Comparison

ModerateContent Alternative & Pricing Compared

ModerateContent gives you a single image classification endpoint. Vettly is a moderation product: text, image, and video decisions with policies, dashboards, audit trails, and appeals.

Vettly vs ModerateContent

Capability
Vettly
ModerateContent
Coverage
Text + images + video (multi-modal)
Image classification only
Dashboards & audit trails
Full decision history, evidence, appeals
None
Webhooks & retries
Yes, with HMAC + delivery logs
None
Policy control
Prebuilt + custom YAML policies, versioned
Threshold tuning
Provider flexibility
OpenAI, Perspective, Hive, Azure - switch without code changes
Single model
Human review & appeals
Included (queue, approvals, notes)
Build your own
Latency
<300ms typical text; async for video
Fast image checks
Pricing
Developer plan: 2k text + 100 images + 25 videos/mo
Per-image
App Store compliance
Meets Guideline 1.2 (filtering, reporting, blocking, audit trails)
Not addressed

Why choose Vettly

  • • Multi-modal coverage in one API
  • • Decisions, not raw scores - allow / review / block
  • • Dashboards, audit trails, appeals included
  • • Pre-built policies for App Store, marketplace, dating, gaming

When ModerateContent fits

  • • You need cheap image classification scores and nothing else
  • • You will build all workflow tooling yourself

Shipping an iOS app?

Vettly covers every App Store Guideline 1.2 requirement out of the box: content filtering, user reporting, user blocking, and audit trails.

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Frequently asked questions

What does ModerateContent do?

ModerateContent is an image moderation API that rates images (everyone, teen, adult) from a URL or upload. It does not cover text or video, and it does not include review queues or audit trails.

Why look for a ModerateContent alternative?

Teams usually switch when they need to moderate text and video alongside images, want allow / review / block decisions instead of raw ratings, or need reporting, appeals, and audit trails for App Store or Google Play compliance.

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Ship moderation in minutes

Start with 15,000 free decisions per month and get text, image, and video decisions in one API. Switch providers or run side-by-side with ModerateContent as you scale.

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