More than leveling, free right now
Arcane is known for leveling, with moderation, logging and counters beside it. Kovu covers those and adds tickets, giveaways, an economy, appeals and a security suite, all part of every server right now.
Arcane publishes its prices. Kovu is free right now, and its paid tiers aren’t priced yet.
Feature by feature
What Kovu includes right now, what Arcane includes for free and what its paid plans add. Each Kovu feature links to its how-to.
- Included
- Limited
- Not included
As of October 7, 2026 Arcane’s columns come from its public website and docs on that day. Plans and features change.
Swipe the table sideways to see Arcane’s columns.
| Feature | Kovu, right now | Arcane free | Arcane Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderation | |||
| Moderation commands and cases | IncludedCases with evidence, appeals and /mass | IncludedWarn, mute, kick, ban, lock and cases | IncludedWarn, mute, kick, ban, lock and cases |
| Mass moderation | IncludedBy list, name or join time, with a preview | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Reports to moderators | IncludedAccept, Ignore and Block buttons | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Ban, mute and warning appeals | IncludedUp to 10 forms on kovu.gg | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Automod | |||
| Automod filters | IncludedA rule tester and an AI toxicity filter | Included8 filters on Discord’s AutoMod | Included8 filters on Discord’s AutoMod |
| Anti-raid and anti-nuke | IncludedLockdowns, quarantine and web verification | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Logging | |||
| Server logs | Included88 log types, a channel per group | IncludedMessages, server, members, voice and commands | IncludedAdds advanced voice logs and faster logs |
| Deleted and edited message text | IncludedKept for up to 7 days | LimitedMessages from the last hour | LimitedMessages from the last 12 hours |
| Welcome | |||
| Welcome and goodbye messages | IncludedCustom welcome images | IncludedWith a welcome image | IncludedCustom image backgrounds and colors |
| Autoroles | IncludedUp to 50 | LimitedUp to 1 | IncludedUp to 10 |
| Levels | |||
| XP and levels | IncludedMessage and voice XP, with boosts | IncludedMessage and reaction XP | IncludedAdds voice XP and custom XP values |
| Leaderboards | IncludedA public web leaderboard with your own link | IncludedA web leaderboard and weekly rankings | IncludedAdds monthly rankings and a banner |
| Level roles | IncludedUp to 100 | LimitedUp to 15, one per level | IncludedUnlimited, up to 3 per level |
| Roles members claim with their level | IncludedDiscord’s Linked Roles: level, XP, rep or achievements | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Reputation | Included/rep with a leaderboard | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Tickets and support | |||
| Tickets | IncludedClaims, ratings and modmail | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Feeds | |||
| Stream, video and social alerts | IncludedTwitch, Kick, YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky and RSS | LimitedYouTube only, 2 channels | LimitedYouTube only, 5 channels |
| Community | |||
| Reaction Roles | IncludedButtons and dropdowns | LimitedUp to 10 | IncludedUp to 100 |
| Stat counter channels | IncludedUp to 25, with goals | Limited3 basic counters | IncludedUnlimited, with goals |
| Giveaways | IncludedLevel and account-age requirements | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Economy | IncludedShop: up to 100 items | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Commands in any server or DM | IncludedMembers add Kovu to their own account | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Customization | |||
| Custom Commands | IncludedUp to 500 | LimitedUp to 5 | IncludedUp to 100 |
| Embed builder | IncludedUp to 200 | LimitedEmbeds in welcome, level-up and command replies | LimitedEmbeds in welcome, level-up and command replies |
| Timed messages | IncludedUp to 100 | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Your own bot name, avatar and status | IncludedYour own bot, or a profile per server | Not included | LimitedName, avatar, banner and about me; not the status |
| API and AI | |||
| Set up your server from an AI app | IncludedClaude, ChatGPT and other MCP apps | Not included | Not included |
| Public API | IncludedAPI keys with scopes | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
What it costs
Arcane publishes its prices. Kovu is free right now, and its paid tiers aren’t priced yet.
Monthly
$7.00 a month
Every Premium feature, including the bot customizer.
Yearly
$75.00 a year
Every Premium feature, including the bot customizer, billed once a year.
Each plan covers one server and can move to another server once. Voice XP needs the separate Arcane Premium bot in your server. Prices are in US dollars before tax, as Arcane listed them on October 7, 2026. See Arcane’s current prices
Your Kovu bill
Right now
- Your own bot identity$0.00Name, avatar, banner, bio and status
- The highest limits$0.00500 custom commands, unlimited reaction-role menus
- Every automod filter$0.00Phishing links, zalgo, spoilers, AI toxicity
- Custom welcome images$0.00Rendered with your members’ avatars
- Web transcripts and appeals$0.00Tickets, modmail and ban appeals on kovu.gg
- Giveaways up to 50 winners$0.00And up to a year long
- Every feed platform$0.00Twitch, YouTube, Kick, Reddit, Bluesky, RSS and podcasts
- Analytics and exports$0.00Activity charts and config backups
Total
$0.00
No card, no trial.
There are no prices or dates yet. We’ll announce both on kovu.gg before anything changes for your server.
What Kovu adds
Kovu’s own additions, in every server.
- Server manager
- Roles, permissions and channel overwrites from the web, with guardrails and one-click undo.
