Best Discord Leveling Bots of 2026
Seven XP and leveling bots ranked on published free role rewards, voice XP, leaderboards, premium prices and top.gg 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
Arcane is the best Discord leveling bot in October 2026: free message XP, rank cards and 15 role rewards, a 4.67 top.gg rating from 4,075 reviews, and premium with voice XP for $7 a month or $75 a year. Tatsu is the best free alternative with 10 leveled roles and a social game layer, and MEE6 is the polished pick if you will pay for role rewards inside an all in one bot.
Our top picks
How to choose
Leveling bots look alike until you count the limits. Ask five questions:
- How many role rewards do you need free? Arcane allows 15 (1 per level). Tatsu allows 10 leveled roles. MEE6 keeps role rewards on Premium.
- Does voice count? If your server talks more than it types, you need voice XP. Arcane charges $7 a month for it; AmariBot charges a one time payment.
- Do you want a game layer? Tatsu adds pets, houses, profile cards and a store. Great for social servers, noisy for serious ones.
- One bot or two? If you already run Dyno or Carl-bot, their paid plans include leveling. Otherwise a free leveling bot next to your main bot costs nothing.
- Leaderboards. All have server leaderboards. Arcane includes weekly leaderboards free and adds monthly boards on premium; MEE6 lists a leaderboard vanity URL and join button as Premium.
Our picks, in detail
- Premium price
- $7 per month or $75 per year, per server
- 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)
- Main use
- Leveling and XP role rewards
Arcane gives free servers message XP, rank cards and 15 role rewards, plus counters and moderation, and holds 4.67 on top.gg from 4,075 reviews across 3.12M servers. Premium at $7 a month or $75 a year adds voice XP, custom XP values, monthly leaderboards and unlimited rewards.
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 for free; that is premium on Arcane.
- Premium price
- $4.99 or $8.99 per server per month
- Free features
- Leveling, rank and profile cards, 10 leveled roles, 40 reaction roles, leaderboards, server store, pets and economy
- Servers using it
- More than 1,400,000 per tatsu.gg (October 2026)
- Main use
- Leveling with a social economy
Tatsu adds global profiles, rank and wallet cards, 110+ pets, houses with 1,000+ furniture items and a server store members spend points in. Free servers get 10 leveled roles; Server Plus at $4.99 a month raises that to 20 and adds 15% bonus XP for everyone. 4.56 on top.gg from 426 reviews.
Pros
- 4.56 on top.gg from 426 reviews
- Server Plus is $4.99, cheap for leveling
- Global profiles and XP carry across servers
- Server store lets members spend points on roles and items
- Reaction and self roles included on free
Cons
- Free tier caps leveled roles at 10
- Economy, pets and housing add noise for serious servers
- No voice XP mentioned on its leveling page
Skip it if you want leveling without an economy and pets.
- Premium price
- $5 or $10 per month; $80 per year for Tier 2
- Free features
- Welcome images, logs, leveling, moderation, reaction roles, autoroles
- Servers using it
- 10.2M servers shown on its top.gg listing (October 2026)
- Main use
- Welcome messages, logs and leveling
ProBot's free tier includes leveling with rank cards plus image welcome cards, logs and moderation, and premium starts at $5 a month. 4.3 on top.gg from 5,454 reviews.
Pros
- 4.3 on top.gg from 5,454 reviews
- Premium from $5 a month, among the cheapest
- Leveling and logs on the free tier
Cons
- Thin public docs; the site lists commands but little policy detail
- Anti raid and custom bot are on the $10 tier
- Social notifications are premium
Skip it if you want detailed leveling settings documented publicly.
- Premium price
- $11.99 per month, $49.99 per year after the first year, or $89.99 lifetime, per server
- 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
- Main use
- All in one: moderation, leveling, welcome and social alerts
MEE6 has the most polished leveling dashboard, with rank cards, a public leaderboard and automatic level roles, inside a bot that also handles moderation, welcome messages and alerts for ten platforms. XP and the leaderboard work free per its setup guide, but role rewards need 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 you want free role rewards; MEE6 keeps them on Premium at $11.99 a month list, double Arcane's.
