Fact-based comparison
Guardy vs MEE6
| Capability | Guardy | MEE6 |
|---|---|---|
| Migration | Direct MEE6 public-leaderboard import, staged for preview before apply | Official documentation explains how to publish a leaderboard; no Guardy-import workflow |
| Rank-card control | Personal background and color controls are free | Personal cards are tied to MEE6 Pro; a server default can be set with server Premium |
| Subscription shape | Free core plus one optional server Premium plan | Server Premium and personal Pro are separate services |
| Product breadth | Focused Phase 1 leveling, migration, roles, leaderboards, and privacy | Broader established plugin and service family |
| Current price evidence | $6.99 monthly or $69 yearly per server | Dynamic official checkout; verify the final price and renewal before purchase |
The decision in plain language
Choose MEE6 when an established, broad service family matters more than portability. Its official service overview separates server-wide Premium from personal Pro and from its AI plans. That can be useful when a community already relies on several MEE6 plugins and wants to keep one familiar operating model.
Choose Guardy when the primary job is transparent leveling and moving existing MEE6 history without silently rewriting it. Guardy reads a public MEE6 leaderboard, stages the records, checks the source levels against its independently implemented curve, and waits for an administrator to review the summary. The fallback is an uploaded MEE6 leaderboard JSON response, subject to the 8 MB file limit.
Rank cards are not the same purchase
MEE6’s official rank-card article distinguishes two controls. A personal MEE6 rank card requires the account-level Pro service; a server manager with server Premium can customize the server default. The same article says Pro can boost the subscribing member’s XP by 50 percent. Guardy does not sell a personal XP boost. Its free personal card settings cover the implemented background and color fields, without claiming arbitrary card text editing.
That difference is less important if your server already owns MEE6 Premium and prefers one shared server card. It matters more if individual members want control without buying a separate personal subscription.
Portability versus ecosystem breadth
MEE6 documents how a manager can make a leaderboard public. Guardy uses that public surface as the primary migration source, then adds pagination checks, a parity gate, and a transactional apply. A direct MEE6 response may also contain reward-role definitions; Guardy presents those separately and requires a second explicit opt-in. Other import sources do not inherit that claim.
Guardy’s narrower scope is also a real concession. Phase 1 is not a replacement for every mature MEE6 moderation, engagement, or AI service. A server that needs that breadth today may reasonably stay with MEE6. A server whose priority is portable history, inspectable XP rules, public-leaderboard privacy, and one server subscription has a clearer reason to choose Guardy.
Pricing evidence boundary
MEE6’s official Premium page is dynamic and did not expose stable price text in the response checked for this review. This page therefore does not repeat an old promotion as if it were a current list price. Compare the final checkout, renewal period, and whether the desired feature belongs to server Premium or personal Pro before deciding.