Best Discord Bots of 2026
Ten Discord bots for moderation, leveling, tickets, music, security, games and stats, ranked on published free limits, prices and ratings.
By , research by the BestBots team ยท Updated Oct 18, 2026
Fact checked against each company's published pricing, documentation and verified user ratings. How we score
Dyno is the best Discord bot for most servers in October 2026: free automod, tickets, forms and reaction roles from one dashboard, and premium from $49.99 a year. Pick MEE6 for the easiest setup and most social alerts, Sapphire if you want everything free, and add specialists for leveling (Arcane), security (Wick), tickets (Ticket Tool) and music (Jockie Music).
Our top picks
How to choose
Most servers do not need ten bots. They need one general bot plus a few specialists for gaps. Decide in this order:
- Pick one general bot. This handles moderation, automod, welcome messages, reaction roles and custom commands. Dyno, MEE6, Carl-bot and Sapphire are the main choices. Pick by what you will not pay for: Dyno gives free automod and tickets, MEE6 gives the easiest dashboard but keeps most plugins on Premium, Carl-bot gives free reaction roles at scale, Sapphire gives everything free except leveling.
- Fill the leveling gap. If your general bot keeps leveling paid (Dyno and Carl-bot do), add Arcane for free XP and 15 role rewards.
- Add security if you are public. Servers with open invites, giveaways or crypto topics attract raids. Wick's free tier adds anti nuke, join gates and captcha.
- Add tickets if members need help. Dyno and MEE6 include tickets; for claiming, transcripts and many panels, use Ticket Tool or Tickets.
- Add fun last. Music (Jockie Music), games (Dank Memer) and stats (Statbot) are for active social servers.
Three checks before you invite any bot: the permissions it asks for, whether it uses a web dashboard or commands you have to learn, and whether its premium is per server or per user.
Our picks, in detail
- Premium price
- $5.99 to $12.99 per month, or $49.99 to $99.99 per year, per server
- Main use
- Moderation and automod with a dashboard
- Free features
- Automod, tickets, starboard, 25 custom commands, 10 autoresponders, 3 reaction role menus, 3 forms, 3 giveaways
- Servers using it
- 11.6M servers shown on its top.gg listing (October 2026)
Dyno's free tier includes automod, tickets, forms, starboard, 25 custom commands and reaction roles, all set up from a web dashboard, and premium starts at $49.99 a year per server, the cheapest of the big all in one bots. It holds 4.38 on top.gg from 375 reviews across 11.6M servers.
Pros
- Free tier includes automod, tickets and starboard
- Cheapest annual premium of the big three: $49.99 a year for Standard
- 4.38 on top.gg from 375 reviews
- Forms builder and tickets in the same bot
Cons
- Leveling needs Standard, social alerts need Premium
- Free limits are tight: 3 reaction role menus, 3 giveaways, 3 forms
- Reviewers on top.gg complain about the move from prefix to slash commands
Skip it if free leveling matters; Dyno keeps Levels on its $5.99 Standard plan.
- Premium price
- $11.99 per month, $49.99 per year after the first year, or $89.99 lifetime, per server
- Main use
- All in one: moderation, leveling, welcome and social alerts
- Free features
- Thin: XP and leaderboard work free, but role rewards need Premium and the plans table marks most plugins Premium
- Servers using it
- More than 21 million, per MEE6's premium page (October 2026); top.gg shows 19.5M
MEE6 is in more than 21 million servers per its premium page, configures everything from a dashboard and lists alerts for ten platforms, from Twitch and YouTube to Bluesky and Kick. Its plans table marks most plugins, including role rewards, as Premium.
Pros
- Largest install base of any general bot: more than 21 million servers per its premium page
- Dashboard first setup, no commands to memorize
- Lifetime plan ($89.99 list) costs less than 2 years of monthly billing
- Covers alerts for Twitch, YouTube, X, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, Kick, RSS and podcasts
Cons
- $11.99 a month list price is the highest single server premium among the big general bots, and list prices changed during the day on October 19, 2026
- Free tier is thin: role rewards need Premium and the plans table marks most plugins Premium; the pricing page leans on countdown promos
- top.gg shows no review score on its listing, so there is no public rating to check
Skip it if price matters: Premium lists at $11.99 a month, among the highest of the big bots.
