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Click fraud protection · November 2026 Edition

Lunio vs Cheq

Two of fourteen models named Lunio first on the direct prompt; one named Cheq. Both were named by all fourteen models and Lunio carries 36 labels and Cheq 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lunio

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Cheq

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share13%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3626A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lunio reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ClickCease was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. ClickCease vs Lunio · ClickCease vs Cheq · Lunio vs ClickGUARD

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.
LunioFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCheq
Direct211 against Lunio · 1 against Cheq
Paraphrase411 against Lunio
Comparative01
Budget-constrained001 against Lunio
Scale-constrained11
Negative012 against Lunio
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, Lunio and Cheq were named in the same answer sixty-eight times, of the 111 answers naming Lunio and the 99 naming Cheq. In those answers Cheq took the first choice seven times and Lunio twenty-one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Lunio and Cheq 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
Lunio Cheq first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lunio on the left and Cheq on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Lunio first, Cheq an alternative

2 of 14 modelsCheq was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniLunio alternatives: Cheq, ClickCease
Gemini 3.5 FlashLunio alternatives: Cheq, ClickGUARD, ClickPatrol, TrafficGuard

Cheq first, Lunio an alternative

1 of 14 modelsLunio 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

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Mistral SmallClickCease alternatives: Cheq, Spider AF
DeepSeek V4 FlashClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, Lunio
MiniMax M2.5ClickCease, ClickGUARD alternatives: Cheq, TrafficGuard
GPT-6 LunaCHEQ Acquisition alternatives: Lunio
Muse Glimmer 30BClickCease alternatives: Fraud Blocker, IPQualityScore, Lunio, TrafficGuard

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5ClickGUARD, ClickPatrol alternatives: ClickCease, Spider AF
Grok 4.20ClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, TrafficGuard
Llama 4 MaverickClickCease
Qwen 3.7 FlashClickCease alternatives: TrafficGuard
Kimi K2ClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, PPC Protect
GLM 4.7 FlashXClickGUARD alternatives: ClickCease, ClickGuardian, TrafficGuard

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
Lunio leads by two points.
Lunio6%#4 of 10
Cheq4%#7 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Lunio leads by eight points.
Lunio13%#2 of 10
Cheq6%#4 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Lunio leads by four points.
Lunio25%#1 of 13
Cheq21%#2 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Lunio

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

“Complaints center on admin overhead (manual tweaks needed), questionable effectiveness, and not being "worth the hassle"” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise tools such as Lunio unless your annual paid-media spend is very high” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“The same limitation applies to the broader category that ClickCease, ClickGuard, ClickPatrol, TrafficGuard and Lunio belong to” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Lunio is a real-time invalid traffic detection tool that uses AI and machine learning to detect and prevent invalid traffic. It is recommended for mid-market B2B companies.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“consider: Lunio, CHEQ, DataDome, and Anura – these are noted as enterprise-ready with proper security credentials and multi-account capabilities.” MiniMax M2.5 · scale prompt · first choice
“I'd lean toward Lunio since it offers broader platform coverage and cross-channel insights” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase 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

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.