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| Dimension | Lakera Guard | OpenAI Moderation |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.2 | 8.6 |
| Capability fit | 8.8 | 8.2 |
| Price / performance | 7.8 | 9.8 |
| Latency / reliability | 8.4 | 9.2 |
| Developer & agent DX | 9.0 | 9.4 |
| Privacy / data retention | 8.8 | 7.5 |
| Lock-in risk (higher = worse) | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Maturity / track record | 8.0 | 9.5 |
| Pricing | As of 2026-09-14 (platform.lakera.ai/pricing): Community $0 — 10k requests/mo, 8k-token prompt cap, SaaS EU residency, SOC2/GDPR. Enterprise sales-gated — flexible volume, configur… | As of 2026-09-14: Free moderation endpoint — omni-moderation-latest for text+images (images ≤20 MB). Also inline moderation on Responses/Chat Completions via moderation.model. Cate… |