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Client-side protection · November 2026 Edition

Cloudflare Page Shield vs Feroot Security

Zero of fourteen models named Cloudflare Page Shield first on the direct prompt; four named Feroot Security. Cloudflare Page Shield was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Feroot Security by ten and Cloudflare Page Shield carries 29 labels and Feroot Security 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cloudflare Page Shield

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Feroot Security

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share16%10%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#3A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels2925A 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 Security · Cloudflare Page Shield vs Reflectiz

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 Security
Direct041 against Cloudflare Page Shield
Paraphrase202 against Cloudflare Page Shield
Comparative011 against Cloudflare Page Shield
Budget-constrained611 against Feroot Security
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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 Security were named in the same answer forty-two times, of the 80 answers naming Cloudflare Page Shield and the 59 naming Feroot Security. In those answers Feroot Security took the first choice nine times and Cloudflare Page Shield nine.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Feroot Security first, Cloudflare Page Shield an alternative

4 of 14 modelsCloudflare Page Shield was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallFeroot Security, cside alternatives: Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance, otto-js
DeepSeek V4 FlashFeroot Security alternatives: Cloudflare Page Shield, Reflectiz, cside
Qwen 3.7 FlashFeroot Security alternatives: Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance, Cloudflare, HUMAN Security, Source Defense
Kimi K2Feroot Security, Reflectiz alternatives: cside

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 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
Grok 4.20cside alternatives: Feroot Security, Reflectiz
GLM 4.7 FlashXcside alternatives: Feroot Security, Imperva Client-Side Protection, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Reflectiz

Neither was named

7 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
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
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 eight points.
Cloudflare Page Shield13%#3 of 11
Feroot Security6%#4 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Cloudflare Page Shield leads by six points.
Cloudflare Page Shield16%#2 of 10
Feroot Security10%#3 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Feroot Security leads at enterprise.
Feroot Security16%#1 of 12
Cloudflare Page Shield4%#6 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 Security

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

“Feroot Security (higher cost, but excellent for payment page protection)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · soft negative
“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
“Best for Compliance & Ease of Use: Feroot Security ... Feroot is often cited as the strongest option.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“If you want the best balance of reputation, compliance, and user satisfaction: go with Feroot Security.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct 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.