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How Counter lines up with other popular anti-cheats on the things you can check.
This page doesn't rank how much each one catches. That can't be measured fairly from the outside, so it sticks to facts each project lists itself.
| Feature | Counter | Grim | Vulcan | Polar | Matrix | Spartan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free | $19.99 once | From €29 a month | From $22 once | €21.99 a year, free up to 5 players |
| Source code | Not public | Open, GPL-3.0 | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Open, GPL-3.0 |
| How it detects, in its own words | Prediction engine | Prediction engine | Packet level checks | Movement simulation and machine learning, in the cloud | Not listed | Not listed |
| Minecraft versions | 1.20.6 to 26.3 | 1.8 to 26.3 | 1.8 to 26.3 | 1.8.8, 1.16.5, 1.18 to 26.2 | 1.8.8 to 1.21 | 1.7 to 26.3 |
| Folia | Yes | Yes | Experimental | Experimental | Yes | Yes |
| Bedrock players | Checked | Skipped | Skipped | Skipped | Skipped | Checked |
| Needs | PacketEvents | Not listed | PacketEvents | Not listed | PacketEvents and a web panel token | Not listed |
| Replays | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Network sync | Alerts, punishments and violations | Alerts | Not listed | Through its cloud | Not listed | Not listed |
| Discord | Webhook and bot | Webhook | Yes | Not listed | Webhook | Webhook |
| Developer API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Checked October 27, 2026, from each project's own pages. Not listed means that page doesn't say, not that the feature is missing. Something out of date? Tell us on Discord.