Content moderation pricing
Content moderation tools screen user-generated posts, comments, images and video for abuse, spam, fraud and illegal content before or after it goes live. Developer APIs like Hive and Sightengine publish per-request or monthly prices, while the vendors selling to marketplaces, news media and brand social accounts mostly quote by volume or follower count.
Content moderation compared
Current list prices as last read from each pricing page.
| Product | Starts at | Top listed plan | Priced by | Free plan | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Arwen | not extracted | single paid plan | Contact sales | No | read Oct 2026 |
 Besedo | not extracted | single paid plan | Contact sales | No | read Oct 2026 |
 Bodyguard | €1000 per month, starting priceGuardian, EUR per month, starting price | €3000 per month, starting priceSentinel | Flat per account | No | read Oct 2026 |
 Checkstep | not extracted | single paid plan | Contact sales | No | read Oct 2026 |
 Hive | $0.5 per 1,000 requestsText Moderation, USD per 1,000 requests | $3 per 1,000 requestsVisual Moderation | unknown | No | read Oct 2026 |
 Lasso Moderation | $99 per month, 10,000 itemsLite, USD per month | $499 per month, 100,000 itemsPro | Flat per account | No | read Oct 2026 |
 Moderation API | $79 per month, 10,000 messagesBasic, USD per month | $249 per month, 100,000 messagesGrowth | Flat per account | Yes | read Oct 2026 |
 Sightengine | $29 per month, 10,000 operationsStarter, USD per month | $99 per month, 40,000 operationsPro | Flat per account | Yes | read Oct 2026 |
 Utopia Analytics | not extracted | single paid plan | Contact sales | No | read Oct 2026 |
Content moderation pricing questions
- What does a content moderation tool cost?
- Paid plans start at €1000 per month, starting price for Bodyguard (EUR per month, starting price), $0.5 per 1,000 requests for Hive (USD per 1,000 requests), $99 per month, 10,000 items for Lasso Moderation (USD per month), $79 per month, 10,000 messages for Moderation API (USD per month), $29 per month, 10,000 operations for Sightengine (USD per month). Prices are as shown on each pricing page when it was last read.
- What is content moderation tool pricing based on?
- Arwen and Besedo and Checkstep and Utopia Analytics: contact sales. Bodyguard and Lasso Moderation and Moderation API and Sightengine: flat per account.
- Which content moderation have a free plan?
- Moderation API, Sightengine list a free plan next to the paid tiers.
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