- Premium price
- $7.99 per month for 1 server, up to $24.99 for 5 servers (Patreon)
- Main use
- Reaction roles, logging and automod
- Free features
- 250 reaction roles, automod, logging, moderation, TagScript custom commands, suggestions, starboard, 5 YouTube and 2 Twitch alerts
- Servers using it
- 15,342,752 per carl.gg (October 2026); top.gg shows 3.4M
Carl-bot allows 250 reaction role pairs per server free, splits logs across channels and supports scripted TagScript commands. Multi server Patreon tiers drop premium to $4.50 a server at 8 servers.
Pros
- 250 reaction role pairs on free, more than any rival's free tier
- Detailed logging split across channels
- TagScript custom commands for advanced automation
- Multi server Patreon tiers drop the per server price to $5.00 at 5 servers
Cons
- Leveling is premium only
- 3.14 on top.gg from 595 reviews, the lowest score of the big general bots
- Premium price rose to $7.99 per server in June 2025
Skip it if you want free leveling or a strong public rating; its top.gg score is 3.14 from 595 reviews.
- Premium price
- Free; Limit Increase $2.99 per month; Custom Branding from about $5.63 (5 euros) per month
- Main use
- Moderation, automod and logging
- Free features
- Everything: automod, 80+ log types, reaction roles, custom commands, buttons, social notifications, message editor
- Servers using it
- More than 1,861,100 per sapph.xyz (October 2026)
Every Sapphire feature is free: automod with 10+ modules, 80+ log types, reaction roles, custom slash commands and buttons, and Twitch, YouTube and TikTok alerts. 4.83 on top.gg from 218 reviews.
Pros
- Every feature free
- 4.83 on top.gg from 218 reviews
- 80+ log types and a built in message editor
Cons
- No leveling system
- Custom Branding priced in euros only
- Smaller company (sole proprietor per its legal notice)
Skip it if you need leveling or tickets.
- Premium price
- $7 per month or $75 per year, per server
- Main use
- Leveling and XP role rewards
- Free features
- Message and reaction XP, 15 role rewards, rank cards, weekly leaderboards, moderation, 3 counters, 10 reaction roles, 5 custom commands
- Servers using it
- 3.12M servers shown on its top.gg listing (October 2026)
Arcane gives message XP, rank cards and 15 role rewards free, adds voice XP on premium at $7 a month or $75 a year, and rates 4.67 on top.gg from 4,075 reviews.
Pros
- 15 free role rewards, where MEE6 paywalls more of its leveling
- 4.67 on top.gg from 4,075 reviews
- Yearly plan at $75 saves about $9 against monthly
- Premium is transferable once
Cons
- Voice XP needs premium and the separate premium bot
- Free message logs keep only 1 hour
- Refunds only in certain situations per its policy
Skip it if you need voice XP free; it is a premium feature.
- Premium price
- $5 per month; VIP $20 per month for 12 servers
- Main use
- Anti nuke and anti raid security
- Free features
- Anti nuke, anti raid join gate, captcha verification, heat automod, quarantine, panic mode
- Servers using it
- 1M servers shown on its top.gg listing (October 2026)
Wick stops nukes and raids: it watches staff and bots for mass deletions and bans, gates new accounts, runs captcha verification and scans links for malware, all free. Premium is $5 a month.
Pros
- Watches staff and bots for mass bans, deletions and webhook abuse
- Scans links for IP grabbers, scams and malware
- Premium is $5 a month; VIP covers 12 servers for $20
Cons
- Needs admin permission to work, and setup is detailed
- No leveling, music or fun features
- Plans page lists features but no annual price
Skip it if on small private servers; it needs Administrator and careful setup.
- Premium price
- $7.99 per month
- Main use
- Support tickets
- Free features
- Unlimited panels, transcripts, support roles, forms, 10 tickets a minute
- Servers using it
- 5,815,753 per tickettool.xyz (October 2026)
Ticket Tool runs in 5,815,753 servers per its homepage with unlimited panels, transcripts and forms free. Premium at $7.99 a month adds claiming, DMs and automation.
Pros
- Unlimited panels and transcripts free
- Forms ask questions before a ticket opens
- 637,059,904 tickets created per its homepage
- Simple single premium plan
Cons
- Ticket claiming, DMs and automation are premium
- No annual discount listed
- 4.07 on top.gg from 183 reviews, below Tickets and Dyno
Skip it if you want claiming free; the Tickets bot includes it.
