Hive Vision
Language Model

Hive Vision-Language Model (VLM) can turn images—or image & text pairs—into plain-language answers and structured JSON in one call. Moderate, tag, or detect subtle elements without stitching together multiple models.

Hive Vision
Language Model

Hive Vision-Language Model (VLM) can turn images—or image & text pairs—into plain-language answers and structured JSON in one call. Moderate, tag, or detect subtle elements without stitching together multiple models.

Shifting the paradigm for content understanding
Hive Vision Language Model turns a plain-text prompt into rapid tagging, moderation, and detection — No retraining. No thresholds. Clear results.

One model, broad use cases

Replace dozens of siloed classifiers with a single, promotable VLM.

Understands deep context

Reads images and text together to catch edge cases that humans often miss.

Enforce your policies with flexibility

Write or edit your guidelines in natural language and roll them out in seconds.

When Hive VLM is the right choice

Choose VLM when you need flexible labels and easy policy tweaks. Use our pre-trained classifiers when fixed classes and accuracy are top priorities.

Highlights

Best when ...Label coveragePolicy agilityEdge cases

Hive Pre-Trained ClassfiersHive Pre-Trained Classfiers

Fixed label sets per dedicated model; requires multiple models for broad coverage.

Specialized classes baked into each model; changes require retraining.

Optimized for industry-wide cases each model was trained on.

The task is well-defined and demands peak precision/recall in that domain.

Hive VLMHive VLM

Many concepts you can describe—add them to the prompt (a single model can cover a broad range).

Rewrite the prompt → new policy applied rapidly → no retraining.

Can adapt to niche and evolving content as your needs change.

Guidelines shift, taxonomies grow, or rapid experimentation is needed across many domains.

Intuitive LLM-based content understanding

One API for your classification and detection needs

Turn any image or text into rich, ready-to-use labels—moderation, OCR, demographics, celebrities, object detection, and more— all from a single prompt.

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One API for your classification and detection needs

Turn any image or text into rich, ready-to-use labels—moderation, OCR, demographics, celebrities, object detection, and more— all from a single prompt.
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Context-aware AI that catches nuanced edge cases

Our Vision Language Model links multimodal inputs to understand policy violations—e.g. minors with alcohol, harmful text on images, sarcastic profanity, and more—to catch more violations and reduce manual review volume.

Context-aware AI that catches nuanced edge cases

Our Vision Language Model links multimodal inputs to understand policy violations—e.g. minors with alcohol, harmful text on images, sarcastic profanity, and more—to catch more violations and reduce manual review volume.

Quick iteration, effortless control

Need a new label? Delete a bad one? Just tweak the prompt. The model picks up your new rules on the next request, so your changes can go live immediately. No retraining required.

Quick iteration, effortless control

Need a new label? Delete a bad one? Just tweak the prompt. The model picks up your new rules on the next request, so your changes can go live immediately. No retraining required.

Don’t just trust us, test us

Moderation

Object Detection

Visual Q&A

Results

{
  "violates": false,
  "reasons": []
}

Prompt

You are a content-safety checker. Return JSON with two keys: - "violates" – true / false - "reasons" – an array of strings listing every policy area violated (choose from: "nudity", "sexual_content", "violence", "profanity", "drugs", "alcohol", "graphic", "other").

Results

{
  "violates": false,
  "reasons": []
}

Ready to build something?

Leverage Hive VLM across wide ranging use cases

Content Moderation

Object Detection

Visual Q&A

Age Verification

Celebrity Recognition

OCR

Content Moderation

Object Detection

Visual Q&A

Age Verification

Celebrity Recognition

OCR

Developer-friendly integration

Connect in minutes, not months.
Our API is designed to make integration easy. Submit images to our API endpoints and receive structured results.

Why developers love Hive APIs

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Simple, RESTful endpoints with fast, predictable responses.

Production-ready JSON that contains easily parseable labels and scores.

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Developer docs with code samples, libraries, and quick start guides.

Usage-based pricing that grows with you

Start building with Hive VLM in minutes. When your traffic needs scale, upgrade to an Enterprise plan for higher throughput and custom support.

