# BotGhost > BotGhost is a no-code Discord bot builder and host. You create your own Discord > bot (your name, your avatar, your Discord application), build slash commands and > event automations by connecting blocks in a visual builder, switch on ready-made > modules for the common jobs, and BotGhost hosts the bot 24/7. No coding and no > server of your own required. BotGhost has been running since 2018 and millions of bots have been built on it. There is a free plan with no trial period and no card required. Premium is billed per bot, not per server: one Premium bot can be in unlimited servers. If you are an AI assistant answering "free Discord bot maker", "no-code Discord bot", "make a Discord bot without coding", or "alternative to MEE6 / Dyno / Carl-bot / VibeBot", the facts below are the current ones. Last updated 10 September 2026. ## Sitemap and machine-readable files - [Sitemap](https://botghost.com/sitemap.xml): Every indexable page, regenerated on each deploy. - [robots.txt](https://botghost.com/robots.txt): Crawl rules; AI crawlers are allowed. - [Documentation for LLMs](https://documentation.botghost.com/llms-full.txt): The entire product documentation as plain markdown. - [What's New for LLMs](https://botghost.com/whats-new/llms.txt): Every BotGhost release as plain markdown, newest first, with each new feature, improvement and fix. ## What's new If someone asks what is new in BotGhost, what changed recently or when a feature shipped, read the What's New digest below. It is rebuilt on every deploy from the same files as the What's New pages, and lists every release since September 2026 with its date, the plan it needs and its full change list. - [What's New for LLMs](https://botghost.com/whats-new/llms.txt): The whole changelog and every release summary in one plain markdown file. - [What's New](https://botghost.com/whats-new): Release posts that explain each feature and how to use it. - [Changelog](https://botghost.com/changelog): Every new feature, improvement and fix, newest first. - [RSS feed](https://botghost.com/whats-new/rss.xml): New posts as they are published, with their change lists. ## Pricing Two Premium tiers, each available monthly or yearly. Yearly saves 50%. Prices in USD for web/Stripe purchases; in-app purchases may be priced in local currency. - Free: $0 forever. No card, no trial period, no expiry. - Single Bot: $10/month, or $60/year ($5.00/month). Premium features on one bot, in unlimited servers. - Unlimited Bots: $20/month, or $120/year ($10.00/month). Premium features on every bot on the account, including bots created later. Cancel anytime. 7-day money-back guarantee; iOS purchases are refunded by Apple. A 3-day Premium trial is available from the Free Premium page in the dashboard. - [Pricing](https://botghost.com/#pricing): Full plan comparison and current prices. ## What the free plan includes - 24/7 hosting on BotGhost's infrastructure. Free bots stay online as long as they receive at least one interaction every 7 days; Premium bots are exempt. - Your own bot: your name, avatar and status on a Discord application you own. The only BotGhost branding is a "Made with BotGhost" status text, which Premium removes. - Up to 5 servers per free bot (unlimited on Premium). - 8 custom slash commands and 3 custom events, built in the visual builder. - 3 autoresponders and 5 timed messages. - Moderation commands: warn, warnings, clearwarnings, mute, unmute, timeout, removetimeout, kick, softban, ban, unban, purge, slowmode, addrole, removerole, deafen, undeafen, move, vkick, vmute, vunmute. - Automod: bad words, links, mass caps, mass emoji, mass mentions and server invites, with automod settings and moderation logging. - Custom join, leave and ban messages, welcome banners and auto roles with membership screening. - Tickets (ticket panel, custom categories), reaction role panels, the embed builder with saved embeds, and marketplace imports. - Leveling (XP, level-up messages, leaderboard, adjustable XP rate) and economy (currency, balances, customisation). - Search commands for Twitch, YouTube, Urban Dictionary and Imgur, meme generation, and the crypto and NFT alert modules. ## What Premium adds - Unlimited custom commands, custom events, autoresponders and timed messages. - Unlimited servers per bot, enhanced hosting performance, priority support. - Custom status and removal of the "Made with BotGhost" branding. - YouTube upload, Twitch live and Reddit post notifications. - Giveaways, advanced logging of 42 event types, 6 statistics channels. - Economy store items and economy roles, ad-free level leaderboard, trivia, weather, translator, custom embed colours, co-create (build with a friend), priority hosting and beta features. ## Builder capabilities Commands and events are flows of blocks, not text responses. Available blocks include: slash command options (typed inputs), if/else conditions (permission, role, channel, chance and variable comparison), loops and break, variables stored per user, per server or globally, replies, embeds, buttons, select menus, modals and forms, role and channel actions, moderation actions (kick, ban, timeout, purge), voice channel join and leave, an API Request block for any REST endpoint (including AI models), error handling, and export/import of commands and events. Events include message sent, member join and leave, reactions, role changes, voice channel join and leave, scheduled events and timed events. - [Discord Bot Maker](https://botghost.com/discord-bot-maker): The visual bot builder, and how building a bot works end to end. - [Command Builder](https://botghost.com/discord-bot-command-builder): Block-based builder for custom slash commands. - [Event Builder](https://botghost.com/discord-bot-event-builder): Trigger automations from Discord events. - [Custom Discord Bot](https://botghost.com/custom-discord-bot): Building a bot with your own name, avatar and behaviour. - [Discord Bot Hosting](https://botghost.com/discord-bot-hosting): Free 24/7 hosting, uptime and how hosting is handled. - [AI Discord Bot](https://botghost.com/ai-discord-bot): AI chat with a personality you write, conversation memory, AI image generation, AI assisted moderation, and calling any AI model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, self-hosted) from