Reply where your buyers ask. Honestly.
Upfront watches Reddit and X for people asking for what you sell, scores every post, and drafts a helpful reply that says who you are. You check it and post it yourself, in one tap.
need a vpn i can pay for with monero. don't want to hand my email to yet another company. recs?
Mullvad and IVPN both take Monero with no email, worth a look. Full disclosure, I work on Acme VPN: no account, no email, Monero or Bitcoin, from $5 a month.
Trying to cut down how many accounts tie back to my real email. Any decent VPN that lets you sign up without one?
Mullvad and IVPN generate an account number instead of asking for an email, and both accept Monero. Disclosure: I work on Acme VPN, which works the same way. If you already trust Mullvad, it's a solid pick.
Your buyers ask in public every day. Most brands miss it or fake it.
The threads go cold
A question about your category gets most of its replies in the first few hours. Checking Reddit and X by hand means you arrive after the thread has moved on.
Fake-account tools get you banned
Services that post as made-up "happy customers" get accounts removed, and in the US the FTC can fine fake reviews. One screenshot of it can follow your brand for years.
Alerts aren't replies
Keyword alert tools send you a pile of links. Sorting the real questions from the noise and writing something useful is the slow part, and it stays on your plate.
From a new post to a sent reply in under a minute
Describe your product
Name, facts and keywords. Replies never claim more than what you write here.
Upfront listens
X accounts and keyword search through your own API key, plus Reddit, every few hours.
It scores and drafts
Each post gets a 1 to 10 fit score. The good ones get a reply: useful first, disclosure always.
You post it
On X, one tap opens the reply with the text filled in. On Reddit, copy and paste.
Everything between "someone asked" and "we answered"
Only the posts worth your time
Upfront reads new posts from the X accounts you follow, your X keyword searches and Reddit, then scores each one for fit. Giveaways, memes and off-topic posts are skipped before you see them.
- Reddit keyword search, all of Reddit or chosen subreddits
- X accounts and keyword search in any language
- Fit score with a one-line reason for every draft
Replies that help first and disclose always
Drafts answer the actual question, name good competitors fairly, and mention your product once, with the affiliation in the same sentence. No invented trips, no "worked great for me".
- Written in the language of the post
- Only uses facts you gave it about your product
- Rewrite in one tap, or reply with an instruction like "shorter"
"Used Acme VPN on my trip to Bali, worked perfectly, highly recommend!"
Invented experience, no disclosure, bannableMullvad and IVPN both give you an account number instead of an email, and both take Monero. Proton needs an email. Disclosure: I work on Acme VPN, which also works without one. If you already trust Mullvad, it's a solid pick.
Answers first, fair to competitors, says who wrote itLives in Telegram, where you already are
No dashboard to remember. Drafts arrive in a Telegram chat with buttons: reply on X, mark as posted, rewrite or skip. Send any Reddit or X link and get a draft for it.
- One tap opens X with the reply filled in
- Your X token is encrypted and deleted from the chat
- Pause, change keywords or rewrite from the chat
A weekly number that tells you if it's working
Every Sunday you get drafts, replies posted, your posting rate and what X data cost. The posting rate is the number that decides results, so it's the first thing you see.
- Posting rate and recently posted threads
- X data spend, billed by X, never marked up
- On-demand report with /report
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Built for founders who reply themselves
Reddit monitoring
New threads matching your keywords across Reddit or the subreddits you pick, scored and filtered.
Learn more →X (Twitter) monitoring
Watch niche accounts and keyword searches on X with your own API key and a daily spend cap.
Learn more →AI reply generator
Drafts that answer first and disclose in the same sentence, in the post's language.
Learn more →Reddit lead generation
Find people asking for a tool like yours this week, not a list of cold handles.
Learn more →Social listening
The parts of social listening a small team uses, at a small team's price.
Learn more →Brand monitoring
See when people mention you or your competitors on Reddit and X, and reply in time.
Learn more →Three ways to show up on Reddit and X
| Upfront | Alert tools | Managed-account services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finds relevant posts | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scores fit and skips noise | Yes | Some | Yes |
| Writes the reply | Yes | No | Yes |
| Who posts | You, from your own account | You | Their accounts, posing as users |
| Discloses who you are | Always | Up to you | No |
| Ban and FTC risk | Low | Low | High |
| Price | $29/mo + your X data | Free to ~$160/mo | Per comment |
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We built it for our own brand first
Upfront started as the tool behind a small privacy brand. One disclosed reply under a niche account's post reached 44,000 views. The method is the same one the bot uses: answer the question, then say who you are.
Questions founders ask
Will Upfront post for me?
No. Upfront finds posts and drafts replies. On X, one tap opens the reply box with the draft filled in, and you press Post yourself. On Reddit, you copy the draft into the thread. Nothing goes out without a person choosing to send it.
Why do replies say I work on the product?
Because people trust a reply more when they know who wrote it, and because hiding it breaks Reddit's rules, X's rules and, in the US and EU, advertising law. The disclosure sits in the same sentence as the product mention, so it can't get lost.
Do I need my own X API key?
Yes, for X. You create a free developer account, add a card and paste your Bearer Token into the bot. You pay X directly at their pay-per-use rates, usually $20 to $70 a month, and you set a daily cap. Reddit works without any key.
Can I get banned using this?
Bans come from fake accounts, vote manipulation and accounts that only promote. Upfront uses none of those and never posts on its own. You still need to follow each subreddit's rules and mix in helpful replies that don't mention your product. The bot drafts plenty of those.
How is this different from Reddit alert tools?
Alert tools send you a link and stop there. Upfront scores each post for fit, skips the noise and writes a reply you can send in under a minute. Most of the time goes into the reply, so that's the part we do.
What does it cost?
$29 a month (or 1,500 Telegram Stars), with 7 days free and no card. X data is billed to you by X. Reddit monitoring is included.
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Your buyers are asking right now. Answer them honestly.
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