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
What each tool actually protects
Double Counter
Decides who gets in
- Fingerprint-based alt detection
- Browser verification flow
- VPN, proxy, VM, and Tor blocking
- Doogle account lookup
- Discord App Directory distribution
- Member recovery
- Server or message backup
- IP / ASN / user-agent rules
- Ad-free verification on the free tier
RestoreCord
Decides who gets in, and what survives
- OAuth verification with alt and VPN signals
- IP, country, ASN, and user-agent rules
- Point-in-time snapshots with message history
- Member recovery after an incident
- Ad-free verification on every plan
Where Double Counter genuinely wins
DC Fingerprinting is a purpose-built alt-detection engine, and a dedicated tool usually beats a general one at its own job. Doogle — the lookup that lets a moderator investigate one account's wider network — has no direct RestoreCord equivalent, and for a community fighting a persistent ban evader that tool is worth having.
The Discord App Directory listing is also a real signal. It means the bot passed Discord's review for distribution, and buying Pro through the App Store is a cleaner path than a third-party checkout.
If ban evasion is your dominant problem and your server has never faced a nuke, Double Counter alone is a defensible setup.
Capability coverage
Scored on published capability breadth per category. Double Counter takes alt detection; verification is close to a tie; RestoreCord takes everything downstream of the gate.
Capability coverage
- Alt-account detection75% / 95%
Double Counter's home ground. Its dedicated fingerprinting engine and Doogle lookup are more specialised than our signals.
- Verification experience85% / 85%
Genuinely close. Double Counter's flow is fast; RestoreCord's records the authorization that makes recovery possible later.
- Post-incident recovery95% / 0%
Double Counter stores no backups and no recovery authorizations.
- Admission rule depth95% / 45%
IP, country, ASN, and user-agent rules with bypass passwords have no Double Counter equivalent.
- Server backup90% / 0%
Not something Double Counter attempts — it is a verification product.
- Ad-free free tier95% / 30%
Double Counter's free verification page carries advertising; removing it requires Pro.
What happens after verification
This is the whole argument. Double Counter's job ends the moment a member is admitted. If that server is later nuked, deleted, or taken over, Double Counter has no backup to restore and no authorization to recover anyone with. Every verification it performed becomes irrelevant.
RestoreCord's verification produces something durable: an OAuth authorization that makes the member recoverable later. The same interaction that gates entry also underwrites the recovery.
How member recovery works
- 12,480
- Members who authorized before the incident
- 11,317
- Re-added to the replacement server
- 0
- Manual invite links you had to send
Admission rules beyond fingerprinting
Double Counter blocks VPNs, proxies, VMs, and Tor. RestoreCord's firewall does that and adds composable rules on IP, country, ASN, and user-agent, with logged decisions and bypass passwords so a trusted member caught by a rule can still get in without you weakening it for everyone.
- Country and ASN rules — useful when abuse is concentrated in a specific network or region
- User-agent conditions, which Double Counter does not publish
- Password-based bypass for moderators and trusted members
- Decision logs you can audit after the fact
The advertising difference
Double Counter's free tier shows advertising on the verification page; Pro removes it. Verification is the single moment you ask someone to grant OAuth access to their Discord account — the exact moment a cautious member is deciding whether the page is legitimate. Third-party ad content there works directly against you.
RestoreCord's verification pages carry no third-party advertising on any plan, and you can serve them through your own custom bot with your own branding. Confirm the current behaviour on both sides before rollout, since plan terms change.
Full feature comparison
| Feature | RestoreCord | Double Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Verification System | ||
| Alt Account Detection Identifying ban evaders and duplicates | DC Fingerprinting | |
| Anti-VPN/Proxy/Tor | ||
| Member Recovery Re-add members after an incident | ||
| Server Structure Backup | ||
| Message History Backup | ||
| Rule-Based Firewall IP, country, ASN, user-agent rules | ||
| Firewall Bypass Passwords | ||
| Custom Bot Creation | All plans | |
| Server Discovery Listing | ||
| Feedback & Review System | ||
| Ad-Free Verification Page | All plans | Pro only |
| Discord App Directory | ||
| Account Lookup Tool Investigate a specific account's alt network | Limited | Doogle |
| REST API Access | Limited | |
| Dashboard Localization | 16 languages | Limited |
Pricing
Prices and plan details checked against both providers' official pages on July 19, 2026.
RestoreCord plans
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
Double Counter plans
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
| Comparison point | RestoreCord | Double Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Primary purpose | Member recovery plus configurable verification | Alt, raid and VPN-focused verification |
| Alt-account detection | Included on eligible plans | Included on Free and Pro |
| VPN/proxy protection | Included on eligible plans | Included on Free and Pro |
| OAuth member recovery | Included | Not offered |
| Server snapshots | Included | Not offered |
| Verification advertising | No third-party ads | Free has ads; Pro removes them |
Double Counter's Pro price is displayed inside Discord rather than on a public page. Current RestoreCord prices, limits, trials, and refund terms are on the pricing page, verified July 19, 2026.
Our verdict
RestoreCord
Double Counter is the better alt-detection engine. RestoreCord wins the comparison because it does the same job well enough and then keeps going — filtering, backing up, and recovering — where Double Counter simply stops.
- Member recovery and server snapshots, neither of which Double Counter attempts
- Composable IP, country, ASN, and user-agent rules on top of VPN and alt signals
- No third-party advertising on the verification page at any tier, including Free
- Custom branded bots on every plan so verification runs under your own identity
- Discovery listing, verified reviews, and product showcase included free
Where that flips: For pure alt-account investigation, Double Counter's fingerprinting engine and Doogle lookup are more specialised than anything we offer. If ban evasion is your dominant threat, run it alongside RestoreCord and let RestoreCord own the verification gate.
Verification that leaves nothing behind solves today's problem. Verification that leaves a recoverable authorization solves the one you have not had yet. Start free and put both in place.
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Sources and verification
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