ExploitShield vs Matrix AntiCheat
ExploitShield
github.comMatrix AntiCheat
matrix.ripSide by side
| Figure | ExploitShield | Matrix AntiCheat |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $15/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Anti-Cheat Plugins | 7.6 (#13) | 7.8 (#8) |
| Spec score · Minecraft anti-cheat plugins | 7.7 (#13) | 7.7 (#17) |
| Purpose | ExploitShield is an open-source Minecraft server plugin for protection against packet exploits, crash attempts, invalid NBT data, malicious payloads, and duplication methods. | Matrix is a Minecraft anti-cheat plugin that detects a wide range of cheats and hacks. |
| Support | The project directs users to its Discord community for help, bug reports, and feature suggestions, and welcomes GitHub issues and contributions. | The homepage directs users to Discord for questions and says the plugin is updated to fix bugs and support newer Minecraft versions. |
Plans
Matrix AntiCheat
- Cloud$15 a month
- Premium$22, paid once
- Enterprise$129, paid once
In their own words
ExploitShield
ExploitShield is a free, open-source Minecraft server plugin that guards against packet exploits, crash attempts, invalid NBT data, malicious payloads, and duplication methods. It filters and validates packets, limits their rate, detects malformed traffic, and checks payloads and plugin messages. NBT checks cover oversized content, invalid UTF-8, illegal characters, and invalid stack sizes. Listed crash protections address books, signs, payloads, chat overflow, TabComplete, and invalid packet cancellation. Duplication defenses cover inventory, creative, hoppers, containers, pistons, minecarts, boats, and vehicles, alongside chunk detection and item signature tracking. Administrators can configure protection modules, thresholds, packet and rate limits, alert messages, and punishments. Responses include alerts, cancellations, kicks, bans, IP bans, and custom commands. It supports Minecraft 1.17.x–1.21.x on Paper, Spigot, and Folia, and requires Java 17+, PacketEvents 2.13.0+, and ProtocolLib 5.4.0+. The license is GPL-3.0; modified distributions or projects incorporating its source must use that license and publish their complete source code.
Matrix AntiCheat
Matrix AntiCheat has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.