- Premium price
- $6.99 or more, one time
- Free features
- Text XP, role rewards, leaderboards, weekly leaderboard, rank cards
- Servers using it
- 322K servers shown on its top.gg listing (October 2026)
- Main use
- Leveling
AmariBot does leveling and nothing else, with a short tagline to match: no bloat, just levels. Text XP and leaderboards are free, and voice channel XP, custom cooldowns and multipliers come with a one time premium payment instead of a subscription. 4.65 on top.gg from 156 reviews.
Pros
- Premium is a one time $6.99 payment, not a subscription
- Weekly leaderboard with top 3 announcements free
- Voice XP with its own rate and cooldown on premium
- 4.65 on top.gg from 156 reviews
Cons
- Voice XP, cooldowns and multipliers are premium only
- Refunds issued only in very rare cases
- Leveling only, no moderation or other modules
- Premium commands are limited to the server owner
Skip it if you want moderation or other tools in the same bot.
- Premium price
- $5.99 to $12.99 per month, or $49.99 to $99.99 per year, per server
- 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)
- Main use
- Moderation and automod with a dashboard
Dyno's Standard plan adds XP, ranks and role rewards to its moderation, tickets and automod for $49.99 a year per server, so you avoid a second bot.
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 you will not pay; leveling is not on Dyno's free tier.
- Premium price
- $7.99 per month for 1 server, up to $24.99 for 5 servers (Patreon)
- 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
- Main use
- Reaction roles, logging and automod
Carl-bot Premium includes a full leveling system with role rewards, level up announcements and a public leaderboard, along with 1,000 reaction roles, for $7.99 a month on one server or $4.50 a server on its 8 server tier.
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 leveling is the only reason to pay; Arcane's free tier covers it.
What it costs
| Bot | Free role rewards | Free voice XP | Cheapest premium | Yearly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcane | 15 | No | $7 per month | $75 |
| MEE6 | Premium only | No | $11.99 per month list | $49.99 after a $24.99 first year |
| Tatsu | 10 leveled roles | Not listed | $4.99 per month (Server Plus) | Not listed |
| AmariBot | Leveling core free | Premium | One time (form defaults to $6.99) | One time |
| ProBot | Yes | Not listed | $5 per month | $80 (Tier 2) |
| Dyno | Paid only | Not listed | $5.99 per month (Standard) | $49.99 |
| Carl-bot | Paid only | Not listed | $7.99 per month | Not listed |
Prices from each bot's premium page in October 2026. See the Price Index.
Year one cost for leveling with voice XP: Arcane $75 on yearly billing, AmariBot one time premium (its donation form defaults to $6.99). Without voice: Arcane $0 for 15 role rewards, Tatsu $0 for up to 10 roles, MEE6 $29.99 promo first year for role rewards.
Leveling bots compared on the details
| Detail | Arcane | Tatsu | ProBot | MEE6 | AmariBot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| top.gg rating | 4.67 from 4,075 | 4.56 from 426 | 4.3 from 5,454 | Not shown | 4.65 from 156 |
| Servers | 3.12M on top.gg | 1.4M+ per its site | 10.2M on top.gg | 21M+ per its site | 322K on top.gg |
| Free role rewards | 15 | 10 leveled roles | Yes | Premium | Not listed |
| Voice XP | Premium | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Premium |
| Rank card backgrounds | Premium | Profile cards with backgrounds | Not listed | Premium | Premium for full customization |
| Extra | Counters, moderation, logs | Pets, houses, global economy | Welcome images, logs | Ten alert sources, tickets | Leveling only |
Two patterns stand out. First, review count matters: Arcane's 4.67 rests on 4,075 reviews and ProBot's 4.3 on 5,454, far more evidence than AmariBot's 156. Second, the free role reward cap is the number to compare, because that is what keeps members chatting. Arcane's 15 beats Tatsu's 10, and MEE6 needs Premium for any.
Message XP vs voice XP
Message XP rewards typing, which favors fast chatters and can encourage low effort messages. Most bots counter this with a cooldown, so only one message per period earns XP. Voice XP rewards time in voice channels, which fits gaming and study servers but can be farmed by idling in a channel. Arcane premium lets you set custom voice XP values; AmariBot premium adds voice XP, custom voice XP and multipliers.
