Editorial disclosure: RestoreCord publishes this page and is evaluated in it, so treat our conclusion as a vendor opinion rather than an independent audit. Competitor capabilities are drawn from their own published documentation and were not benchmarked by us. Capabilities, limits, and prices change — verify vendor-specific details with the linked primary sources before making a decision.
TL;DR
The five layers
Before comparing products, it helps to name what you are actually buying. Discord security decomposes into five questions, and a tool that answers one of them well can still leave you completely exposed on another.
| Layer | The question it answers | Tools that cover it |
|---|---|---|
| Admission | Who is allowed in? | RestoreCord, Double Counter, Security Bot |
| Live moderation | What are they doing once inside? | Wick, Security Bot |
| Permission hygiene | How much damage can a trusted account do? | Security Bot, Discord's own roles |
| Backup | Can you rebuild the server? | RestoreCord, Xenon, Wick (Premium) |
| Recovery | Can you get the people back? | RestoreCord, VaultCord |
Ranking criteria: how many layers a tool covers, depth within each layer, plan transparency, and setup effort. We did not independently benchmark detection accuracy, so nothing below turns on one tool catching more threats than another.
What admission control looks like in practice
Three of the six tools here operate at the door. This is what that layer does to incoming traffic before anyone reaches a channel.
Verification funnel
- Clicked the verify button1,000
Raw traffic hitting your verification page
- Completed Discord OAuth842
Real Discord accounts, consent recorded
- Passed firewall rules731
IP, ASN, country and user-agent rules applied
- Passed VPN and alt checks664
Proxy, VPN and duplicate-account signals
- Granted the verified role664
Recoverable later if the server is lost
The ranking
RestoreCord
Three of the five layers, including the one nobody else covers
RestoreCord ranks first on coverage. It handles admission with OAuth verification and a rule-based firewall, backup with point-in-time snapshots including message history, and recovery with prior-authorized member restoration — the only tool in this comparison that does the third. It does not do live moderation, which is why we recommend pairing it rather than treating it as complete on its own.
| Key Features |
|---|
| OAuth2 verification with prior-authorized member recovery |
| Firewall engine with IP, country, ASN, and user-agent rules |
| VPN/proxy detection and alt-account signals |
| Point-in-time snapshots including message history (50 messages per channel on Free, up to 2,000 on Enterprise) |
| Scheduled automatic snapshots on eligible plans |
| Custom branded bots with slash commands |
| Server Discovery listing, reviews, and product showcase |
| Migration tracking with live progress reporting |
| Dashboard in 16 languages, plus a documented REST API |
Free
€0/month
- 1 server
- 1 snapshot
- 50 messages/channel
- 6-hour member-pull cooldown
Premium
€5/month
- 5 servers
- 5 snapshots
- 200 messages/channel
- VPN/proxy and alt detection
Business
€10/month
- 25 servers
- 30 snapshots
- 500 messages/channel
- Advanced firewall and attachments
Enterprise
€20/month
- 100+ servers
- 50 snapshots
- 2,000 messages/channel
- Multi-server member pulling
| Pros |
|---|
| The only tool here that restores members, not just server structure |
| Verification, firewall, snapshots, and recovery configured from one dashboard |
| Free plan includes the full core workflow — verification and member recovery |
| Firewall evaluates IP, ASN, country, VPN, and user-agent conditions at verification time |
| Custom branded bots available on every plan, including Free |
| Cons |
|---|
| Anti-nuke is recovery-oriented — snapshots and rollback rather than live action interception |
| Advanced firewall rules and attachment backup start on the Business plan |
| Member recovery only reaches members who authorized before the incident |
Wick Bot
The strongest live moderation layer
Wick owns the layer RestoreCord does not: intercepting destructive actions while they happen. Heat-based spam scoring, dangerous-action monitoring, quarantine, and lockdown make it the best live tool on this list, and its Premium tier adds structure restoration. Second place reflects layer coverage, not quality within its own layer.
