The MEE6 alternative that is your own bot
MEE6 is a good bot that millions of servers rely on. It is also MEE6's bot in your server, and Premium is billed per server. BotGhost gives you a bot with your name and avatar, the same leveling, moderation and welcome features on a free plan, and one Premium price that covers unlimited servers.
Free plan, no card required. Millions of bots built since 2018.
Every MEE6 plugin, and what replaces it
The plugins most servers actually use, paired with the BotGhost module or feature that does the same job. Paid on both sides is marked as paid on both sides.
- On MEE6XP and LevelsFree basics
XP and a leaderboard free; the extras sit on Premium.
On BotGhostLeveling moduleFreeXP, level-up messages, leaderboard and XP rate free. An ad-free leaderboard is Premium.
- On MEE6Moderator pluginFree basics
Automations are a Premium feature (50 on Premium).
On BotGhostBad words, links, caps, mass mentions, invites, mod commands and logging.
- On MEE6Welcome pluginFree basics
Join and leave messages.
On BotGhostCustom join, leave and ban messages, plus welcome banner images.
- On MEE6Reaction RolesFree with limits
40 reaction roles on Premium.
- On MEE6Custom commandsLimited free
Text responses; 500 commands on Premium.
On BotGhostCommand builder8 free, unlimited PremiumEach command is a flow: options, conditions, buttons, forms, variables and API calls.
- On MEE6Timed messages1 free
100 on Premium.
- On MEE6AutomationsPremium
Trigger and action rules, 50 on Premium.
On BotGhostEvent builder3 free, unlimited PremiumRun a flow when a member joins, a message is sent, a reaction is added and dozens more.
- On MEE6TicketingFree basics
Embeds on ticket panels and transcripts on Premium.
- On MEE6Economy pluginPremium
Store items on Premium (300).
On BotGhostEconomy moduleFreeCurrency, balances and customisation free. Store items and economy roles are Premium.
- On MEE6Social alertsPremium
Twitch, YouTube, X, Reddit, TikTok, Kick and more.
On BotGhostPaid on both. Custom alert messages with variables for the stream or video.
- On MEE6GiveawaysPremium
Giveaways plugin.
- On MEE6Bot PersonalizerAdd-on
Custom name, avatar and activity for the MEE6 bot in your server.
On BotGhostYour own botFreeEvery BotGhost bot has your name, avatar and status. Premium removes the "Made with BotGhost" status text.
MEE6 tiers and limits from the plan comparison on mee6.xyz/en/premium, 10 September 2026. BotGhost tiers from the Premium comparison in the dashboard.
What Premium costs across your servers
MEE6 Premium is per server. BotGhost Single Bot Premium is per bot, and the bot can be in as many servers as you like.
3 separate subscriptions, one per server.
$89.97 less per year, and the same bot in every server.
MEE6 list prices from mee6.xyz/en/premium on 10 September 2026, before any limited-time discount. MEE6 also sells a $89.99 lifetime plan per server, which BotGhost does not offer; for a single server kept for many years it can cost less overall.
Your bot, not a shared one
The member list is what every one of your members sees. Here is the difference.
MEE6 is the same bot in every server that adds it. A custom name, avatar and activity are available through the Bot Personalizer add-on. On BotGhost the bot is a Discord application you create, so it has your name and avatar on the free plan and you own it outright.
- Shared name and avatar across every server
- Custom identity through the Bot Personalizer add-on
- Members see MEE6, not your community
- Your own name and avatar on the free plan
- A Discord application you own and keep
- Members see a bot made for their server
Why servers look for a MEE6 alternative
Nothing here is a complaint about MEE6's quality. These are the points where its model, a shared bot priced per server, stops fitting some communities.
Premium is priced per server
MEE6 Premium is $11.99 a month, $49.99 a year or $89.99 for life, and each one covers a single server. That is reasonable for one community. It adds up quickly for anyone running a main server, a staff server and a test server.
It is MEE6's bot in your server
Every server shares the same MEE6 identity in the member list. Giving it your own name, avatar and activity is the Bot Personalizer, a separate add-on. That is fine for many servers; it is odd for a community that has spent years building a brand.
Configuration, not building
MEE6's plugins are good at what they do, and each one is a settings page. The moment you want a command to check a role, ask a question with a form and store the answer, there is nowhere to build that. Custom commands are responses, not logic.