A balanced setup for most servers: message XP with a cooldown, voice XP only in active channels (exclude AFK channels), and role rewards spaced so the first one comes within a week of joining.
A role reward ladder that works
| Level | Reward | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Regular role with a color | First reward within days keeps new members around |
| 10 | Access to a media or links channel | Trust gate for posting links |
| 20 | Custom color picker role | Status members can show |
| 30 | Event priority or giveaway entries | Ties activity to perks |
| 50 | Veteran role and a private lounge | Long term goal |
That uses 5 of Arcane's 15 free role rewards, or 5 of Tatsu's 10 leveled roles, so you have room to add more.
Red flags
- Paying for leveling alone. Arcane, ProBot, Tatsu and AmariBot all give leveling with roles free.
- XP from every channel. Exclude bot command, spam and meme channels so levels mean something.
- Voice XP in AFK channels. Members will idle for XP.
- Lost XP when switching bots. No public import path exists between these bots; switch early, not after a year.
- Rewards that grant permissions too early. Do not give link posting or mention permissions at low levels; raid accounts can farm XP.
How we picked
We ranked leveling bots on free role rewards, voice XP, rank cards and leaderboards, premium price per server and top.gg ratings with review counts. Every limit and price comes from the bot's premium page, site or top.gg listing in October 2026. We compared published facts and did not install the bots. Read the Arcane review and MEE6 review for detail.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best leveling bot for Discord?
Arcane for most servers: message XP, rank cards and 15 role rewards on its free tier, a 4.67 top.gg rating from 4,075 reviews, and voice XP on premium for $7 a month. MEE6 is the pick if you want leveling inside an all in one bot.
What is the best free leveling bot?
Arcane, for 15 free role rewards and rank cards. ProBot and Tatsu also include leveling with roles on their free tiers. MEE6 tracks XP free but keeps role rewards on Premium.
Which leveling bot has free voice XP?
None of the big ones we checked. Arcane and AmariBot both list voice XP as a premium feature, and Arcane needs its separate premium bot for voice XP to work. AmariBot's premium is a one time payment, which can work out cheaper than a subscription over time.
Is MEE6 leveling free?
Partly. MEE6's setup guide shows XP, rank cards and a leaderboard without Premium, with free members limited to changing the rank card text color. Role rewards only work in servers with Premium, per the same guide, and the give XP command is Premium. Its premium page's comparison also lists XP and levels, a leaderboard vanity URL and join button as Premium.
How do Discord leveling bots calculate XP?
Most give XP per message with a cooldown so spamming does not count, then convert total XP into levels on a curve. Premium tiers often let owners change XP per message, cooldowns and multipliers. AmariBot and Arcane premium list custom cooldowns, multipliers or XP values.
What is a rank card?
An image a member pulls up with a rank command that shows their level, XP progress and position on the server leaderboard. MEE6, Arcane, Tatsu, ProBot and AmariBot all generate rank cards, with background customization often on premium.
Can I transfer levels from MEE6 to another bot?
The bots' public pages do not describe an import from MEE6. Plan for a fresh start, or keep MEE6 running for leveling only while other bots handle moderation.
What are role rewards?
Roles a bot gives automatically when a member reaches a level, for example a color at level 10 and access to a channel at level 25. Arcane allows 15 free, Tatsu 10 leveled roles free, MEE6 needs Premium for any, and premium tiers raise the caps.
What is the cheapest leveling bot premium?
Tatsu Server Plus at $4.99 a month, which raises leveled roles from 10 to 20 and gives every member 15% more XP and credits. ProBot Tier 1 is $5 a month and Arcane is $7 a month or $75 a year.
Does Tatsu have leveling role rewards?
Yes. Tatsu's free Basic Server plan includes 10 chat activity roles, Server Plus ($4.99 a month) 20 and Server Premium ($8.99 a month) 40. If you cancel a server subscription, existing leveled roles keep working but you cannot add or edit more.