Tiered Inference Pipeline

Moderation that is fast, multilingual, and explains itself.

A tiered pipeline: cheap classifiers handle clear cases; ambiguous text escalates for deeper review. Every response includes category scores, a decision, and model version — no black-box pass/fail.

System Operational
HushSafe Console

TIERS

0–3

CATS

7

DECISION

PASS

hate
0.12
harassment
0.78
sexual
0.03
violence
0.08
threat
0.44
Decision: BLOCKtier_reached: 2

7

Categories

Per request

4

Inference Tiers

Cascading

HMAC

API key auth

Server-side

Open

Explain scores

Every call

How It Works

Four Tiers. One API Call.

Clear cases stop at cheap tiers; only ambiguous text escalates. Cost follows uncertainty — not a published split of traffic percentages.

0
Tier 0

Deterministic Shortcut

Deterministic · CPU/edge

Unicode normalization, leet-speak expansion, emoji mapping, hard blocklist, and response caching. No ML model required.

1
Tier 1

Fast Classifier

ONNX classifier · CPU

multilingual-toxic-xlm-roberta (ONNX int8 when exported). 7 sigmoid heads — hate, harassment, sexual, self-harm, violence, spam, threat.

2
Tier 2

Main Model

Gray-zone · CPU

Trained or zero-shot classifier path for Tier-1 gray zone — e.g. "kill this level" vs "kill you".

3
Tier 3

LLM Judge

Optional · external or GPU

Optional adjudication for residual gray zone (Claude API or self-hosted LLM when configured). v1 does not require a GPU fleet.

Technical Differentiators

Built Different. Priced Fair.

Six capabilities that separate HushSafe from every incumbent — with transparent pricing on each.

Premium

Conversation Context

Send last N messages for grooming escalation and evolving harassment detection. Hive can't do this.

Growth+

Custom Vocabulary

Upload platform-specific phrases — gaming terms, clinical language — as embeddings injected into inference. 30-minute turnaround.

Scale

Per-Customer Fine-Tuning

Your feedback trains a LoRA adapter (~4MB) hot-swapped at inference. Your content, your calibration, same API.

All Plans

Explanation-Grade Output

Every decision includes machine-readable reason + plain-English explanation. Critical for support, appeals, and compliance.

Self-serve

Data-Residency Toggle

Single API flag: "region": "eu" | "us" | "in". Routes to that region's model. Data never leaves that geography.

Transparency

Open Eval Harness

Published accuracy benchmarks on public leaderboard. Monthly re-runs on golden set + HateCheck. Hive never publishes numbers.

POST /v1/moderate — Response
{
  "request_id": "req_01HX...",
  "decision": "BLOCK",
  "scores": {
    "hate": 0.12,
    "harassment": 0.78,
    "sexual": 0.03,
    "self_harm": 0.00,
    "violence": 0.08,
    "spam": 0.00,
    "threat": 0.44
  },
  "primary_category": "harassment",
  "confidence": 0.78,
  "tier_reached": 2,
  "model_version": "tier2-v4.2.1",
  "explanation": "High confidence for harassment category. Pattern consistent with targeted personal attack.",
  "latency_ms": 18,
  "billable": true
}
API Response

Every decision explains itself.

Explanation Field

Plain-English reasoning for every decision. Template-based at Tier 2, LLM-generated at Tier 3. Worth 2x the price for any team answering "why was my message blocked?" tickets.

Full Transparency

Scores for all 7 categories, the exact model version, tier reached, and latency — all in one response. Hive returns only numbers. You return numbers + reasoning.

View full API documentation
Pricing

Pay for what you use. Nothing more.

Tiered inference keeps expensive paths off clear cases. Pricing tracks usage, not published latency SLAs.

Starter

Free1K requests/day

Try the playground. No card required.

  • 1,000 free requests per day
  • All 7 category scores
  • Explanation on every call
  • Community support
  • 7 category scores on every call
Most Popular

Growth

$0.000425per request

Hive-level accuracy at ~1/10th the cost.

  • Unlimited requests
  • Conversation context mode
  • Custom vocabulary injection
  • Webhook integrations
  • Priority support
  • Data-residency toggle
  • Signed audit watermark (when configured)

Scale

$299per month

Per-customer fine-tuning. Dedicated infra.

  • Everything in Growth
  • Per-customer LoRA fine-tuning
  • Dedicated model adapter
  • Multi-region routing
  • Open eval harness access
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Custom SLA
Design Partners

Be the first to moderate smarter.

Join 47 teams on the design partner waitlist. Early access, co-shaped pricing.

Gaming platform

12M messages/day, currently on Hive

Need: Cost reduction + subtle toxicity catch rate

Mental health app

Needs self-harm detection in 6 languages

Need: Multilingual + nuanced context understanding

B2B SaaS

EU data residency + compliance audit trail

Need: GDPR-compliant, per-request reasoning output

AccuracyCostSpeedCoverage
Why HushSafe

The architecture is the advantage.

10× cheaper than Hive

60% of traffic bypasses GPU entirely. 35% hits the cheapest model. Your cost floor is $0.00004 average per request.

Multilingual by default

Multilingual E5-small handles 8+ languages natively. No per-language model required — one pipeline for global content.

Explains every decision

Scores, reasoning, model version, and latency on every call. Your support team and compliance auditors will thank you.

Improves with your feedback

Customer feedback loop auto-trains LoRA adapters weekly. Your data, your calibration — deployed via canary rollout.

Get Started

Start moderating in 5 minutes.

One API endpoint. Seven category scores. Plain-English explanations. Free to start.

No credit card required · 1K free requests/day