- Five bots, five categories: moderation, analytics, crypto, productivity, and polls.
- All five are free with optional premium tiers on a few of them.
- Adding a bot to a group takes under 30 seconds. No setup, no API keys.
- Sora Crypto Bot handles live crypto prices and Telegram Stars rates inside the chat — no app-switching needed.
- Most bots work both in groups and in private chats with you directly.
Telegram has thousands of bots, and most of them are forgettable. The five on this list are the ones we have actually added to our own groups and kept around. They cover the categories that come up in nearly every active community: moderation, analytics, crypto prices, project management, and polls.
The short version
If you only have time to add one or two bots, here is what to pick based on what your group needs:
- Group is getting spam or has rowdy members → Rose
- Want stats, leaderboards, or activity tracking → Combot
- Getting hit by bot raids or spam joins → Rose + Combot
- Members talk about crypto prices or Telegram Stars → Sora Crypto Bot
- Need quick polls or quizzes → QuizBot
You can stack them. Most groups end up running three or four. They don't conflict with each other, and they only respond to commands directed at them.
1. Rose: the standard for group moderation
The most widely used moderation bot on Telegram. Handles welcome messages, anti-spam, link blocking, warning systems, bans, locks, and group-wide federations. Powerful enough for large public groups, simple enough for small private ones.
Rose is the closest thing Telegram has to a moderation standard. If your group has more than 50 active members, you almost certainly want it. The basic commands (/welcome, /warn, /ban, /lock) cover 90% of moderation needs out of the box. Power users can build complex anti-spam rules with regex filters and federation lists.
2. Combot: group analytics that actually work
Detailed group statistics, member leaderboards, growth tracking, and a beautiful web dashboard at combot.org. Also includes its own moderation features, though most groups prefer Rose for that and use Combot mainly for the analytics.
If you run a community and you want to actually understand who is participating and how engagement is trending, Combot is the answer. The analytics are far better than what Telegram's built-in stats give you, and the dashboard is genuinely pleasant to use. Premium tiers exist but the free version is enough for most groups.
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3. Sora Crypto Bot: live prices, right in the chat
Sora brings live cryptocurrency prices, Telegram Stars exchange rates, and TON utilities directly into your group chat. If your community talks about crypto, token prices, or Telegram Stars, Sora keeps the conversation going without anyone having to leave the chat to check prices.
Most crypto groups spend half their time answering the same question: "what's the price right now?" Sora answers it in the chat with a single command. Members type /price BTC and get the current price, 24-hour change, and market cap without opening any other app. For groups that follow Telegram Stars specifically, the Stars-to-TON rate is updated live — useful for anyone deciding whether to sell or hold.
Sora covers the major coins — BTC, ETH, TON, SOL — plus Stars-specific data that most price bots ignore. It requires no setup: add it to a group, and it responds to commands immediately. There is no subscription, no configuration panel, and no permissions beyond the standard bot access.
For groups whose members want to go a step further and actually convert their Telegram Stars to TON, Star Ledger (@StarLedgerBot) handles the full conversion. Sora tells you the current rate; Star Ledger executes the trade.
4. Trello: for groups built around a project
The official Trello integration for Telegram. Create cards, update tasks, set due dates, and get board notifications without leaving the chat. Built for groups that run their project workflow inside Telegram rather than switching between apps.
Trello fits a specific type of Telegram group: one that is also a working team. If your group exists to coordinate a project — a development team, a content operation, a launch — keeping tasks and conversation in the same place removes a layer of context switching. Someone mentions a bug, someone else creates a Trello card for it without leaving the chat, and the whole team sees it update when it's done.
You'll need an existing Trello account to link it. Once linked, the bot connects your group to your boards and makes the most common Trello actions available via commands. It is not a replacement for using Trello directly — for complex board management you'll still open the Trello app — but for the everyday flow of a project team that talks in Telegram, it reduces friction meaningfully.
5. QuizBot: the official Telegram polls bot
Telegram's official quiz and poll creator. Makes multi-question quizzes with timers, leaderboards, and shareable links. Great for community events, AMAs, learning groups, or just settling group debates.
Because QuizBot is built by Telegram itself, it's stable, well-integrated, and free forever. The killer feature is the timed quiz mode, which works great for community events. For a quick yes/no poll, Telegram's native poll feature is enough, but for anything more involved, QuizBot is the right tool.
How to add any bot to your group
The process is the same for every bot on this list:
- Open the bot's profile (e.g., @MissRose_bot)
- Tap the three-dot menu in the top-right corner
- Tap "Add to group" and select your group
- Telegram will ask which permissions to grant. Moderation bots (Rose) need full admin permissions. Price and poll bots (Sora, QuizBot) work fine with default permissions.
- The bot will respond automatically once it joins. Type /help to see what it can do.
You'll need to be a group admin yourself to add any bot. Most bots work immediately once added. Star Ledger opens as a mini app — no extra setup needed.
Pick what your group actually needs.
You don't need every bot on this list. Most groups end up with two or three. Pick what fits your group's purpose: Rose if you need moderation, Combot for analytics, Sora if crypto prices come up, Trello if you're running a project, QuizBot for polls and engagement.
Whichever you pick, Telegram bots have one big advantage over equivalent tools elsewhere: they're already where your conversation lives. No tab switching, no extra app to install, no separate login. The bot is just there in the chat, waiting for you to type a command.