Alternatives
Compare openshield with other moderation APIs
One page for each service, with the public prices and limits read from its own pages on 2026-10-19. Only the SightEngine workflow routes are compatible; every other service has its own request format.
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The services
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Each page sets the facts of one service beside openshield and says where that service may fit better.
- SightEngine alternative Point your SightEngine workflow calls at openshield: same paths, fields and envelope, a new base URL and key. Open-source engine, EU hosting.
- Hive Moderation alternative Visual and text moderation priced per 1,000 requests, and what openshield does differently.
- Amazon Rekognition alternative Image and video moderation billed per image, and what openshield does differently.
- Google Cloud Vision SafeSearch alternative SafeSearch explicit-content detection billed per unit, and what openshield does differently.
- Azure AI Content Safety alternative Text and image analysis billed per 1,000 records, and what openshield does differently.
- OpenAI moderation API alternative A free moderation endpoint for text and images, and what openshield does differently.
How we compare
Public facts, dated, and not always like for like
Public figures only
Every figure about another service is read from its own pricing and documentation pages. Where a page does not say, we do not guess.
Every fact has a date
Prices and limits change. Each page says when its facts were last read, and you should confirm them on the service's own pages before you decide.
Units differ
A request, an image, a text record and a check are not the same unit. The tables say what one billed unit is, and prices are shown as each service lists them, in its own currency.
Where the other service fits better
Each page names what the other service offers that openshield does not, such as other features on the same platform or a free endpoint.
Questions
Before you start
- Which services is openshield compatible with?
- SightEngine's workflow routes only: the image check by POST and GET, and the text check by POST. Every other service has its own request and answer format, so moving means calling openshield's own API.
- Why are the prices not directly comparable?
- The billed units differ: a request, an image, a text record of up to 1,000 characters, or a feature applied to an image. The tables say what one billed unit is, and openshield bills one check for one image or one text, with every category included.
- How current are the facts about other services?
- They were read from each service's own pages on 2026-10-19, and every page says so. If you find one that has changed, write to contact@sway.events and we will correct it.
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