What “free Vinted bot” usually means
Search for a free Vinted bot and you find three kinds of thing. Each can be useful, and each has a catch you should know before you hand over anything.
Discord monitor groups
A server posts every new listing that matches a keyword. Everyone in the group sees the same post at the same second, so the good ones go to whoever taps fastest.
Scripts on GitHub
Code you run yourself. Many ask you to paste your Vinted cookies or session token so they can act as you, and anyone who gets hold of that token can do the same.
Tools that want your password
Some apps ask for your Vinted email and password. Whoever runs them then holds your account, and Vinted's own terms ask you to keep your login details confidential.
If a shared feed is what you want, our guide to how Vinted monitors work explains the groups and their limits.
What Pouncio Free includes
Pouncio Free costs €0 and is not a trial: it doesn't run out after a week and doesn't ask for a card. You describe what you flip in one sentence, such as “iPhone 13, any storage, working”, and the AI turns it into a bot with the right Vinted category, the model variations and a max price for each.
- One Vinted account and one bot. The bot watches new listings on the Vinted of the country you live in, in its language and currency, within seconds of them going live.
- Alerts in four places. In the app, and on Telegram, Discord or email, so you hear about a find with the app closed.
- Simple checks on every find. Chips for the seller, the text, the price and the model show at a glance why a listing passed.
- Best finds first. Finds with a resale price lead, the biggest profit first, and Pouncio reads the best ones again to tell you which sold, and how fast.
- Orders. Your purchases and what happens next: paid, shipped, delivered, to confirm.
- One automatic buy on us. Switch your bot to Buy every match and it buys the first deal it finds by itself, with the same checks as Plus, an AI look at every photo included. It pays from your own Vinted account; we charge nothing.
How alerts look and where they go is covered in our guide to Vinted alerts.
What Free doesn't do
Free has limits, and you should know them before you start.
- It buys once. After your one free automatic buy, you open each find on Vinted and buy it by hand. A good deal sells to someone else in about 4 minutes, so a find you see an hour later is usually gone.
- No AI on everyday finds. On Free you get the simple check chips. The AI that looks at the photos and the description before paying runs on your free buy, and on every buy with Plus.
- One bot. If you flip several kinds of item, you pick the one that matters most.
Free or Plus, side by side
| What you get | Free | Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | €0, for good | €49.99 a month, 20% off yearly |
| Vinted accounts | 1 | 3, each on its own home IP |
| Alerts in the app, Telegram, Discord and email | Yes | Yes |
| Buying | One automatic buy on us, then by hand | Auto-buy and auto-offer, from your own browser |
| Checks before paying | Check chips, and an AI look at the photos on your free buy | Seller, text, and an AI look at the photos |
| AI checks | On your free buy | 200 a day on the strong AI, then a lighter AI |
| True cost: price, buyer protection and shipping | No | Yes |
| Price index: what actually sold | No | Yes |
| Reconquest and account failover | No | Yes |
| €50 guarantee | No | Yes |
Pro (€129.99 a month) adds 10 accounts, unlimited bots, unlimited AI checks on the strong AI, a person at Pouncio who sets up and tunes your bots with you, and 3 accounts racing for one item. Every plan is on the pricing table.
Red flags in any free Vinted bot
Free or paid, these are the signs to walk away from:
- It asks for your Vinted password. You should sign in on Vinted's own page. Pouncio never sees your password and keeps only an encrypted session.
- It asks you to paste cookies or a session token. That token works like a key to your account, for as long as it lasts.
- It promises “undetectable” or “zero risk”. Automating Vinted is against Vinted's terms and an account can get blocked. Pouncio keeps the risk low, but it is never zero, and a tool that says otherwise isn't being straight with you. Read whether a Vinted bot is legal for what the terms say.
- It spends money from day one. Every Pouncio bot starts in test mode and buys nothing until you switch it live.
- Nobody stands behind it. Look for a company name, an address and a support email. Ours are on the about page.
When it makes sense to pay
Free is enough to learn whether a product is worth hunting. Your best finds show, on your own listings, what each deal would have made and which ones sold within the hour, and your free buy shows the bot buying one for real. Those profits are estimates, and many deals are bought by someone else first, but they are your listings, not a demo.
When those numbers are worth more to you than €49.99 a month, Plus buys for you. It does so through the Pouncio browser extension, from a pinned Vinted tab in your own browser, within the max price and daily budget you set, and only after the seller, the text and the photos pass. Read how auto-buy works for the details.
Plus and Pro come with the €50 guarantee: if your bots don't find a deal with €50 profit or more in your first 30 days, you ask in the app and your first month is refunded to your card within 5 working days. The conditions are on the refunds page.
Still comparing tools? Our comparison of Vinted bots covers what each kind does and what to ask before you choose.