Guild and Matrica compared

Matrica verifies NFT and token holders across Solana, Bitcoin and EVM chains; Guild gates Discord, Telegram and pages on 50 EVM mainnets, free, with points and an MCP server.

Guild and Matrica both give Discord and Telegram members roles based on the tokens and NFTs they hold. Matrica is a holder verification service for NFT communities. Its chain list leads with Solana, and it verifies holders on Solana, Bitcoin, Eclipse and five EVM chains, checks NFT traits and statuses such as staked or listed, and adds sales bots, events and proposals. Guild is a community home on guild.xyz: it checks onchain activity, social accounts and Guild activity as well as holdings on 50 EVM mainnets, and adds points, quests, gated pages and an MCP server for AI agents. Discord and Telegram gating are on Guild's Free plan.

The Matrica details on this page come from its own site, docs and pricing guide, as of November 2026. Check the sources for anything that may have changed.

At a glance

	Guild	Matrica
What it is	A home for your community on guild.xyz: roles with requirements that unlock rewards and pages	Token gating and holder verification for NFT communities, managed from Matrica Business; members verify on matrica.io
Discord gating	Yes, on the Free plan: Guild's bot gives and removes Discord roles	Yes: Discord holder verification is in every plan
Telegram gating	Yes, on the Free plan: Guild's bot lets members into private groups and channels and removes them	Yes; groups beyond the one included cost $15 a month each
Chains	50 EVM mainnets; holding history on Ethereum and Base	Solana, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polygon, Eclipse, Base, Monad and ApeChain
Onchain requirements	Token and NFT balances, specific token IDs, contract queries, wallet activity, EAS attestations	NFTs by collection, amount and attribute; SPL, ERC-20, BRC-20 and Runes tokens; NFT status (listed, rented, staked); royalties paid; Ordinals inscription numbers; Solana validator stake; compressed NFTs
Other requirements	X, Discord, Telegram, GitHub, Farcaster, YouTube, email, POAP, World ID, allowlists, scores, points and more	Lists of X usernames or wallet addresses (Pro plan)
Combining rules	All, Any one or Some	AND and OR across rules
Community tools	Pages, feeds, announcements, chat, points, quests, forms and voting	Sales and listing bots, events with ticketing, proposals, holder snapshots
AI agents	Guild MCP server (beta) at `https://mcp.guild.xyz/mcp`, free on every plan	API access on the Enterprise plan; no MCP server in its docs
Pricing	Free plan; Starter $29, Pro $99, Growth $399 a month per guild	Premium $99 a month ($899 a year), Pro $199 a month ($1,750 a year), Enterprise on request; add-ons for more roles, Telegram groups and snapshots with Discord IDs

When to choose Guild

You gate by more than holdings. A Guild role can ask for a token balance and an X follow, a Discord role, a GitHub account of a certain age or a first transaction months ago. See Requirements.
You want gating without a subscription. Discord and Telegram gating are on Guild's Free plan. Paid plans start at $29 a month per guild. See Plans.
You want quests and points. Give points when members earn a role, rank them on a leaderboard, and let balances unlock further roles. See Points.
You want an AI agent to run it. Connect Claude, Codex, Cursor or another MCP client and ask it to create roles, requirements and rewards. See Agents.
You want a home outside Discord. Guild has pages, feeds, announcements and chat, open to everyone or locked behind roles.

When to choose Matrica

Your collection is on Solana, Bitcoin or Eclipse. Guild's onchain requirements work on EVM chains only. Matrica verifies Solana NFTs, SPL tokens and compressed NFTs, Bitcoin Ordinals, Runes and BRC-20 tokens, and Solana validator stake. It also supports ApeChain.
You gate by NFT traits. Matrica's attribute rules check an NFT's metadata. Guild checks collections and token IDs, not traits.
You gate by what holders do with their NFTs. Matrica can give roles for NFTs that are listed, rented or staked, for paying royalties, or for low inscription numbers, and can integrate your staking platform so holders keep their roles when they stake.
You want collector tools in the same place. Matrica includes sales and listing bots for Discord and Telegram, events with ticketing, proposals voted on by token holders, and holder snapshots as JSON or CSV.
Your members already use Matrica. Members link their wallets and Discord or Telegram once on matrica.io, and get roles in the Discord servers and Telegram groups that use Matrica.

You can run both: give each bot its own Discord roles.

Moving from Matrica to Guild

Create a guild at /create, then choose Manage guild to open the admin panel.
Open Spaces & roles and choose New role for each Matrica rule.
Under Who gets it, press Requirement and pick NFT Balance or Token balance. Use the same chain, contract address and amount as the Matrica rule. Pick Multiple Token IDs for a set of NFTs, and use a contract query for a staking contract.
For a wallet address list, add an Allowlist requirement and upload the addresses as a .txt or .csv file. See Allowlist.
Under Unlocks, press Add reward and pick Discord. Connect your server, invite the bot, and choose Existing role to keep the Discord role your members already know, or New role. Turn off the matching Matrica rule first, so only one bot manages that role.
In your server's settings, drag the Guild.xyz bot role above every role Guild manages.
For Telegram, add a Telegram reward, add @Guildxyz_bot to the group as an admin and paste the Group ID it posts. See Telegram rewards.
Post your guild's link in the server. Members connect their wallets and Discord account on Guild and claim their roles.

Keep any rule for a non-EVM chain, ApeChain, an NFT trait, an NFT status or royalties on Matrica: Guild can't check those.

FAQ

Is Guild a free alternative to Matrica? Discord and Telegram gating are on Guild's Free plan. Matrica's pricing guide lists plans from $99 a month. Guild's paid plans add features such as hidden and secret roles, the member CRM, analytics and forms; see Plans.

Does Guild support Solana or Bitcoin? No. Guild's onchain requirements work on 50 EVM mainnets. See Supported chains.

Can Guild check Ethereum, Base or Polygon collections I verify with Matrica? Yes, by collection and token ID, with an NFT Balance requirement. Trait and status rules don't carry over.

Can an AI agent set up token gating in Guild? Yes, through the Guild MCP server, in beta and free on every plan. See Manage your guild with an AI agent.

Sources

Matrica facts as of November 2026: