This topic describes the features and billing model for Image Moderation Enhanced Edition 2.0.
1. Introduction to Image Moderation Enhanced Edition 2.0
Features
The Image Moderation Enhanced Edition 2.0 API detects content or elements in images that violate online content dissemination regulations, disrupt platform content order, or degrade user experience. It supports 40+ content risk tags and 40+ risk control items. Using AI Guardrails’s Image Moderation Enhanced Edition 2.0, you can apply additional review or administration measures for specific images—based on industry-specific norms or platform content governance rules—using the rich set of risk tags and confidence scores returned by the API.
Version comparison
Compared with Image Moderation 1.0, Image Moderation Enhanced Edition 2.0 provides broader risk coverage, more granular risk labels, and more comprehensive and flexible console configuration options.
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Comparison item |
Image Moderation2.0 |
Image Moderation 1.0 |
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Default QPS |
Non-large-model version: 100 Large-model version: 50 |
50 |
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Risk detection scope |
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Pornography, politically sensitive and terrorist content, text-image violations, inappropriate scenes, special logos, QR codes |
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Risk detection labels |
100+ Note
For a full list of labels, see the Risk label interpretation table. |
40+ Note
For a full list of labels, see label. |
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Console |
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For more information, see the Console operation guide. |
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Supported image formats |
PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, WEBP, TIFF, SVG, GIF, ICO, HEIC |
PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, GIF, WEBP |
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Billing |
Billed per service. Each service detects multiple risks simultaneously. Cost = Number of images × Number of services Billed separately for the following services:
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Billing is based on threat scenarios (scene). Billed per risk scenario (scene). Cost = Number of images × Number of risk scenarios Billed separately for the following risk scenarios:
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Services
Image Moderation V2.0 supports the following services:
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Scenario |
Service |
Detection content |
Applicable scenarios |
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General-purpose scenarios |
Baseline Check (baselineCheck_global) |
Detects pornography, sexually explicit content, terrorist content, prohibited content, flags, inappropriate content, abuse, and special elements in images. Includes both visual content and embedded text in 18 languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Arabic, Filipino, Hindi, Türkiye, Russian, Italian, and Dutch. For a full list of detectable items, see the AI Guardrails Console. |
Use this service to detect whether images contain noncompliant or unsuitable content. Apply it to all images exposed to the public internet. |
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Large model moderation |
Image Moderation for Large and Small Model Integration (postImageCheckByVL_global) |
Combines large-model and expert-model capabilities to detect pornography, sexually explicit content, politically sensitive content, terrorist content, prohibited content, religious content, flags, advertising traffic diversion, inappropriate content, abuse, and other violations. Returns detailed labels. For a full list of detectable items, see the AI Guardrails Console. |
Use this service when high accuracy is required. For more information, see Large model-based image moderation enhanced service. |
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AIGC scenarios |
AIGC image detection (aigcDetector_global) |
Determines whether an input image is likely AI-generated. |
Use this service to determine whether images are AI-generated. Apply it to tag image sources. For more information, see Image Moderation Enhanced 2.0 AIGC scenario detection service. |
2. Billing
Pay-as-you-go
After you enable Image Moderation Enhanced Edition 2.0, pay-as-you-go is the default billing method. You are not charged if you do not call the service. The following table lists the pricing for the Image Moderation Enhanced Edition 2.0 API.
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Moderation type |
Supported business scenarios (services) |
Unit price |
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Standard image moderation (image_standard) |
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0.6 USD per 1,000 calls Note
One call to Baseline Check counts as one billing unit. For example, 100 calls cost 0.06 USD. |
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Advanced image moderation (image_advanced) |
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1.2 USD per 1,000 calls Note
You are charged for each invocation of the general baseline detection service. For example, 100 invocations of the large and small model fusion image moderation service cost 0.12 USD. |
The billing frequency for AI Guardrails Enhanced Edition 2.0 pay-as-you-go instances is once every 24 hours. In the billing detail report, the moderationType field corresponds to the moderation type field described earlier. You can view Billing Details.
3. Usage
Integration
Image Moderation Enhanced Edition supports SDK integration and native HTTPS integration:
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For SDK integration, see Image Moderation Enhanced 2.0 SDK and integration guide.
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For native API integration:
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For large-model image moderation, see Large model-based image moderation service.
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For general image detection, see Image Moderation Enhanced 2.0 synchronous detection API.
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For AIGC and image authentication scenarios, see Image Moderation Enhanced 2.0 AIGC and image authentication scenario detection service.
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Console operations
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When using the service for the first time, configure your image moderation policy in the AI Guardrails Console.
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You can modify the detection scope, configure differentiated policies for different businesses, set up custom image libraries and custom dictionaries, view call results, and query usage in the console.
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You can perform visual effect testing in the console. Run effect testing after adjusting your moderation policy.
For step-by-step instructions, see the Console operation guide.