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ScamAI vs Sightengine
Sightengine is a content-moderation API with deepfake detection and a passive-liveness check bolted on. ScamAI is a fraud and identity platform — document-forgery, liveness, and deepfake detection in one result, running on-device with Halo where Sightengine runs server-side.
- Fraud & identity platform, not a moderation API
- On-device (Halo) — Sightengine runs server-side
- Document-forgery & liveness for KYC flows
At a glance
| Capability | ScamAI | Sightengine |
|---|---|---|
| Multimodal detection (face, document, video) | Yes — one engine | Yes — moderation (image, video, text, audio) |
| On-device, real-time on live calls | Yes — Halo | No — cloud API |
| Document-forgery & liveness for identity flows | Yes, built in | Partial — liveness/PAD only |
| Explainable, evidence-backed results | Yes | Yes — per-class scores |
| Cloud + on-prem / VPC deployment | Yes | Cloud (on-prem enterprise) |
| Purpose-built for fraud & identity | Yes | No — moderation-first |
Comparison reflects ScamAI's assessment; verify current capabilities with each vendor.
Sightengine at a glance
Sightengine is a mature, developer-friendly content-moderation API — nudity, violence, and ~150 moderation classes across image, video, text, and audio — with deepfake detection as an add-on returning a face-swap confidence score, plus a passive-liveness (PAD) check. Cloud by default, with on-prem on the enterprise plan.
Moderation API vs fraud platform
Sightengine keeps unwanted content off your app, and its PAD liveness touches identity — but there's no document-forgery or KYC workflow behind it. ScamAI is the fraud and identity layer: document-forgery, liveness, and deepfake detection in one result with identity context, not a moderation SDK with a deepfake add-on.
On-device vs server-side
Sightengine runs in the cloud by default; on-prem is an enterprise-tier option, and even then it's server-side. ScamAI runs detection on-device with Halo — sensitive selfies and ID documents never leave the endpoint at all, decisive where shipping PII off-device is a compliance non-starter.
Common questions
When is Sightengine the better fit?
If your problem is content moderation — nudity, violence, unwanted uploads at scale — Sightengine is built for exactly that, and offers on-prem on its enterprise plan. Choose ScamAI when the problem is fraud: document-forgery, liveness, and deepfake detection that runs on-device through Halo.
Does Sightengine detect deepfakes?
Yes — as an add-on to its moderation API, returning a face-swap confidence score, plus a passive-liveness (PAD) check. ScamAI treats deepfake detection as the core of a fraud platform: faces, documents, and video scored together, evidence attached to every result, deployable on-device through Halo for live meetings.
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