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Ecommerce fraud prevention · November 2026 Edition

ClearSale vs Forter

Three of fourteen models named ClearSale first on the direct prompt; zero named Forter. ClearSale was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Forter by fourteen and ClearSale carries 27 labels and Forter 33, so the shares are not directly comparable.

ClearSale

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Forter

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share7%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2733A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ClearSale reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Signifyd was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Stripe Radar vs ClearSale · Stripe Radar vs Forter · Signifyd vs ClearSale

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the ecommerce fraud prevention page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ClearSaleFirst choices, of fourteen modelsForter
Direct302 against Forter
Paraphrase00
Comparative02
Budget-constrained102 against Forter
Scale-constrained01
Negative001 against ClearSale · 2 against Forter
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, ClearSale and Forter were named in the same answer thirty-one times, of the 82 answers naming ClearSale and the 99 naming Forter. In those answers Forter took the first choice two times and ClearSale one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ClearSale and Forter stood in it.
ModelDirectCLParaphraseCLComparativeCLBudget-constrainedCLScale-constrainedCLNegativeCL
Claude Haiku 4.5CL
GPT-5.4 miniCL
Gemini 3.5 FlashCLCL
Perplexity SonarCLCL
Grok 4.20CLCL
Mistral SmallCLCL
DeepSeek V4 FlashCLCLCL
Llama 4 MaverickCL
Qwen 3.7 FlashCL
Kimi K2CL
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5CLCL
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30BCLCLCL
CL ClearSale ForterCL first choiceCL named as an alternativeCL argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ClearSale on the left and Forter on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ClearSale and Forter stood in it.

ClearSale first, Forter not the choice

3 of 14 modelsForter was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallClearSale, Signifyd alternatives: Stripe Radar, Sumsub
MiniMax M2.5ClearSale, SEON, Sift alternatives: Kount
Muse Glimmer 30BClearSale alternatives: SEON, Sift, Signifyd, Trustpair

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniSift alternatives: Forter, Riskified, Signifyd
Perplexity SonarSignifyd alternatives: ClearSale, SEON, Sift
Grok 4.20SEON alternatives: ClearSale, Sift, Signifyd, Stripe Radar

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Trustpair alternatives: Riskified, SEON, Signifyd
Gemini 3.5 FlashSift alternatives: Kount, SEON, Trustmi AI
DeepSeek V4 FlashSEON alternatives: Sift, Signifyd
Llama 4 MaverickSignifyd
Qwen 3.7 FlashSift alternatives: LexisNexis Intelligent Investigator, Ping Identity, Signifyd, Wyllo
Kimi K2Signifyd alternatives: SEON, Sift, Wyllo
GLM 4.7 FlashXStripe Radar alternatives: SEON, Signifyd
GPT-6 LunaSignifyd alternatives: Kount, Sift, Trustmi

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
ClearSale leads by nine points.
ClearSale9%#5 of 14
Forter0%#14 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
ClearSale leads by six points.
ClearSale7%#6 of 11
Forter2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Forter leads at enterprise.
Forter4%#7 of 15
ClearSale2%#11 of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ClearSale

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“ClearSale has users who flag occasional service downtime and slow support response times during active issues” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend requesting demos from ClearSale, Sift, and SEON to evaluate which fits your specific B2B workflow needs best.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“ClearSale if you want a more established option with a strong small-business reputation” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“ClearSale and Signifyd are the top choices due to their proven track records” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Forter

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid enterprise platforms like Riskified, Forter, and Kount” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Premium pricing: Listed at $120K/year on AWS Marketplace for under 1M decisions—significantly more expensive than competitors” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“if you need enterprise-grade protection with chargeback guarantees (though they're primarily enterprise-focused)” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · soft negative
“Tier 1 (Enterprise/High Touch): Forter, Signifyd. (High cost, full liability guarantee, heavy focus on human-in-the-loop workflows).” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Choose Riskified or Forter for high-volume retail, international sales, and aggressive false-decline reduction.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“It is widely considered the industry standard for high-volume transactions.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.