Anti-nuke, anti-raid and verification, with the rest of your server in one bot
Wick is a security specialist: anti-nuke, raid protection, a join gate and verification. Kovu has the same kinds of protection in a simpler form, plus welcome messages, levels, tickets, feeds and the rest of a server’s modules, all free right now.
Kovu is free right now. Paid tiers will come later, and nothing is priced yet.
Feature by feature
What Kovu includes right now, what Wick 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 Wick’s columns come from its public website and docs on that day. Plans and features change.
Swipe the table sideways to see Wick’s columns.
| Feature | Kovu, right now | Wick free | Wick Premium and VIP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security | |||
| Anti-nuke | IncludedQuarantine, and undo of deleted channels and roles | IncludedLimits per minute and hour, quarantine | IncludedPrune detection, strict mode and panic mode |
| Restoring the server after a nuke | LimitedRecreates deleted channels and roles from the audit log | LimitedFrom memory, without backups | IncludedFrom a backup taken every 3 hours |
| Anti-raid | IncludedSpots join raids and locks the doors | LimitedLockdown on mention raids | IncludedJoin raid detection and heat panic mode |
| Checks on joining members | IncludedAccount age, names, invites and avatars | IncludedAccount age, names, avatars and bots | IncludedAccount age, names, avatars and bots |
| Verification | IncludedOn the web or in Discord | IncludedCaptcha, web or one click | IncludedA captcha you can style |
| Moderation | |||
| Moderation commands and cases | IncludedCase evidence, reasons and web appeals | IncludedWarn points, notes and cases | Included |
| Mass moderation | IncludedBy list, name or join time, with a preview | IncludedSeveral members per command | IncludedSeveral members per command |
| Reports to moderators | IncludedAccept, Ignore and Block buttons | Included | Included |
| Ban, mute and warning appeals | IncludedUp to 10 forms on kovu.gg | IncludedFor bans and timeouts, on the web | IncludedCustom appeal fields |
| Ban sync across servers | IncludedUp to 25 servers, each picks what it receives | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Lockdown | Included | IncludedChannels, roles, joins and invites | IncludedAdvanced lockdown system |
| Automod | |||
| Automod filters | IncludedA rule tester and an AI toxicity filter | IncludedA heat system with dozens of filters | IncludedHeat settings and a punishment multiplier |
| Discord AutoMod rules | IncludedExtra actions when a rule triggers | IncludedManaged from Wick’s dashboard | IncludedManaged from Wick’s dashboard |
| Logging | |||
| Server event log | Included88 event types with diffs | IncludedServer, message and moderation events | IncludedServer, message and moderation events |
| Welcome | |||
| Welcome and goodbye messages | IncludedCustom welcome images | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Autoroles | IncludedUp to 50 | LimitedRoles given after verification | LimitedRoles given after verification |
| Reaction Roles | IncludedButtons and dropdowns | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Levels | |||
| Levels and level roles | IncludedVanity leaderboard links | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Tickets and support | |||
| Tickets | IncludedTranscripts members can read on the web | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Feeds | |||
| Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit and Kick | Included | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Community | |||
| Giveaways | IncludedLevel and account-age requirements | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Starboard | IncludedSeveral boards per server | 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 | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Staff permission levels | IncludedDashboard access per module | IncludedCustom permits | IncludedCustom permits |
| Your own bot name, avatar and status | IncludedYour own bot, or a profile per server | Not included | LimitedCustom branding on VIP |
| 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 included | Not included |
| AI moderation | IncludedAI toxicity filter | Not included | Not included |
| Languages | |||
| Languages | Included9 languages: site, dashboard and bot replies | LimitedEnglish | LimitedEnglish |
What it costs
Kovu is free right now. Paid tiers will come later, and nothing is priced yet.
Premium
Price not published
Advanced anti-raid, anti-nuke, automod and quarantine, backups, the advanced lockdown system, a captcha you can style and higher rate limits.
VIP
Price not published
Everything in Premium, plus dedicated resources, custom branding, lower latency and 12 premium servers.
Wick’s website lists what each plan adds but not what it costs, so no prices are shown here. Plans as Wick listed them on October 7, 2026. See Wick’s plans
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 Wick
No downtime for your members. Run both bots side by side until Kovu is set up the way you like.
Add Kovu next to Wick
Add Kovu while signed in as the server owner or one of Wick’s extra owners, so Wick’s bot filter lets it in, and whitelist it in Wick while both run. Nothing changes for members yet.
Set up security first
Turn on Kovu’s Anti-nuke, Anti-raid and Verification and check their limits, then the moderation modules you use.
Hand over one system at a time
Once a Kovu module is set up, switch off the Wick system it replaces, so members aren’t verified or punished twice.
Remove Wick when you’re ready
Keep it until everything you need runs in Kovu. Then remove it from the server.
Bringing your setup over
Wick has no export Kovu can read, so you set Kovu’s security modules up yourself. The list below says which Kovu module does each Wick system:
- Security settings to start from
- Anti-nuke, Anti-raid, Verification and Autoban each start with defaults you can keep. Set the staff roles they trust in Bot Settings first.
- Your word lists
- Copy the words from your old bot’s word lists and paste them into an automod word group, one per line or separated by commas.
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
- Server backups taken on a schedule and loaded after a nuke. Kovu’s anti-nuke recreates what was deleted from the audit log instead, and its backups and templates are ones you save yourself.
- A heat score for every message, with a multiplier that makes repeat punishments longer.
- Wick’s join raid flags for account IDs and look-alike names.
- A rescue key to take back control of the bot if the owner account is lost.
What maps to what
Wick’s name for each feature, and the Kovu module that does it.
- Anti Nuke
- Anti-nuke
- Join Raid and Panic Mode
- Anti-raid
- Join Gate
- Autoban
- Verification
- Verification
- Auto Mod (heat system)
- Automod
- Moderation commands
- Moderation
- Appeals
- Appeals
- Logging
- Action Log
- Backups
- Templates and backups
- Custom Permits
- Bot Settings
Where Wick is the better pick
No bot is best at everything. If one of these matters most to your server, Wick may suit you better.
- Deeper security settings
- Wick does one job, protecting servers from nukes and raids, and its settings go further than Kovu’s: heat scoring, panic modes and raid algorithms.
- Restores from backups
- With Premium, Wick takes a backup of your server every 3 hours and loads the last one after a nuke.
- Years at scale
- Wick has protected large servers for years. Kovu is newer.
What this page says about Wick comes from its public website on October 7, 2026. Plans change, so check wickbot.com before you decide.
Wick is a trademark of its owner. Kovu isn’t affiliated with Wick.
Try Kovu next to Wick
Add Kovu, set it up at your own pace and keep Wick until you’re sure. The help center covers every module.