SFW API vs Hive Visual Moderation
Last updated Mon Nov 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Hive is an enterprise moderation vendor with broad class coverage; production use of visual moderation requires an annual contract, and the public list price is $3.00 per 1,000 requests with a capped self-serve tier.
| SFW API | Hive | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $10 for 10,000 ($1.00/1k), down to $0.50/1k | $3.00 per 1,000 list; enterprise pricing by volume |
| Contract | none, prepaid | annual contract for production |
| Self-serve | yes | capped developer tier |
| Output | level 0–3, scores, flags, policy | dozens of classes with scores |
| Storage | nothing stored | per their policy |
Choose Hive for a large enterprise programme covering many content types with account management. Choose the SFW API to start today, pay as you go, and get an ordinal nudity level you can act on without a taxonomy project.