Moderaty
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Quick answer

Moderaty is free and open source when self-hosted: AGPL-3.0, bring your own OpenAI key, and OpenAI's moderation endpoint is free to use. The hosted version costs $5 per 500 comments moderated. One cent a comment. No subscription.

Protection, priced like a utility.

The AI is free. The software is free. What you can buy is not having to run it.

Two ways to never read it.

Free forever

Self-hosted

$0 forever

Best for: creators who have a server, a Raspberry Pi, or opinions about Docker.

The whole product, AGPL-3.0. Bring your own OpenAI key. OpenAI's moderation endpoint is free to use, so protection runs on your hardware for nothing but electricity.

  • Full rules engine: KEYWORD, REGEX, and USER rules fire before the AI
  • 13-category AI scoring with your thresholds
  • Review queue for the borderline
  • Audit log: every action logged, every action reversible
  • Dry-run mode: watch it work before it touches your channel
Self-host on GitHub
1 cent per comment

Hosted

$5 = 500 comments

Best for: creators who want the hammer without the homework.

Same engine, our servers. Buy a pack when you need one, skip months when you don't.

  • Everything in self-hosted
  • We run it, patch it, and keep it awake
  • One-click YouTube OAuth
  • Top up only when you run out
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What would your month cost?

Open YouTube Studio and check last month's comment count. Divide by 500. That is your entire moderation budget. If the answer rounds to zero, the free tier is waving at you.

math.txt
comments last month see YouTube Studio
packs you need comments / 500
nights reading hate 0
one pack = $5. no subscription. nothing renews.

Why is the free tier the full product?

Because the usual incentive rots products. Most moderation tools paywall safety and monetize anxiety: the worse your comment section gets, the more you need the expensive plan.

We sell moderated comments the way a utility sells water, metered and boring. The free tier is the whole product because protection is the product. The hosted tier exists for people who would rather not run a server, not for people who ran out of safety.

The day Moderaty profits from your anxiety, you should uninstall it.

Pricing questions, answered.

Is there a subscription?

No. $5 buys 500 moderated comments. When they run out, buy another pack or do not. Nothing renews, nothing auto-charges, and the free tier never gets worse to change your mind.

What does BYOK mean?

Bring your own key. Self-hosted Moderaty scores comments with your OpenAI API key, on your account. OpenAI's moderation endpoint is free to use, so for most channels the model cost is zero. We never see the key.

Why is self-hosting free?

Moderaty is AGPL-3.0 open source. On your hardware, with your key, there is nothing of ours to meter. We would rather you be protected for free than profitable for us.

What happens when my 500 comments run out?

You top up another 500 for $5, or switch to self-hosting and bring your own key. Your rules, thresholds, and audit history are yours either way.

Which one should I pick?

If you have a server and five minutes, self-host. It is free and it is everything. If you would rather click one OAuth button and never think about infrastructure, buy a pack. Same hammer either way.

Never read another hate comment.

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Google asks for comment access only. Free and open source (AGPL).