Besedo
Besedo moderates user-generated content for marketplaces, dating apps, gaming platforms, media companies, and online communities.
What Besedo is
Besedo moderates user-generated content for marketplaces, dating apps, gaming platforms, media companies, and online communities. Its API handles text, images, video, reviews, chats, audio, and other material, combining AI and configurable filters with human review for complex or sensitive cases. Customers can create, edit, or import moderation rules, then use the Implio dashboard to review performance statistics, refusal reasons, and other moderation insights. A RESTful HTTP API connects Besedo to customer platforms, and deployment is cloud-based. Besedo reports average response times below 50 milliseconds for real-time moderation and 50 milliseconds for chat, and says it supports more than 100 languages with cultural context from global teams. The service supports scalable setups for platforms handling millions of items per day. Besedo says its information security management system is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and that it is committed to GDPR compliance. Pricing is available on request; the trial offers 10,000 moderated items per month and unlimited users.
Good
- Supports text, images, video, audio, reviews, and chats
- Combines AI moderation with human review
- Custom filters and rule logic are editable
- Trial includes 10,000 items monthly and unlimited users
Watch out
- Paid pricing is available only on request
- Trial is limited to 10,000 items per month
Who it suits
Besedo suits platforms that need moderation across several types of user-generated content, especially those requiring configurable rules and human review. It may also fit teams looking for an API-based cloud service with a dedicated specialist contact.
Verdict
Besedo brings configurable automated moderation and human review together in a cloud service with API integration. The trial provides a way to assess it, while ongoing pricing requires a request.
Plans and prices
From Besedo's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| 14-day trial | Free | 10,000 pieces of moderated content each month · unlimited users · RESTful HTTP API · moderation, automation and analytics |
The facts
Each one read from Besedo's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI and human review
- Besedo’s moderation model combines AI automation with human moderators for complex or sensitive cases.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Content types
- Its API supports text, images, videos, reviews, chats and other user-generated content.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Dashboard
- The Implio dashboard provides moderation performance statistics, refusal reasons and insights for refining moderation.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Industries
- Besedo works with marketplaces, dating apps, gaming platforms, media companies and online communities.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Besedo provides a RESTful HTTP API for integrating moderation into customer platforms.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Besedo says it supports more than 100 languages natively and provides cultural context through global teams.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Latency
- Besedo reports less than 50 milliseconds average response time for real-time moderation and 50 milliseconds for chat.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Privacy compliance
- Besedo states that it is committed to GDPR compliance and maintains data processing agreements and privacy impact assessments.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Rule engine
- Customers can create, edit or import custom filters and rule logic through an editor.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Scale
- Besedo says its system can support platforms processing millions of items per day and offers scalable setup based on content volume.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security certification
- Besedo says its information security management system is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- Besedo provides a dedicated specialist as a point of contact and describes one-to-one support with a 24-hour response time.checked 2 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Besedo moderates user-generated content with AI, smart filters and human expertise to detect fraud, scams and harmful content in real time.checked 2 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2002checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Stockholm, Swedenchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Trial limits
- The trial includes 10,000 moderated content pieces per month, unlimited users and no strings attached.checked 2 Oct 2026
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