Double Counter Alternatives for Alt and Raid Protection

What Double Counter does

Double Counter describes itself as a security bot that screens new members to block alt accounts, raids and VPN or proxy users. According to its home page, when someone joins it sends a verification challenge, quietly reads device, browser, network and behavior signals, compares them with its data, then approves, flags or bans based on your settings. Moderators get a log with the reasoning.

The page also lists blocking of VPNs, datacenter proxies and Tor exit nodes, three screening modes (on join, on button click or fully automated), cross-database lookups and a dashboard with counters and trend charts. Numbers such as its detection rate and verdict speed are the company's own claims, and I have not seen independent tests.

The FAQ says it is free forever for most communities. Pro is billed through Discord and gates things like ad-free verification, custom verification embeds and timeouts, fingerprinting analytics, cross-database checks and right-click actions. No price is stated.

Why people look for alternatives

• Privacy comfort. Checks that read device and network signals are the reason it works, and also the reason some server owners and members hesitate. Its FAQ says verification is privacy-respecting and data is anonymized, but your members may still ask.
• It does one job. Join screening is not spam control, tickets or logs, so you run it beside other bots.
• Pro features. Cross-database checks and custom verification screens are Pro-only per the FAQ.
• You want a button, not a challenge page. Some communities prefer a quick in-Discord step.

1. Noxyr

Best for: servers that want alt and raid checks that never touch IP addresses.

The Protection page includes an alt account rule. It checks new members against account age (7 days by default), the default avatar and names close to someone banned in your server, using public info only and never IPs. A match can be flagged or acted on, and every catch lands in your staff channel with Restore, Kick and Ban buttons. Records are kept 90 days.

• Raid mode: 10 joins in 30 seconds turns it on, raises verification and can time out or kick new joins. It ends after 15 minutes or with an End raid button.
• Verification: a one-click verify button that grants up to ten roles, so nothing opens until members press it. See the verification bot page.
• Spam and scams: anti-spam, link filters and a scam link filter.

Trade-offs: without device or network signals, Noxyr cannot link two accounts used by the same person. It flags young, blank and similarly named accounts, which catches lazy alts, not careful ones. Noxyr has no captcha page and no VPN blocking. Everything is free.

2. Wick

Best for: large servers that want a configurable join gate and raid tools.

Wick's docs list a join gate that can filter by missing avatar, account age, bot additions, advertising accounts and usernames, a join raid detector, and verification by captcha, web page or instant mode. Premium covers one server on the base plan, and the docs warn setup takes time. See Wick alternatives.

3. Appy

Best for: a captcha step plus applications and tickets in one bot.

Appy's premium page shows website captcha verification in both free and premium plans, and in-Discord verification as premium only. Premium is 4.99 GBP a month, or 3.99 GBP a month billed yearly. Free servers get 1 verified role against 5 on premium. Read Appy alternatives.

4. Discord's own verification level

Best for: a free baseline under any bot.

Discord has a server verification level setting that raises the bar for new accounts. Noxyr's protection check reads it and raid mode raises it automatically. It will not spot alt accounts, so treat it as a base layer. See what an alt account is and onboarding vs a verification bot.

Side by side

How to switch

1. Decide what you are protecting. Ban evasion needs strong signals. Casual raids are often stopped by account age and a button.
2. Add Noxyr. Invite it, run /security health and press Fix on the safe items.
3. Turn on the alt check. /security alts sets what counts and what happens to a match. Start with alert only.
4. Set raid mode and alerts. /security raid and /security alerts, so staff see each catch.
5. Review after a week. If real ban evaders still slip through, keep Double Counter or Wick on top.