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Game & Content Moderation Services

A dedicated, trained trust & safety team that keeps your community safe, moderating UGC, chat and gameplay to your guidelines, 24/7. Real moderators, treated as real people. Full-time from $5 USD/hour.
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What we do

Moderation by platform

Games & esports

In-game chat, voice comms, player reports, anti-cheat flagging and community bans, tuned to the pace and slang of your specific title and player base.

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Social platforms & apps

Comment threads, DMs, profile content and reported posts, moderated at the volume social platforms actually generate, not the volume a policy document assumes.

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Marketplaces & dating

High-risk UGC: listings, photos, bios and messages, where the cost of a missed call is fraud, scams or real-world harm to a user.

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Livestreaming & creator platforms

Real-time chat moderation at stream speed, plus post-stream content review for clips, VODs and flagged segments.

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24/7 coverage · Trained trust & safety teams · Moderator wellbeing support · ISO 27001:2022 Certified · No lock-in contracts

Trained moderators and proper support systems

Your community is only as safe as the people watching it. AI filters miss context, sarcasm and coded language. A raw content queue with no training makes inconsistent calls that erode player trust fast. And too much of this industry keeps prices down by treating moderators as disposable, and it shows in the quality of decisions your players live with every day.

Outsourcey does content moderation outsourcing differently. We build you a dedicated trust and safety team that learns your community guidelines, moderates consistently across every channel you run, and works around the clock. Plus, we support those moderators properly, because burned-out reviewers make bad calls and don’t stick around long enough to get good at the job.

Human moderators vs. AI-only filtering vs. a raw content queue

Everyone selling moderation services will tell you they're the answer. Here's how the three options stack up.

AI-only filter
Understands context/sarcasm?
No
Knows your guidelines?
Generic rules
Consistent decisions?
Yes, but blunt
Handles novel/coded abuse?
Misses it
Moderator wellbeing?
N/A
24/7 coverage?
Yes
Dedicated to you?
N/A
Raw BPO queue
Understands context/sarcasm?
Variable
Knows your guidelines?
No — reads a list
Consistent decisions?
No
Handles novel/coded abuse?
Sometimes
Moderator wellbeing?
Often poor
24/7 coverage?
Yes
Dedicated to you?
No
Best value
Outsourcey
Understands context/sarcasm?
Yes — trained
Knows your guidelines?
Yes — learns them
Consistent decisions?
Yes
Handles novel/coded abuse?
Yes
Moderator wellbeing?
Supported
24/7 coverage?
Yes — follow-the-sun
Dedicated to you?
Yes — 100%

AI catches the obvious 80%: spam, known slurs, and banned image hashes. But the 20% left over is coded abuse, sarcasm that flips a "compliment" into harassment, context that only makes sense if you know your own community. Content moderation that stops at automation is moderation that stops right before it matters.

A raw content queue doesn't fix that either. Cheap, untrained reviewers working off a generic policy list will process volume, but they won't know your game, your slang, or your escalation calls.

What our moderation teams handle

Game & community moderation

  • In-game chat and voice moderation
  • Player reports and dispute resolution
  • Anti-cheat and exploit flagging (escalation, not enforcement)
  • Discord, forum and Reddit community moderation
  • Enforcing community guidelines and issuing warnings or bans per your policy

Content & UGC moderation

 

  • Text, image, video and livestream moderation
  • UGC moderation (uploads, profiles, comments)
  • Marketplace listing and review moderation
  • Social media moderation (comment and DM review)
  • Spam, scam and fraud detection

Trust & safety operations

 

  • Policy application and edge-case escalation
  • CSAM detection and lawful escalation 
  • Appeals handling
  • Moderation quality assurance and reporting

How much does content moderation outsourcing cost?

A dedicated offshore content moderator through Outsourcey costs between $5 and $9 USD per hour, or from $870 USD/month full-time, including salary above local market, wellbeing support, benefits, payroll, HR and a secure ISO 27001-certified environment. 24/7 coverage costs no night-shift premium, thanks to follow-the-sun scheduling.

