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ComparisonChecked on August 8, 2026With sources
Discord moderation bots — a comparison with the sources attached
Venon Security is free in full, so we have nothing to sell here — but we are writing this on our own site and we do not pretend to be impartial. Instead of a table of ticks you get profiles with links to the vendors' documentation and the date they were checked, so you can verify them. There is also a section on where the competition beats us, and a list of situations where Venon is not the right choice.
Start with what Discord gives you without any bot
The built-in AutoMod is free and requires letting nobody onto your server. It does have hard limits, though — below, straight from Discord's documentation.
Rule limits
- Keyword list6 rules
- Spam detection1 rule
- Built-in word sets1 rule
- Excessive mentions1 rule
- Member profile scanning1 rule
What AutoMod does not cover
- protection against a join wave (a raid)
- verification of new members
- a ticket system
- a backup of the server configuration
- a penalty history with the reasons for each decision
- Discord developer documentation — Auto Moderationvendor source
4 bots people genuinely consider for moderation
The split between free and paid features comes from the sources listed under each profile. We quote prices where the source quotes them — and only as of the day of the check, because price lists change more often than this page.
Wick
The specialist in anti-nuke and protection against a server takeover. Wick is the bot that popularised the term anti-nuke in the first place.
Free
- — moderation and automoderation with “heat” filters
- — anti-nuke — blocking the mass creation and deletion of channels and roles
- — lockdown of channels, the server, roles and invites
- — an entry gate filtering new accounts
- — captcha verification
Paid
- — advanced raid protection
- — webhook tracking and detection of mass member removal
- — server backups
- — custom captchas and a panic mode
- — a faster response time
The source quotes no price — check with the vendor.
- Wick documentation — What is Wickvendor source
MEE6
A community platform with levels, notifications and an economy. Moderation sits inside their paid tier.
Free
- — search
- — achievements
- — a starboard
- — one reminder
Paid
- — moderation
- — a ticket system
- — reaction roles (a limit of 40)
- — welcomes and invite tracking
- — levels and XP
- — notifications from YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Instagram, RSS and others
- — custom commands (a limit of 500) and automations (a limit of 50)
according to 2026 write-ups, around 11.99 USD per month per server
- MEE6 help centre — Free vs Premiumvendor source
- MEE6 pricing write-up (2026)catalogue
Dyno
An all-round moderation bot with an extensive web panel and a long track record. A strong, genuinely usable free tier.
Free
- — a web panel
- — automoderation and anti-spam
- — moderation: logs, warnings, mutes, bans, automatic penalties
- — auto roles and reaction roles
- — custom commands, welcomes, a starboard, giveaways
- — Twitch notifications
Paid
- — anti-nuke
- — filtering by account age
- — extended moderation and more custom commands
according to 2026 write-ups, around 4.99 USD per month per server
Carl-bot
The reference point for reaction roles and tags. Modular and highly configurable.
Free
- — reaction roles with extensive configuration
- — automoderation with automatic penalties
- — event logging and a mod-log
- — custom commands and tags
Paid
- — extended limits in the paid tier
The source quotes no price — check with the vendor.
- The Carl-bot websitevendor source
- Carl-bot documentationvendor source
What others charge for and Venon does not
Venon Security is free in full — there is no premium tier and no limit lifted by a payment. The list below is not an accusation, though: every entry comes straight from the free/paid split in the profiles above, that is, from their own sources. Somebody else's pricing may well be justified by costs we do not know about.
- Moderationpaid in: MEE6
- Ticket systempaid in: MEE6
- Reaction rolespaid in: MEE6
- Levels and XPpaid in: MEE6
- Anti-nukepaid in: Dyno
- Filtering by account agepaid in: Dyno
- Server backupspaid in: Wick
- Advanced raid protectionpaid in: Wick
Where the competition beats Venon
A comparison where the author wins every category is not a comparison. Below are the things other bots do better than we do.
Wick
If your main threat is somebody with permissions taking the server over, Wick is the specialist — anti-nuke is its core and it ships in the free tier. Venon treats protection more broadly, but it did not build its name on that single mechanism.
MEE6
Notifications from external platforms — YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky, Kick, podcasts, RSS. Venon has no such breadth of integrations and does not pretend otherwise.
Carl-bot
Reaction roles and the tag system are its signature, polished over years and treated by many servers as the benchmark.
Discord AutoMod
It is built in, free and requires letting no bot onto your server at all. For a small, quiet community it can be enough — and no bot can offer that particular advantage.
Dyno and MEE6
A few more years on the market and hundreds of thousands of servers served. Venon is younger and has a smaller base — that is a fact, not an interpretation.
When installing Venon is not worth it
- The server has a dozen or so people, everyone knows everyone and there is no open invite — Discord's built-in AutoMod is enough.
- You only need notifications about streams and new videos — that is a job for a bot specialising in integrations.
- Your team works in a language other than Polish or English — Venon speaks those two and nothing else.
- You are looking for a music bot — Venon is not one and does not plan to be.
Where Venon actually differs
Every one of these points can be checked before you install — which is why 3 of them lead to a specific page rather than to a claim.
Polish and English, on one setting
The bot, the panel and the documentation exist in both languages, and one server setting switches them together — the bot's replies never drift from the panel. Wick's documentation mentions no Polish, and the Dyno and MEE6 listings declare no language support.
No Administrator permission
The install link asks for a scope derived from the operations the bot actually performs. You can check the list before installing.
Check itData processing spelled out
Data categories, retention periods, a list of subprocessors and openly marked gaps in the documents.
Check itA public service status
The availability of the bot, the panel and the API, visible without logging in — together with a note when the monitoring itself goes quiet.
Check itFree in full
Every module and the whole panel, with no premium tier and no limits lifted by a payment. It is the only entry on this page where the difference from the other bots is one of kind rather than degree — with them, moderation, tickets or backups can sit behind a payment.
How this comparison was made
The data about other bots comes from their own documentation and from bot catalogues — every source is linked next to the profile and marked as a vendor source or a catalogue. As of August 8, 2026. We do not reproduce full feature lists for the competition, because they change faster than anyone can keep them honest — we give what could be confirmed at the source. If you spot an inaccuracy, write to us: we will correct it and raise the date.
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