WebPurify

WebPurify provides moderation services for text, images, videos, live streams, metaverse experiences, and generative AI content. Its text profanity filter supports 15 languages and allows custom block and allow lists; offensive-intent detection is available on custom plans. Image checks can use automated AI, human reviewers, or a combination of both. The company also moderates user-generated videos and live streams. Text moderation plans include a 14-day trial with full feature access and no card required. For image moderation, the listed offer includes 100 free photo checks without a contract or card. Text plans limit concurrent requests per license: one for Plugins, two for Standard, and four for Enterprise. Those plans cost $5 a month, $15 a month, and $50 a month, respectively. Image options include WebPurify AIM at no cost, billed per image, and Live Moderation at $0.02, paid once, billed per photo. Text filter integrations cover WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla, with API integration for web and mobile applications. The company says it has provided moderation services since 2007.

WebPurify covers several content types and offers automated, human, and hybrid moderation options. Consider the concurrent-request caps and dedicated-team setup time when planning coverage.

WebPurify suits sites and applications that need moderation for user-submitted text, images, video, or live streams, including teams seeking human or hybrid review.

WebPurify is a moderation service for text, images, video, audio, live streams and generative AI content. It suits publishers and platforms that need a choice of automated and human review, especially when they moderate more than one content type. Its breadth is useful, but text request caps and the setup time for dedicated teams matter when planning coverage.

Overview

WebPurify has provided moderation services since 2007 and serves customers from individual bloggers to Fortune 500 companies. CMS plugins, API access and hybrid deployment options give it routes for both smaller sites and larger operations. The main trade-off is that capabilities and limits differ across services: text licenses restrict simultaneous requests, and dedicated human teams need several weeks to prepare.

Key features

Text moderation

The profanity filter supports 15 languages and custom block and allow lists, letting operators tailor what gets flagged or accepted. Offensive intent detection is available on custom plans, so teams that need that capability must move beyond the standard monthly tiers. WordPress, Drupal and Joomla plugins serve sites on those CMSs; web and mobile applications can integrate through the API.

Image, video and audio

Image review can be automated with AI, handled by moderators, or combine both approaches. WebPurify says AI checks average about 250 milliseconds; standard human review typically takes about two minutes, with a stated maximum of five. The 100-photo image trial has no contract or credit-card requirement, giving teams a limited way to assess that workflow. For explicit-image moderation, dedicated teams require three to four weeks of training on customer guidelines, making them a poor fit for an urgent launch.

WebPurify also offers moderation for user-generated video and live streams, as well as audio moderation. Its human-review option is supported by stated safeguards: moderators undergo background checks and work in keycard-secured environments with a clean-desk policy and anti-screengrab software. The image moderation FAQ says reviewed content is not retained on its servers and customer data is not stored.

Pricing

Text plans include a 14-day free trial with full feature access and no credit card required. The paid monthly tiers differ less by submission volume than by concurrency, domains and integration features: each advertises unlimited submissions, but limits simultaneous requests per license.

• Plugins — $5 a month: one simultaneous request, one domain or IP, no subdomains, one language, CMS plugins and email support. This is the lowest-cost fit for a single CMS property; the one-request cap and lack of subdomains limit it for busier or more distributed sites.
• Standard — $15 a month: two simultaneous requests, one domain or IP, two subdomains, one language, full API access, and email, phone and URL filtering. It suits a site that needs API integration or those additional filters, but still has a modest concurrency ceiling.
• Enterprise — $50 a month: four simultaneous requests, six domains or IPs, 12 subdomains, multiple languages, regional endpoints, SSL encryption and advanced reporting, with email support. It is the stronger monthly choice for multi-domain operations, though concurrency remains capped.
• Custom Dedicated Servers or Host it Yourself — custom pricing: unlimited simultaneous requests and submissions, unlimited domains or IPs, multiple languages, offensive intent detection, and dedicated infrastructure or self-hosting. It fits requirements the fixed tiers cannot meet, but dedicated human teams need three to four weeks of lead time.

Image pricing offers two distinct per-item routes: WebPurify AIM is free, billed per image, for AI categories, real-time results, API access and email support; Live Moderation is $0.02, paid once, billed per photo, for turnkey criteria, results within five minutes, API access and email support. These provide a low-friction AI option or a paid human-review route, respectively.

Platforms

WebPurify supports Android, iOS, web and API use, as well as self-hosted deployment. That range accommodates application integrations and teams that want to host the service themselves.

Who it's for

WebPurify is a good match for publishers, community platforms and app operators that need text filtering plus image or video moderation, or want to choose between AI and human image review. Smaller CMS sites can start with Plugins; teams integrating their own applications have the Standard API route. Organizations needing custom intent detection, unrestricted text concurrency or dedicated infrastructure should consider the custom plan and budget for setup. It is less compelling for a project that needs high text throughput immediately on a fixed monthly tier.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Text filtering spans 15 languages and supports custom lists; image workflows range from AI to human and hybrid; CMS plugins and API integration serve different technical setups.
• Pros: The text trial provides 14 days of full feature access without a credit card, while the image trial covers 100 photos without a contract or card.
• Cons: Fixed text plans cap simultaneous requests at one, two or four, so unlimited submissions do not mean unlimited concurrent processing.
• Cons: Offensive intent detection requires custom pricing, and dedicated human teams need three to four weeks of guideline training.

Alternatives

Choose Sightengine if a free plan and a stated 1 req/s allowance are priorities; its free tier excludes video processing and live-stream support. Amazon Rekognition Content Moderation is worth considering when its 12-month Free Tier, including 60 free video analysis minutes per month, suits the project. Hive Moderation offers developers $50+ in free credits after adding a payment method, with selected models pay-as-you-go and access to 10+ Hive Models.

Google Cloud Vision API is a possible alternative for teams comparing per-image, usage-tier billing and a free allowance. Llama Guard is the self-hosted alternative for readers seeking a free model with weights required. Moderation API may suit teams seeking a freemium option with a 10,000-message monthly Basic plan that includes video and audio moderation and three team members. Besedo is an alternative with a 14-day trial covering 10,000 moderated pieces per month and unlimited users. Clarifai Visual Search is another option for teams evaluating self-hosted deployment and usage charges after a minimum monthly commitment.

Browse more options in AI Content Moderation Software or Social Media Moderation Software.

Verdict

WebPurify is best for publishers and platforms that need configurable text filtering alongside AI, human or hybrid image moderation and broader media coverage. Its flexible moderation paths and CMS/API options are the case for choosing it; the fixed text concurrency caps and multi-week custom-team lead time are the reasons to look elsewhere if throughput or immediate specialist coverage is essential.