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Sloth Lee vs Dyno — an honest comparison.
Dyno is a strong moderation bot with extensive customisation and a long history. The trade-off: dense UI, lots of pages of toggles, and a premium tier required for several baseline mod surfaces.
Our take
Dyno earned its reputation by giving moderators deep customisation. We respect that. Sloth Lee starts opinionated — sensible defaults, three rules, a setup wizard — and lets advanced users take the gloves off when they need to. If you live in your moderation dashboard for hours every week, Dyno's depth might suit you better. If you want it to mostly take care of itself with a calm floor, that's where we differ.
Pick Dyno when…
- You want fine-grained per-channel automod conditions today and don't mind setting them up by hand.
- Your community runs on Dyno's existing custom commands and migration cost is non-trivial.
- You prefer a per-server pricing model with one-time premium that doesn't recur per-account.
Pick Sloth Lee when…
- You want a setup wizard that gets you a usable baseline in 5 minutes.
- You manage 2+ servers and want one premium subscription to cover all of them.
- You care about a built-in support inbox + ticket system without bolting one on.
- GDPR self-serve, signed webhooks, and a real audit log on the free tier matter to you.
Side-by-side, by category
Pricing
Multi-server premium
Sloth Lee leadsPer-account. One subscription covers all your servers.
Per-server premium tiers; cost scales with how many you upgrade.
Free-tier scope
Sloth Lee leadsAudit log, raid protection, custom commands, AutoMod basics free.
Several baseline moderation features behind premium.
Moderation
Customisation depth
They leadSensible defaults + advanced rules when you ask.
Maximum knobs out of the box. More learning curve, more capability.
If you want every toggle visible, Dyno wins this.
AutoMod intelligence
Sloth Lee leadsVADER sentiment, OpenAI moderation API, ML phishing detector, review queue.
Pattern-based AutoMod with regex support.
Audit log on free tier
Sloth Lee leadsYes, full per-action.
Limited.
Setup
First-run experience
Sloth Lee leadsSetup wizard walks you through the 6 things that matter.
Dashboard with everything visible at once.
Brand familiarity
They leadNewer brand.
Long-running, recognisable.
Data & Trust
GDPR self-serve
Sloth Lee leadsExport/delete are one-click in your account hub.
Available on request via support.
Webhook signing
Sloth Lee leadsHMAC-SHA256, per-subscription rotating secret.
Webhooks supported but unsigned in standard tier.
Public security disclosure
Sloth Lee leadssecurity.txt + advisories index + safe-harbour policy.
Email contact only.
Community
Active install base
They leadSmaller, growing.
Hundreds of thousands of servers, active community.
AI Intelligence
AI server template generation
Sloth Lee leadsDescribe your community in a sentence; AI generates roles, channels, categories, AutoMod config, welcome message — all coherent + matched to detected vibe.
Static templates picked from a list (or none).
/aigen generate <description>
AI server diagnostician
Sloth Lee leads/aidiagnose runs a 3-layer audit (structural + behavioural + AI narrative) and produces prioritised findings with one-click fix buttons.
No equivalent.
AI personality detection
Sloth Lee leadsDetects formality / energy / warmth / edge from server signal, then tailors all generated content (welcome, channel topics, mod-action DMs) to match.
Static templates regardless of community vibe.
AI live coaching for mods
Sloth Lee leadsReal-time tactical alerts: mod-action bursts, join velocity, AutoMod concentration, coverage gaps. Throttled, mutable, with feedback loop.
No equivalent.
AI migration assistant
Sloth Lee leadsDetects competing bots installed in your server + generates a structured migration plan with honest gaps + side-by-side rollback notes.
Migrating to/from is your problem.
AI predictive health (weekly digest)
Sloth Lee leadsReal-data weekly digest: member flow, activity trends, mod-team load, AutoMod hit-rate. Prioritised recommendations.
No equivalent.
AI rule-of-thumb advisor
Sloth Lee leads12-entry curated KB + LLM fallback for novel questions. Specific actionable answers, not hedging.
No equivalent.
AI welcome-message variants
Sloth Lee leads/aiwelcome generates 3 personality-tailored variants per server. Operator picks the one that fits.
Single static welcome template.
AI channel-topic generator
Sloth Lee leads/aitopics suggests topic-line descriptions for empty channels in bulk, personality-aware.
No equivalent.
AI action explainer in audit log
Sloth Lee leadsEvery mod action gets a one-liner explanation with offence-count context. 'timeout — 3 prior infractions in 7 days; ladder step 2; sentiment declining'.
Audit log shows only the bare action.
AI color theming
Sloth Lee leads/aitheme generates coherent role-color palettes from a base color, family, or detected personality.
Pick role colors individually.
Trust score system
Sloth Lee leadsPer-member 0-100 score combining tenure + activity + violations + mod feedback. Drives auto-elevation, slowmode bypass, review-queue priority.
No equivalent.
Sentiment-based auto-cooldown
Sloth Lee leadsChannels auto-engage slowmode when VADER sentiment trends hostile (sustained 3+ min). Releases on recovery.
Manual slowmode only.
Onboarding funnel analytics
Sloth Lee leadsPer-cohort completion rate per onboarding step. Identifies the biggest drop-off point — 'where do you lose people'.
No equivalent.
Role-play simulation
Sloth Lee leads/aisimulate predicts what permissions/ladder steps would do without applying them. Pure analysis.
Test in production or risk it.
Collaborative multi-admin sessions
Sloth Lee leads/aicollab opens a shared wizard session. Multiple admins propose changes; quorum + conflict detection.
One operator at a time.
Scheduled maintenance reminders
Sloth Lee leads8 curated reminders across weekly/monthly/quarterly cadences. Auto-posts to your mod channel.
Set your own calendar reminders.