The free caps arrive early
MEE6's own plan comparison gives the free tier one timed message, no automations, no economy, no giveaways and no ticket transcripts. To be fair to MEE6, giveaways and social alerts are Premium on BotGhost as well.
Top 5 MEE6 alternatives, ranked
Ranked on how much of MEE6 each one replaces, and whether the bot ends up being yours.
BotGhost
Full replacement, your own botCovers every MEE6 plugin most servers actually use, on a bot with your name and avatar. Leveling, moderation, welcome messages, reaction roles, tickets and economy are ready-made modules; anything MEE6 cannot do becomes a custom command or event in the visual builder.
- Leveling, moderation, automod, welcome messages, reaction roles, tickets and economy free
- Your own bot name, avatar and status on a Discord application you own
- Custom slash commands and events built from blocks, not one-line responses
- One Premium price ($10/mo) covers a bot in unlimited servers
- Free 24/7 hosting, no card, no expiry
PricingFree forever. Premium $10/mo for one bot ($5/mo billed yearly) or $20/mo for unlimited bots.Best forServers that want MEE6's features on a bot that is theirs, or that run more than one community.Dyno
Moderation firstOne of the oldest moderation bots on Discord and still one of the best at it: automod, mod logs, timed mutes and bans, auto roles and announcements, all configured from a dashboard. Leveling is only on its paid Standard tier, so on the free plan it replaces MEE6's moderation side rather than the whole bot.
- Strong automod and moderation logging
- Free tier with a Premium tier per server
- Leveling only on the paid Standard tier
PricingFree, with Premium per server.Best forServers that mainly used MEE6 for moderation and want a dedicated tool.Carl-bot
Reaction roles and utilityFamous for reaction roles and a generous free tier. Its tag system lets you write custom responses with a small scripting language, and it handles logging, automod and starboards well. There is no leveling.
- Excellent reaction role and role menu setup
- Custom responses through tags
- No leveling or XP system
PricingFree, with Premium per server.Best forServers that used MEE6 for reaction roles and welcome messages and never touched leveling.Arcane
Leveling specialistA leveling bot first and everything else second. If the only reason you had MEE6 was the XP leaderboard and role rewards, Arcane does that job well and adds welcome messages and basic moderation around it.
- Leveling with role rewards and leaderboards
- Welcome messages and basic moderation
- Narrower than MEE6 outside leveling
PricingFree, with Premium per server.Best forCommunities that want leveling and little else.ProBot
All-in-one, similar shape to MEE6The closest like-for-like: leveling with custom rank cards, welcome images, moderation, auto responders and an economy, configured from a dashboard. Same model as MEE6, so the same trade-offs on ownership apply.
- Leveling, welcome images and moderation in one bot
- Free tier with Premium per server
- Shared bot identity, like MEE6
PricingFree, with Premium per server.Best forServers that want the MEE6 experience from a different bot without changing how they work.
Dyno, Carl-bot, Arcane and ProBot all change their plans from time to time, so their pricing is described in general terms. Check each site for current figures.
Feature by feature
BotGhost against MEE6 and the shared bots people usually consider next.
| Feature | BotGhostYour own bot | MEE6Shared bot | DynoShared bot | Carl-botShared bot | ProBotShared bot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | |||||
| Your own bot name and avatar | Add-on | ||||
| Leveling and XP | Paid tier | ||||
| Moderation and automod | |||||
| Reaction roles | |||||
| Welcome messages | |||||
| Visual builder for commands and events | Tags (scripting) | ||||
| Hosted for you | |||||
| Premium is billed | Per bot, unlimited servers | Per server | Per server | Per server | Per server |
| Premium from | $10/mo, or $5/mo yearly | $11.99/mo per server | See site | See site | See site |
MEE6 column from mee6.xyz/en/premium, 10 September 2026. BotGhost prices are the web prices shown on the upgrade page.
How to switch from MEE6 to BotGhost
Run both bots side by side, move one plugin at a time, and remove MEE6 when nothing depends on it.
Create your bot
Sign in to BotGhost with Discord, create a Discord application with the name and avatar you want, and paste the token into BotGhost. Invite the bot to your server alongside MEE6 for now.
Switch on the modules you used
Leveling, moderation and automod, welcome messages, reaction roles, tickets and economy are each a module with a settings page. Turn on the ones that replace the MEE6 plugins you had enabled and copy your settings across.
