# Terms of Service ยท Sift Mod Source: https://siftmod.com/terms > The terms for using the Sift Discord bot. SFT.LEGAL // last updated September 29, 2026 # Terms of Service. In Short Sift is a tool that helps your moderators. It's good, but it isn't perfect, and your team stays responsible for the calls it makes. Don't misuse it. Free includes 1,000 smart checks per month; Premium and Max are Discord subscriptions when offered (see section 5). Smart checks use TypeSafe AI as a subprocessor (see section 11). These terms apply to your use of the Sift Discord bot and this website ("Sift", "we", "us"). By adding Sift to a server or using it, you agree to them. If you add Sift on behalf of a server, you confirm you have permission to do so. ## 1\. The service Sift is an automated moderation bot for Discord. It checks messages and names against rules and an AI model, can remove content and take actions your server has configured, and gives your moderators tools to review and act on cases. Features may change as we improve Sift. In Short Sift is an automated moderation bot. It checks messages and names, can act on them, and gives your mods tools to review cases. Features can change. ## 2\. Automated decisions Sift makes automated judgements, and some will be wrong: it can miss rule-breaking content, and it can flag content that's fine. Specifically: - Sift supports your moderators; it doesn't replace them. The server's staff are responsible for their rules, their settings and the actions taken in their server. - Sift is not an emergency service. If it flags that someone may be at risk, that is a prompt for your team, not a guarantee that every such message will be caught. If someone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services. - Members who think Sift acted wrongly should use the server's appeal process or contact its moderators. In Short Sift will get some calls wrong. It supports your moderators, isn't an emergency service, and members who disagree should use the server's appeal process. ## 3\. Your responsibilities If you install or configure Sift, you agree to: - follow [Discord's Terms of Service](https://discord.com/terms) and [Community Guidelines](https://discord.com/guidelines); - tell your members that the server uses automated moderation, for example in your rules channel; - give Sift only the permissions it needs, and keep your settings appropriate for your community. In Short If you add Sift, follow Discord's rules, tell members the server uses automated moderation, and keep its permissions and settings sensible. ## 4\. Acceptable use You may not use Sift to: - harass, target or unfairly punish people, or to collect information about them outside normal moderation; - break the law or Discord's rules; - overload, reverse-engineer, test for weaknesses in or get around the limits of Sift, including the free plan's monthly limit; - resell or re-host Sift without our written permission. In Short Don't use Sift to harass people, break the law, overload or reverse-engineer it, dodge the free limit, or resell it. ## 5\. Plans and payment - **Free:** includes 1,000 smart checks per server per calendar month (UTC). Instant, rule-based protection (scam links, spam and flood limits, raids, blocklist hits, and similar) does not use that allowance and keeps running when smart checks are exhausted. When the monthly pool is used up, AI scoring pauses until the 1st of the next month; your log channel gets a heads-up as you approach the limit. - **Premium** ($4.99 per server per month) includes 5,000 smart checks per month and AI name checks. **Sift Max** ($14.99 per server per month) includes unlimited smart checks plus the features on our [pricing page](/pricing). They are per-server subscriptions sold through Discord when Discord offers them for Sift in your region. Discord, not us, processes payment, tax, renewal, cancellation, and refunds under [Discord's terms](https://discord.com/terms). We receive whether a server has an active entitlement, not your card or wallet details. - **Boosters** put a plan you pay for on another server. If one of your own servers is on Premium or Max, you can buy a booster for the same plan (a one-time 30-day purchase, as many as you like; several on one server run one after another) or a boost credit (a monthly subscription, $5 for Premium or $15 for Max, that gives you one booster for as long as it runs). Put a booster on a server, and take it off, from the **/boost** panel; the days it hadn't used go with it. Boosters are sold through Discord, like plans, and follow Discord's refund rules. - If no paid subscription is active, the server stays on Free. We may also grant Premium or Max manually (for example trials or support); those grants can be changed or removed at any time and do not create a billing relationship with Discord. - Cancelling in Discord stops the next renewal. Paid features remain through the period already paid for, then the server returns to Free unless another entitlement applies. - We may change prices or what each plan includes. Changes won't apply to a billing period you've already paid for. We'll give reasonable notice before they affect renewals. In Short Free is 1,000 smart checks a month. Premium ($4.99) and Max ($14.99) are per-server Discord subscriptions, and Discord handles payment. Cancelling keeps paid features until the period ends. Boosters put your plan on another server. Boosters put your plan on another server. ## 6\. Availability We aim to keep Sift running around the clock, but we don't guarantee it will always be available or error-free. Sift depends on Discord and on our AI provider, and outages there can affect it. When smart checks are unavailable, Sift tells your log channel and keeps running its rule-based protection. In Short We aim for around-the-clock uptime but can't promise it. If smart checks go down, rule-based protection keeps running. ## 7\. Ending use You can stop using Sift at any time by removing it from your server. We may suspend or remove Sift from a server that breaks these terms, or stop offering Sift altogether; if we discontinue a paid plan, we'll give reasonable notice. In Short Remove Sift any time. We can remove it from a server that breaks these terms, and