A Xenon alternative for Discord server backups
Xenon is a widely used Discord backup bot. Backup King, the Chill Network backup bot, does the same job with different choices about what is free and what is not. This page compares the two using Xenon's documentation and how Backup King works. We publish Backup King.
What a free backup keeps
Xenon's documentation, updated on 2 November 2026, says what a backup holds with and without Premium. The table only covers those points.
| Item | Xenon free | Backup King free |
|---|---|---|
| Roles | Yes | Yes, with colors and permissions |
| Channels | Yes | Yes, with their permissions |
| Server settings | Yes | Name, description, icon and banners |
| Messages | With Premium | No, not even with Premium |
| Nicknames and member roles | With Premium | No |
| Bans | With Premium | With Plus or Pro |
What Backup King also keeps
A Backup King backup also holds AutoMod rules, emojis, stickers and soundboard sounds. With Premium it keeps onboarding prompts too. The Xenon page used as a source does not mention these items, so they are left out of the table.
Automatic backups
According to its documentation, Xenon allows one automatic backup every 24 hours at most on the free plan, and every 4 hours with Premium.
Backup King schedules a backup every 14 days on the free plan with /backup auto. The Plus and Pro plans add every 24 hours, 3, 5, 7 and 30 days. If you want a daily backup without paying, free Xenon goes further on this point.
When to stay on Xenon
- You want to restore messages: Backup King does not save them.
- You want every member's nickname and roles back after a restore.
- You want automatic backups more often than every 14 days without a paid plan.
Try Backup King
- Add Backup King to your server, without removing Xenon.
- Run /backup create and choose the parts to keep.
- Check what was saved with /backup info and the backup ID. /backup list finds your backups.
- Run /backup auto for a backup every 14 days.
- Keep your latest Xenon backup until you decide: Backup King cannot import it.
Before you switch
- The free plan keeps 1 backup per server, 3 with Plus and 10 with Pro.
- A free account can create 15 backups in total across all its servers.
- On the free plan, saved emojis are made public in the discordbot.fr catalog. With Premium they stay private.
- Only the server owner can restore with /backup load.
Keep reading
Source: Xenon documentation: Backups (updated 2 November 2026)