varies from one service to another
Self-managed VPS: Manual, over SSH

Logs and metrics

Shard Cloud: Live, in the dashboard
Free hosting: Usually limited
Self-managed VPS: You install and maintain them

HTTPS for webhooks

Shard Cloud: Free, on a subdomain
Free hosting: Varies from one service to another
Self-managed VPS: You issue and renew the certificate

Database

Shard Cloud: Managed, in the same dashboard
Free hosting: Usually not included
Self-managed VPS: You install it and back it up

Server maintenance

Shard Cloud: None
Free hosting: None
Self-managed VPS: OS, security and updates are on you

The comparison describes the typical behaviour of each kind of hosting, not a specific provider.

Features for every bot

Deploy, monitor, and recover from one dashboard.

Connect GitHub or upload your code, set environment variables, receive webhooks through a free HTTPS subdomain, and follow live logs and metrics. Automatic restarts handle failures for you.

Discord

Host discord.js, discord.py, JDA, and other Discord bots close to Discord's infrastructure in Ashburn, Virginia.

WhatsApp

Run WhatsApp bots with a free HTTPS subdomain for webhooks and persistent storage for session files.

Telegram

Deploy Telegram bots with automatic restarts, live logs, and a free HTTPS subdomain for webhooks.

Built for bots

Everything a bot needs to stay online.

Deploy in the runtime the bot was written in, receive webhooks over HTTPS, and let automatic recovery act when something goes wrong.

Discord bots

discord.js, discord.py, JDA and other libraries, hosted in Ashburn, Virginia, close to the infrastructure Discord itself relies on.

WhatsApp and Telegram bots

A free HTTPS subdomain for webhooks and 10 GB of persistent disk to keep the WhatsApp session across restarts.

Nine runtimes, from Node.js to Docker

Node.js, Python, Go, Java, PHP, C#, Ruby, Elixir or a custom Docker image, deployed from GitHub or a ZIP or RAR file.

Automatic restarts

Health monitoring restarts processes that hang, with a circuit breaker so a broken deploy does not loop.

A database next to the bot

Connect managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB or Redis to store settings, prefixes and user data.

Progressive setup

Three steps to get your bot online.

Send the code, add the token and let health monitoring handle the rest.

Get started

01

Send the code

Connect a GitHub repository or upload a ZIP or RAR file. The runtime is detected and the bot starts automatically.

02

Add the token

Set the bot token and the other environment variables in the dashboard, instead of leaving them in the code.

03

Leave it running 24/7

Automatic restarts, logs and live metrics keep the bot online without you having to watch it.

From connection to the first decision, in one flow.

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about Bot hosting