The best NotifyMe alternatives are Streamcord for Twitch, YouTube and Kick go-live alerts with automatic live roles, Pingcord for the widest spread of platforms including Reddit, Instagram and Facebook Pages, YAGPDB for free Reddit, YouTube, Twitch and RSS feeds with high limits, and MonitoRSS for anything that publishes an RSS feed. MEE6 and Carl-bot make sense if one of them is already in your server and you only need a few alerts.
Facts below come from each bot's own website, documentation, help center or Discord App Directory listing, checked in October 2026. Server counts are the App Directory's figures, rounded.
What NotifyMe does
NotifyMe posts to your server when creators upload or go live. Its website lists five platforms: YouTube, TikTok, X (Twitter), Twitch and Kick. It is set up from a web dashboard ("Skip the slash commands. Configure everything visually from your browser"), and the site lists 35 free accounts across YouTube, TikTok, Twitch and Kick, with paid plans for more accounts and more servers. The site says it is trusted by more than 383,000 servers, and the App Directory lists it in about 373,000.
Why people look for a NotifyMe alternative
- They outgrow the free allowance. Communities that follow dozens of creators, such as clip servers or esports hubs, need more tracked accounts.
- They need other platforms. NotifyMe's site lists YouTube, TikTok, X, Twitch and Kick. Servers that want Reddit, Instagram, Facebook Pages or RSS feeds look elsewhere.
- They want live roles. Some streaming communities want a role that appears while a member is live, not just an announcement.
- They want fewer bots. If MEE6, Carl-bot or YAGPDB is already in the server, adding alerts there can mean one less bot to manage.
Quick comparison
| Bot | Platforms (from official sources) | Free allowance | Servers (App Directory) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streamcord | Twitch, YouTube, Kick | Free plan, Pro for more | ~1.35 million |
| Pingcord | Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, X, Instagram, Facebook Pages, custom timers | 1 integration per service, 3 channels each (Instagram on premium) | ~661,000 |
| YAGPDB | Reddit, YouTube, Twitch, RSS, streaming | Up to 100 Reddit and 50 YouTube feeds per server | ~3.59 million |
| MonitoRSS | Anything with an RSS feed | Free hosted instance | ~119,000 |
| MEE6 | Twitch, YouTube, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, X, Bluesky, RSS, Kick, podcasts | Premium only | ~20.9 million |
| Carl-bot | Twitch, YouTube | 1 Twitch and 5 YouTube channels | ~15.1 million |
Streamcord (for streamers)
Streamcord's listing describes Twitch, YouTube and Kick stream notifications plus automatic streamer roles. Its site describes customizable alerts with control over messages, colors and thumbnails, game and title filtering, and a live role that is added when someone starts streaming on Twitch and removed when they go offline. Its Pro plan adds automatic Discord events synced from Twitch schedules, more alert customization and up to 5 live role configurations. It is listed in about 1.35 million servers.
Best for: streaming communities and creator servers that want alerts and a live role from one bot.
Trade-off: its listing names Twitch, YouTube and Kick. For TikTok, Reddit or X posts, pair it with another bot.
Pingcord (for the most platforms)
Pingcord's documentation lists Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Facebook Pages, X, Instagram and custom alerts and timers. Every server gets one integration per service for free, forever, except Instagram, and each integration can track up to 3 channels. Premium is a per-server monthly subscription that adds four more integrations per service, Instagram, unlimited tracked channels per integration, full embed customization, filters and "stream went offline" notifications. Single integrations can also be bought one at a time. It is listed in about 661,000 servers.
Best for: servers that follow a few creators across many platforms.
Trade-off: the free plan's 3 channels per integration is tight for servers following dozens of creators on one platform.
YAGPDB (free feeds with high limits)
YAGPDB is a general-purpose bot with a notifications and feeds section in its documentation covering Reddit, YouTube, Twitch, RSS and streaming. Its premium page says premium raises the Reddit feed limit from 100 to 1,000 per server and the YouTube feed limit from 50 to 250, so the free limits are already high. It is listed in about 3.59 million servers.
