--- title: "A Sapphire alternative for Discord" description: "Bond vs Sapphire, with facts from Sapphire's own pages: the free plan, the paid limit increase, setup steps and what each invite asks for. And when to stay." canonical_url: "https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/sapphire" last_updated: "2026-10-02" --- # Bond vs Sapphire Sapphire is a free multi-purpose bot with moderation, auto moderation, logging, welcome messages and reaction roles, all configured on its dashboard. Bond works from a sentence in Discord and also builds the server itself: channels, roles and permissions. We build Bond. Every price, limit and setup step below about Sapphire comes from its own public pages. Checked 2 Oct 2026 on Sapphire's own pages. ## Side by side. | | Sapphire | Bond | | --- | --- | --- | | Where you set it up | A web dashboard. Its docs call it the primary way to manage the bot. ([docs.sapph.xyz/getting-started](https://docs.sapph.xyz/#/getting-started)) | In Discord, in plain words. Bond lists each change and asks before it makes it. | | Free | Free, with a default limit on each feature. ([sapph.xyz/limit-increase](https://sapph.xyz/limit-increase)) | 600K tokens a week. Every tool works on it. | | Paid | $2.99 a month sets every feature limit to unlimited. ([sapph.xyz/limit-increase](https://sapph.xyz/limit-increase)) | From $7.99 a month, for a larger allowance and Ultra. | | Invite | Asks for Administrator. 22 of 51 permissions. (invite link on sapph.xyz) | No Administrator. 50 of 51 permissions. | ## What each invite asks for. Read from each bot's public invite link. Administrator lets a bot pass every channel permission you set, so it is marked on its own. ### Sapphire Asks for Administrator. 22 of 51 permissions: Kick Members, Ban Members, Administrator, Manage Channels, Manage Server, Add Reactions, View Audit Log, View Channels, Send Messages, Manage Messages, Embed Links, Attach Files, Read Message History, Mention Everyone, Use External Emojis, Mute Members, Change Nickname, Manage Nicknames, Manage Roles, Manage Webhooks, Manage Expressions, Timeout Members. (invite link on sapph.xyz) Its docs say Sapphire works without Administrator, with a higher risk of features failing on missing permissions. ([docs.sapph.xyz/getting-started](https://docs.sapph.xyz/#/getting-started)) ### Bond No Administrator. 50 of 51 permissions: Create Invite, Kick Members, Ban Members, Manage Channels, Manage Server, Add Reactions, View Audit Log, Priority Speaker, Video, View Channels, Send Messages, Send TTS Messages, Manage Messages, Embed Links, Attach Files, Read Message History, Mention Everyone, Use External Emojis, View Server Insights, Connect, Speak, Mute Members, Deafen Members, Move Members, Use Voice Activity, Change Nickname, Manage Nicknames, Manage Roles, Manage Webhooks, Manage Expressions, Use Application Commands, Request to Speak, Manage Events, Manage Threads, Create Public Threads, Create Private Threads, Use External Stickers, Send Messages in Threads, Use Activities, Timeout Members, View Monetization Analytics, Use Soundboard, Create Expressions, Create Events, Use External Sounds, Send Voice Messages, Send Polls, Use External Apps, Pin Messages, Bypass Slowmode. Bond's invite is wide because its tools cover channels, roles, moderation, events and voice. It leaves out Administrator, so a channel that denies Bond's role still blocks it. - [Does Sapphire ask for Administrator? Every install link](https://www.bondbot.gg/permissions/which-bots-ask-for-administrator#sapphire) ## Setup, step by step. Sapphire's steps are the ones in its own docs. ### Sapphire 1. Open the dashboard and log in with Discord. 2. Pick your server, review the permissions and invite Sapphire. 3. Move the Sapphire role above every role it should manage. 4. Configure each module on the dashboard. Source: [docs.sapph.xyz/getting-started](https://docs.sapph.xyz/#/getting-started) ### Bond 1. Add Bond to your server. 