Rainbow vs MEE6: everything free, nothing behind Premium
MEE6 helps millions of Discord servers. But its official Free vs Premium table places moderation, tickets, reaction roles, the economy, and automations under Premium. Rainbow takes the opposite approach: every one of those is free, with no core feature locked behind a subscription.
- Everything Rainbow does · moderation, tickets, reaction roles, economy, levels · is free, with no Premium tier gating the core.
- MEE6’s official plans list moderation, tickets, reaction roles, the economy, and automations as Premium features.
- Rainbow grants per-minute voice XP with camera and screen-share multipliers; MEE6’s documented leveling counts messages only.
| Rainbow | MEE6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & access | Everything free · no subscription, no core feature behind a paywall. | Free tier and a paid Premium plan; core server features are gated to Premium. |
| Moderation | Two-stage governable AI with adjustable thresholds; the AI never auto-kicks or bans. | Rule-based auto-mod (banned words, anti-spam, caps); listed under Premium. |
| Voice XP | Per-minute voice XP with camera and screen-share multipliers. | No documented voice XP; leveling is 15–25 XP per message, once a minute. |
| Economy | Coins and a shop, included free. | Economy is a Premium feature, capped at 300 items. |
| Automation | No-code visual editor: 9 triggers, 6 actions, up to 20 automations per server. | Automations are a Premium feature, capped at 50. |
| Tickets | Free tickets with an HTML transcript kept for one year. | Tickets are a Premium feature (embeds capped at 10). |
| Reaction roles | Free: buttons and menus, 3 modes, conditions, and temporary roles. | Reaction roles are a Premium feature, capped at 40. |
| Dashboard | Full web dashboard in English, French, and Spanish. | Web dashboard, used by millions of servers. |
The core stays free
MEE6’s published Free vs Premium table places moderation, the economy, tickets, reaction roles, and automations under Premium, and the free tier lists no affirmative server-management feature. Rainbow ships all of them at no cost · no core capability is held back for a paid plan. According to third-party sources, MEE6 Premium is billed per server, so each community you run would be its own subscription; Rainbow stays free across every server you add it to.
Moderation you govern · and voice XP that rewards showing up
Rainbow moderates in two stages · a local pre-filter, then AI analysis against thresholds you set · and logs every sanction. The AI never kicks or bans on its own; those are downgraded to a timeout for a human to confirm. MEE6’s documented auto-moderation is rule-based (banned words, anti-spam, caps) rather than an AI classifier, and its separate AI features aren’t part of Premium. On leveling, Rainbow adds per-minute voice XP with camera and screen-share multipliers on top of message XP, while MEE6’s documented XP is 15–25 points per message, once a minute, with no voice XP in its docs.
No-code automation, tickets, and a dashboard in three languages
Wire up server logic without code: Rainbow’s visual workflow editor offers 9 trigger types and 6 action types, up to 20 automations per server, with every connection validated as you build it. Tickets are free with an HTML transcript kept for a year, reaction roles come with buttons, menus, conditions, and temporary roles, and welcome cards, auto-roles, and non-destructive anti-raid are included. It’s all managed from a full web dashboard in English, French, and Spanish, with data processed in the EU and never resold.
If you’re shopping for a MEE6 alternative in 2026, the trade-off is simple: Rainbow gives you moderation, levels, economy, tickets, reaction roles, automation, and a multilingual dashboard with no paywall on the core · all hosted in Europe.
Competitor facts were recorded on 20/07/2026 from MEE6’s public pages · its official Free vs Premium comparison and help documentation · and its plans, limits, and pricing may change. Per-server billing is reported by third-party sources. Rainbow’s capabilities are drawn from its own product.
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