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Ecommerce fraud prevention · November 2026 Edition

SEON vs Forter

Three of fourteen models named SEON first on the direct prompt; zero named Forter. Both were named by all fourteen models and SEON carries 43 labels and Forter 33, so the shares are not directly comparable.

SEON

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Forter

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share11%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4333A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, SEON 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 SEON · Stripe Radar vs Forter · Signifyd vs SEON

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.
SEONFirst choices, of fourteen modelsForter
Direct302 against Forter
Paraphrase20
Comparative02
Budget-constrained102 against SEON · 2 against Forter
Scale-constrained01
Negative201 against SEON · 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, SEON and Forter were named in the same answer fifty-three times, of the 136 answers naming SEON and the 99 naming Forter. In those answers Forter took the first choice three times and SEON nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where SEON and Forter stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
SEON Forter first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, SEON on the left and Forter on the right.

The direct prompt

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

SEON first, Forter not the choice

3 of 14 modelsForter was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20SEON alternatives: ClearSale, Sift, Signifyd, Stripe Radar
DeepSeek V4 FlashSEON alternatives: Sift, Signifyd
MiniMax M2.5ClearSale, SEON, Sift alternatives: Kount

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Trustpair alternatives: Riskified, SEON, Signifyd
GPT-5.4 miniSift alternatives: Forter, Riskified, Signifyd
Gemini 3.5 FlashSift alternatives: Kount, SEON, Trustmi AI
Perplexity SonarSignifyd alternatives: ClearSale, SEON, Sift
Kimi K2Signifyd alternatives: SEON, Sift, Wyllo
GLM 4.7 FlashXStripe Radar alternatives: SEON, Signifyd
Muse Glimmer 30BClearSale alternatives: SEON, Sift, Signifyd, Trustpair

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallClearSale, Signifyd alternatives: Stripe Radar, Sumsub
Llama 4 MaverickSignifyd
Qwen 3.7 FlashSift alternatives: LexisNexis Intelligent Investigator, Ping Identity, Signifyd, Wyllo
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
SEON leads by nine points.
SEON9%#4 of 14
Forter0%#14 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
SEON leads by nine points.
SEON11%#3 of 11
Forter2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
SEON leads by two points.
SEON6%#5 of 15
Forter4%#7 of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about SEON

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

“Reported pricing starts around $699/month, so it may be less suitable for very small merchants.” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“Be cautious if the vendor cannot explain what data it uses, how long it retains it” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“SEON publishes self-serve pricing at $699/month for the Starter tier” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
“SMBs on a tight budget should compare SEON, FraudLabs Pro, and Sift... SEON's free tier can help you get started without immediate investment.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Reviews suggest this platform is user-friendly and offers better visibility into how fraud signals are calculated” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · first choice
“For a mid-market B2B company, SEON is the strongest overall choice.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · 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.