Comparison

Vettly vs Besedo

Besedo is an enterprise moderation services company with custom integrations and bundled human review. Vettly is the developer-first alternative: sign up, get an API key, and ship today.

Capability
Vettly
Besedo
Coverage
Text + images + video (multi-modal)
Text, image, video (custom)
Dashboards & audit trails
Full decision history, evidence, appeals
Hosted moderation tooling
Webhooks & retries
Yes, with HMAC + delivery logs
Custom integration
Policy control
Prebuilt + custom YAML policies, versioned
Configured by Besedo
Provider flexibility
OpenAI, Perspective, Hive, Azure - switch without code changes
Proprietary stack
Human review & appeals
Included (queue, approvals, notes)
Outsourced review service
Latency
<300ms typical text; async for video
Variable by SLA
Pricing
Developer plan: 2k text + 100 images + 25 videos/mo
Enterprise contracts only
App Store compliance
Meets Guideline 1.2 (filtering, reporting, blocking, audit trails)
Available via services

Why choose Vettly

  • • Self-serve sign-up with a free Developer plan
  • • Transparent pricing published on the website
  • • Versioned YAML policies you control
  • • API-first - no procurement cycle

When Besedo fits

  • • You want a fully outsourced trust & safety operation
  • • Your procurement process requires a managed vendor
  • • You need bundled human moderators at scale

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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Ship moderation in minutes

Start with the Developer plan and get text, image, and video decisions in one API. Switch providers or run side-by-side with Besedo as you scale.

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