5Mods vs mod.io

5Mods is a free web directory for GTA 5 car mods, scripts, tools, and other game files. Its categories cover modding tools, vehicles and paint jobs, weapons, scripts, players, maps, and miscellaneous mods. Visitors can browse latest, featured, most liked, most downloaded, and highest rated files. Filters include vehicle type, script hook, trainer, mission, skin, clothing, graphics, animation, and vegetation. Listings include version history, dependency tracking, and community comments, and the homepage links to a 5mods Discord server. Some parts of the site may require an account. Users can submit text, comments, images, videos, and other content; submissions may be publicly accessible, and the terms grant the site a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, and distribute them. The site may moderate or remove content. Its privacy policy allows anonymous visits and says personal identification information is collected when voluntarily submitted. Cookies and third-party interest-based advertising are used, and the service is provided as is.

mod.io is middleware for game studios adding mods and other user-generated content to games. Its features include cross-platform support, in-game UI, multiplayer support, marketplace, collections, metrics, dependencies, moderation, custom SSO, Cloud Cooking, an embedded hub, and a Discord bot. Studios can integrate with Unreal Engine or Unity plugins, a C++ SDK for custom builds, or a REST API. The SDK lists Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android support; documentation also lists PC storefronts, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and Meta Quest as integration targets. Moderation options include automated scanning, rules-based moderation, optional approval, and user reporting. Uploaded files receive virus and malware checks, with validation checks for text and files. Image moderation does not currently use AI or machine learning to detect inappropriate content, though third-party tools can be connected through webhooks. Studios can enable premium UGC sales in virtual currency or USD and set creator revenue shares. Pricing is on request. Marketplace fees listed are $0.0012 per virtual currency and 5% plus $0.20 per transaction from the web payment partner.