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A Beemo alternative that also stops nukes

By ESN Systems, makers of ESN Guardian. Updated November 2, 2026.

Beemo is a well-known, free anti-raid bot: you invite it and it quietly bans userbot raids in the background. If join raids are your only worry, it does that job with zero setup. People look for a Beemo alternative when they also want protection from inside the server (a hacked mod or bot deleting everything), a way to undo damage, or verification and automod in the same bot. Here is an honest side by side, with sources.

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What Beemo does well

Beemo's own site describes it as an antiraid bot whose detection algorithms “automatically and effectively mitigate raids by swiftly banning suspected raiders while avoiding real users”, and says antiraid is “free, forever” with “no additional setup required”. Its docs say the only setup is giving it Ban Members, moving its role above regular members and optionally setting a log channel with /antispam log set. That simplicity is the point: there is nothing to misconfigure.

The trade-off is in the same docs: “The algorithm is not configurable because it is designed to work dynamically.” And Beemo's pages describe one kind of attack, raids by automated accounts joining. Moderation commands, message archives and XP are part of Beemo Max, a paid plan per server.

Where Guardian is different

• It also covers attacks from inside. Most servers that get wiped are not raided by new accounts. A moderator gets phished or a bot token leaks, and that account deletes channels and bans members. Guardian's anti-nuke tracks deletes, bans, kicks, webhook creation and bot adds per account and strips the attacker's dangerous roles when they cross a limit.
• It puts things back. Guardian keeps snapshots of your channels and roles. /rewind and the one-click undo on the log restore what was deleted, with permissions.
• One bot instead of several. Raid shield, captcha and web verification, scam link filter, automod, moderation, tickets and logs, so fewer bots need high permissions.
• You can tune it. /raid config changes how sensitive the raid shield is for your server size.

Beemo vs Guardian at a glance

✓ = listed · 💎 = paid tier only · — = not listed on their public pages (which is not the same as “does not exist”). Checked Nov 2, 2026. Beemo: beemo.gg, Beemo docs and Beemo subscription tiers.

Guardian side of every table: every protection is included on every server. Guardian Premium ($1.99/month or $19.90/year) only changes the bot's name, avatar, banner and bio in your server.

Can you run both?

Yes. Beemo only bans suspected raid accounts as they join, so it overlaps with Guardian's raid shield but not with anti-nuke, backups or verification. Some servers keep Beemo for join raids and add Guardian for everything else. If both act on the same join wave you will just see two log entries for the same ban.

Trying Guardian without risk

1. Add Guardian and drag the ESN GUARDIAN role near the top of your role list. It can only act on roles and members below it.
2. Run /guardian setup and pick a preset, or answer four quick questions. Guardian makes a log channel and checks its own permissions.
3. Trust your admins with /antinuke trust and take a first snapshot with /snapshot take so /rewind has something to restore from.
4. Run both bots side by side for a few days and compare the logs. Then keep the one you prefer and remove the other bot and its role, so it no longer holds permissions.

When Beemo alone is enough

A small server with trusted staff, 2FA required for moderators, few bots and no history of nukes may only need raid protection. In that case Beemo's free, zero-setup antiraid is a perfectly good choice. Take the 2-minute security check to see where your real gaps are first.

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