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The Profanity API

Context-aware content moderation API that distinguishes between harmless banter and real abuse.

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Quick facts
What is it	Context-aware content moderation API that distinguishes between harmless banter and real abuse.
Pricing	Freemium
Free tier	Yes
Platform	API
API	Yes
Best for	Moderating user-generated content in real-time chat, Filtering comments and posts in online communities
Domain registered	2026

Data updated Aug. 1, 2026

What does The Profanity API do?

The Profanity API is a content moderation tool for developers that checks text for profanity and harmful intent. It analyzes user-generated content like chat messages, comments, or forum posts and flags inappropriate language. What sets it apart is its ability to understand context—it knows that 'I'll destroy you' is likely trash talk in a gaming context but could be a real threat in a professional setting.

It works through a five-layer detection pipeline. The first layers use fast methods like custom blocklists and dictionaries to catch obvious profanity in under 5ms. If the text is ambiguous, the system can then use a large language model (LLM) for deeper intent analysis, but only when necessary. This 'smart' approach keeps most requests fast and cheap. The API provides detailed, transparent responses showing exactly which words were flagged and why, which is great for debugging and building trust.

This tool is ideal for developers building online communities, social platforms, or chat applications. It helps game developers moderate in-game chat without punishing friendly banter. Forum and social media moderators can use it to automatically filter abusive comments while allowing legitimate conversation. It saves engineering teams from building and maintaining their own complex moderation systems.

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Key features

What makes it stand out

Five-layer detection pipeline for accuracy and speed

Context-aware analysis with 12+ built-in contexts (e.g., gaming, professional)

Intent recognition across 13 categories to distinguish abuse from banter

Advanced normalization catches evasions like homoglyphs and leetspeak

Interactive playground for testing configurations and previewing results

Who is The Profanity API for?

Who benefits most from this tool

Moderating user-generated content in real-time chat

Filtering comments and posts in online communities

Enforcing content policies in gaming or social platforms

Pricing

Free tier available — start without a credit card

Free

300 requests per month
30 data retention days
60 requests per minute
300 requests / month
60 requests / minute
30 days data retention
All 5 modes & 12 contexts
Full layer details
Community support

Pro

Custom

0.002 price per request
180 data retention days
600 requests per minute
0.005 price per request with llm
First 300 requests / month free
Unlimited requests (pay-as-you-go)
600 requests / minute
180 days data retention
Set Spending Limits
Priority support

Trust & presence

Domain Domain registered 2026

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