Action needed before April 30, 2026

Amazon Rekognition is closing content-moderation to new customers.
PhotoSafeAPI is the drop-in replacement.

On April 30, 2026 AWS stops onboarding new customers to Rekognition content-moderation. If you rely on it to detect unsafe imagery — or you've been turned away — PhotoSafeAPI gives you CSAM/NCMEC hash-matching, face detection, and medical-photo classification behind a single API, with an SLA and indemnity Rekognition never offered.

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Why teams are switching now

CapabilityAWS Rekognition (moderation)PhotoSafeAPI
New-customer access after Apr 30 2026ClosedOpen
CSAM / NCMEC hash-matchNot offeredYes (NCMEC-aligned)
Face & medical-photo classificationPartialYes
SLA + legal indemnityNoEnterprise SLA + indemnity
Drop-in REST/JSON APIYesYes — compatible request shape

Pricing — start free of platform lock-in

Starter
$99/mo
Hash-match + detection, standard volume.
Pro
$499/mo
Higher volume, priority queue, webhooks.
Enterprise
from $1,999/mo
NCMEC SLA, indemnity, dedicated lane, custom volume.

Enterprise "from $1,999/mo" reflects the SLA + indemnity tier. Competitors Hive and Thorn are quote-only; PhotoDNA / Cloudflare CSAM tools are free but narrowly gated. PhotoSafeAPI gives you a commercial SLA you can actually sign.

Migrate in three steps

  1. Get a key. Sign up; we map your Rekognition labels to PhotoSafeAPI categories.
  2. Swap the endpoint. Point your moderation call at our compatible REST API (sample diffs in the guide).
  3. Turn on hash-match. Enable NCMEC-aligned CSAM detection — the piece Rekognition never had.
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PhotoSafeAPI is operated by Empire AI Solutions. CSAM detection features are provisioned to vetted, NCMEC-ESP-cleared customers. This page does not provide legal advice.