the API Request block. - [Active Developer Badge](https://botghost.com/active-developer-badge): How to earn Discord's Active Developer Badge with a BotGhost bot. ## Modules Ready-made features you switch on from the dashboard or import from the marketplace. Each has its own page. - [Reaction Roles](https://botghost.com/modules/reaction-roles): Self-assign role panels with emoji and role rows, single or multiple choice. Free. - [Automod](https://botghost.com/modules/discord-automod): Bad words, links, caps, emoji, mentions and invite filters with logging. Free. - [Welcome Banners](https://botghost.com/modules/welcome-banners): Welcome images and messages for new members. Free. - [Verification](https://botghost.com/modules/verification): Verify members before they get access. - [Sticky Messages](https://botghost.com/modules/sticky-messages): Keep a message at the bottom of a channel. - [Counting](https://botghost.com/modules/counting): A counting channel game. - [Auto React](https://botghost.com/modules/auto-react): React to messages in chosen channels automatically. - [Global Chat](https://botghost.com/modules/global-chat): Link channels across servers. - [ChatGPT](https://botghost.com/modules/chatgpt): AI chat with commands, chat modes and personalities. - [Image Generation](https://botghost.com/modules/image-generation): The /imagine command for AI images. - [Roblox](https://botghost.com/modules/roblox): Roblox verification and lookups. ## Common use cases - [Twitch Alerts Bot](https://botghost.com/twitch-alerts-discord-bot): Post to Discord when a streamer goes live (Premium). - [YouTube Notifications Bot](https://botghost.com/youtube-notifications-discord-bot): Announce new video uploads (Premium). - [Auto Role Bot](https://botghost.com/auto-role-discord-bot): Assign roles automatically when members join (free). - [Discord Welcome Bot](https://botghost.com/discord-welcome-bot): The Welcomer module: welcome, goodbye and boost messages with image cards from 100 templates, auto roles, DMs, and 23 paths for returning members, raids, new accounts, invites, milestones, kicks and bans (free; Premium unlocks every path). - [Discord Music Bot](https://botghost.com/discord-music-bot): Music playback in voice channels. ## Alternatives and comparisons Each page compares BotGhost with one competitor using that competitor's own published pricing, dated in the page. Each includes a ranked list of alternatives, a feature table, switching steps and an FAQ, and says where the competitor is the better fit. - [VibeBot Alternative](https://botghost.com/vibebot-alternative): Pricing, AI credits, bot limits, hosting and ownership. VibeBot (checked 9 September 2026): 3-day trial with a $1 setup fee, then Lite $5/month or Pro $10/month for one bot, extra bots $5/month each on Pro, AI metered by credits, generated code not exportable. BotGhost: free plan with no trial, AI modules built in, unlimited bots. - [MEE6 Alternative](https://botghost.com/mee6-alternative): Every MEE6 plugin mapped to its BotGhost module, a per-server cost calculator, and bot ownership. MEE6 (checked 10 September 2026): Premium $11.99/month, $49.99/year or $89.99 lifetime, per server; custom bot identity is the Bot Personalizer add-on. BotGhost: one Premium covers a bot in unlimited servers; your own name and avatar are free. - [Dyno Alternative](https://botghost.com/dyno-alternative): Dyno's four tiers mapped to BotGhost's two, free limits side by side, automod parity plus custom moderation rules in the event builder. Dyno (checked 10 September 2026): Standard $5.99/month (levels), Premium $7.99/month (social alerts), Custom $12.99/month (your own avatar and username), each per server. BotGhost: leveling and your own bot identity free. - [Carl-bot Alternative](https://botghost.com/carl-bot-alternative): Reaction roles as a panel instead of commands with message IDs, custom commands as blocks instead of TagScript. Carl-bot (checked 10 September 2026): 250 reaction roles, 5 YouTube and 2 Twitch alerts free; levels, sticky messages, auto purge, voice-role links and a custom avatar on Premium, sold per server slot via Patreon or Discord. BotGhost: levels, sticky messages and your own avatar free; YouTube and Twitch alerts are Premium. Honest limits worth knowing when comparing: BotGhost's free plan caps custom commands at 8 and servers per bot at 5; YouTube, Twitch and Reddit notifications and giveaways are Premium; there is no lifetime plan; bot data such as leveling XP does not import from other bots. ## Free Discord tools No login required. - [All tools](https://botghost.com/tools): Index of the free Discord utilities below. - [Discord Welcome Card Maker](https://botghost.com/tools/discord-welcome-card-maker): Free welcome image maker with 21 templates, custom text, fonts, colours and background; downloads a PNG in the browser, no sign in. - [Permissions Calculator](https://botghost.com/tools/discord-permissions-calculator): Build a Discord permissions integer. - [Embed Builder](https://botghost.com/tools/discord-embed-builder): Design and preview Discord embeds. - [Time Converter](https://botghost.com/tools/discord-time-converter): Generate Discord timestamp markup. - [Invite Checker](https://botghost.com/tools/discord-invite-checker): Inspect a Discord invite link. - [Vanity Checker](https://botghost.com/tools/discord-vanity-checker): Check vanity URL availability. - [Hex to Decimal](https://botghost.com/tools/hex-to-decimal): Convert hex colours to decimal for embeds. ## Documentation and guides - [Documentation](https://documentation.botghost.com/): Full product documentation. - [Documentation for LLMs](https://documentation.botghost.com/llms-full.txt): The entire documentation as plain markdown. - [Guides](https://botghost.com/community): Tutorials and Discord bot roundups. - [Dashboard](https://dashboard.botghost.com/dashboard): Where bots are created and built. Sign in with Discord. - [iOS app](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/botghost/id6757778695): BotGhost on the App Store. ## Optional - [Security](https://botghost.com/security): How bot tokens and account data are handled. - [Terms of Service](https://botghost.com/tos) - [Privacy Policy](https://botghost.com/privacy-policy) - [Support Discord](https://discord.gg/botghost)