Content Moderation 1.0 supports image moderation, text moderation, and video moderation. To get started, activate pay-as-you-go billing or purchase a prepaid resource plan.
Activate pay-as-you-go
Activating pay-as-you-go for AI Guardrails is free. After activation, you are billed based on actual usage.Pricing
For Content Moderation 1.0, the amount billed depends on:
| Factor | Examples |
|---|---|
| Content type | Images, text, or videos |
| Detection scenario | Pornography detection, QR code detection, text spam detection |
| Daily scan volume tier | Volume of content scanned per day |
| Algorithm suggestion | Review, block, or pass |
| Region | cn-shanghai |
For pricing details, see Pricing.
To activate pay-as-you-go:
Go to the AI Guardrails activation page.
Read and select Content Moderation 1.0 Pay-As-You-Go Terms of Service, then click Activate Now.
Billing cycle and overdue payments
The billing cycle for Content Moderation 1.0 API detection services is 24 hours. Each day, Alibaba Cloud generates a bill for the previous day's usage and deducts the fees from your Alibaba Cloud account.
If your account balance is insufficient to cover a bill, the service is suspended. To resume the service, pay the overdue amount. The service is typically restored within 5 minutes.