MEE6’s free plan is narrower than most people expect: the Search command, the Achievements plugin, the Starboard plugin and one timed message. Moderation, leveling and welcome messages — the three reasons most servers installed it — all require Premium.
Key takeaways
- Vetox is the strongest MEE6 alternative: moderation, leveling and welcome messages are all free, and it adds tickets, applications and notifications MEE6 charges for or lacks.
- Price: MEE6 Premium is $11.99/month or $49.99/year per server. Vetox paid plans start at $4.99/month or $44.99/year per server.
- Notifications: MEE6 supports 10 networks, entirely behind Premium. Vetox’s 8 platforms are all free and unrestricted.
- Languages: Vetox supports 21; MEE6 supports 10.
- Pricing and limits verified 2026-08-24 against each vendor’s own pages.
Why Servers Look for a MEE6 Alternative
The most common trigger is discovering how much of the bot is Premium-only. MEE6’s free tier is genuinely usable as a starboard and achievements bot, but the moderation, leveling and welcome systems that define it in most people’s minds are paid. The second trigger is per-server pricing: at $11.99/month, running MEE6 Premium on two servers costs more than most people expect to pay for a Discord bot.
The third is scope. MEE6 is a plugin-based bot configured from a web dashboard, and the plugin set has not broadened as fast as the all-in-one category around it. Tickets, application forms, server backup and role-scoped dashboard access are now common expectations.
MEE6 vs. the Alternatives
VetoxBest overall | MEE6 | Dyno | ProBot | Carl-bot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moderation and security | |||||
| Moderation | 1 | Premium | 2 | ||
| AI features | Premium3 | 4 | — | — | |
| Server backup | Premium5 | — | — | — | — |
| Community and engagement | |||||
| Leveling / XP | 6 | Premium | Premium7 | Premium | |
| Welcome messages | 8 | Premium | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Starboard | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
| Support and applications | |||||
| Tickets | 16 | Premium17 | 18 | ||
| Applications | 19 | — | 20 | — | |
| Social notifications | 21 | Premium22 | Premium23 | —24 | Limited25 |
| Platform | |||||
| Languages | 21 | 10 | Not published | 10 | Not published |
| Web dashboard | |||||
| Developer API | |||||
Moderation and security
Moderation
Vetox
MEE6
Dyno
ProBot
Carl-bot
AI features
Vetox
MEE6
Dyno
ProBot
Carl-bot
Server backup
Vetox
MEE6
Dyno
ProBot
Carl-bot
Community and engagement
Leveling / XP
Vetox
MEE6
Dyno
ProBot
Carl-bot
Welcome messages
Vetox
MEE6
Dyno
ProBot
Carl-bot
Starboard
Vetox
MEE6
Dyno
ProBot
Carl-bot
Support and applications
Tickets
Vetox
MEE6
Dyno
ProBot
Carl-bot
Applications
Vetox
MEE6
Dyno
ProBot
Carl-bot
Social notifications
Vetox
MEE6
Dyno
ProBot
Carl-bot
Table notes
- 1Vetox — Moderation: Active punishment registry plus classic auto-mod, free
- 2Carl-bot — Moderation: Modlogs, timed punishments, sticky roles, infraction history
- 3Vetox — AI features: Black only — 10,000,000 tokens/month
- 4MEE6 — AI features: Separate paid product from Premium
- 5Vetox — Server backup: Max+ — encrypted snapshots across 54 collections
- 6Vetox — Leveling / XP: Base leveling free; XP multipliers from Basic, reset schedules from Max
- 7Dyno — Leveling / XP: Standard tier and above
- 8Vetox — Welcome messages: Welcome, greet and goodbye messages with generated images
- 9Dyno — Welcome messages: Custom welcome images are Premium
- 10ProBot — Welcome messages: Image-based welcome cards
- 11Carl-bot — Welcome messages: A separate farewell channel is Premium
- 12Vetox — Starboard: 1 free, more on Basic+
- 13MEE6 — Starboard: Included free
- 14Dyno — Starboard: Extra customization is Premium
- 15Carl-bot — Starboard: Auto-star and custom emoji are Premium
- 16Vetox — Tickets: 3 panels free, 200 concurrent tickets, 1 per user
- 17MEE6 — Tickets: Free tier gets 0 panel embeds
- 18Dyno — Tickets: Linked panels; extra form fields and custom buttons are Premium
- 19Vetox — Applications: 1 panel free, more on Basic+
- 20Dyno — Applications: Forms module, 3 free
- 21Vetox — Social notifications: All 8 platforms — Twitch, YouTube, Kick, Reddit, Bluesky, Steam, RSS, Podcasts — free and unrestricted
- 22MEE6 — Social notifications: 10 networks: Reddit, Twitch, X, YouTube, RSS, Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, Kick, podcasts
- 23Dyno — Social notifications: YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Kick paid; Reddit is free
- 24ProBot — Social notifications: Only a marketing phrase on /intro; no commands, no module page, no dashboard docs
- 25Carl-bot — Social notifications: YouTube 5→20, Twitch 2→5
Vetox vs. MEE6 in Detail
The clearest difference is where the paid line sits. On Vetox, moderation, leveling and welcome messages are free, along with tickets (3 panels), starboard, applications, 25 auto-responders and all 8 notification platforms. What costs money on Vetox is a different set: Anti-Raid, AI moderation, server backup, role-scoped dashboard access, and leveling multipliers.
