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September 6, 2026Best Discord bots for large servers in 2026At scale the limits change which bot wins: scan caps, per-server billing that multiplies, and filters that punish enthusiasm. Here is what each tool does when your server gets busy.September 6, 2026Discord bot pricing compared in 2026What Wick, Dyno, Carl-bot, MEE6, Sapphire, Discord AutoMod and Supervisor actually cost, read from each vendor's own pricing page, with the billing unit that decides your real bill.September 6, 2026Which Discord bots actually use AI moderation in 2026Plenty of Discord bots say AI. Far fewer classify what a message means. Here is an audit of seven, sorted into real AI classification, partial machine learning, and rule engines wearing the label.September 6, 2026Discord bots that moderate images and video in 2026Almost every Discord moderation tool counts attachments rather than looking at them. Here is what each one actually does with a picture, and the one option that reads the content.September 6, 2026Best Discord bots for multilingual servers in 2026Most Discord moderation only works in English. Discord's own word lists are English only and the leading free AI bot covers two languages. Here is what each tool actually supports.September 6, 2026Underrated Discord bots and features in 2026The best thing in Discord moderation right now is free and most servers have never heard of it. Six tools, features and gaps that deserve more attention than they get, with the evidence for each.August 29, 2026Carl-bot alternatives: the honest options for moderationCarl-bot is the reaction roles standard with unusually flexible moderation. If you are looking at alternatives, here is what each one replaces and whether switching is worth the rebuild.August 29, 2026Carl-bot pricing: what it costs and what is paywalledCarl-bot premium is sold through Patreon from £6.50 a month and works on a server slot system. Automod itself is free. Here is what premium changes, and how Supervisor prices moderation.August 29, 2026Carl-bot review: what it is good at and where it runs outAn honest review of Carl-bot from a company that makes a competing moderation tool. Its automod modules, the unusually rich punishment set, what its public rating says, and where a rule engine stops.August 29, 2026Carl-bot vs Dyno vs Supervisor: two rule engines and one that reads meaningCarl-bot and Dyno are the two most moderation-first general purpose bots on Discord. Here is the honest answer on which to pick, from their own docs, plus what neither can do.August 29, 2026Discord AutoMod alternatives: what to add when the built-in filter is not enoughDiscord AutoMod is free, native and already on. The question is rarely what replaces it, but what to add. Here are the options and what each one covers that AutoMod does not.August 29, 2026Discord AutoMod pricing: it is free, and here is what that coversDiscord AutoMod costs nothing and there is no premium tier. The useful question is what free covers, where it stops, and what closing that gap costs, so here are both sides with real numbers.August 29, 2026Dyno bot alternatives: the honest options for moderationDyno has one of the most configurable rule engines on Discord. If you are looking for alternatives, here is what each option replaces, and whether you need to switch at all.August 29, 2026Dyno bot pricing: what it costs and what is paywalledDyno Premium runs from $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year for one server, with automod itself on the free tier. What each plan covers, what per server billing costs if you run several, and how Supervisor prices moderation.August 29, 2026Dyno bot review: what it is good at and where it runs outAn honest review of Dyno, the Discord moderation bot, from a company that makes a competing tool. What its nineteen automod filters cover, what the public ratings say, and where a rule engine stops.August 29, 2026Dyno vs Wick vs Supervisor: rules, security, or AI moderationDyno and Wick get compared constantly and solve different problems. Here is the honest answer from both bots' own docs, and where an AI moderation layer fits alongside them.August 29, 2026Is Discord AutoMod enough for your server?AutoMod is free, native and genuinely good at what it does. Whether it is enough depends on what your server actually struggles with. Here is an honest answer, sourced from Discord's own documentation.August 29, 2026MEE6 alternatives: the honest options for moderationIf MEE6's per server pricing or paywall has you looking around, here are the real alternatives, what each one replaces, and an honest look at whether you need to switch at all.August 29, 2026MEE6 pricing: what it costs and what is paywalledMEE6 Premium is £11.99 a month, £49.99 a year, or £89.99 once for lifetime, and every plan covers one server. Here is what each tier includes, where the headline rates mislead, and how Supervisor prices moderation.August 29, 2026MEE6 review: what it is good at and where it runs outAn honest review of MEE6 from a company that makes a competing moderation tool. What its automod and enforcement actually cover, what its 7,217 Trustpilot reviews say, and where a rule engine stops.August 29, 2026MEE6 vs Carl-bot vs Supervisor: paid all-in-one, free all-rounder, or AI layerCarl-bot is the bot most people compare MEE6 against when the subscription arrives. Here is the honest answer between them, from their own docs, plus a third option doing a different job.August 29, 2026MEE6 vs Dyno vs Supervisor: engagement, control, or AI moderationMost people land here choosing between MEE6 and Dyno. Here is the honest answer on that, backed by both bots' own documentation, plus a third option that does a different job.August 29, 2026Sapphire bot alternatives: the honest options for moderationSapphire gives away an enormous feature set including AI moderation. If you are looking at alternatives, the usual reason is a rate limit rather than a missing feature. Here are the real options.August 29, 2026Sapphire bot pricing: free, with two paid add-onsSapphire gives away its whole feature set including AI moderation, and sells only Custom Branding from 