- Premium price
- $5 to $100 per month on Patreon (boosts)
- Main use
- Music in voice channels
- Free features
- 4 bots per server, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, radio, Bandcamp, Vimeo, guess the song
- Servers using it
- 10.1M servers shown on its top.gg listing (October 2026)
Jockie Music lets you run 4 free bots per server, each in its own voice channel, from Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal and 20,000+ radio stations. 4.63 on top.gg from 304 reviews across 10.1M servers.
Pros
- Up to 4 bots free, each in its own channel
- 4.63 on top.gg from 304 reviews
- Collections up to 10,000 tracks
- 24/7 mode for $5 a month
Cons
- YouTube is not in its published list of sources
- Prefix based commands (m!) take some learning
- 24/7 and filters are paid
Skip it if you need YouTube links; YouTube is not in its published source list.
- Premium price
- $5 to $45 per user per month on Patreon; gems $0.99 to $99.99
- Main use
- Economy and currency game
- Free features
- Full currency game: fishing, pets, farming, marketplace, gambling games, quests
- Servers using it
- 8.63M servers shown on its top.gg listing (October 2026)
Dank Memer is a free currency game with fishing, pets, farming and a marketplace, and it has the largest review base we found: 4.76 on top.gg from 9,032 reviews.
Pros
- 4.76 on top.gg from 9,032 reviews, the largest review base we found
- Whole game is free to play
- Deep content: 42 fish, 265+ items, pets, farming
Cons
- Gem store and Patreon perks give paying players an advantage
- Gambling style games (blackjack, slots) may not suit younger servers
- Not a moderation or utility bot
Skip it if for young or professional servers; it sells gem bundles up to $99.99 and has gambling style games.
- Premium price
- Bundles $8.97 to $14.95 per month before sale discounts
- Main use
- Server analytics and stats
- Free features
- Member, channel and voice stats for 30 days, channel counters, activity roles
- Servers using it
- 923,832 per statbot.net (October 2026)
Statbot tracks messages, voice and activity by member, channel and hour, shows them on a dashboard and gives or removes roles by activity. Core stats are free with 30 days of history; bundles start at $8.97 a month.
Pros
- Tracks stats by channel, member and hour
- Statroles can remove roles when activity drops
- Pay only for the upgrades you use
Cons
- History beyond 30 days is paid
- 3.91 on top.gg from 32 reviews
- Modular pricing is harder to compare
Skip it if you only want a member counter; Arcane includes free counters.
What it costs
| Bot | Free tier | Cheapest premium | Yearly | Billed per |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyno | Generous on moderation | $5.99 per month | $49.99 | Server |
| MEE6 | Yes, low limits | $11.99 per month list | $49.99 after a $24.99 first year; $89.99 lifetime | Server |
| Carl-bot | Generous on roles and logs | $7.99 per month | Not listed | Server (Patreon slots) |
| Sapphire | Everything | Free; branding from 5 euros | Free | Server |
| Arcane | 15 role rewards | $7 per month | $75 | Server |
| Wick | Full security core | $5 per month | Not listed | Server |
| Ticket Tool | Unlimited panels | $7.99 per month | Not listed | Server |
| Jockie Music | 4 bots | $5 per month (5 boosts) | 5% off annual | User (boosts) |
| Dank Memer | Full game | $5 per month | 16% off annual | User |
| Statbot | 30 day stats | $8.97 per month bundle | Multi month discounts | Server |
Prices from each bot's premium page or Patreon in October 2026. The Price Index tracks them all.
A $0 stack that covers most servers: Dyno (moderation, automod, tickets, forms) plus Arcane (leveling) plus Wick (security) plus Jockie Music (music). That is four free bots and no subscriptions.
A paid stack for a big community: Dyno Premium yearly ($59.99) for alerts and unlimited modules, Arcane yearly ($75) for voice XP, Wick Premium ($60 a year at $5 a month). Total $194.99 a year for three specialists, about what MEE6 Premium costs on monthly billing at list price ($167.88) for one bot.
Per server vs per user premium
This trips people up. Utility bots like Dyno, MEE6, Carl-bot, Arcane, Wick and Ticket Tool charge the server owner per server. Music and game bots like Jockie Music and Dank Memer sell premium to individual users, who then apply perks (boosts or premium server slots) to a server. That means any member can upgrade your server's music bot without you paying. Carl-bot is a hybrid: Patreon tiers give the buyer movable server slots.
