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Sightengine provides content moderation APIs covering 120+ image classes, video, audio, text, deepfake detection, and AI-generated content identification.

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Verdict

Sightengine is a comprehensive content moderation API platform that stands out for its breadth: it covers image, video, audio, and text moderation alongside AI-generation detection and deepfake identification — capabilities few single-vendor solutions match. It targets platforms needing scalable, automated trust-and-safety pipelines at lower cost than human review. The main tradeoff is that it is API-only with no built-in UI, so meaningful engineering effort is required to integrate.

What it does

Powerful APIs to assess, filter and moderate photos, videos and texts. Instantly detect nudity, violence, offensive content with our easy-to-use API, at a fraction of the cost of human moderation

Best for

Platforms and businesses that require robust content moderation and analysis capabilities to ensure a safe and respectful user experience.

At a glance

Free planYes
Login requiredYes
MemoryNo
VoiceNo
Image generationYes
Group chatNo
Mobile appNo
NSFW policyRestricted
PricingFree + paid — Free tier available; paid plans scale by volume

Pros & cons

Pros
  • 120+ moderation classes
  • Covers image, video, audio, text and AI-generated content
  • Deepfake and AI image detection included
Cons
  • API-only — no consumer-facing UI
  • Costs scale with volume
  • Requires integration work

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Frequently asked

Is Sightengine free to use?
Yes. Sightengine has a free plan — Free tier available; paid plans scale by volume
Does Sightengine have memory?
No persistent memory — sessions don't carry over by default.
Can Sightengine do voice or images?
Voice: no. Image generation: yes.
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