5 euros a month and a Limit Increase plan. Here is what free actually covers and where the limits bite.August 29, 2026Sapphire bot review: what it is good at and where it runs outAn honest review of Sapphire from a company that makes a competing AI moderation tool. Real AI moderation given away free, an unusually clever AutoMod integration, and one rate limit worth knowing about.August 29, 2026Sapphire vs MEE6 vs Supervisor: free, paid, or specialistSapphire gives away most of what MEE6 charges for, including AI moderation. Here is the honest comparison from both bots' own docs, and where a specialist layer fits.August 29, 2026Supervisor vs Discord AutoMod: AI moderation versus built-in keyword rulesDiscord AutoMod is free, native and already in your server, with three ready-made word lists and six keyword rules. An honest comparison with Supervisor, including what AutoMod does better.August 29, 2026Supervisor vs MEE6: AI moderation versus all-in-one automodMEE6 is the most widely used all-in-one Discord bot, with eight automod checks and a full enforcement ladder. An honest comparison with Supervisor, an AI moderation bot, including what MEE6 does better.August 29, 2026Supervisor vs Sapphire: two AI moderation systems comparedSapphire is the only major free Discord bot with real AI moderation, and it is genuinely good. An honest comparison with Supervisor covering categories, language support, and the scan rate limit that decides it.August 29, 2026Supervisor vs Wick: server security versus content moderationWick is a Discord security bot: anti-nuke, anti-raid, quarantine and verification. Supervisor moderates message content. An honest comparison of two tools that solve different halves of the same problem.August 29, 2026Wick bot alternatives: the honest options for server securityWick is a security bot rather than a moderation bot, which makes its alternatives a shorter and stranger list than most. Here is what actually replaces it, and what only sits beside it.August 29, 2026Wick bot pricing: what it costs and what is paywalledWick Premium is $5 a month and VIP is $20 a month for 12 servers. The security features themselves are free in their base form, and the paid tiers buy the advanced versions. Here is the breakdown.August 29, 2026Wick bot review: what it is good at and where it runs outAn honest review of Wick, the Discord security bot, from a company that makes a content moderation tool. What anti-nuke, panic mode and the Heat system actually do, and where a security model stops.August 29, 2026Wick vs Discord AutoMod vs Supervisor: three layers, not three choicesThese three protect against different things: the perimeter, the words, and the meaning. Here is what each one actually covers, and why the answer is usually all three rather than one.July 29, 2026New accounts now start with free creditsEvery new Supervisor account gets £0.25 of credits, once, with no card and no trial to start. Enough to point the bot at a channel and watch it work before deciding anything.July 29, 2026Refer someone, you both get £50 of creditsShare your referral link. When the person you sent makes their first payment, £50 of credits lands on both accounts. Paid once, never expires, no cap on how many people you refer.July 28, 2026One plan, everything includedSupervisor now sells a single plan with every feature in it, from £4.99 a month. Three billing cycles, a seven day free trial on monthly and annual, and nothing changes for anyone on an old plan.July 28, 2026Video moderation is liveSend a clip, get back the moments that matter. Supervisor decodes video on the GPU, picks the frames where the picture actually changes, and tells you the timestamp of anything it flags.July 27, 2026Supervisor 2.1: fewer false positives, retrained on your feedbackSupervisor 2.1 is a full retrain of all three moderation models, driven by the thumbs-up and thumbs-down votes you left on real flags. Average F1 on our evaluation set goes from 0.794 to 0.941, and errors on harmless messages are down 44 percent.July 26, 2026Supervisor vs Dyno: AI moderation versus threshold-based automodDyno's automod is one of the most configurable rule engines on Discord: banned words, link and invite filters, spam thresholds, mass mentions, emoji and image spam, zalgo, and selfbot detection. Here is an honest comparison with Supervisor, an AI moderation bot, so you can pick the right one, or run both.July 18, 2026Best Discord moderation bots in 2026An honest, up-to-date comparison of the best and most popular Discord moderation bots in 2026: Discord AutoMod, Carl-bot, MEE6, Dyno, Wick, Sapphire, and AI moderation with Supervisor.July 16, 2026Supervisor vs Carl-bot: AI moderation versus keyword automodCarl-bot is a great all-round Discord bot, but its moderation is rule-based: keywords, regex, spam controls, and a honeypot channel. Here is an honest comparison with Supervisor, an AI moderation bot, so you can pick the right one, or run both.July 13, 2026Price cuts: Sentinel and Arbiter are now much cheaper, and image pricing got fairSentinel drops 33% and Arbiter 56% per byte, and images now bill at a flat rate instead of the model rate. A large image on Arbiter costs 9x less than it did last week.July 13, 2026Supervisor vs OpenAI's moderation endpoint: which should you use?OpenAI's moderation API is free and excellent at safety classification. Supervisor is a paid product built for community and platform moderation. Here is an honest, accurate comparison so you can pick the right one.July 11, 2026Retiring the free tier for new accountsFrom 13 July 2026, new accounts will not include the free tier. Accounts created before that date keep it. Here is what is changing and, honestly, why.July 9, 2026Supervisor 2.0: smarter models, image moderation, and a lot moreOur biggest release yet. New 2.0 models with implicit moderation, 16 content labels, image moderation, a full Platform API, and the foundations for video moderation.July 5, 2026Welcome to the Supervisor BlogThe Supervisor blog is live. Here is what to expect: product updates, deep dives on how AI moderation works, and guides for keeping communities healthy.

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