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Pick up to three. Scores are curated estimates on a 0–10 scale. Lock-in: higher = worse.
| Dimension | OpenAI Moderation | Groq |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.6 | 8.0 |
| Capability fit | 8.2 | 7.8 |
| Price / performance | 9.8 | 9.0 |
| Latency / reliability | 9.2 | 8.2 |
| Developer & agent DX | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| Privacy / data retention | 7.5 | 7.0 |
| Lock-in risk (higher = worse) | 5.5 | 5.0 |
| Maturity / track record | 9.5 | 7.8 |
| Pricing | 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… | Per-token with free tier; LPU inference; narrow production model set (Llama/Qwen/GPT-OSS etc.); batch discounts. Llama Guard 4 12B (model id meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b) is still … |