Best MEE6 Alternatives of 2026
Eight Discord bots that replace MEE6 for less, ranked on published free limits, 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
Dyno is the best MEE6 alternative for most servers: the same dashboard style all in one, with free automod, tickets and forms, and premium with social alerts for $7.99 a month against MEE6's $11.99 list price. For leveling, switch to Arcane (15 free role rewards). For a bot that costs nothing at all, pick Sapphire.
Our top picks
Why people look for MEE6 alternatives
MEE6 is the most installed general bot, in more than 21 million servers per its premium page, and the easiest to set up. People leave for three reasons:
- Price. Premium lists at $11.99 a month, $49.99 a year after a $24.99 first year, or $89.99 lifetime. The page usually shows a 50% off countdown, but renewals return to list price.
- A thin free tier. The plans comparison marks most plugins, including moderation, reaction roles, welcome messages, social alerts and XP and levels, with an X under Free, and MEE6's help center says role rewards need Premium. Free gets 1 timed message against 100 on Premium.
- No public rating. MEE6's top.gg listing shows no review score, while Dyno, Arcane and Sapphire publish theirs.
Figure out which MEE6 feature you use most, then pick the specialist below.
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 covers the same ground as MEE6 (moderation, automod, reaction roles, welcome messages, tickets, giveaways and social alerts) from a web dashboard, with free automod, tickets and forms. Premium with social alerts is $7.99 a month or $59.99 a year, against MEE6's $11.99 list price, and it rates 4.38 on top.gg from 375 reviews.
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 leveling is why you used MEE6; Dyno keeps Levels on its $5.99 Standard plan, so pair it with Arcane.
- 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 free servers message XP, rank cards and 15 role rewards, and premium with voice XP is $7 a month or $75 a year. It holds 4.67 on top.gg from 4,075 reviews, the strongest rating of any leveling bot this size.
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 tickets or many alert sources in the same bot.
- 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 notifications. It rates 4.83 on top.gg from 218 reviews and runs in more than 1.86 million servers per its site.
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; Sapphire has no XP system.
- 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 gives 250 reaction role pairs free, more than MEE6's limits, plus logs split across channels and TagScript custom commands. Premium is $7.99 a month for one server, or $24.99 for five.
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 simple first bot; levels are premium and setup has a learning curve.
- Premium price
- $5 or $10 per month; $80 per year for Tier 2
- Main use
- Welcome messages, logs and leveling
- Free features
- Welcome images, logs, leveling, moderation, reaction roles, autoroles
- Servers using it
- 10.2M servers shown on its top.gg listing (October 2026)
ProBot keeps welcome images, leveling and logs free, and premium starts at $5 a month, about a third of MEE6's monthly list price. It has 5,454 top.gg reviews at 4.3.
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 docs or ticketing in the same bot.
- Premium price
- $4.99 or $8.99 per server per month
- Main use
- Leveling with a social economy
- 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)
Tatsu makes leveling a game with profile cards, 110+ pets, houses and a server store, and its Server Plus plan is $4.99 a month for 20 activity roles. It rates 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 a serious, low noise server; the economy and pets add chatter.
- 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's free tier adds what MEE6 does not focus on: anti nuke, join gates, captcha verification and heat based automod. 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 you want one bot for everything; Wick has no leveling or alerts.
- 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)
If ticketing is the MEE6 Premium feature you pay for, Ticket Tool gives unlimited panels, transcripts and forms free, and its premium is $7.99 a month.
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.
Price compared with MEE6
| Bot | Cheapest premium | Yearly | Free leveling | top.gg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEE6 | $11.99 per month list | $49.99 after a $24.99 first year | XP only, role rewards Premium | Not shown |
| Dyno | $5.99 per month | $49.99 | No | 4.38 from 375 |
| Arcane | $7 per month | $75 | Yes, 15 rewards | 4.67 from 4,075 |
| Sapphire | Free | Free | No leveling | 4.83 from 218 |
| Carl-bot | $7.99 per month | Not listed | No | 3.14 from 595 |
| ProBot | $5 per month | $80 (Tier 2) | Yes | 4.3 from 5,454 |
| Tatsu | $4.99 per month | Not listed | Yes, 10 roles | 4.56 from 426 |
| Wick | $5 per month | Not listed | No | 4.22 from 262 |
| Ticket Tool | $7.99 per month | Not listed | No | 4.07 from 183 |
Prices from each bot's premium page, October 2026. MEE6 is the most expensive monthly option on the list; it is only cheaper on its yearly renewal or lifetime plan. See the Price Index.
A free MEE6 replacement stack: Dyno (moderation, automod, tickets, forms) plus Arcane (leveling with 15 role rewards) plus Sapphire or Carl-bot (alerts and reaction roles) costs $0 and covers almost everything MEE6 Premium does. The tradeoff is three dashboards instead of one.
How to switch from MEE6
- List what you use. Welcome messages, reaction roles, levels, alerts, tickets, custom commands.
- Set up the replacement in parallel. Add Dyno or Sapphire and rebuild moderation and welcome first, with MEE6's matching plugins turned off.
- Recreate reaction roles. Post new menus and remove the MEE6 ones, so members re pick roles once.
- Plan the leveling reset. XP does not transfer through public tools. Announce a fresh season, or keep MEE6 for leveling only.
- Move alerts last. Rebuild Twitch and YouTube alerts, then cancel MEE6 Premium. MEE6 plans are refundable for 7 days, so switch soon after a renewal if you can.
How we picked
We started from the bots people compare against MEE6 on top.gg and in search, then ranked them on what a server leaving MEE6 needs: coverage of MEE6's main jobs, free tier depth, premium price per server, and top.gg ratings with review counts. Every price and limit comes from the bot's own premium page or Patreon in October 2026. We did not install the bots; we compared published facts. Read the MEE6 review for the full breakdown.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best free alternative to MEE6?
Sapphire, if you need moderation, logs, reaction roles and alerts, because every feature is free and it rates 4.83 on top.gg. For free leveling, Arcane gives 15 role rewards and rank cards at no cost.
What bot is like MEE6 but free?
Dyno is the closest all in one with a dashboard, and its free tier includes automod, tickets, forms and 25 custom commands. Pair it with Arcane for free leveling to match most of what MEE6 Premium does for $0.
What is the best MEE6 alternative for leveling?
Arcane: message XP, rank cards and 15 role rewards free, voice XP on premium for $7 a month.
Why are people leaving MEE6?
Price and paywalls. MEE6 Premium lists at $11.99 a month, and many free limits are low, for example 1 timed message on free. Reddit threads on whether to pay for it are often negative.
Can I move my MEE6 levels to another bot?
Not directly through the bots' public pages. Plan for a reset, or keep MEE6 running only for leveling while you move moderation and roles to Dyno or Carl-bot.
Is Dyno or Arcane better as a MEE6 replacement?
Dyno if you used MEE6 for moderation, welcome and tickets; Arcane if you used it for leveling. Many servers run both, which is still free.