Does my bot reply twice during an update?

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

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.

Best Discord bot hosting in 2026: 5 options compared

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 server¹.
Do you want to keep your own server? Choose Coolify: it’s open source and free, and it turns your server into a PaaS².
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.

Try while on your app, without an account. Copy the instructions

The comparison

Host	Your AI agent	In France	To get started
Railway	An MCP server with OAuth, on the projects you choose¹	No, Amsterdam is the closest³	Hobby at $5 per month, with up to $5 of usage included⁴
Fly.io	An MCP server in beta, which doesn’t deploy	Yes for apps, not for the database⁵	$2.19 per month for the smallest always-on app⁶
Heroku	A remote MCP server, with OAuth⁷	No, a Europe region⁸	$5 per month for 1,000 hours of Eco worker, on a personal account⁹
Coolify	A built-in MCP server, with limited-permission tokens¹⁰	If your server is there	Free, plus your server¹¹
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 set¹².

Fly.io, close to your players

Fly.io runs your bot in many regions around the world⁵.

Heroku, a dyno that doesn’t sleep

A Heroku worker doesn’t sleep, from $5 per month on Eco with a personal account⁹.

Coolify, on your own server

Coolify is open source and free, and it turns any server into a PaaS².

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.

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