Best for: servers that already use YAGPDB, or want many YouTube and Reddit feeds without paying.
Trade-off: YAGPDB does many jobs, so its dashboard has more to find your way around than a single-purpose alert bot.
MonitoRSS (for RSS feeds)
MonitoRSS delivers RSS feed updates to Discord channels. Its listing gives YouTube, Reddit and Steam releases as examples, and anything with an RSS feed works, including blogs, news sites and many podcasts. It runs a free hosted instance and its code is open source. It is listed in about 119,000 servers.
Best for: news, blogs, patch notes and any source that publishes RSS.
Trade-off: it delivers feeds, so pair it with a streaming bot for go-live alerts.
MEE6 (if you already pay for it)
MEE6 supports alerts for Twitch, YouTube, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, X, Bluesky, RSS, Kick and podcasts. Its help center comparison lists all of these social alerts as Premium features, not free ones. On Premium the caps are generous, such as 300 Twitch and 100 YouTube accounts, but MEE6's help center notes that YouTube alerts do not cover livestreams, private, scheduled or members-only videos.
Best for: servers already on MEE6 Premium that want one fewer bot.
Carl-bot (for a handful of channels)
Carl-bot's documentation covers Twitch and YouTube notifications. Servers without premium can follow 1 Twitch channel and 5 YouTube channels, and premium raises that to 5 Twitch and 20 YouTube channels.
Best for: small servers already running Carl-bot that only need to announce one streamer and a few YouTube channels.
A no-bot option for your own announcements
If what you really want is to push your own server's announcements into fans' servers, Discord's Channel Following does that without any bot. Messages published in an Announcement channel appear in every server that follows it. Announcement channels need Community enabled, and the person following needs the Manage Webhooks permission in their server, according to Discord's Channel Following FAQ. Our guide to read-only announcement channels covers the setup, and for custom integrations our Discord webhooks guide shows how services post into a channel.
Which one should you pick?
- Twitch, YouTube and Kick streamers with live roles: Streamcord.
- A few creators across many platforms: Pingcord.
- Lots of YouTube or Reddit feeds for free: YAGPDB.
- Blogs, news and patch notes: MonitoRSS.
- Already paying for MEE6: use its social alerts.
- One streamer and a few YouTubers on a Carl-bot server: Carl-bot.
Setting up alerts so members do not mute them
- Use a dedicated channel such as
#live-nowor#uploads, so alerts do not bury conversation. - Ping an opt-in role, not @everyone. Create a notification role members can choose, then mention that role in the alert.
- Check roles and pings. To ping a role, either turn on "Allow anyone to @mention this role" for it or give the bot the Mention @everyone, @here, and All Roles permission. For live roles, the bot's own role must sit above the role it hands out.
- Test with one creator first before adding the full list, so you can fix the message format once.
FAQ
Is NotifyMe free?
NotifyMe has a free plan. Its website lists 35 free accounts across YouTube, TikTok, Twitch and Kick, with paid plans for more accounts and servers.
What is the best free alternative to NotifyMe?
YAGPDB's free limits for YouTube and Reddit feeds are high (50 and 100 per server), and Pingcord's free plan covers one integration per platform across many platforms. For Twitch, YouTube and Kick live alerts with a live role, try Streamcord's free plan.
Which bot can post Reddit or RSS updates to Discord?
YAGPDB and Pingcord both support Reddit, and MonitoRSS and YAGPDB handle RSS feeds.
Does MEE6 have free Twitch or YouTube alerts?
No. MEE6's help center comparison lists Twitch, YouTube and its other social alerts as Premium features.
Why are my stream alerts not posting?
Check that the bot can view and send messages in the alert channel, that the creator's account is public, and that the bot is allowed to mention the role you chose. Then test with a single creator.
