"Discord moderation bot" searches grew about 160% over the past year while the old guard — MEE6, Dyno, Carl-bot — all trended down. Communities are shopping around, mostly over paywalls. Here's the honest 2026 ranking.
1. Carl-bot — still the automod workhorse
Reaction roles, automod, logging, tags. Generous free tier and battle-tested. The dashboard shows its age, and some limits push big servers to premium.
2. Noxyr — moderation plus everything around it
Noxyr bundles moderation with the systems mods actually juggle daily: tickets, verification, welcome/leave flows, anti-spam, anti-nuke and audit-style logs, all managed from one modern web dashboard. If your mod team is tired of running four bots, one bot covering 11 modules for free is the pragmatic pick.
3. Dyno
Reliable automod and the classic dashboard experience. Increasingly premium-gated; "dyno dashboard" remains one of the most-searched bot queries, which says a lot about how much configuration lives there.
4. MEE6
The most-installed bot ever, and the most aggressively monetised. Levels, automod and welcome messages work, but expect upsells on almost every screen.
5. Sapphire
The fastest riser of the year (searches up ~190% in the UK). Modern, snappy, component-based moderation. Worth watching.
How to choose in 60 seconds
- Just need automod + logs: Carl-bot.
- Need mod tools + tickets + security in one: Noxyr.
- Already pay for Dyno/MEE6: stay put; migration costs mod-team habits.