Alphabot alternative: give whitelist spots to real players
Alphabot is the standard raffle tool in many NFT Discords. Compact Games takes a different route: people earn whitelist spots by playing a branded mini-game, so the list fills with players who actually showed up.
The short answer
Compact Games is a skill-based alternative to Alphabot for whitelist distribution. Instead of drawing winners only from task-completion entries, hosts run a browser mini-game competition with a live leaderboard and award WL spots by rank, by a raffle among players, or both. Alphabot remains the better fit when you mainly need reach across its existing raffle audience or multi-chain wallet collection.
Which one fits your campaign?
Choose Alphabot when
- You want your raffle in front of Alphabot’s large existing audience and its collab-manager network.
- You mainly need to collect wallets across many chains with social tasks attached.
- You want first-come-first-served lists, applications or a mint calendar in one place.
Choose Compact Games when
- Raffle farmers and auto-entry scripts are filling your list with wallets that never mint.
- You want WL to reward people who actually engaged, with an event your community talks about.
- You want to charge for extra attempts and route the revenue into a prize pool, your treasury or token burns.
- You want the game branded with your project’s logo and assets.
Compact Games vs Alphabot, side by side
| Compact Games | Alphabot | |
|---|---|---|
| How winners are chosen | Leaderboard placements, a raffle among all players or only the top players, or a weighted raffle. Modes can be combined. | Random draw among valid entries, plus first-come-first-served and application formats. |
| What entrants do | Play a short browser mini-game and climb a live leaderboard. | Complete tasks such as following on X, joining a Discord and submitting a wallet. |
| Farming resistance | An auto-entry script can’t post a top score. Every run is tied to a signed-in account and a server-signed play token. | Task-based entries can be automated; paid auto-entry services openly exist. |
| Host revenue | Optional tickets or game-passes, split on-chain between creator revenue, prize pool and burns. | Not a focus; raffles are usually free to enter. |
| Branding | Your logo and assets inside the game (Premium Pro). | Customizable raffle page. |
| Discord | The Compact Games bot posts the launch message, top-3 podium changes, best-score updates and winner announcements in a channel you choose. | Post raffles to Discord and Telegram. |
| Existing audience | Smaller and growing. | Large, established raffle audience. |
| Pricing for hosts | Free plan for public competitions. Premium Basic from $29/month adds Discord and whitelist requirements; Premium Pro from $69/month adds NFT/token and X requirements, private competitions and custom game branding. | Free plan for teams; premium membership for individuals from about $8/month (annual). |
Last reviewed September 2026. Alphabot details come from its public documentation and coverage listed under Sources; features and prices change, so check both products before you decide.
How to move from Alphabot (or use both)
Keep your raffle for reach
If you already run an Alphabot raffle, keep it for discovery and use it to invite people to the game.
Run the final on Compact Games
Put your most valuable spots on a Compact Games leaderboard, gated by your Discord role or holder status.
Mix skill and luck
Give the top ranks a guaranteed spot and raffle the rest among everyone who played, so casual members still have a chance.
Export and announce
Export the winners’ wallets for your mint list and let the bot announce results in your server.
Questions teams ask
Is Compact Games a replacement for Alphabot?
It can be, but many teams use both: an Alphabot raffle for reach and a Compact Games competition for the spots they most want to go to engaged community members.
Isn’t skill-based WL unfair to casual players?
You choose the mix. A common setup gives guaranteed spots to the top ranks and raffles the rest among everyone who played at least once.
Can I gate the competition to holders or a Discord role?
Yes. Discord roles and whitelist requirements are available on Premium Basic; NFT and token holdings and X actions on Premium Pro.
Which chain does Compact Games use?
Paid entries and smart-contract prize pools run on Abstract. Whitelist spots themselves are handed out off-chain, so you can distribute WL for a mint on any chain.
Sources
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