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Hive Moderation

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What it does
Hive provides AI moderation for harmful image, video, text and audio content, with policy enforcement workflows.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Integrations
The dashboard includes NCMEC reporting, and Hive describes partnerships with Thorn and the IWF for child-safety detection.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Accepted file formats
Documented image formats are GIF, JPG, PNG and WEBP; video formats include MP4, WEBM, AVI, MKV, WMV and MOV; audio formats include FLAC, MP3, OGG, WAV and M4A.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.thehive.ai
AI-generated content detection
Hive offers tools for detecting AI-generated and deepfake images and video, including a browser extension.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
API availability
Hive exposes cloud APIs with synchronous and asynchronous processing, real-time metadata and moderation signals.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
API delivery
Hive deploys its models through cloud-based APIs optimized for enterprise processing with real-time metadata and moderation signals.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hivemoderation.com
API versions
Documentation covers V2 authentication and V3 API-key usage through model playgrounds.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.thehive.ai
Audio moderation
The audio model combines transcription, unsafe-speech detection and language identification for uploaded and live audio.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Child safety
Hive says its products partner with Thorn and the IWF, and its Text Moderation model provides IWF keyword and URL list results at no extra cost.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Company headquarters and founding
LinkedIn lists Hive headquarters in San Francisco and the company’s founding year as 2013.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Company legal name
Hive’s terms identify the company as Castle Global, Inc. and include Hive Moderation among its services.Read 14 Oct 2026 · thehive.ai
Company size and workforce
LinkedIn describes more than 200 full-time employees and over five million distributed data-labeling contributors.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Compliance workflows
The Moderation Dashboard includes tools intended to help platforms address Digital Services Act compliance and supports CSAM reporting through NCMEC integration.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Core function
Hive provides AI-powered moderation for harmful content across images, video, text, and audio.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Deployment model
Hive describes its moderation models as cloud-based APIs and does not document a self-hosted deployment option on the getting-started page.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Developer documentation
The documentation includes API reference links, upload formats, CSV submission, callbacks, task export, model updates and account permissions.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.thehive.ai
Format limitation
Some video formats may process successfully but may not play in all browsers and do not work with human-labeling projects.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.thehive.ai
Funding
LinkedIn says Hive has raised more than $120 million; TechCrunch reported an $85 million raise in April 2021 at a $2 billion valuation.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
IP and publicity detection
Hive detects possible misuse of copyrighted media, logos, fictional characters, public figures and celebrity likenesses.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Limit: language coverage
A G2 reviewer reported that some languages were not detected reliably.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: large-volume performance
A G2 reviewer said API integration slowed when processing large data volumes.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: pricing transparency
TrustRadius lists no Hive Moderation pricing plans and says pricing must be obtained from the vendor.Read 14 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
Limit: reporting and integrations
A G2 reviewer cited no live-results tracking and no PowerPoint integration.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: trial availability listing
TrustRadius states that no free version or trial is available for Hive Moderation.Read 14 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
Moderation dashboard
The dashboard supports policy rules, review queues, reports, appeals, spam management and enforcement actions.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Notable news: April 2021
TechCrunch reported that Hive raised $85 million to expand AI APIs for moderation and other content-understanding tasks.Read 14 Oct 2026 · techcrunch.com
OCR moderation
Hive’s OCR model extracts and transcribes text from memes, GIFs, screenshots, and other image-based content for moderation.Read 30 Sep 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Operational status
The public status page lists sync API, async API, dashboard features and NCMEC reporting as operational.Read 14 Oct 2026 · status.hivemoderation.com
Praise: broad coverage
G2 reviewers praised the range of visual, audio and text capabilities and its ability to address varied data problems.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Praise: usability and scale
A G2 reviewer described the interface as user-friendly and suitable for mobilizing distributed human labeling at scale.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Rating on G2
4.7 out of 5 from 3 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Rating on TrustRadius
8 out of 10 from 1 reviewRead 14 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
Security and compliance workflow
The dashboard says it helps teams support Digital Services Act compliance and streamline CSAM reporting.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Self-serve limits
Hive’s V3 self-serve API has default limits such as 100 requests per day for Text Moderation and Visual Moderation.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.thehive.ai
Service status
Hive’s status page reports 100% uptime over the past 90 days for Sync API, Async API, dashboard features, and NCMEC Reporting.Read 30 Sep 2026 · status.hivemoderation.com
Supported media
The platform lists images, video, GIF, WEBP, audio and livestream inputs.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Text moderation
The text model detects explicit abuse, threats, coded language, hate, drugs, spam and evasive wording.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Usage pricing
The pricing page lists Visual Moderation at $3.00 / 1000 Requests, Text Moderation at $0.50 / 1000 Requests, Audio Moderation at $0.03 / Minute, and OCR Moderation (Image) at $2.00 / 1000 Requests.Read 30 Sep 2026 · thehive.ai
Vision language model
Hive VLM applies prompt-defined moderation policies across text, images and video through one API.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com
Visual moderation
The visual model detects policy violations in images and video across more than 90 subclasses.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hivemoderation.com

Plans and prices

Developers Free $50+ in Free Credits after adding a payment method Selected models pay-as-you-go · access to 10+ Hive Models · default rate limits · AutoML custom-model training Read 30 Sep 2026 · thehive.ai
Enterprise Priced on request Custom Pricing to fit your organization’s usage All Hive Models and Moderation Dashboard · highest rate limits · premium expert support · multi-region support for high-volume deployments Read 30 Sep 2026 · thehive.ai
Enterprise Plan Priced on request higher throughput · enterprise-only models · API access Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.thehive.ai

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