- Security suite
- Web verification, anti-raid lockdowns and anti-nuke quarantine.
- Support tools
- Modmail with anonymous replies, ticket claims and ratings.
- Community extras
- Achievements, invite tracking, suggestions, birthdays, scheduled polls, sticky messages, temp voice and stat channels.
- A home for members
- Profiles, a leaderboards hub, server pages and privacy controls on kovu.gg.
- A calmer dashboard
- Simple and Advanced modes, hidden modules, a Needs you list and ⌘K search across every setting.
- Case evidence, mass actions and reports
- Cases keep the member’s deleted messages and the proof you add. /mass deals with a raid at once after a preview, members report messages to your team, and linked servers can see each other’s cases.
- Appeals on kovu.gg
- Up to 10 appeal forms for bans, mutes and warnings, with a conversation with the member and blocks after a rejection.
- Your own wording
- Change almost any Kovu reply, with embeds and buttons, and share it as a kit. Message templates can be scheduled, sent by webhook and carry role buttons.
- Channel and role helpers
- Auto threads, auto publish, a pin archive, bump reminders, a server digest, /rep, and role connections that give a role while members have certain others.
- Kovu in members’ own apps
- Members can add Kovu to their Discord account and use /fun, /search, /remind and /poll create in any server or DM.
- Song requests for streamers
- Viewers request songs from Twitch or Kick chat, and Kovu adds them to your Spotify queue.
- Automations and webhooks
- When something happens, Kovu checks your conditions, then gives roles, sends messages or posts to your own webhook. Build a rule on the dashboard, or ask your AI app to write it.
- Server Networks
- Servers you trust share bans, case lookups and roles, with a trail of who banned whom, where and why.
- Roles for streamers, supporters and boosters
- A role while members stream on Twitch or Kick, roles for your Twitch and Kick subscribers, and a role each booster names and colors.
- Events and help forums
- RSVPs, reminders and attendance for your Discord events, and a solved workflow for help forums that thanks whoever answered.
Moving from Arcane
No downtime for your members. Run both bots side by side until Kovu is set up the way you like.
Add Kovu next to Arcane
Both bots can sit in your server while you set Kovu up. Nothing changes for members yet.
Turn on what you used
Set your staff roles in Bot Settings, then turn on the Kovu module for each Arcane feature you used. The list below says which is which.
Switch off each Arcane feature as you go
Once a Kovu module is set up, turn off the Arcane feature it replaces, so members don’t get two welcomes or two level-up messages.
Remove Arcane when you’re ready
Keep it until everything you need runs in Kovu. Then remove it from the server.
Bringing your setup over
Kovu can’t read Arcane’s settings or levels, so levels start fresh. Each Arcane plugin listed below has a Kovu match, and setting up the ones you use takes an afternoon:
- An AI assistant to do the setup
- Connect Claude or ChatGPT to Kovu, tell it what Arcane does in your server, and it turns on and sets up the matching modules. You see every change first and can undo it.
Once Kovu is set up
- Server templates
- Save a server’s roles, channels, settings and Kovu setup as a template, then apply it to any server you manage or share it with a link. You see a preview first, nothing is deleted, and you can undo it for 14 days.
- Backup and import
- Once one server is set up, save a backup, restore it later or copy the whole setup to another server you manage. You see every change before it’s applied.
- Custom commands and autoresponders
- Export and import them as a file, to copy them between servers or edit them in bulk.
- Embeds
- Paste a message’s JSON, from an embed builder or another server, into the Message Embedder.
What Kovu doesn’t have
- XP for reactions, and a choice of level curves.
- A scripting language for custom commands, with variables, conditions and storage.
- Weekly and monthly leaderboards.
- An import for Arcane’s levels.
What maps to what
Arcane’s name for each feature, and the Kovu module that does it.
- Moderation
- Moderation
- Auto Moderation
- Automod
- Logging
- Action Log
- Welcomer
- Welcome and Announcements
- Auto Roles
- Autoroles
- Reaction Roles
- Reaction Roles
- Leveling
- Levels
- Counters
- Stat channels
- Youtube Notifications
- Feeds
- Custom Commands
- Custom Commands
- Custom Bots
- Bot Identity
Where Arcane is the better pick
No bot is best at everything. If one of these matters most to your server, Arcane may suit you better.
- More ways to earn XP
- Arcane gives XP for reactions as well as messages and voice, and lets you pick a linear, exponential or flat level curve. Kovu gives XP for messages and voice, on one curve.
- Scripted custom commands
- Arcane’s Tag System has variables, conditions and storage, for commands that work like small programs. Kovu’s custom commands take arguments, checks and actions, without scripting.
- Weekly and monthly leaderboards
- Arcane ranks members by the week and the month as well as overall. Kovu’s leaderboards are all-time.
- Prices you can see today
- Arcane publishes its prices. Kovu’s paid tiers aren’t priced yet, so you can’t plan around a number.
- Years at scale
- Arcane says it runs in more than 3,100,000 servers. Kovu is newer.
What this page says about Arcane comes from its public website on October 7, 2026. Plans change, so check arcane.bot before you decide.
Arcane is a trademark of its owner. Kovu isn’t affiliated with Arcane.
Try Kovu next to Arcane
Add Kovu, set it up at your own pace and keep Arcane until you’re sure. The help center covers every module.