Moderaty is free and open source when self-hosted: AGPL-3.0, bring your own OpenAI key for the AI scoring. Hosted costs $5 a month for 100 moderated comments, auto-renewed, with 5¢ top-ups when you run out. The first 1,000 users can instead pay $49 once for lifetime hosting.
The software is free. The AI might as well be. What you can buy is not having to run it.
Best for: creators who have a server, a Raspberry Pi, or opinions about Docker.
Best for: early believers.
Full refund within 7 days of purchase (CDC Art. 49).
Best for: creators who want the hammer without the homework.
Full refund within 7 days of purchase (CDC Art. 49).
Bigger than that? Custom amounts — contact us for pricing.
Open YouTube Studio and check last month's comment count. The first 100 are the $5 subscription. Everything past that is a nickel a comment, topped up manually or automatically — your call. If last month rounds to zero, the free tier is waving at you.
Because the usual incentive rots products. Most moderation tools paywall safety and monetize anxiety: the worse your comment section gets, the more you need the expensive plan.
We sell moderated comments the way a utility sells water, metered and boring. The free tier is the whole product because protection is the product. The hosted tiers exist for people who would rather not run a server, not for people who ran out of safety.
The day Moderaty profits from your anxiety, you should uninstall it.
Yes, exactly one: $5 a month, auto-renewed, with 100 moderated comments included. Everything else is opt-in and off by default: automatic top-up when the monthly 100 run out, and auto-charge when a top-up balance hits $0.
First 1,000 users only: one $49 payment, hosted forever, unlimited moderated comments, and we run the AI for you. When the 1,000 are gone, the deal is gone.
Bring your own key. Self-hosted Moderaty scores comments with your OpenAI API key, on your account, so the AI cost for most self-hosters is near zero. We never see the key.
Moderaty is AGPL-3.0 open source. On your hardware, with your key, there is nothing of ours to meter. We would rather you be protected for free than profitable for us.
Top up at the same 5 cents a comment, in any amount. Do it manually each time, or switch on automatic top-up and never think about it. Unused monthly comments do not carry over.
If you have a server, self-host: it is free and it is everything. If you are early and have an OpenAI key, the $49 lifetime is the best deal we will ever make. Otherwise $5 a month, and if your volume dwarfs that, contact us for custom pricing. Same hammer either way.
Yes, within 7 days of any charge. Brazilian consumer law (CDC Art. 49) gives you 7 days from purchase for a full refund of everything you paid, no deductions, no questions asked, through any contact channel.
Google asks for standard YouTube access, used only on your comments. Free and open source (AGPL).