This thread was copied directly from my spigot thread as the one posted there was locked because of a joke in the replies. Some of you may know who I am. Some of you may not. Either way I expect a lot of backlash/ toxicity because let's be honest the minecraft anticheat community is both toxic along with the MCM community hating people that have a different opinion.
Hi! I'm back. This time I wont be as biased as the last one. The reason as say I wont be as biased is because no one can speak freely without bias in some way shape or form. I will be starting out by saying that no I did not test every anticheat and I dont plan to. If I havent personally tested an anticheat, I will be linking third party videos of that anticheat (meaning I wont use videos from the actual developer unless I have to). Same format as before, ~ means config and * means I havent tested it yet. The 5 categories I will be rating is version support, falses, bypasses, price, and how frequently the resource is updated. Anticheats I havent personally tested I will not give a rating to as that was an issue last time. I will also be linking test servers and download pages.
NCP: 2.75/10 Free
Outdated anticheat but can still detect most movement hacks. Combat is utter shit along with the default config. I would steer clear of NCP because of all the bypasses and falses it has. If you do have to use NCP I would recommend making your own config.
ncp.horizonco.de
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/nocheatplus.26/
AAC: 3.5/10 $20 GBP
Excellent movement checks and ok combat checks but still full of falses like NCP. It provides a ton of customization but even then it will lower your TPS by a lot. Would definitely not be my first pick but if you have to, it does the job.
ncp.horizonco.de
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/aac-advanced-anti-cheat-hack-kill-aura-blocker.6442/
Spartan: 5/10 $22.50 Euros
Pretty good anticheat but has far too many updates. It has ok movement and combat with a good chunk of bypasses. Would recommend for smaller servers as like AAC it can cause some performance issues on larger servers. Some packet checks can cause falses with plugins that affect fall damage so make sure that isnt an issue before using it in a live enviornment.
spartan.vagdedes.com
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/spartan-advanced-anti-cheat-hack-blocker.25638/
GodsEye: 4.75/10 $18.50
Honestly GodsEye is pretty bad of an anticheat. Highjump works up to a MotionY of 1.0 and aura isnt too hard to bypass. It's an ok temporary solution but shouldn't be used for anything permanant.
godseye.nort721.com
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/godseye-anticheat-advanced-detection.69595/
AutoEye: 0/10 Free
Most overly sensitive anticheat that will pretty much false flag on every hit. Doesnt get updated anymore and doesnt even come with a config or a folder.
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/autoeye-anticheat-1-7-1-12.54046/
Reflex: 0.5/10 $10 USD
Worst combat checks of all time and took 2 hits to get a false on the test server. Doesnt come with speed or fly checks since it's combat based and turning on antibot made half the anticheat useless. Took 30 seconds to find an aura bypass on Sigma. Would never recommend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_t20psLK5k
test.reflex.rip
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/「reflex」machine-learning-cheat-detection-»-1-8-1-16.21122/
Intave: 2.5/10 50 Euros
Ok combat and movement checks along with some decent scaffold checks but there's 1 problem. The price. No one should have to worry that the anticheat is going to have super good bypasses for 50 Euros but here we are. Sigma has multiple configs for it that even work on the free version.
https://intave.de/home
Matrix: 3/10 Free or $23.30
Good anticheat for generic things like jesus and speed, however the machine learning is far too easy to false if the player lags spikes. Along with the fact that 99% of clients have an antibot making the bot useless just like Reflex. The free version is only good for small servers as the playercount is maxed out at 75 players and the premium version is far too overpriced to warrent buying it.
ncp.horizonco.de or ac.zakshearman.com
(MCM censors the market that this is hosted so you'll have to search for it yourself)
Overflow: DISCONTINUED
Verus: 5/10 $60-$175
Verus is an ok anticheat, but all the disablers, bypasses, and unhappy customers in the past tell you that Verus isnt good. Aura checks are sub par and movement checks have the potential to false flag.
