
Save As Bot
The biggest general-purpose saver bot on Telegram: send a link from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or a handful of other platforms and it sends back the photo, video, story or text as a normal Telegram file, no app or account needed.
Key features
- Downloads photos, videos, stories and text posts from a public link
- Returns media as a native Telegram file, ready to forward or save
- Works from a simple paste-a-link flow, no menus or setup
- Actively used by millions, so common platforms are kept working
Save As Bot
Save As Bot (@SaveAsBot) is a link-in, file-out utility: paste a public post, reel, story or video link and it fetches the media and returns it straight into the chat as a normal Telegram file, ready to forward, save to the gallery or re-upload elsewhere. With close to 4 million monthly users it is one of the most-used bots of its kind on the platform, which in practice means it is actively maintained and rarely goes down for long.
The interface is deliberately minimal: there is no menu to learn, you just drop a link and wait a few seconds. That simplicity is also its main limitation — there is no dashboard, no history of past downloads and no way to batch-process a whole channel or playlist at once. Support is handled through a linked contact account rather than a public help desk, so if a specific link fails there is no guaranteed fast response.
Because the bot works purely by fetching whatever a public URL points to, it cannot pull content from private or restricted accounts, and heavily protected platforms occasionally break support until the bot is updated. For everyday use — grabbing a Reel a friend sent, saving your own Stories before they expire, or pulling a clip to repost — it remains one of the fastest options directly inside Telegram.
How to start
- Open @SaveAsBot and tap Start
- Copy a public post/video/story link and paste it into the chat
- Wait a few seconds for the bot to send back the file
Commands
/startShow the welcome message and usage hintPricing and limits
Free
Pros / Cons
- Very large, active user base for a bot of this type
- Handles several platforms from one chat, no switching apps
- No account or sign-up required
- No official changelog, so platform breakages are fixed on an unknown schedule
- Only works with public links, not private accounts
- No published rate limits or paid tier
Score breakdown
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 8 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 7 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 9 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 9 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 8 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 7 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 7 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 8 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 6 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 78.5 |
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Does it need my account login?
No. It only reads whatever a public link already shows to anyone, so it cannot access private profiles or restricted content.
Is there a cost?
Sending a link and receiving a file back does not require payment; no paid plan or published usage limit was found on the bot page.
Technical details
- Inline mode
- Mini App
- Works in groups
- Works in channels
- Accepts voice
- Accepts files
- Requires phone number
- Requires registration
- Shows ads
- Works in Russia without VPN
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