Two different attacks
Wick is built around raids and nukes: a flood of accounts joining at once, or a compromised administrator deleting every channel. Its paid tier is oriented that way — server backups you can restore from, and an escalating punishment system.
ScoutBot is built around a quieter attack: one account, already in your server, that changes its name and picture to match a moderator. There is no flood to detect and nothing to restore. The damage happens in private messages to members who believe they are talking to your staff.
Which one you need
A useful test: would you notice the attack the same day?
- A raid is loud. You will know within minutes, and the question is whether you can undo it — that is Wick’s ground.
- An impersonation is silent. You find out when a member says they were scammed by someone claiming to be you, often days later — that is ScoutBot’s ground.
Where they overlap
Both cover some general moderation ground, and both have a free tier. ScoutBot’s free tier includes link alerts, spam detection and audit logging, which is the overlap you would notice.
Price
Wick is around $5.99/mo, or $14.99 for three months. ScoutBot Pro is $49/mo or $490/yr per server. ScoutBot is meaningfully more expensive and covers a narrower threat — that is the trade, stated plainly.
Running both
Common, and sensible. Anti-raid and impersonation detection are not substitutes for each other, and a server large enough to be raided is generally large enough to be worth impersonating.