How Filter8 compares

Perspective is being shut down. Filter8 is the deterministic replacement — a verdict, not a score; sub-millisecond; nothing retained after the response.

The npm package censors "classic" and misses "@ss". Filter8 is the deterministic upgrade you graduate to when users show up.

A capable moderation suite. Filter8 is the API-first, self-serve, transparently priced alternative — evaluate it before you talk to anyone.

Per-1,000-record pricing is a tax on every message. Filter8 is flat-cost and deterministic — sub-millisecond, nothing retained after the response.

Per-text-unit billing, doubled when you check input and output. Filter8 is flat-cost and deterministic — sub-millisecond, nothing retained after the response.

Strong at visual moderation. For high-volume text, Filter8 is deterministic and flat-cost — replayable, sub-millisecond, nothing retained after the response.

Per-operation ML across media and text. For text, Filter8 is flat-cost, deterministic, PII-aware, and keeps nothing after the response.

Free, but it's a network hop to OpenAI's policy. Filter8 runs your policy in microseconds — deterministic.

Bundled moderation is locked to their SDK. Filter8 is a portable, deterministic filter for your whole stack — any backend.

An enterprise moderation platform. Filter8 is the API-first, self-serve, transparently priced alternative — evaluate it before you talk to anyone.

Hosted contextual moderation. Filter8 is the deterministic alternative — replayable, sub-millisecond, flat-cost on the text hot path.

A hosted moderation service with image + human review. Filter8 is the deterministic text engine — replayable, sub-millisecond, flat-cost.

Per-character-block billing (the paid Cloud classifier, not the retiring Perspective). Filter8 is flat-cost, deterministic, and keeps nothing after the response.

A multilingual NLP abuse-detection API. Filter8 is the deterministic text engine — replayable, sub-millisecond, flat-cost on the hot path.