Rose is the most installed moderation bot on Telegram and it is completely free, which makes it the right default for almost every new group. This review is about the part that matters after the honeymoon: what Rose actually catches, what it structurally cannot, and how to set it up so its gaps do not become your problem.

We build an AI moderation bot for Telegram and we run next to Rose in a lot of groups. Rose gets full credit for what it does. The gaps are named because we watch what comes through them.

What Rose does well

• Filters and locks. Word filters, media and link locks, forwards, flood control, all granular and all free.

• Warns and punishments. A clean warn-mute-ban ladder with configurable thresholds.

• Welcome captcha. A join gate that stops the laziest bot waves without extra tooling.

• Federations. Shared ban lists across groups, the best free version of network-level blocking on Telegram.

• Notes and rules. Saved replies and a rules command that save moderators real time.

Rose Bot pricing

There is none. Rose has no premium plan and no paid features. That is unusual, and it is why Rose sits in every list including our Telegram bot ranking. The cost is setup: Rose is configured entirely through commands, which is fast for people who know it and slow for everyone else.

Where Rose falls short

Rose matches patterns. It does not read a message and decide whether it is a scam, it checks whether the message hits a filter you wrote. So the giveaway that gets reworded, the domain that changes daily, the fake support account with a clean first message, the DM hunter who never posts at all, none of those trigger anything. In our 2026 security report, 85.7 percent of scam messages carried no blocklisted keyword, which is the exact space Rose cannot see. Add no dashboard and no analytics and you have the two reasons people search for alternatives, covered in our Rose alternatives guide.

How to set Rose up properly

• Native settings first. Permissions, slow mode and join approval from the anti-spam checklist. Rose works better on top of them.

• Lock links for new members. Most spam is a first-message link, see our link-blocking guide.

• Enable the captcha. It stops bulk joins for free.

• Join a federation relevant to your niche for shared bans.

• Add a detection layer for what filters miss. Rose plus collony is the most common stack we see in serious groups.

Verdict

Install Rose. It is the best free rules bot on Telegram and there is no reason not to run it. Just do not mistake it for protection against scammers, because it was never built to be, and pair it with something that reads behavior once your group is big enough to be a target.

Frequently asked questions

Is Rose Bot free?

Yes, fully. Filters, warns, welcome captcha, federations, locks and notes are all free with no premium tier. You pay in configuration time, since Rose is command-driven with no dashboard.

Is Rose Bot safe to add to a group?

Yes. Rose is one of the longest-running Telegram bots, needs standard admin rights to moderate, and has no history of widely reported abuse. Grant only the admin permissions the features you use require.

What does Rose Bot not do?

Rose does not understand messages, it matches them. Reworded scams, unicode lookalikes, impersonation of your admins and accounts that behave normally before striking all pass its filters. It also has no analytics dashboard.

What is the best Rose Bot alternative?

For a friendlier free setup, GroupHelp. For analytics, Combot. For the scams Rose cannot see, collony.ai, which most groups run alongside Rose rather than instead of it.