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Client-side protection · November 2026 Edition

Cloudflare Page Shield vs Feroot PaymentGuard

Zero of fourteen models named Cloudflare Page Shield first on the direct prompt; zero named Feroot PaymentGuard. Cloudflare Page Shield was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Feroot PaymentGuard by ten and Cloudflare Page Shield carries 29 labels and Feroot PaymentGuard 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cloudflare Page Shield

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Feroot PaymentGuard

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share16%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%29%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels2914A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Cloudflare Page Shield reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.cside vs Cloudflare Page Shield · cside vs Feroot PaymentGuard · Cloudflare Page Shield vs Feroot Security

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 client-side 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.
Cloudflare Page ShieldFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFeroot PaymentGuard
Direct001 against Cloudflare Page Shield
Paraphrase212 against Cloudflare Page Shield
Comparative001 against Cloudflare Page Shield · 1 against Feroot PaymentGuard
Budget-constrained601 against Feroot PaymentGuard
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Feroot PaymentGuard
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, Cloudflare Page Shield and Feroot PaymentGuard were named in the same answer twenty-five times, of the 80 answers naming Cloudflare Page Shield and the 42 naming Feroot PaymentGuard. In those answers Feroot PaymentGuard took the first choice zero times and Cloudflare Page Shield four.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cloudflare Page Shield and Feroot PaymentGuard stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashReflectiz alternatives: Cloudflare Page Shield, Feroot Security, Jscrambler Webpage Integrity
DeepSeek V4 FlashFeroot Security alternatives: Cloudflare Page Shield, Reflectiz, cside

Neither was named

12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 minino first choice
Perplexity SonarSource Defense alternatives: Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance, Jscrambler Webpage Integrity
Grok 4.20cside alternatives: Feroot Security, Reflectiz
Mistral SmallFeroot Security, cside alternatives: Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance, otto-js
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashFeroot Security alternatives: Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance, Cloudflare, HUMAN Security, Source Defense
Kimi K2Feroot Security, Reflectiz alternatives: cside
GLM 4.7 FlashXcside alternatives: Feroot Security, Imperva Client-Side Protection, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Reflectiz
MiniMax M2.5CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: ESET Endpoint Security
GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Defender for Cloud alternatives: Sophos Intercept X
Muse Glimmer 30Bcside alternatives: Reflectiz

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
Cloudflare Page Shield leads by thirteen points.
Cloudflare Page Shield13%#3 of 11
Feroot PaymentGuard0%#10 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Cloudflare Page Shield leads by fourteen points.
Cloudflare Page Shield16%#2 of 10
Feroot PaymentGuard2%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Cloudflare Page Shield leads by four points.
Cloudflare Page Shield4%#6 of 12
Feroot PaymentGuard0%#11 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Cloudflare Page Shield

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

“Convenient if you already run Cloudflare, but a major migration if you don't. Free tier exists but isn't compliance-sufficient.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Cloudflare Page Shield samples down to 1% of sessions, leaving 99% of user sessions without monitoring” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“it ranks less strongly for mid-market client-side protection than the leading options” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“For most mid-sized B2B companies already on Cloudflare, Cloudflare Client-side Security gives you script inventory, change alerting and PCI 6.4.3/11.6.1 evidence with near-zero ops overhead.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Cloudflare Client-Side Security (Page Shield) and Feroot Security are the best choices due to their free tiers and strong reputations.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“If you are on Cloudflare: Enable Cloudflare Page Shield. It is the path of least resistance and covers PCI 4.0 requirements natively.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Feroot PaymentGuard

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

“those from Reflectiz, Feroot, Human Security, Imperva Client-Side Protection, Source Defense ... ineffective against sophisticated attacks” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“tools to be cautious about or avoid include: ... 3. Feroot PaymentGuard” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Feroot samples down to 10% of sessions, meaning it statistically misses 90% of client-side attacks in unobserved sessions” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend starting with Feroot PaymentGuard or Cside” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Feroot when compliance automation across multiple regulations is the main buying criterion.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · alternative
“Feroot focuses on identifying and patching vulnerabilities within the client-side code itself” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · alternative
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.