| Key Features |
|---|
| Heat-based anti-spam scoring |
| Automatic structure restoration on nuke detection |
| Quarantine for isolating suspicious users (Premium) |
| Lockdown mode for active emergencies |
| Customizable verification flows |
| Smart server backups (Premium) |
Premium X1
$5/month
- 1 premium server
- Advanced anti-raid and anti-nuke
- Smart backups
- Advanced quarantine
Premium X2
$7/month
- 2 premium servers
- Premium protection features
- Customizable verification
Premium X4
$10/month
- 4 premium servers
- Premium protection features
- Increased rate limits
Premium X8
$16/month
- 8 premium servers
- Premium protection features
- Advanced lockdown
VIP
$20/month
- 12 premium servers
- Dedicated resources
- Custom branding
- Lower latency
| Pros |
|---|
| Best live anti-nuke interception in this comparison |
| Free tier includes core anti-raid controls |
| Quarantine avoids the false-positive cost of outright bans |
| Cons |
|---|
| No member recovery |
| No IP, country, ASN, or user-agent firewall rules |
| Backups and quarantine require Premium |
| Priced per protected server |
Security Bot
The best permission model on Discord
Security Bot covers live moderation and, uniquely, permission hygiene. Its independent moderation-permission system lets moderators act without holding Ban Members or Manage Channels on their own Discord roles, which dramatically shrinks what a compromised moderator account can do. Nothing else here does this, including us.
| Key Features |
|---|
| Score-based anti-raid evaluation |
| 12+ action anti-nuke monitoring |
| Independent moderation permission system |
| Three verification types (HCaptcha, captcha, one-click) |
| Automatic server recovery on Premium |
| Web dashboard with detailed action logging |
Core bot
Free
- Anti-raid and anti-nuke
- Moderation
- Verification
- Web dashboard
Security Premium
From $3.49/month
- 1, 3 or 7 covered servers
- Advanced anti-nuke
- Spam detection
- Automatic server recovery
Security Premium+
From $11.99/month
- Custom bot configurations
- Whitelabel branding
- Higher rate limits
- Priority support
| Pros |
|---|
| Independent permissions are the best single security idea here |
| Broad anti-nuke monitoring across many action types |
| Free core bot across your servers |
| Cons |
|---|
| No OAuth member recovery |
| No point-in-time snapshots or message-history backup |
| Alt detection limited to account age |
| Whitelabel branding requires Premium+ |
VaultCord
Admission and recovery, less depth in both
VaultCord is the only other tool here that does member recovery, which puts it ahead of more famous names on layer coverage. It handles admission with CAPTCHA, age checks, VPN and proxy blocking, and country/IP blocklists. It ranks fourth because both layers are shallower than RestoreCord's and its free-tier pull cooldown is slower.
| Key Features |
|---|
| OAuth member verification and recovery |
| Unlimited restorable members on published plans |
| CAPTCHA, age, VPN/proxy and alt-account checks |
| Country, IP, and ASN blocklists |
| Basic backup on Free; automated backups on Plus |
| Mobile apps for iOS and Android |
Free
$0/month
- 1 server on the plan card; 2 in the feature matrix
- 1 custom bot
- 10-hour pull cooldown
- Basic backup
Premium
$4.97/month
- 5 servers
- 3 custom bots
- 1-hour pull cooldown
- IP/email logging
Plus
$9.97/month
- Unlimited servers
- Unlimited custom bots
- No pull cooldown
- Automated backups
| Pros |
|---|
| Genuine member recovery, which most tools here lack |
| Native mobile apps |
| Paid plans reduce or remove pull cooldowns |
| Cons |
|---|
| 10-hour free-tier pull cooldown against RestoreCord's 6 |
| Blocklists rather than composable firewall rules |
| Free server capacity differs between its plan card and feature matrix |
| No live moderation or anti-nuke layer |
Double Counter
The sharpest tool for one specific problem
Double Counter covers admission only, but it covers it with more specialisation than anything else here. Its fingerprinting engine and Doogle lookup are the best available for identifying ban evaders and duplicate accounts. If alt accounts are your dominant threat, its narrow scope is a feature rather than a limitation.