Best value
Moderator
from $5/hour
Best for
UGC
Chat
Community review
Hourly
From $5
Monthly (40 hrs/wk)
From $870
Senior moderator
from $9/hour
Best for
Escalations
Edge cases
Appeals
Hourly
From $9
Monthly (40 hrs/wk)
From $1,560
Trust & safety lead
from $9/hour
Best for
Policy
QA
Team management
Hourly
From $9
Monthly (40 hrs/wk)
From $1,560

How we protect our moderators (and why it matters to you)

 

  • Fair pay: Pay above local market rate, reviewed annually.
  • Psychological support: Free access to counselling / EAP
  • Exposure management: Rotation off graphic queues, capped exposure per shift and scheduled wellness breaks.
  • Full employment: benefits, job security and real career progression; not gig work, not piece-rate
  • Secure, respectful environment: an ISO 27001-certified facility, not a content sweatshop

Supported moderators make better, more consistent decisions, and they stay in the role long enough to get good at reading your community. That’s why our calls are more reliable than those in a high-churn queue.

When outsourced content moderation is NOT the right fit

 

We’d rather tell you now than sell you something you don’t need.

  • Your volume is tiny. A handful of reports a week can be handled in-house or with AI tooling alone.
  • Your moderation needs deep legal or regulatory judgment specific to your jurisdiction. Some calls belong with your in-house counsel, not a moderator.
  • You don’t have written community guidelines yet. A team can’t enforce a policy that doesn’t exist — write it first, and we can help.
  • Your content is purely AI-filterable spam. You may not need humans on this yet.

Stop watching your community get worse in real time

Every day without proper coverage is another day of reports piling up, toxic chat driving players out, and decisions being made by whoever's cheapest rather than whoever's trained.

With outsourced content moderation, you get a dedicated team, real training on your guidelines, coverage that never sleeps, and moderators who are well supported to make good calls consistently. No lock-in contracts, no setup fees, and a price-beat guarantee if you're comparing us to anyone else.

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FAQs

Content & game moderation FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does content moderation outsourcing cost?

From $5/hr (from ~$870/mo full-time, USD). Junior from $5/hr, Mid from $7/hr, Senior from $9/hr. Site: one all-in hourly rate covering salary, benefits, recruitment, HR, payroll, IT and a Client Success Partner. No setup fees, no lock-in.

Can't AI just handle moderation now?

AI handles high-volume, obvious cases well, but it misses context, sarcasm, coded abuse and novel harm. The strongest setup pairs AI for scale with trained human moderators for judgment. We work alongside your AI tools, not instead of them.

How do you protect moderator well-being?

Pay above the local market rate, reviewed annually; free counselling/EAP access; rotation off graphic queues; capped exposure per shift; and scheduled wellness breaks.

Can you moderate 24/7?

Yes. Follow-the-sun scheduling from Manila delivers round-the-clock coverage without paying night-shift premiums, so your community is watched even while your home team sleeps.

What platforms and content types can you moderate?

In-game chat, Discord, forums, social, app store reviews and UGC (text, image, video).

Will moderators follow OUR community guidelines?

Yes, that’s the difference between a dedicated team and a generic queue. Your moderators train on your specific guidelines, escalate edge cases your way, and make decisions consistent with your brand and community.

How do you handle illegal content like CSAM?

Illegal content is escalated straight to your trust and safety lead and reported to NCMEC or the relevant authority; it is never downloaded or stored.

How is data and user privacy protected?

ISO 27001:2022, NDAs, restricted access, DLP.

How fast can we get a team started?

Two weeks from scoping call to live. Recruitment and testing take 7–10 days; the interview and onboarding, plus tool access, take 2–3 days.

Can we scale for a launch or event spike?

Yes. No minimum headcount, no lock-in. Scale up for a launch, tournament or viral moment, and back down once it settles.

Free consultation

Still not convinced that outsourcing will suit your business?

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In addition to the instant savings associated with offshore staffing solutions, if you come across a better price from a competitor, we'll beat it.

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Outsourcey brings employees secure employment, competitive wages, a family-like culture and a healthy work-life balance. We understand the intricacies of local Filipino culture and successfully foster loyalty to give you long-term retention and a competitive advantage.

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Unlike our competitors which are owned by large private equity firms with layers of bureaucracy, you will have direct access to the Outsourcey founders at any stage.

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