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Sloth Lee vs Tatsu — an honest comparison.
Tatsu is best known for mature leveling, an active economy module, and detailed activity tracking. Strong in those domains; lighter on moderation and operational tooling.
Our take
Tatsu's leveling system is the more mature option today — it's been iterating on XP curves and role rewards for years, and that shows. Sloth Lee's leveling is shipping in the next release; until it lands, Tatsu has the edge there. Where Sloth Lee pulls ahead is moderation breadth, AI augmentation, and the operational surface (audit, ticketing, dashboard analytics).
Pick Tatsu when…
- Leveling is your headline feature and you want the most-mature implementation today.
- You want a polished economy module out of the box without configuring it from scratch.
- Activity tracking + reputation leaderboards are core to your community's identity.
Pick Sloth Lee when…
- Moderation is your primary need, not gamification.
- You want AI-augmented AutoMod (sentiment + OpenAI moderation + ML phishing) — Tatsu's AutoMod is pattern-only.
- You need built-in tickets, support inbox, audit log, and a real dashboard.
- You manage 2+ servers (Sloth Lee's per-account pricing vs Tatsu's per-server premium).
Side-by-side, by category
Moderation
Leveling system maturity
They leadSloth Lee: shipping next release. Calm-default + per-server XP. See /features/leveling.
Industry-leading; years of iteration.
Economy module
They leadSloth Lee: built-in economy cog (shop, jobs, gambling).
Mature, polished, deeply integrated with leveling.
AI moderation
Sloth Lee leadsVADER sentiment + OpenAI moderation + ML phishing detector + review queue.
Pattern-only AutoMod.
Audit log
Sloth Lee leadsFree-tier full audit log; AI-explained entries.
Basic logging.
Tickets / support inbox
Sloth Lee leadsBuilt-in.
Not the focus.
Live alerts (Twitch / YouTube / Kick)
Even/aialerts subscribe binds a channel to per-platform live notifications. Twitch + Kick poll every 5 min; YouTube uses the search API for new uploads. Configurable post template; only fires on offline→live transition.
MEE6 + Statbot ship Twitch alerts; ProBot ships YouTube; coverage varies.
Music playback
They leadNot yet — Lavalink-based engine queued in the parity roadmap (P2).
Built-in (most mainstream bots).
If music is your primary need today, MEE6/Pancake/ProBot are the more complete answer.
Visual welcome cards (PNG)
EvenPNG welcome cards via /aicards — 4 templates (minimal/classic/colourful/cinematic), per-guild accent colour, member-count badge, circular avatar. Falls back to AI-tailored text variants when image rendering fails.
PNG welcome cards with backgrounds, avatars, fonts.
RSS feed → channel
Even/airss subscribe binds a channel to any RSS/Atom feed. Title-regex filter, customisable post template, 5-min poll, no double-posts (GUID tracked).
RSS Bot / MonitoRSS handle this; Carl-bot/YAGPDB script versions.
Application forms (staff/partner)
Even/aiapp create + /apply <slug> wires form-driven flows. Question types include short/long text, number, yes/no, URL, email with validation. Submissions land in a configurable review channel; approve/reject/note workflow + optional auto-role-on-approve.
Application Bot, YAGPDB, StaffBot ship form-driven flows.
Voice activity tracking
Even/aivoice tracks minutes-in-voice per member with on_voice_state_update. /aivoice me for personal stats, /aivoice leaderboard for top-N. Feeds into Trust Score's activity component.
Tatsu + Arcane track minutes-in-voice; surface leaderboards.
Modmail (DM-relay)
EvenFull DM-relay: member DMs become threads in staff channel, replies relay back, anonymous mode for junior staff, internal-only notes, closure flow with notes, transcript export, idle auto-close.
Modmail Bot + ModMail.xyz are the specialists.
Reminders (/remind)
Even/remindme + /reminder list/cancel. Compound durations ('2h 30m'). Persistent across restarts. JSON-backed.
Reminder Bot + Carl-bot ship rich /remind.
Rich polls (multi-choice, anonymous, time-bounded)
Sloth Lee leads/aipoll create supports 2-10 options, single or multi-choice, optional anonymous voting, optional auto-close duration. Vote toggle on re-vote.
Discord native polls (single-choice, no auto-close).
Setup
First-run experience
Sloth Lee leadsSetup wizard; ~5 min to baseline.
Activity-tracking focus; less guided.
Server stats counter channels
EvenVoice channels auto-renaming with members/online/boosts/role counts. Custom expression DSL via /aicounters.
Available in MEE6 + Statbot + Server Stats Bot.
Localisation (multi-language UI)
They leadNot yet — queued (P12). Multi-language AutoMod ships in 14 langs already.
MEE6 + ProBot translate the bot interface across major languages.
Pricing
Multi-server premium
Sloth Lee leadsPer-account.
Per-server.
Data & Trust
GDPR self-serve
Sloth Lee leadsOne-click export/delete.
Available on request.
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.
Community
Soundboard management
Sloth Lee leads/aisoundboard add/remove/play with per-role permission gating, tag-based search, usage leaderboard, duplicate-name protection, 100-clip per-guild cap. Discord's native soundboard lacks per-role gates + analytics.
Discord native soundboard (no per-role gating, no analytics).
Game stat lookups (OSRS / LoL / Valorant / FFXIV)
Even/aigame osrs / lol / valorant / ffxiv — public hiscores + Riot API + community APIs. Best-effort; never blocks on missing keys.
Game-specific bots (PartyBot, Mee6 partial coverage).
Trivia / minigames
Different productsTrivia bank (30 questions, 6 categories), daily Wordle-style word, tic-tac-toe, rock-paper-scissors, magic 8-ball, coin flip. /aigame * commands.
Mudae + Tatsu + Dank Memer go deeper on the card-collecting / waifu genre.
We don't try to compete on the card-collecting / waifu genre — just casual party games.