| Key Features |
|---|
| Fingerprint-based alt-account detection |
| Browser-based verification flow |
| VPN, proxy, VM, and Tor blocking |
| Doogle account lookup for investigations |
| Discord App Directory distribution |
Free
$0
- Alt-account detection
- Raid and VPN protection
- Three verification modes
- Verification page with ads
Pro
Displayed in Discord
- Ad-free verification
- Custom verification embeds and timeout
- Fingerprinting analytics
- Cross-database checks
| Pros |
|---|
| The strongest dedicated alt-account detection in this comparison |
| Distributed through Discord's App Directory |
| Cons |
|---|
| Admission layer only — no moderation, backup, or recovery |
| Free tier shows advertising on the verification page |
| No firewall rules beyond its own checks |
Xenon
Backup only, but thorough at it
Xenon is included because it covers the backup layer better than most and people reasonably compare it here. It is not a security bot in the admission or moderation sense — no verification, no firewall, no anti-nuke, no recovery. As a structure-backup companion to a real security stack, it is a good choice.
| Key Features |
|---|
| Channels, roles, permissions, settings, threads and forums |
| Up to 250 stored backups and 8 automatic backups per server |
| Message backup on Premium levels (50–250 per channel) |
| Template marketplace |
| Cross-server synchronization |
Free
$0
- 15 backups
- 1 automatic backup/server
- No message backup
- Structure and settings
Premium 1
Shown at checkout
- 50 backups
- 2 automatic backups/server
- 50 messages/channel
- Member roles, nicknames and bans
Premium 2
Shown at checkout
- 100 backups
- 4 automatic backups/server
- 100 messages/channel
- Custom bot name and icon
Premium 3
Shown at checkout
- 250 backups
- 8 automatic backups/server
- 250 messages/channel
- Custom bot name and icon
| Pros |
|---|
| The most stored backup slots of any tool here |
| Best template ecosystem on Discord |
| Thorough structure and settings coverage |
| Cons |
|---|
| No verification, firewall, or anti-nuke layer |
| No member recovery |
| No message backup on the free plan |
Building the stack
Recommended combinations
- 1
Free baseline
RestoreCord Free — admission, backup, and recovery at no cost, on one server.
- 2
Most servers
RestoreCord + Wick. Adds the live moderation layer that RestoreCord does not cover.
- 3
Moderator risk
Swap or add Security Bot for its independent permission system.
- 4
Alt-heavy community
Add Double Counter for fingerprinting and investigation.
The rules that matter more than the tool choice
- One verification gate only. Two gates halve your join conversion and add nothing.
- Audit every bot's permissions. An anti-nuke bot holding Administrator is itself a nuke vector.
- Cover layers, not brands. Three tools all doing admission is worse than two covering admission and recovery.
- Test the restore. An untested backup is a belief, not a control. Restore into a spare server once.
Our verdict
RestoreCord
RestoreCord covers three of the five security layers and is the only tool here that can bring members back. That breadth is why it ranks first — not because it beats Wick at interception, which it does not.
- Admission, backup, and recovery in one platform rather than three vendors
- The only tool in this comparison that restores members after an incident
- Firewall rules on IP, country, ASN, VPN, and user-agent at verification time
- Point-in-time snapshots with message history, from the free plan up
- Free plan covers the whole core workflow on one server
Where that flips: RestoreCord does not do live moderation. If you need destructive actions intercepted mid-attack, add Wick; if your worry is a compromised moderator account, Security Bot's independent permission system is better than anything we offer. Neither replaces the recovery layer.
Security is not a product you install, it is a set of layers you choose deliberately. Cover admission and recovery first — they are the two that determine whether a bad day is an inconvenience or the end of the community. Start free, or read the full security checklist.
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