mc.nevercapp.in (outdated version)
https://www.mc-market.org/threads/335067/
Phoenix Anticheat: 0/10 Free
Just dont get it. It's that simple
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/phoenix-anti-cheat.6207/
AngelX: 4.5/10 $30
AngelX is a pretty bad anticheat and had some of the most hilarious disablers in the past. It seems to be decently lag free but some issues have still been in the anticheat for multiple versions with what seems to be no plans to fix them. A lot of ghost clients can bypass it for quite a while before they're picked up but it can detect blatant clients somewhat well.
https://www.mc-market.org/resources/10396/
JI Janitor: 0.5/10 $20.00
What can I say but the dev thinks that this anticheat is good for "all your anticheat needs" when it's checks are horrid for the price even if it was free.
https://www.mc-market.org/resources/2442/
Horizon: 5.75/10 Free
Decently good anticheat for smp/ prisons servers that dont need a combat based anticheat. It doesnt get updated anymore but it's still good to check out for your basic needs and it's free so you cant really go wrong with it.
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/...etection-in-new-era-1-8-1-12-1-13-1-14.65830/
Negativity: 1.5/10 Free
Anticheat is making a come back eventually but checks right now arent that good. Default config let's anyone with high ping or using ping spoof to pretty much bypass the entire thing. Would only recommend if your server consists of little to no pvp until the recode is announced and properly tested.
server.negativity.fr
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/ac-negativity-spigot-1-7-1-16-sponge-bungeecord-velocity.48399/
ThotPatrol: 5.5/10 Free
Anticheat is no longer maintained by the original author but it's still a viable option if you have a dev that can fix the few issues it does have. Even if you dont, it should still suffice for a 1.7-1.8 only server.
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/thotpatrol-advanced-cheat-detection-1-7-1-8.79978/
Vulcan: 7.75/10 $15
Vulcan is a pretty good choice as updates roll out weekly or bi-weekly most of the time. Vulcan has a lot of issues with lag in the past but those seem to be ironed out in the latest versions. Better prices and detections as AAC and Spartan and even Verus in some parts. The 1.7-1.16 support is also a big + as a lot of anticheats dont support that big of a spectrum.
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/vulcan-advanced-cheat-detection-1-7-1-16-3.83626/
Taka: 2/10 8 Euros
Taka is probably one of the worst premium anticheats price wise. It has 0 timer detections and very little bhop detections. BoatFly bypasses as long as you go down and Sigma's Viper fly works if you start flying off of a slime block. Definitely a product to avoid.
takaac.apexmc.co
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/takaanticheat-takaac-cheap-and-reliable-solution.45167/
Artemis: 1/10 $60 or $160
I'll let the video speak for itself
It does something but lagbacks make it too easy to find bypasses
https://artemis.ac
MarkElf's NCP config~: 3.75/10 $7.50/4 months & $2.50 renew
An NCP config is an NCP config. No matter what you do, NCP will never be good enough to compete with the big boys. Aura is still easy to bypass along with bhop just like normal NCP but this time you have to pay for it.
https://www.mc-market.org/resources/475/
Medusa: 2.25/10 Free
Medusa is a pretty bad anticheat and some little things like you having to turn on alerts everytime you login kinda makes it feel a bit clunky. Along with the fact that there are about 10 falses I found in the span of 20 minutes that could be replicated
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/...st-cheat-detection-3-3-reach-detection.83345/
AntiHaxorMan: 1.5/10 Free
AHM is a pretty bad anticheat riddled with falses." It's not updated often and really should get a considerable amount of work done before using it on a live enviornment. Combat checks are pretty good for a free anticheat but with all the other issues it shouldn't be relied upon.
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/antihaxerman-3-3-reach.83198/
Sparky*: $60 & $160 + Enterprise
Sparky seems to be a very good choice as of right now. Videos show that it can detect both blatant and ghost clients with ease.
https://www.mc-market.org/threads/603663/
Server specific anticheats
Anticheats listed here will not include a price tag (obviously) and any rating I put here should be taken with a grain of salt as I'm not able to test it extensively.
