YAGPDB’s everyday modules, plus levels, logs and appeals
YAGPDB is a long-running bot known for its custom command scripting. Kovu covers its everyday modules, adds levels, a full server log, appeals and giveaways, and has no premium slots to buy.
Kovu is free right now. Paid tiers will come later, and nothing is priced yet.
Feature by feature
What Kovu includes right now, what YAGPDB 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 YAGPDB’s columns come from its public website and docs on that day. Plans and features change.
Swipe the table sideways to see YAGPDB’s columns.
| Feature | Kovu, right now | YAGPDB free | YAGPDB Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderation | |||
| Moderation commands and cases | IncludedCase evidence, reasons and web appeals | IncludedWarnings, timed bans and mutes, a mod log | Included |
| 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 | IncludedA /report command, off by default | IncludedA /report command, off by default |
| Ban, mute and warning appeals | IncludedUp to 10 forms on kovu.gg | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Role changes for many members | IncludedQueued mass role changes with progress | Not included | IncludedBulk Role |
| Ban sync across servers | IncludedUp to 25 servers, each picks what it receives | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Automod | |||
| Automod filters | IncludedA rule tester and an AI toxicity filter | LimitedUp to 25 rules | IncludedUp to 150 rules |
| Checks on joining members | IncludedAccount age, names, invites and avatars | IncludedAutomod rules for joins and usernames | IncludedAutomod rules for joins and usernames |
| Verification | IncludedOn the web or in Discord | IncludedA captcha on the web | IncludedA captcha on the web |
| Logging | |||
| Server event log | Included88 event types with diffs | Not includedMessage logs on request, not an event log | Not includedMessage logs on request, not an event log |
| Deleted messages kept for logs | IncludedUp to 7 days | Limited1 hour | Limited12 hours |
| Welcome | |||
| Welcome and goodbye messages | IncludedCustom welcome images | IncludedIn a channel or by DM | IncludedIn a channel or by DM |
| Autoroles | IncludedUp to 50, and sync to existing members | LimitedOne role | LimitedOne role, and a scan of existing members |
| Reaction Roles | IncludedButtons and dropdowns | IncludedReactions and role commands | IncludedReactions and role commands |
| Levels | |||
| Levels and level roles | IncludedVanity leaderboard links | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Reputation | Included/rep with a leaderboard tab | IncludedThanks detection, up to 5 rep roles | IncludedUp to 25 rep roles |
| Tickets and support | |||
| Tickets | IncludedTranscripts members can read on the web | IncludedText transcripts in a channel | IncludedTickets as private threads |
| Feeds | |||
| Twitch, YouTube, Reddit and RSS | IncludedUp to 250 | LimitedLimits per site, 3 Twitch channels | IncludedHigher limits, 15 Twitch channels |
| Kick, Bluesky, TikTok and podcasts | Included | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| A role while members stream | IncludedTwitch and Kick, with an optional live post | IncludedFrom Discord’s streaming status | IncludedFrom Discord’s streaming status |
| Community | |||
| Giveaways | IncludedLevel and account-age requirements | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Polls | IncludedScheduled native polls | IncludedReaction polls | IncludedReaction polls |
| Reminders | Included | Included | Included |
| Starboard | IncludedSeveral boards per server | Not includedNot documented | Not includedNot documented |
| Event announcements and RSVPs | IncludedDiscord events, with RSVP roles and reminders | IncludedIts own events, with sign-ups | IncludedIts own events, with sign-ups |
| Soundboard | Not included | IncludedUp to 50 | IncludedUp to 250 |
| 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 100, written as scripts | IncludedUp to 500, written as scripts |
| Automations | IncludedUp to 25 rules, and your AI app can write them | IncludedScripts on messages, reactions, buttons and timers | IncludedScripts on messages, reactions, buttons and timers |
| Embed messages | IncludedEdit in place, schedule or send by webhook | IncludedMessage Creator: embeds and components | IncludedMessage Creator: embeds and components |
| Rewrite the bot’s own replies | IncludedAlmost every reply, shared as kits | LimitedModeration DMs and notifications | LimitedModeration DMs and notifications |
| Your own bot name, avatar and status | IncludedYour own bot, or a profile per server | Not included | LimitedAvatar and banner per server |
| 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.
