Pricing

Same redaction engine, three paths. The full toolkit is open source and free forever. Philter — our turnkey redaction API — is also available on the AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure marketplaces (from $0.49/hr on AWS) for teams that want one-click deploy and vendor-supported updates. The other Philterd tools are not yet on the cloud marketplaces; run them from source or as part of an Engaged engagement.

Free forever

Open Source

$0 · Open source

Run the entire Philterd toolkit yourself. Full source on GitHub — no license keys, no usage caps, no commercial review.

All 9 tools, full source code
User's guides and reference docs
Community support via GitHub issues
Every update and new release

Best for: Engineering-led teams who want to own every layer.

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Per-hour billing

Philter on Cloud Marketplaces

From $0.49/hr · ~$360/mo

Deploy Philter — our turnkey redaction API — into your VPC from the AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure marketplace. Production-ready in minutes; billed through your existing cloud account. The other Philterd tools are not yet on the cloud marketplaces.

One-click Philter deploy into your VPC
Vendor-supported updates
Unified billing via your cloud provider
No procurement contract required

Best for: Teams that want production-ready Philter without managing builds or ops.

Deploy in 5 minutes

Available on AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. AWS Marketplace list price shown — see the full TCO comparison →

Engagement-based

Engaged

Custom

Work directly with the people who built the toolkit. Custom NLP models, privacy architecture, embedded engineering, and production deployment with full handoff.

Custom NLP model training
Privacy architecture review
Embedded engineering
Deployment + knowledge transfer

Best for: Healthcare, finance, and government workloads with custom requirements.

What's in each tier

Feature	Open Source	Philter on Marketplaces	Engaged
Philter — turnkey redaction API
Other Philterd tools (Phileas, Phinder, Phield, PhEye, Arbiter, Philter AI Proxy, Philter Scope, Philter Diffuse, Redaction Policy Editor)
Full source code
User's guides and reference docs
Runs entirely in your VPC
Open source policy library
One-click Philter deploy from AWS / GCP / Azure marketplace
Vendor-supported updates and patches
Unified billing via your cloud provider
Community support via GitHub issues
Direct engineering support
Custom NLP model training
Privacy architecture review
Embedded engineering
Deployment + knowledge transfer

Pricing Q&A

Why is Open Source actually free?

Because it is. The full toolkit is on GitHub under an open source license. No license keys, no usage caps, no commercial review. Self-host it on whatever you want; we make money on the marketplace and engaged tiers, not on gating the code.

Which product is on the cloud marketplaces?

Philter — the turnkey, self-hosted PII redaction API — is available on AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure marketplaces. The other Philterd tools (Phileas, Phinder, Phield, PhEye, Arbiter, Philter AI Proxy, Philter Scope, Philter Diffuse, Redaction Policy Editor) are open source today but are not yet listed on the cloud marketplaces. You can run them from source under the Open Source tier or as part of an Engaged engagement.

What does Philter on the marketplaces cost?

$0.49/hr on the AWS Marketplace, billed through your existing AWS account. That works out to roughly $360/month for a single always-on instance. Google Cloud and Azure marketplace pricing is in the same ballpark — check each listing for the exact figure. The full TCO comparison walks through how that scales versus commercial PII APIs.

Why is the Engaged tier “contact us” instead of a list price?

Engagements vary too much for a fixed number to be useful. A two-week privacy-architecture review is very different from training a custom NLP model on millions of clinical notes or embedding with a team for a quarter. We’d rather scope the work honestly than quote a number that doesn’t fit.

Do I need a BAA for healthcare deployments?

Philter runs entirely inside your VPC, so data never leaves your account — your existing cloud BAA already covers the path. We can sign a software BAA when an engagement involves Philterd staff touching your data; that’s handled as part of an Engaged engagement.

Can I start on Open Source and move to a paid tier later?

Yes. The Philter you install from any cloud marketplace is the same Philter you’d build from source — same engine, same API, same policies. Engaged work happens on top of either.

Is there a free trial of the marketplace listings?

A free trial may be available — check the pricing details on the AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure marketplace listing for up-to-date information.

Not sure which tier fits?

30 minutes with Jeff (the engineer behind Philter). Bring your stack and your constraints; leave with a concrete recommendation — even if it's just “start on open source.”

Or deploy Philter yourself →