Rebuild custom commands in the builder
Recreate each MEE6 custom command as a slash command. Simple responses take a minute; the ones you always wished could do more can now check roles, ask questions and store answers. The marketplace has ready-made commands to import too.
Post new panels, then remove MEE6
Publish your new reaction role and ticket panels, announce the fresh leaderboard, and once members are using the new bot, kick MEE6 from the server. Nothing else changes for your members.
Member XP does not transfer between bots: MEE6 has no export and BotGhost has no MEE6 importer. Treat the new leaderboard as a new season and tell members before you switch.
BotGhost vs MEE6, in detail
A longer look for anyone weighing the two. Every MEE6 figure comes from MEE6's own premium page; everything about BotGhost can be checked on the free plan without a card.
Pricing: per server versus per bot
MEE6's premium page, checked on 10 September 2026, lists Premium at $11.99 a month, $49.99 a year or $89.99 once for a lifetime plan. Every subscription covers a single server, so a second community means a second subscription. MEE6 runs limited-time discounts on those prices from time to time, and offers a 7-day refund.
BotGhost's free plan has no expiry and needs no card. Premium is $10 a month, or $60 a year, for one bot, and that bot can be in unlimited servers. Unlimited Bots is $20 a month for every bot on your account, including ones you make later. Both come with a 7-day money-back guarantee.
In fairness: if you run exactly one server and plan to keep it for years, MEE6's lifetime plan is a genuinely good deal, and BotGhost does not offer one. The moment you run two servers, or want a bot with your own name on it, the comparison tips the other way.
Ownership: whose bot is in the member list
MEE6 is one bot, in more than 21 million servers by its own count. When you add it, your members see MEE6. A custom name, avatar and activity are available through the Bot Personalizer add-on, which the yearly and lifetime plans include.
On BotGhost you create the Discord application yourself, so the bot carries your name and avatar from the start, on the free plan. The one piece of BotGhost branding is the "Made with BotGhost" status text, which Premium removes. You also own the application: if you ever leave, the bot identity goes with you.
Configuring versus building
MEE6's strength is that every feature is a plugin with a settings page. Turn on leveling, pick a channel, done. BotGhost has the same kind of modules for the same jobs, and most people switching from MEE6 will spend their first hour entirely inside them.
The difference appears when a server wants something no plugin does: an application form that assigns a role when approved, a command that checks a member's level before answering, a weekly announcement built from a variable that members update. On MEE6 those are feature requests. On BotGhost they are commands and events built from blocks, with conditions, loops, variables, buttons, select menus, forms and an API Request block for any external service.
- Ready-made modules for leveling, moderation, welcome, reaction roles, tickets, economy and more
- A visual builder for slash commands with options, conditions, buttons, menus, forms and variables
- An event builder that runs flows on joins, messages, reactions, role changes and dozens of other events
- Marketplace commands and events you can import in one click
Leveling, and what happens to your leaderboard
Both bots give members XP for chatting, post level-up messages and keep a leaderboard. BotGhost lets you write the level-up message and set the XP rate on the free plan; a leaderboard without ads is Premium. MEE6 keeps its leveling extras on Premium.
The honest caveat is that XP does not move between bots. MEE6 has no export and BotGhost has no importer, so switching means a fresh leaderboard. Communities that do this well announce it as a new season and run both bots for a couple of weeks while the new board fills.
Moderation, alerts and giveaways
Moderation is free on both. BotGhost's Automod covers bad words, links, mass caps, mass emoji, mass mentions and server invites, with moderation logging and the usual warn, mute, kick and ban commands. Advanced logging of 42 event types is Premium.
Social alerts (YouTube uploads, Twitch going live, Reddit posts) and giveaways are Premium on BotGhost just as they are on MEE6, so neither side wins that row. The difference is that one BotGhost Premium covers them in every server your bot is in.
When MEE6 is the better fit
If you run one server, want zero setup, like the idea of a lifetime price, or specifically want the most-installed bot on Discord so new members already know its commands, MEE6 remains a sound choice. Its separate MEE6 AI product is also a reasonable way to get ChatGPT in a server without building anything.
If you run more than one server, want the bot to carry your community's name, or keep hitting the edge of what a settings page can do, BotGhost is the better fit. Most people searching for a MEE6 alternative are in that second group.
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Give your server its own bot
Leveling, moderation, welcome messages and reaction roles on a bot with your name on it. Free, hosted, no card.