2. Mention @Bond and say what you want. 3. Approve the changes it lists. ## Building the server itself, run by Bond. Sapphire runs the features it ships. Bond changes the server: it creates channels and roles, sets permissions and builds automations from what you ask, and it shows each change before it makes it. Bond's invite leaves out Administrator. Sapphire's asks for it. "@Bond Set up a study server: info category with rules and announcements only mods can post in, general and resources channels, a study voice room, and a private staff area." The channel list afterwards: - Info: #rules, #announcements - Study: #general, #resources, study-room (voice) - Staff: #staff-chat Who can see and post where: - Info (rules, announcements): Everyone reads, Moderator posts - Study (general, resources, study-room): Open to everyone - Staff (staff-chat): Private to Moderator New role: Moderator. Recorded 2026-09-27 on a test server · Light tier · 1 message · 84 seconds · 90K tokens Recorded on a Bond test server on the Light tier, the tier every free plan runs on. Server, channel and member IDs are placeholders, the test bot is shown as Bond, and the steps where Bond loads its own tools or pages through a long result are left out. The test server has no plan limits, so the plan limits a step reports are left out. [See the whole run](https://www.bondbot.gg/use-cases/set-up-a-server) ## Where Sapphire goes further. Ready-made features Bond has no packaged version of. Some Bond can build as an automation. Some it cannot do at all. - Logging with more than 80 log types. ([sapph.xyz](https://sapph.xyz)) - Twitch, YouTube and TikTok notifications, with stream messages that update live. ([sapph.xyz](https://sapph.xyz)) - More than 10 auto moderation modules, and a case system for moderators. ([sapph.xyz](https://sapph.xyz)) - A message editor for every message the bot sends. ([sapph.xyz](https://sapph.xyz)) - Custom Branding: a bot with your own name, avatar, status and About Me, from €5 a month. ([sapph.xyz/custom-branding](https://sapph.xyz/custom-branding)) ## And if you do switch, in three moves. Both bots can run at once. There is no import step and nothing to migrate. ### 1. Add Bond alongside Sapphire keeps doing exactly what it does today. Bond joins without touching a single existing setting. ### 2. Move one thing across Pick the part you like least. Describe what it does to Bond, approve the changes, and watch it run for a week. ### 3. Turn the old one off Only once the new one has run. Repeat for the next part, or stop here and keep both. ## When to stay on Sapphire. Stick with Sapphire if you want detailed logs and social notifications for free, set once on a dashboard. - It is free, and you have not hit one of its limits. - You want detailed logs of what happens on the server. Bond has no logging module. - You want Twitch, YouTube or TikTok notifications. - You want a bot with your own name and avatar today. Bond does not sell one. It is good at free moderation, logging and welcome messages, and there is no prize for switching a tool you are happy with. Add Bond for the jobs Sapphire does not cover, and leave the rest where it is. ## Sources. Every statement about Sapphire on this page was read at one of these on 2 Oct 2026, and each invite link was read the same day. Prices and limits change, so check the page before you decide. - [docs.sapph.xyz/getting-started](https://docs.sapph.xyz/#/getting-started) - [sapph.xyz/limit-increase](https://sapph.xyz/limit-increase) - [sapph.xyz](https://sapph.xyz) - [sapph.xyz/custom-branding](https://sapph.xyz/custom-branding) ## The other comparisons. - [Bond vs MEE6](https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/mee6) - [Bond vs Dyno](https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/dyno) - [Bond vs Carl-bot](https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/carl-bot) - [Bond vs Arcane](https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/arcane) - [Bond vs YAGPDB](https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/yagpdb) - [Bond vs ProBot](https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/probot) - [Bond vs Ticket Tool](https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/ticket-tool) - [Bond vs AiGuild](https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/aiguild) - [Bond vs PeakBot](https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/peakbot) - [Bond vs BuildMyDiscord](https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/buildmydiscord) - [Bond vs TidyCord](https://www.bondbot.gg/alternatives/tidycord) Related tools: [Channels & categories tools](https://www.bondbot.gg/tools/channels), [Roles & permissions tools](https://www.bondbot.gg/tools/roles-permissions), [Server settings tools](https://www.bondbot.gg/tools/server-config).