Watchdog: 3.5/10
It's hard to put Watchdog in a place that isnt too low that it's as bad as NCP but not too high that people will yell at me. It's able to detect a lot of things that it isnt given credit for. In fact just a couple days ago it got an update that faster boost fly's became unreliable and alerted staff. It's a pretty lenient anticheat with most of the false bans coming from people either ghost hacking or having a mod that they didnt know triggered Watchdog.
GWEN: 0.5/10
By far the 2nd worst private anticheat to exist. Bypasses make you go mach 10 and reach checks are almost non-existent. It barely even bans hackers with about 95% of my Mineplex bans coming from staff.
Sentinel: 3.5/10
Sentinel is ok at best since a lot of bypasses are the easiest to fix but I've heard (not 100% true) that the devs of Sentinel intentionally make it bad as to not get rid of a lot of their players that just so happen to be hacking.
AGC: 8.75/10
This is probably the most controversial rating im going to make but AGC is kinda bad. Takes ages to ban autoclickers and mild aimassist even with staff online. Rarely updated which just contributes to making it even worse.
Godzilla -∞/10
Utter shit. Just plain dogshit. The fact that this is protecting a server is mind blowing as a TickSpeed that let's you go over 90 bps bypasses along with an 18 bps fly which I'm 99% certain can go faster as it's essentially a TickFly.
Spark: 9.5/10
By far a great anticheat with very powerful checks. Went in with little confidence and came out with a semi bypassing sigma aura and an autopot which is a first. potion.land is definitely underrated in terms of players but that's besides the point. I found a scaffold that kinda worked but took like 30 seconds of bridging to get banned and tower didnt even work that well. The same NoSlow that works on AGC and PVPLand still works here but it doesnt give much of an advantage since autoblock doesnt work.
If you know of any anticheats I missed that are easy to get my hands on then reply below. Kauri and Karhu are planned btw. I'm most likely missing a lot of stuff so feel free to comment any arguments or stuff I missed.
Hi! I'm back. This time I wont be as biased as the last one. The reason as say I wont be as biased is because no one can speak freely without bias in some way shape or form. I will be starting out by saying that no I did not test every anticheat and I dont plan to. If I havent personally tested an anticheat, I will be linking third party videos of that anticheat (meaning I wont use videos from the actual developer unless I have to). Same format as before, ~ means config and * means I havent tested it yet. The 5 categories I will be rating is version support, falses, bypasses, price, and how frequently the resource is updated. Anticheats I havent personally tested I will not give a rating to as that was an issue last time. I will also be linking test servers and download pages.
NCP: 2.75/10 Free
Outdated anticheat but can still detect most movement hacks. Combat is utter shit along with the default config. I would steer clear of NCP because of all the bypasses and falses it has. If you do have to use NCP I would recommend making your own config.
ncp.horizonco.de
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/nocheatplus.26/
AAC: 3.5/10 $20 GBP
Excellent movement checks and ok combat checks but still full of falses like NCP. It provides a ton of customization but even then it will lower your TPS by a lot. Would definitely not be my first pick but if you have to, it does the job.
ncp.horizonco.de
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/aac-advanced-anti-cheat-hack-kill-aura-blocker.6442/
Spartan: 5/10 $22.50 Euros
Pretty good anticheat but has far too many updates. It has ok movement and combat with a good chunk of bypasses. Would recommend for smaller servers as like AAC it can cause some performance issues on larger servers. Some packet checks can cause falses with plugins that affect fall damage so make sure that isnt an issue before using it in a live enviornment.
spartan.vagdedes.com
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/spartan-advanced-anti-cheat-hack-blocker.25638/
GodsEye: 4.75/10 $18.50
Honestly GodsEye is pretty bad of an anticheat. Highjump works up to a MotionY of 1.0 and aura isnt too hard to bypass. It's an ok temporary solution but shouldn't be used for anything permanant.
godseye.nort721.com
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/godseye-anticheat-advanced-detection.69595/
AutoEye: 0/10 Free
Most overly sensitive anticheat that will pretty much false flag on every hit. Doesnt get updated anymore and doesnt even come with a config or a folder.
