CleanSpeak vs Sightengine

CleanSpeak is a configurable moderation toolset for services that need to filter or review user content. It filters text, images, and video, and can moderate audio but does not filter it. Moderation queues let teams review and escalate material, while custom rules can automate actions by content source, rate users, and trigger actions from those ratings. Editable blocklists detect negative terms and phrases, including altered forms intended to bypass filters. The product includes 22+ base language lists that customers can change or supplement. Tunable text, image, and video models integrate Google Perspective and SightEngine; reports cover moderator activity, content searches, and term or model frequencies. CleanSpeak is available as managed cloud service or as server software installed and maintained by customers. Its synchronous REST APIs return JSON for real-time integration across content filtering, moderation, and user management. The company says one server can filter 10,000 or more messages per second. It serves use cases in apps and gaming, retail and hospitality, and enterprise settings. The advertised trial lasts 30 days and requires no credit card; pricing is available on request.

Sightengine provides APIs to assess, filter, and moderate images, videos, and text. Its visual moderation checks categories including nudity, hate, violence, drugs, weapons, and self-harm. It also detects AI-generated images, videos, speech, and music, as well as deepfakes. Additional tools include OCR and QR moderation, image and video search, age estimation, liveness checks, and recapture detection. Image moderation thresholds and rules can be configured for different community policies. Developers can use API examples and SDKs for Curl, Python, PHP, and Node.js. Sightengine says it does not involve human moderators or share customer content with third parties. The Free plan costs nothing and has daily and monthly usage limits; it does not include video processing or live-stream support. Starter costs $29 a month for 10,000 operations, with additional operations at $0.002 each. Sightengine is cloud-deployed and lists API and web platforms.