Ocean vs Echo: why teams choose Ocean for screenshares
Ocean vs Echo, from both sites: a Linux scanner, free Minecraft checks, your own detections on every paid licence and a cleaning score in each report.
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We recommend Ocean over Echo for FiveM, Minecraft Java and the other games Ocean lists: its scanner runs on Windows and Linux, Minecraft checks are free, and your own detection strings and configs work from the first paid licence. Each Ocean report also shows a cleaning score, an AI opinion and a side-by-side comparison of a player's scans.
Facts about Echo come from echo.ac and its free scanner page, as of 2026-10-30. Facts about Ocean link to the page on anticheat.ac that states them.
Why teams choose Ocean over Echo
- A Linux scanner. Ocean's scanner runs on Windows and Linux (downloads). Scanner platforms are not listed on Echo's site (as of 2026-10-30).
- Your own detections from the first paid licence. Ocean ships your own detection strings, configs and scan screens to the scanner, encrypted, on every paid licence (home). Echo lists custom JavaScript detections on its Professional and Enterprise plans (as of 2026-10-30).
- Minecraft for free. Ocean is free for Minecraft, with three pins a day when a Discord account is linked (FAQ), and Ocean+ adds more than 800 Minecraft detection types for a one-time payment.
- Evidence for the ban decision. Each Ocean report includes a cleaning score for signs that the PC was cleaned before the scan, an AI opinion in the language you pick, a side-by-side comparison of two scans of the same player, and an export to keep as proof (home).
- Games Echo does not list. Call of Duty, Free Fire, San Andreas and SCUM (home).
- Discord and AI agents. Twelve Discord addons for scans, results and bans, a REST API whose keys need only an active licence, and a remote MCP server that lets AI agents look up scanned users, risk scores and scan pins (API docs).
At a glance
| Ocean | Echo | |
|---|---|---|
| Scanner platforms | Windows and Linux (downloads) | Not listed on their site (as of 2026-10-30) |
| Your own detections | Detection strings, configs and scan screens on every paid licence (home) | JavaScript detections on Professional and Enterprise, publishable for other servers (echo.ac) |
| Free option | Minecraft: three pins a day with a linked Discord account, one without (home) | A free scanner for any PC, no account needed; a scan overview without full results, the latest detections, API access or support (echo.ac/free) |
| Integrations | Twelve Discord addons, a REST API and an MCP server (home) | An API and webhooks; 25 free API pins a day on Professional, 75 on Enterprise (echo.ac) |
| Games listed | Minecraft Java, San Andreas, Roblox, RedM, RageMP, Rust, FiveM, alt:V, Call of Duty, Free Fire, DayZ, SCUM (home) | Minecraft (Java and Bedrock), FiveM, RAGE and alt:V, RedM, Rust, Roblox, Counter-Strike (CS2 and CS:GO), DayZ, Garry's Mod, Arma (Reforger, Arma 3 and Arma 2), Wardogs (echo.ac) |
| Paid plans | Per game: $10 a month, $44.99 for six months or $79.99 a year (pricing) | Personal £12.99 a month or £129.99 lifetime, Professional £19.99 a month, Enterprise £39.99 a month with 5 staff; GBP, VAT included where it applies (echo.ac) |
| Scanner branding | Your server's own screen inside the scanner, on paid licences (home) | Tool Designer: your logo and colours on the scanner, from Personal up (echo.ac) |
| How a scan starts | Staff create a pin in the dashboard; the player downloads the client and enters it (home) | Staff pick the game in the dashboard and get a pin; the player downloads the scanner and types it in (echo.ac) |
| What it is | A forensic screenshare tool for game server staff (home) | "The industry's longest-standing forensic tool" (echo.ac) |
| Running since | In development since 2023 (home) | "Keeping servers clean since 2020" (echo.ac) |
| Site languages | English, Spanish, Turkish and Brazilian Portuguese | 16 languages in its language menu (echo.ac) |
What they share
Both look past what is running at the moment of the scan: Echo checks memory strings, deleted files, USB devices, Prefetch, Amcache and macros, and Ocean reads execution history, memory and files deleted before the scan, which it recovers on NTFS and FAT32. Both link the accounts and devices found on a PC to earlier scans.
Our recommendation
For a server on FiveM, Minecraft Java or another game Ocean lists, choose Ocean: a Windows and Linux scanner, free Minecraft checks, your own detections from the first paid licence, and a report that shows signs of cleaning and compares a player's scans side by side. Compare the plans on the pricing page or download the scanner.
For the steps of a check with Ocean, read how to PC check a player on FiveM. Other comparisons: Ocean vs Detect.ac and Ocean vs Napse.
Frequently asked questions
Is Ocean or Echo better for FiveM?
We recommend Ocean. Both list FiveM, RageMP (RAGE on Echo) and alt:V, and Ocean gives FiveM staff a scanner for Windows and Linux, your own detection strings and configs from the first paid licence, twelve Discord addons for scans, results and bans, and a report with a cleaning score and an AI opinion. Echo lists custom detections on its Professional and Enterprise plans as of 2026-10-30.
Do Ocean and Echo have a free version?
Ocean is free for Minecraft, with three pins a day when a Discord account is linked and one a day without. Echo offers a free scanner that runs on any PC without an account; according to echo.ac/free on 2026-10-30, it shows a scan overview but not the full scan results, Echo's latest detections, API access or support. Paid plans start at $10 a month for one game on Ocean and £12.99 a month on Echo.
Which games does Ocean support that Echo does not?
Ocean lists Call of Duty, Free Fire, San Andreas and SCUM, which Echo does not list as of 2026-10-30. Both list Minecraft Java, FiveM, RageMP (RAGE on Echo), alt:V, RedM, Rust, Roblox and DayZ.
Can I write my own detections in Ocean and Echo?
Yes. Ocean ships your own detection strings, configs and scan screens to the scanner on every paid licence. Echo runs your own JavaScript detections on its Professional and Enterprise plans and lets you publish them for other servers, as of 2026-10-30.