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/autoeye-anticheat-1-7-1-12.54046/
Reflex: 0.5/10 $10 USD
Worst combat checks of all time and took 2 hits to get a false on the test server. Doesnt come with speed or fly checks since it's combat based and turning on antibot made half the anticheat useless. Took 30 seconds to find an aura bypass on Sigma. Would never recommend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_t20psLK5k
test.reflex.rip
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/「reflex」machine-learning-cheat-detection-»-1-8-1-16.21122/
Intave: 2.5/10 50 Euros
Ok combat and movement checks along with some decent scaffold checks but there's 1 problem. The price. No one should have to worry that the anticheat is going to have super good bypasses for 50 Euros but here we are. Sigma has multiple configs for it that even work on the free version.
https://intave.de/home
Matrix: 3/10 Free or $23.30
Good anticheat for generic things like jesus and speed, however the machine learning is far too easy to false if the player lags spikes. Along with the fact that 99% of clients have an antibot making the bot useless just like Reflex. The free version is only good for small servers as the playercount is maxed out at 75 players and the premium version is far too overpriced to warrent buying it.
ncp.horizonco.de or ac.zakshearman.com
(MCM censors the market that this is hosted so you'll have to search for it yourself)
Overflow: DISCONTINUED
Verus: 5/10 $60-$175
Verus is an ok anticheat, but all the disablers, bypasses, and unhappy customers in the past tell you that Verus isnt good. Aura checks are sub par and movement checks have the potential to false flag.
mc.nevercapp.in (outdated version)
https://www.mc-market.org/threads/335067/
Phoenix Anticheat: 0/10 Free
Just dont get it. It's that simple
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/phoenix-anti-cheat.6207/
AngelX: 4.5/10 $30
AngelX is a pretty bad anticheat and had some of the most hilarious disablers in the past. It seems to be decently lag free but some issues have still been in the anticheat for multiple versions with what seems to be no plans to fix them. A lot of ghost clients can bypass it for quite a while before they're picked up but it can detect blatant clients somewhat well.
https://www.mc-market.org/resources/10396/
JI Janitor: 0.5/10 $20.00
What can I say but the dev thinks that this anticheat is good for "all your anticheat needs" when it's checks are horrid for the price even if it was free.
https://www.mc-market.org/resources/2442/
Horizon: 5.75/10 Free
Decently good anticheat for smp/ prisons servers that dont need a combat based anticheat. It doesnt get updated anymore but it's still good to check out for your basic needs and it's free so you cant really go wrong with it.
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/...etection-in-new-era-1-8-1-12-1-13-1-14.65830/
Negativity: 1.5/10 Free
Anticheat is making a come back eventually but checks right now arent that good. Default config let's anyone with high ping or using ping spoof to pretty much bypass the entire thing. Would only recommend if your server consists of little to no pvp until the recode is announced and properly tested.
server.negativity.fr
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/ac-negativity-spigot-1-7-1-16-sponge-bungeecord-velocity.48399/
ThotPatrol: 5.5/10 Free
Anticheat is no longer maintained by the original author but it's still a viable option if you have a dev that can fix the few issues it does have. Even if you dont, it should still suffice for a 1.7-1.8 only server.
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/thotpatrol-advanced-cheat-detection-1-7-1-8.79978/
Vulcan: 7.75/10 $15
Vulcan is a pretty good choice as updates roll out weekly or bi-weekly most of the time. Vulcan has a lot of issues with lag in the past but those seem to be ironed out in the latest versions. Better prices and detections as AAC and Spartan and even Verus in some parts. The 1.7-1.16 support is also a big + as a lot of anticheats dont support that big of a spectrum.
