# Client-side protection for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "client-side protection tool" and as "tool to monitor third-party scripts on payment pages", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/client-side-protection/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** Feroot Security leads with 16% of first choices; verdict contested. 51 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Feroot Security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/feroot-security/index.md) | 16% | 6% | 18 |
| 2 | [cside](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cside/index.md) | 14% | 0% | 30 |
| 3 | [Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/akamai-client-side-protection-compliance/index.md) | 12% | 9% | 32 |
| 4 | [Reflectiz](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/reflectiz/index.md) | 12% | 29% | 31 |
| 5 | [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/index.md) | 10% | 0% | 20 |
| 6 | [Cloudflare Page Shield](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare-page-shield/index.md) | 4% | 8% | 26 |
| 7 | [Jscrambler Webpage Integrity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/jscrambler-webpage-integrity/index.md) | 4% | 26% | 23 |
| 8 | [Source Defense](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/source-defense/index.md) | 4% | 27% | 22 |
| 9 | [Imperva Client-Side Protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/imperva-client-side-protection/index.md) | 2% | 12% | 26 |
| 11 | [CrowdStrike Falcon](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/crowdstrike-falcon/index.md) | 2% | 30% | 10 |
| 22 | [Feroot PaymentGuard](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/feroot-paymentguard/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 12 |
| 122 | [HUMAN Security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/human-security/index.md) | 0% | 54% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 122 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: CrowdStrike Falcon; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Feroot Security, Source Defense; alternatives Akamai Page Integrity Manager, Cloudflare Page Shield, Jscrambler Webpage Integrity
- Perplexity Sonar: Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance; alternatives Source Defense, cside
- Grok 4.20: Reflectiz; alternatives Cloudflare Page Shield, Feroot Security, Jscrambler Webpage Integrity, c/side
- Mistral Small: Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance, Imperva Client-Side Protection; alternatives Feroot Security, cside
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: c/side; alternatives Feroot PaymentGuard, Feroot Security, Reflectiz
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: CrowdStrike; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoints, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
- Kimi K2: Feroot Security, Reflectiz; alternatives Jscrambler Webpage Integrity, cside
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance; alternatives Cloudflare Page Shield, Imperva Client-Side Protection, cside
- MiniMax M2.5: Feroot Security, Jscrambler Webpage Integrity; alternatives Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance, Cloudflare Page Shield, cside
- GPT-6 Luna: Cloudflare Page Shield; alternatives Fastly Client-Side Protection, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Feroot Security; alternatives CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Radware Client-Side Protection, Reflectiz

## Sources the answers cite

71 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- cside.com: 39 answers, 84 citations
- gane.ai/index: 32 answers, 43 citations
- guideflow.com: 27 answers, 30 citations
- g2.com: 26 answers, 53 citations
- akamai.com: 22 answers, 36 citations
- sourceforge.net: 17 answers, 24 citations
- startupstash.com: 17 answers, 18 citations
- feroot.com: 16 answers, 37 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://gane.ai/index/it/security/client-side-protection/enterprise (30 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/client-side-protection (26 answers)
- https://cside.com/blog/top-client-side-security-tools-full-guide (22 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/client-side-protection (18 answers)
- https://akamai.com/products/client-side-protection-compliance (16 answers)
- https://startupstash.com/top-client-side-protection-tools (16 answers)
- https://cside.com/compare (12 answers)
- https://cf-assets.www.cloudflare.com/slt3lc6tev37/GZ13OszjJaEOy4QYkD4wf/94f9e5de12faaee484a664e8708b3fa6/Keeping_tabs_on_browser_supply_chain_attacks.pdf (9 answers)
- https://cside.com/blog/client-side-security-ecommerce-fintech-platforms (9 answers)
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/client-side-security (9 answers)

## Warned against

- Reflectiz: 9 of 31 labels negative. "Pure browser‑based JavaScript agents (e.g., JScrambler, SourceDefense, Reflectiz, Human Security) | Avoid as primary defense" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)
- HUMAN Security: 7 of 13 labels negative. "Pure browser‑based JavaScript agents (e.g., JScrambler, SourceDefense, Reflectiz, Human Security) | Avoid as primary defense" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)
- Jscrambler Webpage Integrity: 6 of 23 labels negative. "Pure browser‑based JavaScript agents (e.g., JScrambler, SourceDefense, Reflectiz, Human Security) | Avoid as primary defense" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)
- Source Defense: 6 of 22 labels negative. "Pure browser‑based JavaScript agents (e.g., JScrambler, SourceDefense, Reflectiz, Human Security) | Avoid as primary defense" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: cside (17%) to Feroot Security (16%). Margin 2 points, within noise.

- Feroot Security: 6% to 16%, +10. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 7 → 1 of 122.
- Feroot PaymentGuard: 8% to 0%, −8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 4 → 22 of 122.
- Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance: 6% to 12%, +6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 9 → 3 of 122.
- Source Defense: 8% to 4%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 5 → 8 of 122.
- Imperva Client-Side Protection: 6% to 2%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 6 → 9 of 122.
- cside: 17% to 14%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 1 → 2 of 122.
- Reflectiz: 10% to 12%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 2 → 4 of 122.
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 8% to 10%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 3 → 5 of 122.
- Cloudflare Page Shield: 6% to 4%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 8 → 6 of 122.
- CrowdStrike Falcon: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 10 → 11 of 122.
- HUMAN Security: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 18 → 122 of 122.
- Jscrambler Webpage Integrity: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 7 of 122.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.