1 x Premium
$5.00 a month or $49.80 a year
One premium server.
2 x Premium
$8.99 a month or $89.55 a year
2 premium servers and priority support.
3 x Premium
$12.99 a month or $129.39 a year
3 premium servers and priority support.
5 x Premium
$16.99 a month or $169.23 a year
5 premium servers and priority support.
7 x Premium
$24.99 a month or $248.91 a year
7 premium servers and priority support.
Premium is per server: each slot makes one server premium. These are YAGPDB’s Patreon tiers; one slot can also be bought in its Discord store, which doesn’t publish a price on the web. Prices are in US dollars before tax, as YAGPDB listed them on October 7, 2026. See YAGPDB’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 YAGPDB
No downtime for your members. Run both bots side by side until Kovu is set up the way you like.
Add Kovu next to YAGPDB
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 YAGPDB plugin you used. The list below says which is which.
Rebuild your custom commands
Simple replies become Kovu custom commands or autoresponders. Scripts that keep data or run on a schedule need a rethink, so start with the ones members use most.
Remove YAGPDB when you’re ready
Keep it until everything you need runs in Kovu. Then remove it from the server.
Bringing your setup over
YAGPDB has no export Kovu can read, so you set up the modules you use yourself, and custom command scripts need rewriting as Kovu commands. A few things carry over as they are:
- 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.
- Your regex rules
- Most automod regex rules work as patterns in a Kovu word group, written as /pattern/. Kovu checks each pattern before saving 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
- Custom commands as full scripts, with their own database, cron schedules and commands that run when a message is edited or a role changes.
- Reputation roles: Kovu’s /rep has a leaderboard but gives no roles.
- Voice roles: a role while a member is in voice. Voice Text Linking shows a text channel instead.
- The soundboard, trivia, Cards Against Humanity and /events sign-ups.
- Self-hosting: YAGPDB’s code is public, so you can run your own copy.
What maps to what
YAGPDB’s name for each feature, and the Kovu module that does it.
- Moderation
- Moderation
- Automoderator
- Automod
- Logging
- Action Log
- Verification
- Verification
- Join and leave messages
- Welcome and Announcements
- Autorole
- Autoroles
- Self-assignable roles
- Reaction Roles
- Bulk Role
- Manager commands
- Custom Commands
- Custom Commands
- Message Creator
- Message Embedder
- Tickets
- Tickets
- Reputation
- Reputation
- Reddit, YouTube, Twitch and RSS
- Feeds
- Reminders
- Reminders
- Polls
- Polls
- Custom avatar and banner
- Bot Identity
Where YAGPDB is the better pick
No bot is best at everything. If one of these matters most to your server, YAGPDB may suit you better.
- Custom command scripting
- YAGPDB’s custom commands are a programming language, with a database, schedules, modals and triggers Kovu doesn’t have. If your server runs on scripts, that matters most.
- A live role without linking an account
- YAGPDB gives its streaming role from Discord’s streaming status, so members don’t link anything first. Kovu’s live role needs a linked Twitch or Kick account.
- Open source
- YAGPDB’s code is public and you can host it yourself. Kovu is a hosted service only.
- Prices you can see today
- YAGPDB publishes its Patreon prices, from one server to seven. Kovu’s paid tiers aren’t priced yet.
- Years at scale
- YAGPDB has run in millions of servers for years. Kovu is newer.
What this page says about YAGPDB comes from its public website on October 7, 2026. Plans change, so check yagpdb.xyz before you decide.
YAGPDB is a trademark of its owner. Kovu isn’t affiliated with YAGPDB.
Try Kovu next to YAGPDB
Add Kovu, set it up at your own pace and keep YAGPDB until you’re sure. The help center covers every module.