we'll give notice if a paid plan is discontinued. ## 8\. Our content Sift's name, logo, code and website belong to us. Your server's content stays yours; you give us permission to process it only as needed to run Sift, as described in our [Privacy Policy](/privacy). In Short Sift's name, logo, code and site are ours. Your server's content stays yours, processed only to run Sift. ## 9\. Disclaimers and liability Sift is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent the law allows. We are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, for content posted by others, or for actions taken in your server by Sift under your settings or by your moderators. Where our liability can't be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid us for Sift in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing here limits rights you have that can't be waived under the law where you live. In Short Sift is provided as is. We're not liable for indirect losses or for actions taken in your server, and our liability is capped at what you paid in the last 12 months. ## 10\. Changes We may update these terms. We'll change the date at the top and, for significant changes, give notice in Sift's support server. Continuing to use Sift after a change means you accept it. In Short We may update these terms. Continuing to use Sift after a change means you accept it. ## 11\. Technology partners and attribution Sift is developed and operated by Jev. The smart-check pipeline that classifies messages and names uses AI moderation infrastructure provided by [TypeSafe AI](https://typesafe.ai/) ("TypeSafe") as a service provider and subprocessor. TypeSafe processes message and name text only as instructed by Sift to return moderation scores and categories; it does not use that content to train public models for unrelated purposes under our agreement with them. Discord, Inc. hosts the platform where Sift runs. Sift is not sponsored or endorsed by Discord. References to Discord trademarks are for identification only. Your use of Discord remains governed by Discord's own terms and policies. We may change subprocessors with reasonable notice where required by law or contract. A current summary of categories of subprocessors appears in our [Privacy Policy](/privacy). In Short Sift is run by Jev. TypeSafe AI classifies messages as our subprocessor. Sift isn't endorsed by Discord. ## 12\. Server content and moderation records Messages, names, and other content in your Discord server belong to you and your members. By using Sift, you instruct us to process that content to provide moderation features and to store moderation records (cases, strikes, appeals, settings) as described in the Privacy Policy. Server owners and authorized moderators control Sift's settings, can export or delete case history where the product allows, and are responsible for how they use exported data. We are not responsible for moderators copying case exports outside Discord or retaining them longer than your own policies require. In Short Server content belongs to you and your members. Moderators control settings and exports, and are responsible for exported data. ## 13\. Indemnification To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Jev, TypeSafe (solely to the extent TypeSafe is named because of your misuse of Sift rather than TypeSafe's provision of services to us), and our respective affiliates, officers, and agents from claims, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of: - your breach of these terms or of Discord's terms; - your server's rules, moderation actions, or treatment of members; - content you or your members post, except to the extent a claim arises solely from our intentional misconduct or gross negligence in operating Sift. In Short You agree to cover claims arising from your misuse of Sift, your server's rules and actions, or content you or your members post. ## 14\. Copyright and DMCA We respect intellectual property rights. If you believe content processed by Sift infringes your copyright, contact us with a description of the work, the material, and your contact information. We may forward appropriate notices to the relevant server's administrators where we are able to do so. Repeat infringers may lose access to Sift where we are legally permitted to act. In Short Send us copyright notices with the work and your details. Repeat infringers can lose access. ## 15\. Export and sanctions You may not use Sift where prohibited by export-control or sanctions law, or if you are on a government denied-party list. You represent that you are not located in, and will not use Sift from, a jurisdiction where the service would be prohibited. In Short Don't use Sift where export-control or sanctions law prohibits it. ## 16\. Dispute resolution Before filing a formal claim, contact us and allow a reasonable time to resolve the issue informally. If we cannot resolve a dispute, and except where your local law gives you mandatory rights to bring claims in your home courts, you agree that disputes will be resolved in the courts of the jurisdiction where Jev operates, unless otherwise required by applicable consumer protection law. If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, nothing in these terms removes mandatory protections you have under local law, including the right to use local dispute bodies where applicable. In Short Contact us first to resolve disputes. Local consumer rights, including in the EEA and UK, still apply. ## 17\. Miscellaneous - **Severability:** if one provision is invalid, the rest remain in effect. - **No waiver:** failing to enforce a provision once does not waive it later. - **Assignment:** you may not assign these terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, sale, or reorganization with notice where required. - **Entire agreement:** these terms and the Privacy Policy are the full agreement about Sift, aside from any separate written agreement we sign with you. In Short Standard legal terms: severability, no waiver, limits on assignment, and these terms plus the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement. ## 18\. Contact Questions about these terms: [support page](/support). In Short Questions about the terms go to the contact below.