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/vulcan-advanced-cheat-detection-1-7-1-16-3.83626/
Taka: 2/10 8 Euros
Taka is probably one of the worst premium anticheats price wise. It has 0 timer detections and very little bhop detections. BoatFly bypasses as long as you go down and Sigma's Viper fly works if you start flying off of a slime block. Definitely a product to avoid.
takaac.apexmc.co
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/takaanticheat-takaac-cheap-and-reliable-solution.45167/
Artemis: 1/10 $60 or $160
I'll let the video speak for itself
It does something but lagbacks make it too easy to find bypasses
https://artemis.ac
MarkElf's NCP config~: 3.75/10 $7.50/4 months & $2.50 renew
An NCP config is an NCP config. No matter what you do, NCP will never be good enough to compete with the big boys. Aura is still easy to bypass along with bhop just like normal NCP but this time you have to pay for it.
https://www.mc-market.org/resources/475/
Medusa: 2.25/10 Free
Medusa is a pretty bad anticheat and some little things like you having to turn on alerts everytime you login kinda makes it feel a bit clunky. Along with the fact that there are about 10 falses I found in the span of 20 minutes that could be replicated
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/...st-cheat-detection-3-3-reach-detection.83345/
AntiHaxorMan: 1.5/10 Free
AHM is a pretty bad anticheat riddled with falses." It's not updated often and really should get a considerable amount of work done before using it on a live enviornment. Combat checks are pretty good for a free anticheat but with all the other issues it shouldn't be relied upon.
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/antihaxerman-3-3-reach.83198/
Sparky*: $60 & $160 + Enterprise
Sparky seems to be a very good choice as of right now. Videos show that it can detect both blatant and ghost clients with ease.
https://www.mc-market.org/threads/603663/
Server specific anticheats
Anticheats listed here will not include a price tag (obviously) and any rating I put here should be taken with a grain of salt as I'm not able to test it extensively.
Watchdog: 3.5/10
It's hard to put Watchdog in a place that isnt too low that it's as bad as NCP but not too high that people will yell at me. It's able to detect a lot of things that it isnt given credit for. In fact just a couple days ago it got an update that faster boost fly's became unreliable and alerted staff. It's a pretty lenient anticheat with most of the false bans coming from people either ghost hacking or having a mod that they didnt know triggered Watchdog.
GWEN: 0.5/10
By far the 2nd worst private anticheat to exist. Bypasses make you go mach 10 and reach checks are almost non-existent. It barely even bans hackers with about 95% of my Mineplex bans coming from staff.
Sentinel: 3.5/10
Sentinel is ok at best since a lot of bypasses are the easiest to fix but I've heard (not 100% true) that the devs of Sentinel intentionally make it bad as to not get rid of a lot of their players that just so happen to be hacking.
AGC: 8.75/10
This is probably the most controversial rating im going to make but AGC is kinda bad. Takes ages to ban autoclickers and mild aimassist even with staff online. Rarely updated which just contributes to making it even worse.
Godzilla -∞/10
Utter shit. Just plain dogshit. The fact that this is protecting a server is mind blowing as a TickSpeed that let's you go over 90 bps bypasses along with an 18 bps fly which I'm 99% certain can go faster as it's essentially a TickFly.
Spark: 9.5/10
By far a great anticheat with very powerful checks. Went in with little confidence and came out with a semi bypassing sigma aura and an autopot which is a first. potion.land is definitely underrated in terms of players but that's besides the point. I found a scaffold that kinda worked but took like 30 seconds of bridging to get banned and tower didnt even work that well. The same NoSlow that works on AGC and PVPLand still works here but it doesnt give much of an advantage since autoblock doesnt work.
If you know of any anticheats I missed that are easy to get my hands on then reply below. Kauri and Karhu are planned btw. I'm most likely missing a lot of stuff so feel free to comment any arguments or stuff I missed.
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