Slop or Not
Use it for people who want native Apple checks or the free online checker for text, images, and provenance clues.
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AI Detector
Hive Moderation vs Reality Defender: AI Detector (2026)
Hive Moderation is the generalist: image, video, text, and audio detection built for a platform screening everything users upload. Reality Defender narrows to one job for a different audience — a deepfake in a fraud check, an identity verification, or a phone call, built for security teams instead of content moderators.
Hive Moderation and Reality Defender both cover AI-generated image, audio, and video detection via API, but they serve different enterprise contexts. Hive Moderation is a general-purpose moderation platform for trust-and-safety teams managing content at scale. Reality Defender specializes in deepfake detection for security workflows: fraud prevention, identity verification, and communications integrity. Slop or Not offers a private spot check on one image or document on iPhone and Mac on-device, not a bulk pipeline.
Privacy, Pricing, and Workflow Matrix
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| Feature | Slop or Not | Hive Moderation | Reality Defender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best fit | On-device iPhone and Mac checks or free browser checks for text and images | AI-generated and deepfake content detection for moderation pipelines | Deepfake detection for fraud, identity, calls, meetings, and security workflows |
| Text detection | Checks writing in the native app and online checker | Documentation describes AI-generated detection for image, video, text, and audio | Homepage references text plus image in enterprise authenticity framing |
| Image detection | Checks photos, synthetic images, and provenance clues in the app or online checker | Image and video AI-generated detection is listed | RealAPI supports image, audio, and video files |
| Deepfake detection | Covers deepfake and synthetic-image checks as image detection | Deepfake detection is listed for image, video, and audio workflows | Deepfake detection platform and API for manipulated media |
| Metadata and provenance signals | Reads SynthID, C2PA, and IPTC signals in native and online image checks when a file carries them | Not publicly clear | Not publicly clear |
| Manual forensic tools | Reports detector and provenance evidence in native and online checks; not a manual forensic editor | No | No |
| Evidence level | Probability verdict plus provenance signals, with internal-test caveats instead of 99.9% certainty claims | APIs return confidence scores | Results include manipulation probability scores and explainable indicators |
| Browser checker | Free online checker runs in any browser on Numen's private Mac server; submissions are deleted after processing | Free AI detector Chrome extension is listed | RealScan SaaS web platform supports drag-and-drop analysis |
| Native Apple app | Native iPhone and Mac app for on-device checks; browser users can use the free online checker | No | No |
| API workflow | Pro Mac app includes a local CLI and MCP server; no public hosted API | AI-generated and deepfake content detection APIs are documented | RealAPI supports SDKs for Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, and Java |
| Classroom workflow | Useful for checking student writing on-device in the app or through deleted-after-processing online checks | Not publicly clear | Not publicly clear |
| Free tier & limits | Free daily checks in the iPhone and Mac app and a free online checker in any browser. Pro removes the native daily cap; the native app has no per-document word cap. | Pricing page lists free credits after adding a payment method | Free API access includes 50 audio or image scans per month |
| Privacy | Native checks stay on the iPhone or Mac and never send submitted text or images to a third-party AI provider. Online checks run on Numen's own Apple hardware, and submissions are deleted after processing. | Its public privacy policy covers account, billing, and analytics data; it does not specifically describe how content submitted to its detection APIs is collected or retained | RealAPI describes secure media upload and structured JSON results |
| Main limitation | On-device privacy requires iPhone or Mac; browser checks run on Numen's private Mac server, not on-device | Enterprise/API-first workflow for high volume processing | Security and deepfake workflow, not a student essay detector |
✓ = supported, ✕ = not offered, – = not publicly documented. Details reviewed June 2026 from public product, pricing, documentation, and benchmark pages.
Where Slop or Not Fits
Hive gates its credits behind a payment method, and Reality Defender's free API runs out at 50 scans before a sales call starts. Slop or Not answers one photo or document free, on-device, with no card and no sales conversation in the way.
- Slop or Not runs its own detection models, so no third-party AI provider sees your text or images. Native checks run on the Apple Neural Engine; online checks run on Numen's self-hosted Apple hardware, and submissions are deleted after processing.
- Free daily checks in the iPhone and Mac app and in the free online checker. Pro removes the daily cap, and native checks have no per-document word cap.
How They Compare by Workflow
Slop or Not is not the right answer for every workflow — pick the tool whose strongest workflow matches the check you need to run.
Hive Moderation
Use it for platform teams that need AI-generated media detection in moderation pipelines.
Reality Defender
Use it for security teams that need deepfake detection in fraud, access, and communications workflows.
Related Comparisons
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Slop or Not vs Hive Moderation
Hive Moderation covers image, video, text, and audio detection for trust-and-safety pipelines, but the free credits don't unlock until a payment method is on file.
Slop or Not vs Reality Defender
Reality Defender detects deepfakes across image, audio, and video with SDKs for five languages, but the free tier tops out at 50 scans a month before it turns into a sales conversation.
AI or Not vs Hive Moderation
AI or Not opens free with no card required; Hive Moderation gates its free credits behind one.
Sightengine vs Reality Defender
Sightengine is a self-serve image API with a permanent free plan; Reality Defender adds audio and video behind a sales-gated ceiling.
Hive Moderation vs Sightengine
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Slop or Not vs Copyleaks
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