Click fraud protection · November 2026 Edition
ClickCease vs Cheq
Eight of fourteen models named ClickCease first on the direct prompt; one named Cheq. Both were named by all fourteen models and ClickCease carries 59 labels and Cheq 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
First-choice share37%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate24%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels5926A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ClickCease reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ClickCease vs Lunio · ClickCease vs ClickGUARD · ClickCease vs Fraud Blocker
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 click fraud protection page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ClickCeaseFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCheq
Direct812 against ClickCease · 1 against Cheq
Paraphrase711 against ClickCease
Comparative111
Budget-constrained303 against ClickCease
Scale-constrained11
Negative018 against ClickCease
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, ClickCease and Cheq were named in the same answer sixty-five times, of the 166 answers naming ClickCease and the 99 naming Cheq. In those answers Cheq took the first choice thirteen times and ClickCease sixteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ClickCease and Cheq stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | | | |
ClickCease Cheq first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ClickCease on the left and Cheq on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ClickCease and Cheq stood in it.
ClickCease first, Cheq an alternative
8 of 14 modelsCheq was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Grok 4.20ClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, TrafficGuard
Mistral SmallClickCease alternatives: Cheq, Spider AF
DeepSeek V4 FlashClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, Lunio
Llama 4 MaverickClickCease
Qwen 3.7 FlashClickCease alternatives: TrafficGuard
Kimi K2ClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, PPC Protect
MiniMax M2.5ClickCease, ClickGUARD alternatives: Cheq, TrafficGuard
Muse Glimmer 30BClickCease alternatives: Fraud Blocker, IPQualityScore, Lunio, TrafficGuard
Cheq first, ClickCease an alternative
1 of 14 modelsClickCease was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarCheq alternatives: ClickCease, Lunio
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5ClickGUARD, ClickPatrol alternatives: ClickCease, Spider AF
GPT-5.4 miniLunio alternatives: Cheq, ClickCease
Gemini 3.5 FlashLunio alternatives: Cheq, ClickGUARD, ClickPatrol, TrafficGuard
GLM 4.7 FlashXClickGUARD alternatives: ClickCease, ClickGuardian, TrafficGuard
Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-6 LunaCHEQ Acquisition alternatives: Lunio
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
ClickCease leads by forty-three points.
ClickCease47%#1 of 10Cheq4%#7 of 10Mid-marketThe figures above
ClickCease leads by thirty-one points.
ClickCease37%#1 of 10Cheq6%#4 of 10Enterprise
The order flips: Cheq leads at enterprise.
Cheq21%#2 of 13ClickCease5%#5 of 13What the models said about ClickCease
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Account suspension risk: Multiple users report their Google Ads accounts being shut down for "circumventing systems" after installing ClickCease” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“IP/device-only blockers, ClickCease in particular ... The bigger operational risk reported with ClickCease is Google policy enforcement.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid ClickCease based on the documented risk of Google Ads account suspensions and its questionable effectiveness.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“For a mid-market B2B buyer the AI-model recommendation index for "click fraud protection tool" / "invalid ad traffic blocker" is currently led by ClickCease.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“One of the most established and widely used click fraud tools on the market... Go with ClickCease or Fraud Blocker for low pricing, quick setup” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Overall, ClickCease leads in user volume and versatility... tools like ClickCease or TrafficGuard often top "best overall" lists in 2024 comparisons.” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Cheq
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“More enterprise-oriented... it may involve custom pricing and less self-serve transparency.” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · soft negative
“Look for enterprise-grade security tools (like CHEQ/PPC Protect or Fraudlogix) that focus on bot detection via behavioral analysis, server-side tracking, and invalid placement exclusions” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“The vendor positions it as "No. 1 Click Fraud Solution For PPC Campaigns" with advanced AI-powered detection and real-time monitoring and blocking.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“consider: Lunio, CHEQ, DataDome, and Anura – these are noted as enterprise-ready” MiniMax M2.5 · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
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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.