Comparison

Vettly vs ModerateContent

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.

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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Vettly vs Besedo

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Vettly vs Spectrum Labs

Vettly vs Spectrum Labs: developer-first moderation API with multi-modal coverage and self-serve onboarding instead of an enterprise behavioral platform.

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 ModerateContent as you scale.

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