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
Xenon
Backs up the blueprint
- Channels, categories, and threads
- Roles, permissions, and settings
- Message history on paid plans
- Template marketplace
- Cross-server synchronization
- Member recovery
- Verification or firewall rules
- Message backup on the free plan
RestoreCord
Backs up the community
- Members who authorized beforehand
- Channels, roles, and permissions
- Message history on every plan
- Firewall rules at verification time
- Independent custom bot applications
Where the two tools actually differ
Xenon is honest about its scope: it is a backup and template tool for server structure. It stores no OAuth authorizations, keeps no member list, and offers no verification flow. That is a deliberate design choice, not an oversight — but it means a Xenon restore hands you an immaculate empty server.
RestoreCord treats structure as half the problem. Snapshots capture the structure and the conversations; member recovery brings back everyone who authorized during verification.
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
Capability coverage
Scored on published capability breadth per category, not on restore reliability, which we have not benchmarked. Xenon takes structure backup and templates; RestoreCord takes the other four.
Capability coverage
- Getting your members back95% / 0%
Xenon stores no member authorizations by design. A structure restore returns empty rooms.
- Message history depth90% / 55%
50–2,000 messages per channel against 0–250, and Xenon's free plan backs up no messages at all.
- Admission control95% / 0%
Xenon publishes no verification, firewall, VPN, or alt-account controls.
- Structure and settings backup85% / 90%
Xenon's core competency, and it is genuinely thorough — threads, forums, and settings included.
- Template ecosystem10% / 95%
Xenon wins outright. RestoreCord has no template marketplace.
- Branding independence90% / 35%
A separate bot application versus renaming the shared Xenon bot.
Message history: the limit comparison people get wrong
This is the most commonly misread part of the comparison, because Xenon's headline number is backup count and RestoreCord's is message depth. Xenon gives you far more backup slots — 15 on Free, up to 250 on Premium 3. RestoreCord gives you far more content inside each one.
- Xenon Free backs up no messages at all — structure and settings only. RestoreCord Free backs up 50 messages per channel.
- Xenon's paid levels run 50, 100, and 250 messages per channel. RestoreCord runs 50, 200, 500, and 2,000.
- RestoreCord's Business plan alone (500 per channel) captures twice Xenon's highest published tier.
- Attachment coverage is included from RestoreCord's Business plan upward.
Which number matters depends on your failure mode. If you want many rollback points for a frequently-restructured server, Xenon's slot count is genuinely useful. If you want a restored server that still reads like the place people left, depth wins.
Point-in-time snapshot restore
What Xenon does better
The template marketplace
Xenon's template ecosystem is searchable by category and language and has no equivalent in RestoreCord. If you spin up servers regularly, it will save you real time. The marketplace is uncurated, so quality varies widely between listings — but the good templates are good, and the feature is a legitimate reason to install Xenon.
Cross-server synchronization
Xenon can synchronize messages, bans, and role assignments between servers on premium plans. RestoreCord's migration tooling moves members rather than mirroring content, so these are complementary rather than competing features.
What RestoreCord does that Xenon has no answer for
Nobody gets in unchecked
Xenon publishes no verification, firewall, VPN, or alt-account controls — it is not an admission-control product. RestoreCord's firewall evaluates IP, country, ASN, and user-agent rules plus VPN and proxy detection during verification, with password-based bypass for trusted members who trip a rule.
A bot that is actually yours
Xenon's whitelabel renames the shared Xenon bot in your server. RestoreCord's custom bots are separate Discord applications with their own client ID, token, avatar, activity, and slash commands — on every plan, including Free.
Full feature comparison
| Feature | RestoreCord | Xenon |
|---|---|---|
| Member Recovery Re-add members to a replacement server | ||
| OAuth2 Verification | ||
| Channel & Role Backup | ||
| Message History Backup Per-channel limits vary by plan | 50–2,000 | 0–250 |
| Message Backup on Free | 50 per channel | |
| Server Templates | ||
| Advanced Firewall IP, country, ASN, user-agent rules | ||
| Anti-VPN/Proxy Detection | ||
| Alt Account Signals | ||
| Independent Custom Bot Your own application and token | Name/icon only | |
| Server Discovery Listing | ||
| Feedback & Review System | ||
| Cross-Server Sync Messages, bans, role assignments | ||
| REST API Access | Limited | |
| Dashboard Localization | 16 languages | Verify current coverage |
Pricing
The two use different plan models — Xenon prices by backup count, RestoreCord by server count and depth. Xenon publishes its Premium prices at checkout rather than on the plan page, so compare the live figures rather than any number quoted second-hand.
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
Xenon plans
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
| Comparison point | RestoreCord | Xenon |
|---|---|---|
| Primary backup model | Point-in-time snapshots plus member recovery | Structure backups, templates and synchronization |
| Backup count | 1 / 5 / 30 / 50 | 15 / 50 / 100 / 250 |
| Messages per channel | 50 / 200 / 500 / 2,000 | 0 / 50 / 100 / 250 |
| Automatic backups/server | Scheduled snapshots on eligible plans | 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 |
| OAuth member recovery | Included | Not offered |
| Cross-server synchronization | Migration and eligible-member pulling | Messages, bans and role assignments |
For a focused table covering plan prices, message limits, attachment coverage, automatic-backup frequency, and what controls restore time, read RestoreCord vs Xenon: Pricing and Limits. Current RestoreCord terms are on the pricing page.
Our verdict
RestoreCord
RestoreCord wins on backup depth, admission control, and the one capability Xenon does not attempt: putting your members back. Xenon remains the better template tool, and that is a real but much narrower job.
- Member recovery has no equivalent in Xenon — it stores no member authorizations by design
- More message history at every tier, and RestoreCord's Free plan backs up messages where Xenon's backs up none
- Verification, firewall, VPN, and alt-account controls that Xenon does not offer
- Independent custom bot applications rather than renaming a shared bot
- Server Discovery listing, reviews, and product showcase included free
Where that flips: If you build new servers from templates regularly, Xenon's marketplace is genuinely the best available and RestoreCord has nothing like it. Cross-server message and ban synchronization is also Xenon-only. Running both is common and causes no conflicts.
The setup we actually recommend
If you run one community you care about, RestoreCord alone covers the realistic failure modes: filtered admission, scheduled snapshots with message history, and a recovery path for members. If you also spin up servers from templates or mirror content between them, add Xenon for those two jobs — the bots do not interfere with each other.
Xenon backs up the blueprint. RestoreCord backs up the building and everyone inside it. Start free and take your first snapshot today.
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