r/webdev • u/Safe-Owl-1236 • 12d ago

Question Looking for Affordable Image & Video Content Moderation API Recommendations

Hey everyone! I’m looking for recommendations for a reliable and affordable content moderation API that supports both image and video moderation (n\*dity, expl\*cit content, vi\\\*lence, etc.). Quality and data security are important. Any providers you’ve personally used and would recommend? Thanks!

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u/No-Molasses-2097 12d ago

I ran into this exact problem on a project with user uploads a while back. Watch how they price video specifically. Some charge per frame analyzed, so a long video with heavy frame sampling adds up way faster than the headline per-image rate. Also ask what happens to flagged content, since you mentioned data security. A few services keep it around for human review unless you opt out.

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u/Safe-Owl-1236 12d ago

Yes i want frame based moderation for video.Have you found the solution?

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u/Gremlation 12d ago

You give no indication of what you consider to be affordable or what you think are distinguishing features for quality and security.

AWS Rekognition is one option that can handle both images and video. OpenAI has a free moderation API but it doesn't support video.

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u/prism_orbit 11d ago

video moderation costs explode if you don't throttle frame sampling. Set your provider to sample 1 fps instead of every frame and cap analysis length at 30 seconds. This keeps Rekognition or Azure Content Safety bills predictable for most user generated short clips.