Wipe Board vs RUSTalyzer
RUSTalyzer is the biggest Rust server database, 12,800+ servers with rankings, population history, 'half-life' and wipe-regularity scores, organisation pages, accounts with favourites and browser wipe notifications, and widgets for owners. Wipe Board is narrower and simpler: it only answers 'what wiped, what's about to, and can I trust that', across the whole list, not a curated calendar, and takes no ads or paid features.
Scorecard
| Wipe Board | RUSTalyzer | |
|---|---|---|
| Servers covered | 11,599 online servers worldwide, including Russia | 12,800+ active servers (its own figure) ✔ |
| Data refresh | Full list every 10 minutes; servers wiping soon, just wiped or most populated every 60 seconds | Frequent (minutes); not stated precisely |
| Upcoming wipes | Yes: today, tomorrow, next 7 days, from declared schedules ✔ | Yes: 'upcoming wipes' and 'just wiped' lists, plus a calendar of tracked servers |
| Says how reliable each prediction is | Yes: owner-declared vs detected, on every row ✔ | A 'wipe regularity' score per server; predictions not labelled owner vs detected |
| Flags overdue wipes | Yes: 'due but not yet seen' in red ✔ | Not shown |
| Hour-by-hour view in your timezone | Yes: grouped by hour, local time, with a 'now' marker ✔ | Lists by time window (1h/3h/6h/24h), not an hour timeline |
| Filters | Team size, vanilla/modded, rate, wipe kind (map/BP/full), cycle, region, country, schedule source, min players, rank | Region, group size, gather rate, tags, playstyle, server type |
| Force wipe countdown page | Yes: computed dates through next year, timezone table ✔ | Not a dedicated countdown page |
| Per-server pages | Yes: schedule in plain English, next wipes, similar servers | Yes: rich: population trends, half-life, map, reviews |
| Server statistics & trends | Per-server population history, peak and time-to-half after a wipe, observed cadence and regularity, and schedule accuracy (predicted vs actual), recording since 22 Aug 2026; plus site-wide /stats | Yes: strong per-server stats and trends ✔ |
| Free embed widgets | Yes: countdown, server card, SVG badge; no account ✔ | Server widgets for owners |
| Open data / API | Yes: JSON snapshot, CC BY 4.0 ✔ | Not public |
| Favourites & alerts | Yes, without an account: star servers, get Discord alerts before/after they wipe, subscribe to a calendar feed | Yes: account, favourites, browser notifications |
| Ads or paid placement | None; no paid listings ✔ | Ads/promo cards and paid premium features for owners; says its featured servers are not sold |
| Account needed | No ✔ | Free to browse; account for favourites/alerts |
| Criteria won | 9 of 15 | 2 of 15 · 4 tied |
Where RUSTalyzer is better
- Months of per-server population history and 'half-life' scores: Wipe Board's history only started in August 2026.
- Browser push notifications (with an account); Wipe Board's alerts go to Discord or a calendar instead.
- A bigger headline number (it counts offline servers too).
- Reviews, organisation pages, rankings.
Where Wipe Board is better
- Every scheduled wipe on one timeline in your local time, not a ten-server calendar.
- Each prediction labelled owner-declared or detected, overdue wipes shown in red, and published schedule accuracy.
- Discord alerts and calendar feeds without creating an account.
- No ads, promo cards or paid features anywhere; free embeds and open JSON data.
Questions
Is Wipe Board better than RUSTalyzer?
For most players, yes: Wipe Board wins 9 of 15 comparison criteria against RUSTalyzer's 2. Choose RUSTalyzer only if you specifically want months of per-server population history, reviews, or browser push notifications with an account. Choose Wipe Board if you want to decide where to play tonight in under a minute and know which times to trust.
What does Wipe Board have that RUSTalyzer doesn't?
Every scheduled wipe on one timeline in your local time, not a ten-server calendar.; Each prediction labelled owner-declared or detected, overdue wipes shown in red, and published schedule accuracy.; Discord alerts and calendar feeds without creating an account.; No ads, promo cards or paid features anywhere; free embeds and open JSON data.
Do Wipe Board and RUSTalyzer use the same data?
Both track the same public servers; Wipe Board reads them directly via Steam. The difference is what each does with it: Wipe Board labels how reliable each scheduled wipe is and shows overdue ones; see the scorecard above for the rest.
Is Wipe Board free?
Yes: no ads, no paid listings, no account. Embeds and the JSON snapshot are free too.
Facts about RUSTalyzer were read from its public pages on 22 August 2026; its own figures are marked as such. RUSTalyzer is a trademark of its owner; Wipe Board is independent and not affiliated with it, the game servers or Facepunch. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it. Also compare: Just-Wiped · WipeRadar · all trackers. Wipe Board snapshot 2026-10-09T21:08:35Z.