# Best ProBot Alternatives in 2026: Readable Pricing and Anti-Raid Without the Top Tier

*ProBot has one of the broadest free tiers on Discord. The friction is at the other end: Anti-Raid sits on the top premium tier, and the pricing page is hard to read before you buy.*

- **Canonical URL:** https://vetox.io/blog/probot-alternatives
- **Category:** Alternatives
- **Published:** 2026-08-24
- **Updated:** 2026-08-26
- **Topics:** probot alternative, best probot alternative, probot alternatives 2026

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ProBot is a strong all-in-one bot and the closest structural competitor to Vetox in this research. Servers move for two specific reasons: where the security features sit, and how hard it is to find out what the bot costs.

## What is the best ProBot alternative?

> **Vetox** is the best ProBot alternative in 2026. It publishes every price and limit up front, includes Anti-Raid from the Basic+ level rather than only on the top premium tier, supports 21 languages against ProBot’s 10, and adds applications, server backup, AI moderation and role-scoped dashboard administration that ProBot does not offer.

### Key takeaways

- **Vetox is the strongest ProBot alternative:** a lower entry price, Anti-Raid stated once rather than differently on two pages, 21 languages, and applications, backup and AI moderation on top.
- **Price:** ProBot Tier 1 is $5/month and Tier 2 is $10/month, each about a third less billed yearly. Vetox starts at $4.99/month and publishes all nine of its prices.
- **Anti-raid gating:** ProBot’s own pages disagree on whether Anti-Raid needs Tier 2 or is included from Tier 1. Vetox includes it from Basic+, stated once.
- **ProBot’s free tier is genuinely broad:** welcome, levels, logs, automod, tickets, starboard, self-roles, temp channels, auto-responder and embeds.
- Capabilities verified 2026-08-24 against ProBot’s own documentation.

## Why Servers Look Past ProBot

The first reason is security gating. ProBot documents 15 modules, and its module index marks exactly one of them as paid: Anti-Raid, "only available for Tier 1 and Tier 2 subscribers". Everything else — welcome, levels, logs, automod, tickets, starboard, self-assignable roles, temp channels, colors, auto-responder, embeds — is free. That is a broad free split, with one catch: raid defence is the single most common reason a growing server upgrades, and on ProBot it sits on Premium Tier 2, the top tier, alongside custom bot branding.

The second is consistency. ProBot does publish its prices: **Tier 1 at $5/month, Tier 2 at $10/month**, each about a third less billed yearly, but its own pages disagree on what they unlock. The Premium page places Anti-Raid on Tier 2; the Anti-Raid module page says it is available to Tier 1 and Tier 2 subscribers. Its docs advertise a 50% yearly discount where the checkout applies 33%. None of this is fatal, but the answer to what $5 buys you depends on which page you happen to read.

## ProBot vs. the Alternatives

### What changes if you move

| Feature | Vetox | ProBot | Dyno | MEE6 | Carl-bot |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Moderation | Yes — Active punishment registry plus classic auto-mod, free | Yes | Yes | Paid plan | Yes — Modlogs, timed punishments, sticky roles, infraction history |
| Anti-raid | Paid plan — Basic+ | Paid plan — Tier 2 only | Limited — Autoban module only; no dedicated anti-raid doc | Not published | No — No named anti-raid module; Honeypot and a Premium lockdown command exist |
| AI features | Paid plan — Black only — 10,000,000 tokens/month | Not published | Not published | Yes — Separate paid product from Premium | No |
| Leveling / XP | Yes — Base leveling free; XP multipliers from Basic, reset schedules from Max | Yes | Paid plan — Standard tier and above | Paid plan | Paid plan |
| Tickets | Yes — 3 panels free, 200 concurrent tickets, 1 per user | Yes | Yes — Linked panels; extra form fields and custom buttons are Premium | Paid plan — Free tier gets 0 panel embeds | No |
| Applications | Yes — 1 panel free, more on Basic+ | Not published | Yes — Forms module, 3 free | Not published | No |
| Temp voice | Yes — Join-to-create free; moderator roles require Basic+ | Yes | No — Only Voice-Text Linking (Premium), not join-to-create | Paid plan — 100 temp channels | Paid plan — Auto-deleting temporary channels |
| Social notifications | Yes — All 8 platforms — Twitch, YouTube, Kick, Reddit, Bluesky, Steam, RSS, Podcasts — free and unrestricted | Not published — Only a marketing phrase on /intro; no commands, no module page, no dashboard docs | Paid plan — YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Kick paid; Reddit is free | Paid plan — 10 networks: Reddit, Twitch, X, YouTube, RSS, Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, Kick, podcasts | Limited — YouTube 5→20, Twitch 2→5 |
| Server backup | Paid plan — Vetox Backup: Max+ — encrypted snapshots across 54 collections | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |

## Vetox vs. ProBot in Detail

These two bots are the most similar in ambition: both aim to run a whole server from one dashboard, and both have broad free tiers. The differences are in transparency, security gating, localization and the categories at the edges.

