Each bot can get up to 100 points from 7 criteria. Every point needs a public source from the provider (website, docs, price page or code repository), with URL and check date. Nothing is estimated. 0 points means we found no public information from the provider, not that the feature is missing. Such entries show "not documented".
| Criterion | Maximum points (weight) | How we measure | Partial points |
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| Features | 25 points (25 %) | Fixed 8-item checklist for this category: items documented by the provider ÷ 8 × 25. | Yes: 25 ÷ 8 = 3.125 points per checklist item documented by the provider; 8 of 8 = full points for the criterion, 0 documented = 0. |
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| Free tier | 20 points (20 %) | Checklist items the provider documents as usable without payment ÷ 8 × 20. | Yes: 20 ÷ 8 = 2.5 points per checklist item the provider documents as usable without payment; 8 of 8 = full points for the criterion, none = 0. |
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| Price | 15 points (15 %) | Lowest regular premium price for 1 server and 12 months, as the provider shows it ("according to provider"). Other currencies converted at the ECB reference rate of 16.10. One-time payments are spread over 24 months. 15 × (1 − price ÷ highest verified price in this category). No paid plan = 15. No 1-server plan: smallest plan, with a note (e.g. "applies to 3 servers"). | Yes, on a sliding scale by the formula: no paid plan = full points for the criterion; price equal to the highest verified price in this category = 0; price not verified = 0. |
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| Data & permissions transparency | 15 points (15 %) | Privacy policy linked: 4. Data retention or a deletion/access route documented: 4. Default invite without the Administrator permission (permissions value in the invite URL, or the docs): 5. Privileged intents in use documented: 2. For self-hosted bots, we score the permissions named in the documentation. This is not a legal assessment of data protection compliance. | Yes, sum of four sub-points: privacy policy 4 + retention or deletion/access route 4 + no Administrator in the default invite 5 + privileged intents 2 = full points for the criterion. Per sub-point: met = the points named, not met or not documented = 0 (Administrator requested or no public invite = 0 of the 5). |
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| Open source | 10 points (10 %) | Licence file in the provider's public repository: OSI licence = 10. Source-available licence = 5. Public code without a licence = 2. No public code = 0. | Yes, in steps: OSI licence = full points for the criterion, source-available licence = 5, public code without a licence = 2, no public code = 0. |
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| Activity | 10 points (10 %) | Date of the most recent dated update (changelog, blog post, release or commit): ≤ 30 days = 10, ≤ 90 days = 7, ≤ 365 days = 4, older or no visible date = 0. Shown as a date only. | Yes, in steps: ≤ 30 days = full points for the criterion, ≤ 90 days = 7, ≤ 365 days = 4, older or no visible date = 0. |
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| Docs & support | 5 points (5 %) | Public docs = 2. Public support server or contact = 2. Status page = 1. | Yes, sum of three sub-points: public docs 2 + public support server or contact 2 + status page 1 = full points for the criterion. Per sub-point: met = the points named, not met or not documented = 0. |
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| Total | 100 points | |
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Checklist for this page (Tickets): ticket panels with buttons or a select menu, forms before opening, transcripts, claiming, auto-close on inactivity, staff roles per category or panel, statistics, web view.
Not scored: popularity / server counts (shown as "Provider's figure, as of 17.10., not verified and not scored", with a source link); German support (info column).
Price not verified: only if the provider shows no price on its own site. The entry then shows "Price not verified (as of 17.10.2026)" and gets 0 points for price; it stays in the list. Introductory and time-limited offers are not used. For self-hosted bots the software counts as free; hosting costs are not included.
Price basis: cheapest regular yearly cost of the cheapest paid server plan (yearly plan if offered, otherwise 12 × monthly; one-time plans spread over 24 months; no sale prices).
Ties are sorted alphabetically. We check prices and details regularly. The date at the top is the date of the last check. Information is based on the providers' public information, as of the date above.