Nemesis, in plain facts.

Fact sheet

What it is

Nemesis keeps the maintenance work of a Discord server in one bot instead of several. Moderation covers ban, kick, mute, warn, purge and lock, and every action is recorded with an ID so a reason can be edited or a punishment reversed later. Logging records message edits and deletes, voice activity, role changes, joins and bans into the log channels you choose. Raid protection locks channels and blocks joins on command, with pattern detection that can end it automatically.

The modules are independent. Turning off XP does not affect logging, and a server can run only moderation and logging if that is all it wants. The full list, with the commands each module adds, is on the features page.

What it costs

The Free tier is available on every server. It has no member cap, does not expire, and does not ask for a card. It covers moderation, logging, raid protection and compromise detection, the content filter, support tickets, XP and leveling, Join-to-Create voice, reaction roles, polls, giveaways, welcome messages, starboard, scheduled events, translation, Streamify and role management.

Pro adds the tools aimed at staff teams: analytics, ban appeals through DM tickets, private voice rooms, live Message View for up to three channels, and staff applications. It is $10/month for the first server and $8/month for each additional server. Elite is a $22/month five-server pack, adds Server Sync for bans, punishment history, staff roles and XP across linked servers, and gives the earliest access to new modules. Paid plans include a 14-day trial. The pricing page has the full module-by-tier table.

Permissions

Nemesis does not request the Administrator permission, which is the permission that would let it delete channels or roles and reshape a server. The invite asks for 22 individual permissions instead, shown as nine groups on the invite screen, four of them marked required.

The four required groups are Read and Send Messages to answer commands and post log entries, Manage Messages to delete messages that break your rules, Kick and Ban Members, and Timeout Members for the timed mutes Quick Mod issues. The five optional groups are Manage Roles and Nicknames for role management and nickname requests, View Audit Log for the logging module, Manage Channels and Server for raid lockdown and invite tracking, Voice Connect, Mute and Move for Join-to-Create rooms and voice moderation, and Manage Webhooks so dashboard chat in tickets can appear under your name.

Embeds, attachments, message history, reactions and thread permissions are granted alongside those groups, because a log entry is an embed and a ticket is a thread. If a module is off, the permission that goes with it is not used. When a channel is hidden from the bot, /setup tells you which channel and which permission to add. The full list, as Discord shows it, is on the invite page before you authorise anything.

Where it runs

Nemesis runs continuously on the vendor's infrastructure. Adding the bot to a server is the entire installation: there is no file to download, no process to host and nothing that stops working when your own machine is off. Configuration happens in Discord with /setup and afterwards in the dashboard, which is where module settings, filter words and staff tiers are edited.

What it stores

Moderation records such as warns, mutes and bans are kept to power the mod log, escalation rules and the audit trail, and stay until they are deleted or the bot is removed. Ticket data is kept while a ticket exists and after it is archived, until it is deleted or the bot is removed. Server configuration is removed 30 days after the bot is removed.

The logging module does not copy message content into a private database: log entries are posted to the Discord channels you configure, where they stay under Discord's own data policies. Filters and moderation checks read message content only in servers that have those modules switched on. The full detail, including how to request deletion, is in the privacy policy.

Removing it

Kicking the bot from a server stops all data collection immediately, and server configuration is deleted 30 days later. Server admins can also clear a member's moderation records from a server with /databaseremove, or ask for deletion through the support server. There is no cancellation step needed to leave the Free tier, because it has no billing attached.

Other bots called Nemesis

Several unrelated Discord bots and other products also use the name Nemesis. This page, and the bot described on it, is the one at nemesisbot.xyz. The only invite link on this site is the one under Add to Discord, and the only support server is the one linked in the footer, so if a listing, video or message points somewhere else, it is a different bot.

This bot is not affiliated with any of them, and nothing on this site describes their pricing or features. When you look a bot up, the domain in the invite link is the reliable way to tell which one you are reading about.

How it compares

If you are choosing between Nemesis and a bot like MEE6, Dyno or Carl-bot, the comparison page sets out where each one is the better pick, including the areas where Nemesis is not.

Who runs this

Nemesis is built and run by one person, not a company. It started because the bots I was using either wanted Administrator on servers I did not control, or did five useful things and then a hundred I had no interest in. So it is built the way I wanted: separate modules that turn off cleanly, no permission it does not need, and a mod log written for the staff member reading it at 2am rather than for a feature list.

It is in daily use in Tranium, a partnered community of about 30,000 members, which is where most of it gets tested first. Support is the same person, and replies usually come the same day.

Getting help

Setting up, or something not behaving? The support server is the fastest route. Server owners and staff can also check /helpstaff in Discord to see which commands their roles unlock, and the commands page has the full list with descriptions.