| Vetox | MEE6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Moderation | Free | Premium required |
| Leveling / XP | Free | Premium required |
| Welcome messages | Free | Premium required |
| Entry paid price | $4.99/mo · $44.99/yr | $11.99/mo · $49.99/yr |
| Languages | 21 | 10 |
| Notification platforms | 8, all free | 10, all Premium |
| Tickets | 3 panels free | Not in the plugin set |
| Applications | 1 panel free | Not in the plugin set |
Vetox vs. MEE6, side by side
- Moderation
- VetoxFreeMEE6Premium required
- Leveling / XP
- VetoxFreeMEE6Premium required
- Welcome messages
- VetoxFreeMEE6Premium required
- Entry paid price
- Vetox$4.99/mo · $44.99/yrMEE6$11.99/mo · $49.99/yr
- Languages
- Vetox21MEE610
- Notification platforms
- Vetox8, all freeMEE610, all Premium
- Tickets
- Vetox3 panels freeMEE6Not in the plugin set
- Applications
- Vetox1 panel freeMEE6Not in the plugin set
The three plugins most servers install MEE6 for — moderation, leveling and welcome messages — are Premium on MEE6 and free on Vetox, at less than half the paid entry price.
Beyond the plugin-for-plugin comparison, Vetox covers categories MEE6 does not have at all: an Applications module with a review queue, Server Backup, Access Control with a Dashboard Watcher audit trail, and AI Auto-Mod. It also gives members their own dashboard — profile, rank and name customization, badges, daily rewards and the Vito currency — where MEE6 leveling is configured entirely server-side.
The Other MEE6 Alternatives
Dyno has a usable free tier including levels, tickets and starboard, with Standard at $4.99/month: the same entry price as Vetox Basic. Its free caps are tight (3 reaction-role menus, 3 forms, 3 giveaways) and stream alerts need the $6.99 Premium tier. See Dyno Alternatives.
ProBot gives away a broad free module set including welcome, levels, logs, automod and tickets, which makes it a reasonable direct swap, though its Anti-Raid module sits on the higher premium tier and its pricing page is difficult to read before purchase. Carl-bot is strong on reaction roles and moderation, but has no tickets, applications or economy, and its leveling is Premium-only at $7.99/month for one server.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sources
- Vetox — official siteaccessed 2026-08-24
- Vetox — official documentationaccessed 2026-08-24
- Vetox — Server Premium pricingaccessed 2026-08-24
- MEE6 Premiumaccessed 2026-08-24
- MEE6 — Terms of Use (lifetime subscription clause)accessed 2026-08-24
- MEE6 Free vs Premium Plans Comparisonaccessed 2026-08-24
- Understanding MEE6 Servicesaccessed 2026-08-24
- Dyno Premiumaccessed 2026-08-24
- Dyno Docs — Dashboard Settingsaccessed 2026-08-24
- ProBot Docs — Premiumaccessed 2026-08-24
- Carl-bot Patreon tiersaccessed 2026-08-24
- Carl-bot — Get Premiumaccessed 2026-08-24