Why Telegram bot pricing varies so much
You can find Telegram bot quotes ranging from €50 to €50,000 online. Both are real. The difference is not quality — it is scope. A simple notification bot and a full-featured HR automation system are both "Telegram bots", but they share about as much as a bicycle and a car share the category "vehicle".
Here is how we think about Telegram bot pricing, based on building 100+ bots across different categories.
Tier 1: Simple notification or alert bots — €490–900
These bots do one thing: watch a data source and message you when something happens. A price change, a new listing, a daily metric, a server status change. They run on a simple polling or webhook loop.
Typical timeline: 3–7 days. What you get: the bot code, hosting setup, basic error logging, and admin commands to pause or restart.
Tier 2: Workflow automation bots — €900–2,500
Bots with state, multi-step conversations, integrations with Google Sheets or a database, and scheduled tasks. An HR screening bot that collects CVs and scores candidates. A daily KPI bot that pulls from three APIs and formats a report. A content cross-poster.
Typical timeline: 1–3 weeks. What you get: everything in Tier 1, plus full state management, database integration, admin dashboard via commands, error alerting, and documentation.
Tier 3: Complex bots with admin panels — €2,500–6,000
Multi-bot systems, bots with web admin panels, LLM-powered conversational bots with knowledge bases, or bots managing hundreds of users with different permission levels.
Examples: a bot fleet control panel where an admin monitors and restarts 20+ bots from one dashboard; an LLM inbox assistant with a knowledge base management interface; a community bot with analytics and role management for 10,000+ members.
Typical timeline: 3–6 weeks. What you get: the full bot, a web-based or Telegram-based admin interface, detailed analytics, and ongoing support options.
What drives the cost up
- Multiple integrations — each API integration adds scoping and debugging time
- Anti-bot protected sources — parsing sites with Cloudflare or heavy JS requires Playwright, which adds complexity
- LLM integration — knowledge base management, prompt engineering, and testing adds 3–5 days to any project
- Web admin panel — a full web UI is essentially a separate front-end application
- High message volume — bots handling 10,000+ messages per day need architecture decisions around queuing and rate limiting
What you should expect for any price
Regardless of the scope, a production bot from a reputable developer should always include: error handling with admin alerts, admin commands to manage the bot without server access, structured logging, hosting setup, documentation of all commands, and a post-launch support window.
If a quote does not mention any of these, ask specifically — or expect to rebuild the bot in six months when it breaks silently on a Sunday.
Our pricing
At brdz.net, simple bots start from €490. Most workflow automation projects land in the €900–2,500 range. Complex multi-bot systems and LLM integrations start at €2,500. All bots include error handling, admin commands, hosting setup, and a post-launch support window.
Tell us what your bot needs to do and we will give you a specific estimate within one business day.