# Imagga vs Sightengine

| Attribute | Imagga | Sightengine |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 71.3 (18% (low)) | 84.5 (34% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Imagga offers APIs for processing images and videos to automatically extract information like visual tags, text, and objects, and to detect inappropriate content. The service enables businesses to programmatically organize, analyze, and moderate visual assets at scale. | A cloud-based platform that uses deep learning models to analyze images, videos, and text, automatically detecting harmful content including nudity, violence, hate speech, and AI-generated media. Offers moderation tools, custom models, and content redaction capabilities for marketplaces, social platforms, and messaging applications. |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"BG","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"FR","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free, 100 API requests/month","features":["Structured Tagging V3 Light","Tagging V2","Categorization","Cropping","Color","Online documentation"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For technology test","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"api_requests":"100/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Indie","summary":"$79/month, 70,000 API requests","features":["Structured Tagging V3 Light","Tagging V2","Categorization","Cropping","Color","Visual Search API","Background Removal API","Barcode Recognition API","OCR/Text recognition API","Email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":79,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For growing volumes","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"api_requests":"70,000/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$349/month, 300,000 API requests","features":["Structured Tagging V3 Pro","Visual Search API","Background Removal API","OCR/Text recognition API","Face Recognition API","Priority support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":349,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For large volumes","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"api_requests":"300,000/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing, 1M+ API requests, usage-based","features":["Custom models","Pay per use","Dedicated Support Engineer","On-Premise deployment"],"description":"For full customization","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"api_requests":"1,000,000+/mo"}}],"summary":"Free tier with 100 requests/month. Paid plans from $79/month","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://imagga.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:54:49.256Z","startingPrice":{"amount":79,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free tier with 2,000 operations/month","features":["Basic Content Moderation","AI Detection"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For testing and proof-of-concepts","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"max_daily":"500/day","operations":"2,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$29/month for 10,000 operations + $0.002 per additional","features":["Visual Moderation","Text Moderation","AI Image & AI Video Detection","Deepfake Detection","Video up to 50MB"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"operation"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.002,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"operations":"10,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$99/month for 40,000 operations + $0.002 per additional","features":["Everything in Starter","Advanced Video & Live-Stream Moderation","Video up to 500MB + Live Moderation","Audio Moderation","Image & Video Custom Search","Disallow lists, Spam Detection, Near-Duplicate detection","Liveness Detection","Recapture Detection","Age Estimation","AI Music Detection"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"operation"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.002,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Most Popular","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"operations":"40,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Contact sales.","features":["Everything in Pro","Custom Models & Classes","Geo-fencing","Enterprise SLAs","Dedicated Support Engineer","Custom video frame rate","Unlimited concurrent video jobs","Priority Support"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $29/month. Free tier available. Usage-based overages at $0.002 per operation.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://sightengine.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:52:06.340Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.002,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | high | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Computer Vision Apis)

| Capability | Imagga | Sightengine |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Custom model training | - | - |
| Face recognition | - | - |
| OCR text extraction | - | - |
| Content moderation | - | - |
| Video support | - | - |
| Edge on device support | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| Commercial license required for saas | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:33:07.526Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*