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title: "Best Discord bot hosting in 2026: 5 options compared"
url: https://while.sh/en/comparisons/discord-bot-hosting/
author: "Grégoire Mougeolle, co-founder of Nextmap"
updated: 2026-11-02
---

# The best hosting for a 24/7 Discord bot in 2026

Your Discord bot works on your computer, but it stops when you close your laptop. Here's where to run it 24/7, with no server to maintain.

## The right choice depends on your app

- **Do you want your bot online in a few minutes, and France doesn't matter?** Choose Railway: your agent deploys it there through its MCP server (source 1).
- **Do you want to keep your own server?** Choose Coolify: it's open source and free, and it turns your server into a PaaS (source 2).
- **Do you want your AI agent to deploy the bot without ever seeing its Discord token?** Choose while: you enter the token in while, and your bot receives it.

## The comparison

| Host | Your AI agent | In France | To get started |
|---|---|---|---|
| Railway | An MCP server with OAuth, on the projects you choose (source 1) | No, Amsterdam is the closest (source 3) | Hobby at $5 per month, with up to $5 of usage included (source 4) |
| Fly.io | An MCP server in beta, which doesn't deploy | Yes for apps, not for the database (source 5) | $2.19 per month for the smallest always-on app (source 6) |
| Heroku | A remote MCP server, with OAuth (source 7) | No, a Europe region (source 8) | $5 per month for 1,000 hours of Eco worker, on a personal account (source 9) |
| Coolify | A built-in MCP server, with limited-permission tokens (source 10) | If your server is there | Free, plus your server (source 11) |
| while | An MCP server with OAuth: sensitive actions wait for your approval | Yes, with Nextmap, a French company | €0 to get started, then the CPU and memory it uses |

## Railway, simple and smooth

Railway is one of the smoothest for an agent: your database is created in a single request, and your services stop dead at the spending limit you set (source 12).

## Fly.io, close to your players

Fly.io runs your bot in many regions around the world (source 5).

## Heroku, a dyno that doesn't sleep

A Heroku worker doesn't sleep, from $5 per month on Eco with a personal account (source 9).

## Coolify, on your own server

Coolify is open source and free, and it turns any server into a PaaS (source 2).

## while, your bot deployed by your agent, with its token kept safe

Your agent deploys your bot over MCP, as a service that runs nonstop, with no public address. You enter its Discord token in while: your bot receives it, your agent never sees it. An update never runs two bots at once, and a scheduled job posts at a set time.

## Next steps

- [Host a Discord bot 24/7](/en/guides/host-discord-bot/)

## Sources

1. [Railway, the MCP server](https://docs.railway.com/ai/mcp-server), 2026-11-02
2. [Coolify, home page](https://coolify.io/), 2026-11-02
3. [Railway, regions](https://docs.railway.com/deployments/regions), 2026-11-02
4. [Railway, plans](https://docs.railway.com/pricing/plans), 2026-11-02
5. [Fly.io, regions](https://docs.fly.io/reference/regions.md), 2026-11-02
6. [Fly.io, pricing](https://docs.fly.io/about/pricing.md), 2026-11-02
7. [Heroku, the remote MCP server](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-remote-mcp-server), 2026-11-02
8. [Heroku, regions](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/regions), 2026-11-02
9. [Heroku, Eco dyno hours](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/eco-dyno-hours), 2026-11-02
10. [Coolify, the MCP server](https://coolify.io/docs/mcp/overview), 2026-11-02
11. [Coolify, pricing and FAQ](https://coolify.io/pricing), 2026-11-02
12. [Railway, cost control](https://docs.railway.com/pricing/cost-control), 2026-11-02

## Questions

### Does my bot reply twice during an update?

Not on while: a new version replaces the old one without ever running both at once.

### Node.js or Python?

Both work, on while as elsewhere.

### How much does a small bot cost?

On while, you only pay for the CPU and memory it uses.