9 Best Discord Music Bots to Elevate Your Server

Discord is the platform of choice for gamers to party up or catch up on the latest news. How about level up your Discord server with Discord music bots, helping create a sense of community during gaming sessions and social hangouts online.

Today, we’ve featured 9 of the best Discord music bots you can use, how they work, and what you can do with them!

1. What Is a Music Bot for Discord?

Before we get into the list, you may be wondering what a Discord music bot even is. In the broadest definition of the term, a Discord Music Bot is a ‘bot’ that helps you or all the participants in the server play and listen to music on your server.

It syncs music playback across participants’ devices, has advanced controls & playlist management features and is a one-stop solution for listening to music while gaming.

In short, music bots in Discord can do a lot to keep server participants engaged and connected through music.

2. Top 9 Discord Music Bots

Here are the best 9 music bots for Discord:

1SoundCloud

First up we have the official SoundCloud bot. Now if you’re a die-hard SoundCloud fanatic, this should be your first choice. You can link your SoundCloud account to the bot to access and play your playlists and library.

Plus, the bot also has a few unique features like the ‘/discover’ command which plays any new and upcoming popular tracks to add to your playlists. And since it's provided by SoundCloud themselves, you don’t have to worry about the bot getting taken down.

But this comes with the obvious downside that you can’t access any music or tracks from platforms other than SoundCloud. If you’re a Spotify or Apple Music user for example, best skip this one.

Available Music: SoundCloud

My Experience: I use SoundCloud a lot and I love listening to SoundCloud music on Discord while gaming, so I find it helpful to use SoundCloud music bot in the Discord servers.

2Green-bot

Next up we have Green-bot, a dedicated music bot for Discord that allows you to do most things you’d need it to do. It can host and play selected tracks and allows convenient access to media controls as a message in your server.

Plus, Green-bot’s got a great selection of audio filters and unlimited queues for songs, so your entire server can add to your playlist without worry. And if your friend’s got a killer playlist, you can assign him as DJ to keep the tunes flowing.

My Experience: Many of Discord servers I'm in use Green-bot music bot and it offers DJ system so that we can assign someone as a DJ in the server. It's funny!

3FredBoat

FredBoat is another fantastic Discord music bot to enhance your server. It supports a great variety of platforms including Spotify, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp to name a few.

Plus, FredBoat also supports exporting playlists, a variety of convenient commands, and a lightweight UI. It does feel a little more ‘basic’ than we’d like, but it works flawlessly and doesn’t require any technical know-how to get set up.

The free version is also plenty powerful, so you don’t need a premium plan for most features.

My Experience: FreBoat supports lots of music playlist and someone who doesn't speak English can also use this bot because it supports multiple languages.

4Kenku FM

Kenku FM is predominantly an online tabletop audio sharing music bot for Discord, but it can work for users who’d prefer a separate app from Discord to manage any audio you’re playing.

It can be used to share music on Discord, similar to how a music bot would. And you can also share any local audio files as well as audio/video from websites using the built-in player.

Kenku FM’s a more ‘comprehensive’ media manager for Discord and isn’t exactly a ‘bot’, but it works just as well, if not better, especially if you require more precise managing of music on your server.

My Experience: I discover this platform really multi-functional and helpful because it's more than a music bot. It also allows me to share music to Discord. However, it may require some technical skills to use this tool.

5MatchBox

MatchBox is a solid Discord music both with a great selection of supported platforms. It has a great selection of playback controls, including universal volume control which surprisingly, you don’t see as often on Discord music bots.

However, we did notice that the free version was incredibly limited so unless you need a ‘custom’ bot for your Discord, try one of the other options on the list first before committing to a plan.

My Experience: I like the volume control feature of MatchBox music bot as it's useful for me to easily control the volume up and down.

6.fmbot

Contrary to other ‘music bots’, the .fmbot doesn’t function as a ‘music player’ but instead shares your music listening history with your server. This way, you and your pals can keep track of what everyone’s tuning in to, while sharing their own playlists and artists.

With this info, you can generate ‘advanced’ image charts with your listening habits & analytics, and can check any ‘trending’ tracks participants in your server are into.

It’s not a ‘music player’, but it’s a great addition for servers who don’t require live music streaming, but a chance to connect with friends using music.

My Experience: According to the listening history, it can generate an image chart to show what I've listened and give me a summary. It's interesting!

7Zandercraft Bot

Zandercraft Bot is a ‘multi-purpose’ Discord bot that has a built-in music system, but, it can also handle generating memes, GIFS, and other images, as well as providing users with an arsenal of mod utility tools.

But its most powerful feature is its fully-fledged music system. The audio stream from the bot is high-quality, has straightforward & comprehensive commands, and supports a variety of platforms.

If you need a more versatile bot for your Discord server besides just music streaming, it’s a solid choice to check out.

My Experience: I'm a big fan of Zandercraft music bot because it only helps me with the music system in the Discord servers, but also creating images and memes, which brings a log fun to our chats!

8Jockie Music

Jockie Music is another great option that also has a ‘4-in-1’ Bot package, so you and your server can use up to 4 bots in your server.

This way, if you’re using multiple music bots on Discord, this centralizes it and makes it a more ‘seamless’ experience with the same prefixes and commands. Plus, Jockie Music also allows importing from a variety of platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud, and more.

Otherwise, you can expect most of the same features you’ve seen on other music bots, but it’s a great choice if you need one convenient music bot to handle multiple servers.

My Experience: Jockie Music bot is a famous music bot with lots of users, and it's convenient for me to use because it can handle multiple servers.

9Chip

Last but not least, we have the Chip bot, a ‘basic’ yet versatile music bot for Discord. Chip allows high-quality audio streaming and also supports 24/7 music playback. Additionally, Chip allows users access to ‘volume control’ for free, which can be locked behind a paid plan on other bots.

It supports a great variety of music platforms including Spotify and SoundCloud but it also allows you to play music from any of your local file. The ‘Autoplay’ feature, lets the ‘Chip’ bot continually add recommended tracks to the queue, simplifying the process.

However many of its features are locked behind a paywall which severely limits its functionality.

My Experience: I often use the Autoplay feature when I don't have time to set up the queue playlist in the Discord server, and it can recommend musich and add it to the queue automatically.

3. Which Is the Best Discord Music Bot?

All that said, which is the undisputed ‘best’ Discord music bot? Well, it’s really a matter of preference and what you want the music bot to do. Most options on our list will allow you to play server-wide synced audio.

For most general users, FredBoat, Green-bot, and MatchBox are great choices.

If you’re into tabletop games or need a separate app from ‘Discord’ to manage music on your server, then Kenku FM is your best bet.

Need a convenient and ‘interesting’ take for a music bot? .fmbot works great for engaging with users based on personal music tastes and favorite artists.

While most bots will do the trick, the key to identifying the right bot for you should be the one that has all the features already available for free. In our opinion, ‘premium’ subscriptions mainly lock existing features, whereas there are plenty of free options that allow access to the feature.

It’s worth checking out each and comparing which has 24/7 playback already for free, or volume control, for example. Otherwise, most music bots on Discord work largely the same, save for a few exclusive features here and there, so go wild and try them out!