Hive review

Hive builds AI-generated and deepfake detection for trust and safety teams, and it also offers free tools that ordinary users can open in a browser. Hive Detect accepts PNG, JPEG and WEBP images as well as common video and audio formats, returns frame-by-frame analysis for video and audio, and shows attribution scores for engines such as Gemini, GPT and FLUX. The Chrome extension scans images, video and audio while you browse, and an X bot checks posts as they spread. For platforms, Hive sells APIs that flag synthetic media at scale, but pricing for those is not published, so we list the price as pending. That makes Hive a strong free pick for individuals and a sales-led choice for companies. The limits are the lack of a public quota for the free tools and no self-serve paid plan. We compared documented features and published prices.

Who it is for

People who want free checks across images, video and audio, and platforms that need detection at scale

Price

Free Hive Detect web tool and Chrome extension; API pricing on request (USD check pending).

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Hive Detect web tool checks uploaded images, video and audio
• Chrome extension scans media as you browse with likely model attribution
• X bot checks suspicious posts as they spread
• Attribution scores for engines such as Gemini, GPT and FLUX
• Frame-by-frame analysis for video and audio files

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free tools cover images, video and audio
• Strength: Model attribution shows which engine likely made an image
• Strength: Enterprise APIs scale to platform moderation
• Weakness: No published self-serve price for the API
• Weakness: Free tools have usage terms rather than a published quota
• Weakness: Enterprise features sit behind a sales conversation

Key facts

• Free option: Yes, Hive Detect and Chrome extension
• Media types: Images, video, audio
• Paid plans: Sales-led

Where it ranks

Hive is No. 2 in our Best AI Image Detectors verdict.