Comparison

Vettly vs Spectrum Labs

Spectrum Labs (now part of ActiveFence) targets large platforms with behavioral classification. Vettly gives developers a clean API for text, image, and video moderation with policies and appeals - without the enterprise rollout.

Capability
Vettly
Spectrum Labs
Coverage
Text + images + video (multi-modal)
Text behavioral analysis
Dashboards & audit trails
Full decision history, evidence, appeals
Enterprise UI
Webhooks & retries
Yes, with HMAC + delivery logs
Custom integration
Policy control
Prebuilt + custom YAML policies, versioned
Behavioral models
Provider flexibility
OpenAI, Perspective, Hive, Azure - switch without code changes
Proprietary
Human review & appeals
Included (queue, approvals, notes)
Custom
Latency
<300ms typical text; async for video
Enterprise SLAs
Pricing
Developer plan: 2k text + 100 images + 25 videos/mo
Enterprise contracts
App Store compliance
Meets Guideline 1.2 (filtering, reporting, blocking, audit trails)
Not addressed

Why choose Vettly

  • • Self-serve API with an under-a-day integration
  • • Multi-modal in one endpoint
  • • YAML policy control with versioning
  • • Predictable per-call pricing, no sales cycle

When Spectrum Labs fits

  • • You operate at platform scale with custom behavioral needs
  • • You want a managed enterprise vendor with services

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 Spectrum Labs as you scale.

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