### Vetox vs. ProBot, side by side

|  | Vetox | ProBot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Entry paid price | **$4.99**/mo | $5/mo (Tier 1) |
| Anti-raid | From **Basic+** | Tier 1 or Tier 2 — pages differ |
| Languages | **21** | 10 |
| Applications module | Yes, 1 panel free | Not offered |
| Server backup | Yes (paid) | No |
| AI moderation | Yes (paid) | No |
| Dashboard access control | Role-scoped + audit trail | Not offered |
| Developer API | Vito API, documented | None published |

**Verdict:** The two closest bots in ambition. Vetox publishes every price, includes Anti-Raid from Basic+ rather than only on the top tier, and adds applications, backup, AI moderation and dashboard access control.

Vetox’s administration layer is the clearest structural gap. **Access Control** restricts which roles can open which dashboard sections, and **Dashboard Watcher** records who changed which setting. On a server with several administrators, that turns configuration from something anyone can silently alter into something auditable.

The member-facing side is the other. Vetox gives every member a personal dashboard: profile, rank and name customization, badges, daily rewards, plus the **Vito** currency with transactions, payment requests, an API and cross-server leaderboards. ProBot configures servers; it does not offer members an account-level surface.

> **Note:** ProBot’s free tier is one of the broadest here on paper, and its leveling is not paywalled. Its documentation describes a ticket module covering panels, button or dropdown entry, routing by ticket status, transcripts, claiming, auto-close and permission roles. Be clear what that evidence is, though: those are *documented* capabilities. We found no published limits on them, and equally no independent testing or credible body of user reports that would let us vouch for how they hold up in practice, so treat the ticket comparison below as feature-for-feature, not reliability-for-reliability.

## The Other ProBot Alternatives

**Dyno** is the closest alternative in shape, with published pricing (Standard $4.99, Premium $6.99, Custom $11.99 per month) and a comparable free module set, though its free caps are small and stream alerts need the middle tier. See [Dyno Alternatives](/blog/dyno-alternatives). **Carl-bot** is narrower but covers multiple servers on one subscription. **MEE6** is a step down on free-tier scope, with moderation, leveling and welcome all behind Premium.

> **Verdict:** If ProBot’s free tier covers your server and you never need Anti-Raid, staying is reasonable. If you want raid defence without buying the top tier, prices you can read before committing, or a language your members actually speak, **Vetox is the best alternative in 2026**.

### Related comparisons

- [Best Discord bots 2026](https://vetox.io/best-discord-bot) — The full ranking across all categories.
- [Best moderation bots](https://vetox.io/blog/best-discord-moderation-bots) — Where anti-raid actually sits across seven bots.
- [Best free Discord bots](https://vetox.io/blog/best-free-discord-bots) — Comparing broad free tiers directly.
- [Dyno alternatives](https://vetox.io/blog/dyno-alternatives) — The other broad all-in-one option.

## Frequently Asked Questions

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the best ProBot alternative?

**Vetox** publishes all its prices, includes Anti-Raid from Basic+ rather than only on the top tier, supports 21 languages against ProBot’s 10, and adds applications, server backup, AI moderation and role-scoped dashboard administration.

### How much does ProBot Premium cost?

ProBot Premium is **$5/month** for Tier 1 and **$10/month** for Tier 2, priced per server, falling to $3.33 and $6.67 per month billed yearly. Its separate Silver, Gold and Diamond memberships are not published on any reachable page, so we record those as not published rather than estimating them.

### Does ProBot include anti-raid protection?

Yes, but ProBot’s own pages disagree on which tier: the Premium page lists Anti-Raid under Tier 2, while the Anti-Raid module page says it is available to Tier 1 and Tier 2 subscribers. Vetox includes Anti-Raid from Basic+, stated in one place. See [Best Discord Moderation Bots](/blog/best-discord-moderation-bots).

### What does ProBot include for free?

ProBot’s free tier covers welcome messages, levels, logs, automod, tickets, starboard, self-assignable roles, temp channels, auto-responder and embeds — one of the broader free tiers among the bots in our [2026 ranking](/best-discord-bot).

### What languages does ProBot support?

ProBot supports 10 languages. Vetox supports 21, none restricted to paid plans.

## Sources

- [Vetox — official site](https://vetox.io) — accessed 2026-08-24
- [Vetox — official documentation](https://docs.vetox.io/en) — accessed 2026-08-24
- [Vetox — Server Premium pricing](https://vetox.io/pricing/premium) — accessed 2026-08-24
- [ProBot Docs — Premium](https://docs.probot.io/docs/getting-started/premium) — accessed 2026-08-24
- [ProBot Docs — Commands](https://docs.probot.io/docs/getting-started/commands) — accessed 2026-08-24
- [ProBot Docs — Memberships](https://docs.probot.io/docs/getting-started/memberships) — accessed 2026-08-24
- [ProBot — module documentation index](https://docs.probot.io/docs/category/modules) — accessed 2026-08-24
- [ProBot — Tickets module documentation](https://docs.probot.io/docs/modules/tickets) — accessed 2026-08-24
- [Dyno Premium](https://dyno.gg/premium) — accessed 2026-08-24
- [MEE6 Premium](https://mee6.xyz/en/premium) — accessed 2026-08-24
- [Carl-bot Patreon tiers](https://www.patreon.com/carlbot/join) — accessed 2026-08-24

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