Developer

Perfect for small teams and early-stage projects

Hive VLM

$0.50 / 1M Input Tokens

$2.50 / 1M Output Tokens

Note: Each input image is broken down into up to 6 tiles, based on aspect ratio. Each tile is 256 input tokens.

Enterprise

Advanced capabilities and dedicated support for enterprises

Hive VLM

Custom pricing with our best discounts

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Hive VisionLanguage Model

Hive VisionLanguage Model

Hive Vision-Language Model (VLM) can turn images—or image & text pairs—into plain-language answers and structured JSON in one call. Moderate, tag, or detect subtle elements without stitching together multiple models.

Shifting the paradigm for content understandingHive Vision Language Model turns a plain-text prompt into rapid tagging, moderation, and detection — No retraining. No thresholds. Clear results.

Shifting the paradigm for content understandingHive Vision Language Model turns a plain-text prompt into rapid tagging, moderation, and detection — No retraining. No thresholds. Clear results.

One model, broad use cases

Understands deep context

Enforce your policies with flexibility

When Hive VLM is the right choice

When Hive VLM is the right choice

Choose VLM when you need flexible labels and easy policy tweaks. Use our pre-trained classifiers when fixed classes and accuracy are top priorities.

Intuitive LLM-based content understanding

Intuitive LLM-based content understanding

One API for your classification and detection needs

One API for your classification and detection needs

Turn any image or text into rich, ready-to-use labels—moderation, OCR, demographics, celebrities, object detection, and more— all from a single prompt.adultmalehatbackpackoutdoorsnatureforestno weaponsafe

Context-aware AI that catches nuanced edge cases

Context-aware AI that catches nuanced edge cases

Our Vision Language Model links multimodal inputs to understand policy violations—e.g. minors with alcohol, harmful text on images, sarcastic profanity, and more—to catch more violations and reduce manual review volume.

Quick iteration, effortless control

Quick iteration, effortless control

Need a new label? Delete a bad one? Just tweak the prompt. The model picks up your new rules on the next request, so your changes can go live immediately. No retraining required.

Don’t just trust us, test us

Don’t just trust us, test us

Ready to build something?

Leverage Hive VLM across wide ranging use cases

Leverage Hive VLM across wide ranging use cases

Content Moderation

Content Moderation

Object Detection

Visual Q&A

Age Verification

Celebrity Recognition

OCR

Developer-friendly integration

Developer-friendly integration

Connect in minutes, not months.Our API is designed to make integration easy. Submit images to our API endpoints and receive structured results.

Why developers love Hive APIs

Why developers love Hive APIs

Usage-based pricing that grows with you

Usage-based pricing that grows with you

Start building with Hive VLM in minutes. When your traffic needs scale, upgrade to an Enterprise plan for higher throughput and custom support.

Developer

Enterprise

Explore related products from Hive

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Best-in-class moderation for images, videos, GIFs, and livestreams.

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Integrate Thorn's CSAM detection technology into moderation workflows.

Learn More

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AI-Generated Content Classification

Identify AI-generated or modified images and text.

Learn More

Visual Moderation

Best-in-class moderation for images, videos, GIFs, and livestreams.

CSAM Detection

Integrate Thorn's CSAM detection technology into moderation workflows.

AI-Generated Content Classification

Identify AI-generated or modified images and text.

Ready to build something?

Hive Vision
Language Model

Hive Vision
Language Model

Shifting the paradigm for content understanding
Hive Vision Language Model turns a plain-text prompt into rapid tagging, moderation, and detection — No retraining. No thresholds. Clear results.

Shifting the paradigm for content understanding
Hive Vision Language Model turns a plain-text prompt into rapid tagging, moderation, and detection — No retraining. No thresholds. Clear results.

Turn any image or text into rich, ready-to-use labels—moderation, OCR, demographics, celebrities, object detection, and more— all from a single prompt.
adultmalehatbackpackoutdoorsnatureforestno weaponsafe

Connect in minutes, not months.
Our API is designed to make integration easy. Submit images to our API endpoints and receive structured results.