Checkstep

What Is Checkstep?

Checkstep is an AI-powered content moderation software for trust and safety. It is specifically to help online businesses detect, review, and manage harmful or unwanted content digitally. The platform uses configurable policies, AI models, automated workflows, and human moderation that monitor user-generated content and maintain safety standards. Businesses may prefer Checkstep to identify potentially problematic content, apply their moderation policies, and lookout for unusual activities.

What Is Checkstep Best For?

Checkstep stands out for its "Policy and Compliance Management" feature. It is a policy engine that combines customizable moderation rules with confidence-based automated enforcement. Businesses create and manage policies, select models for specific use cases, and set thresholds for automated actions. The software blocks high-confidence violations automatically, while uncertain cases are directed for moderation. This process helps platforms reduce manual workloads and maintain content moderation in control.

How Much Does Checkstep Cost?

The pricing of Checkstep starts at about $100,000 to $125,600/year, according to the industry benchmark for similar solutions. This range is intended for general budgeting purposes, as actual costs can differ based on content volume, chosen add-ons such as Local Model Deployment and Priority Support, and any custom quote negotiated with Checkstep.

In addition to the base subscription costs, organizations should account for the following expenses:

• Local Model Deployment: Around $32,500/year for dedicated AWS servers
• Onboarding: Starts at $12,800 (one-time), integration support and policy setup for three policy categories
• Priority Support: Approximately $15,700/year for faster response, expert consultations and quarterly reviews
• Extra Policy Categories: From $3,000 to $10,000
• Extra Scanning Credits: About $25,600/year/additional 2K pack
• Extra Volume Packages: Estimated at $25,000/year/package
• AWS Infrastructure Charges: $1,000 to $10,000/year

Disclaimer: Pricing references are based on publicly available third-party information and industry benchmarks. Actual costs may vary.

Checkstep Integrations

Information about third-party integrations has not been specified by the vendor.

How Does Checkstep Work?

Below are the simple steps to start using the platform:

• Log in to your Checkstep account and access the platform to configure your moderation workflows
• Create policies by defining moderation rules, editing policy descriptions, and selecting the appropriate models for each use case
• Configure thresholds by setting confidence scores that determine when content should be automatically blocked or sent for further review
• Scan content by submitting digital content for AI-based detection of policy violations across supported content categories and languages
• Automate moderation by applying configured policies to detected content, automatically handling high-confidence violations according to the selected rules
• Review edge cases by routing content with uncertain results to human moderators for additional assessment
• Monitor moderation by reviewing moderation activity, decisions, confidence scores, and policy enforcement within the platform
• Generate reports by using moderation and transparency reporting capabilities to review activity and support applicable compliance requirements

Who Is Checkstep For?

Checkstep is ideal for organizations across a wide range of industries and sectors, including: 

• Social
• Review sites
• Gaming
• Dating
• Marketplaces
• Streaming

Checkstep Use Cases

Based on our analysis of Checkstep’s current capabilities, we have identified key scenarios where this software could be a good fit:

Marketplaces Managing Fraudulent And Restricted Listings

A marketplace can’t check every new listing by hand, and the problem ones usually look fine at first glance. Checkstep reads a listing’s photos, title, and description together, so a counterfeit or a banned item, such as a restricted knife, can be caught even when neither the image nor the text gives it away alone. Clear violations can be rejected before they go live, while borderline ones wait for a moderator. And when the same seller keeps turning up, moderators can see their full history and suspend the account instead of removing listings one at a time.

Streaming Platforms Reviewing Fast-Moving Live And Uploaded Content

A scene that is fine for viewers in one country can break local rules or cause offense in another. For streaming services with large catalogs, Checkstep can scan titles against policies set for each region and flag the scenes that need a closer look. The team then decides whether to label, edit, or localize that title for a specific audience. Platforms that also host live streams can extend the same checks there.

Social Platforms Handling Large Volumes Of User Interaction

On a social platform, the hardest abuse to spot is often the kind that looks harmless one post at a time, like a pile-on where dozens of accounts each leave a single mild comment. Checkstep assesses each case with its surrounding context and the user’s history, which makes those patterns easier to see. Teams can also set different rules and confidence levels for harassment, hate speech, disinformation, and self-harm, rather than holding everything to one standard.

Dating Apps Protecting Users From Harmful Or Abusive Content

On dating apps, harm rarely shows up in a single message. A scam or a sextortion attempt tends to build over a conversation, so Checkstep reviews messages together with the exchange around them and any images shared. Profiles get the same treatment, with photos and text checked side by side to catch fake accounts. For apps with duties under the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA), age estimation from a profile photo can screen most users without extra steps, saving fuller checks for those who need one.

Is Checkstep Right For You?

Checkstep is suitable for online platforms looking to moderate large volumes of user-generated content and combine AI automation with review. Its customizable policy engine, support for more than 100 languages, and moderation makes it particularly relevant to marketplaces, social platforms, streaming services, and dating apps with different content risks.

The software also reports a 90% reduction in human moderation costs, 78% faster moderation, and 98% detection accuracy. Its work with companies such as 123 Multimedia provides a documented example of its use in automated content moderation.

Still doubtful if Checkstep is the right fit for you? Reach out to us at (661) 384-7070 for further guidance.