Server counts, explained
Bots publish install numbers, and they disagree with top.gg. MEE6 says more than 21 million servers, top.gg shows 19.5M. Carl-bot's site says 15,342,752, top.gg shows 3.4M. Treat these as rough popularity signals, not quality scores, and weigh ratings with their review counts more.
| Bot | Servers per its own site | Servers on top.gg | top.gg rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEE6 | 21M+ | 19.5M | Not shown |
| Dyno | Not stated | 11.6M | 4.38 from 375 |
| Carl-bot | 15,342,752 | 3.4M | 3.14 from 595 |
| Sapphire | 1,860,600+ | 1.86M | 4.83 from 218 |
| Arcane | Not stated | 3.12M | 4.67 from 4,075 |
| Wick | Not stated | 1M | 4.22 from 262 |
| Ticket Tool | 5,815,753 | 5.82M | 4.07 from 183 |
| Jockie Music | Not stated | 10.1M | 4.63 from 304 |
| Dank Memer | Not stated | 8.63M | 4.76 from 9,032 |
| Statbot | 923,832 | 864K | 3.91 from 32 |
Red flags
- Fake invite links. Only invite a bot from its official site or a verified listing. Copycat bots with similar names are a common scam.
- Bots asking for Administrator without a reason. Security bots like Wick need it; a meme or music bot does not.
- Promotional pricing that never ends. MEE6's page shows a countdown and 50% off; renewals return to list price. Do the math on the renewal.
- Music bots promising YouTube. Several big bots dropped YouTube; check the bot's own source list.
- Paywalled basics. If the feature you need is behind premium in one bot, another usually gives it free (leveling in Arcane, claiming in Tickets).
- Dead bots. Some old favorites are gone or pivoted. Hydra's site is now a roles and welcome bot, and FredBoat's site returned a server error when we checked in October 2026.
How we picked
We started from the bots people search for and compare most, and the top bots on top.gg by category. For each we opened the official site, premium page or Patreon, docs and top.gg listing in October 2026, and recorded free limits, every premium price, server counts and top.gg ratings with review counts. Rankings weigh free tier depth and coverage of what most servers need first, then premium value per server, ease of setup and trust signals. We compared published facts and did not install or test the bots. Scores follow our method.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Discord bot?
Dyno is the best all round Discord bot for most servers: free automod, tickets, forms and reaction roles, a web dashboard and premium from $49.99 a year. MEE6 is the easiest to set up and has the most social alert sources, and Sapphire is the best if you want everything free.
What are the must have Discord bots?
Most servers need one general bot (Dyno, MEE6 or Sapphire), a leveling bot if the main bot does not cover it free (Arcane), and depending on size, a security bot (Wick) and a ticket bot (Ticket Tool or Tickets). Add a music bot like Jockie Music and a game like Dank Memer for social servers.
Are Discord bots free?
Almost all popular Discord bots are free to add and use, with optional premium tiers. Premium usually runs $5 to $14 a month per server. Sapphire has no feature paywall at all.
What is the most popular Discord bot?
MEE6, which says it is used by more than 21 million servers, and shows 19.5M on top.gg. Rythm shows 19.7M on top.gg, Dyno 11.6M, ProBot 10.2M and Jockie Music 10.1M. Carl-bot's own site claims 15.3 million servers.
How many bots should a Discord server have?
As few as cover your needs, usually two to four. Every bot adds permissions to manage and commands for members to learn. Start with one general bot, then add specialists only for gaps like leveling, tickets or security.
How do I add a bot to my Discord server?
You need the Manage Server permission. Open the bot's official site or its top.gg listing, click Invite or Add to Discord, choose your server, review the permissions and authorize. Then configure it on the bot's dashboard or with its commands.
Are Discord bots safe?
Established bots are generally safe, but every bot can do what its permissions allow. Invite bots only from their official site or verified listing, grant only the permissions they need, and keep bot roles below your admin roles. Security bots like Wick need Administrator by design.
What is the best free Discord bot?
Sapphire, because every feature is free and it rates 4.83 on top.gg from 218 reviews. Dyno's free tier is the best among bots that also sell premium.
Do Discord music bots still work?
Yes, but many no longer play YouTube. Jockie Music, FlaviBot, Rythm and Green-bot are active in October 2026; check each bot's supported sources before you rely on YouTube links. See our [best Discord music bots](/best-discord-music-bots).