layahost vs Vid Kraken

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layahost compared with Vid Kraken
Detail	layahost	Vid Kraken
What it does	Jev-compatible API for text classification and moderation, hosted in the EU	YouTube download API for developers that handles bot detection and returns ready-to-use MP4 or audio files
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	FI	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free: $1 credit (66.7K decisions) on sign-up. Starter: $9/month for 1M decisions, then $10/million. Pro: $49/month for 10M decisions, then $5/million. Pay as you go: $15/million decisions from prepaid credit ($10 minimum). Clef-flash: $0.10/million tokens. Clef: $0.50/million tokens. Bonus credit: +	Starter: $99/month (400 GB bandwidth, $0.25 per GB); Growth: $399/month (2 TB bandwidth, $0.20 per GB); Scale: $1,499/month (10 TB bandwidth, $0.15 per GB). Additional usage charged at $0.50, $0.40, or $0.30 per extra GB respectively. Pay-as-you-go from one-time $49 startup fee. Custom plans with co
Key features	Decision flows: chain decisions on a canvas for multi-step classification Test sets: measure accuracy on your own labelled data before deployment Compare models side-by-side: test Laya, Clef-flash and Clef on the same data Custom models: fine-tune Laya on your own labelled examples Jev API compatibility: same endpoints, request and response formats as Jev Perspective API replacement: drop-in replacement for Google's deprecated moderation API Multiple model options: Laya (fast, cheap, EU-hosted), Clef-flash (9B model) and Clef (27B model)	MP4 video download up to 4K (1080p, 720p, 480p, 360p, 4K on request) with H.264 default codec Direct HTTPS download links for immediate use or streaming REST API with async job queue that scales from first request to high-volume production MCP server for AI agents including Claude Clear machine-readable error codes for videos that cannot be downloaded
What makes it different	EU-hosted Laya model: text never leaves the EU and is not used for training No lock-in: API compatible with Jev, uses open-weights models you can run yourself	99.995% download success rate over last 30 days, published live daily per video Automatically handles YouTube bot detection without requiring cookie management or proxy rotation Pay for bandwidth only with no per-download fees, failed downloads are free
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	32 no change since last check	13 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	7	11
Citation Flow (Majestic)	27	30
Referring domains (Majestic)	90	56

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