Click fraud protection
Asked as “click fraud protection tool”, and as “invalid ad traffic blocker”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 50 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
36%
Contested · Lunio 20%
36ClickCease20Lunio08Fraud Blocker36others
36% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
ClickCease vs CheqClickCease vs ClickPatrolClickCease vs TrafficGuardClickCease vs ClickGUARDLunio vs Fraud BlockerLunio vs ClixtellLunio vs CheqLunio vs ClickPatrolLunio vs TrafficGuardLunio vs ClickGUARDFraud Blocker vs ClixtellFraud Blocker vs CheqFraud Blocker vs ClickPatrolFraud Blocker vs TrafficGuardFraud Blocker vs ClickGUARDClixtell vs CheqClixtell vs ClickPatrolClixtell vs TrafficGuardClixtell vs ClickGUARDCheq vs ClickPatrolCheq vs TrafficGuardCheq vs ClickGUARDClickPatrol vs TrafficGuardClickPatrol vs ClickGUARDTrafficGuard vs ClickGUARD
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01ClickCease36%
ClickCease36%02Lunio20%
Lunio20%03Fraud Blocker8%
Fraud Blocker8%04Clixtell6%
Clixtell6%05Cheq4%
Cheq4%06ClickPatrol4%
ClickPatrol4%07TrafficGuard2%
TrafficGuard2%08ClickGUARD2%
ClickGUARD2%09ClickGuardian2%
ClickGuardian2%What they warned about
Six of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, MiniMax M2.5 and GPT-6 Luna changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
ClickGUARD23%
8 of 35 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid or be cautious with ClickGuard and any free or low-cost tools that rely solely on basic filters or manual rules.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
ClickCease12%
7 of 57 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Why we do NOT recommend basic tools like ClickCease for Mid-Market B2B” Gemini 3.5 Flash, direct prompt
Fraud Blocker9%
3 of 34 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“Fraud Blocker lacks Microsoft Ads coverage; watch for channel gaps matching your needs” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Lunio7%
3 of 42 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“Percentage-of-ad-spend pricing — the more your campaigns grow, the more you pay, which becomes increasingly expensive at scale.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
77 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 996 links across 112 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · Lunio50 answers · 75 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Guideflow48 answers · 48 citations · 12 models
vendor site · ClickPatrol41 answers · 80 citations · 11 models
vendor site · ClickCease35 answers · 62 citations · 13 models
31 answers · 31 citations · 12 models
vendor site · TrafficGuard29 answers · 37 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Improvado28 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 43 citations · 12 models
vendor site · ClickFortify25 answers · 40 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Capterra23 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
vendor site · SourceForge21 answers · 26 citations · 11 models
vendor site · ClickGuardian20 answers · 26 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
48 answers · 12 models
40 answers · 12 models
32 answers · 11 models
31 answers · 12 models
27 answers · 10 models
26 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 11 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best click fraud protection tool”, “click fraud protection tool”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClickCease clickcease.com | 36% | 152 | 1,300 | 50 | 2,517 | $394,547 | 12 | 1 |
| Lunio lunio.ai | 20% | 121 | 590 | 11 | 5,727 | $4 | 21 | |
| Fraud Blocker fraudblocker.com | 8% | 92 | 140 | 2 | 4,005 | 13 | 5 | |
| Clixtell clixtell.com | 6% | 43 | 90 | 0 | 276 | 15 | ||
| Cheq cheq.ai | 4% | 97 | 1,600 | 55 | 7,629 | $1,062 | 21 | |
| ClickPatrol clickpatrol.com | 4% | 55 | 20 | 0 | 2,376 | 9 | ||
| Improvely improvely.com | 4% | 15 | 140 | 217,508 | 575 | 0 | ||
| ClickFortify clickfortify.com | 4% | 9 | ||||||
| TrafficGuard trafficguard.ai | 2% | 84 | 720 | 8 | 1,152 | 18 | 3 | |
| ClickGUARD clickguard.com | 2% | 95 | 320 | 5 | 8,212 | $44,456 | 7 | 6 |
Google's top ten for the two searches hold 14 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (capterra.com, clickcease.com, sourceforge.net, trafficguard.ai). The first result for “best click fraud protection tool” is reddit.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best click fraud protection tool for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which invalid ad traffic blocker would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top click fraud protection tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best click fraud protection tool for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a click fraud protection tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which click fraud protection tools should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Luniono first choiceChangedno first choiceagainst: CheqClixtell, Fraud Blockeragainst: Luniono first choiceagainst: Cheq, ClickCease, ClickGUARD, Hitprobe, TrafficGuard
Three alternatives
ClickCease, ClickGUARD, TrafficGuardEight alternatives
Adsafee, ClickCease, ClickGUARD, ClickGuardian, ClickPatrol, Fraud Blocker, Lunio, TrafficGuardTwo alternatives
ClickCease, ClickGuardianGPT-5.4 miniClickCeaseHUMAN SecurityChangedagainst: Cloudflare Bot ManagementClickCeaseClickGUARDno first choiceagainst: ClickCease / CHEQ Essentials
One alternative
LunioOne alternative
reCAPTCHAThree alternatives
Cheq, ClickGUARD, TrafficGuardOne alternative
ClickCeaseGemini 3.5 FlashLunioagainst: ClickCeaseLunioHeldClickCease, Fraud BlockerClickFortify, TrafficGuardLunioagainst: ClickCease, ClickGUARD, Clixtell
Two alternatives
Fraud Blocker, TrafficGuardFour alternatives
Cheq, ClickCease, Fraud Blocker, TrafficGuardThree alternatives
ClickGUARD, Lunio, TrafficGuardThree alternatives
ClickCease, ClickPatrol, Fraud BlockerFive alternatives
Cheq, ClickGUARD, ClickPatrol, HUMAN Security, TrafficGuardPerplexity SonarLunioLunioHeldno first choiceClickCeaseagainst: Fraud Blocker, Luniono first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
ClickCease, ClickGUARD, TrafficGuardTwo alternatives
Cheq, ClickPatrolOne alternative
24metricsGrok 4.1 FastClickCeaseClickCeaseHeldClickCease, LunioImprovelyagainst: ClickCease, ClickGUARDno first choiceagainst: ClickCease, Fraud Blocker
Two alternatives
ClickGUARD, LunioThree alternatives
Fraud Blocker, Lunio, TrafficGuardFour alternatives
ClickGUARD, ClickPatrol, Fraud Blocker, TrafficGuardFour alternatives
ClickPatrol, Clixtell, Fraud Blocker, TrafficGuardFour alternatives
Cheq, ClickCease, ClickGUARD, LunioMistral SmallClickCeaseClickCease, LunioChangedClickCease, ClickPatrol, LunioClickPatrol, Fraud Blockerno first choiceagainst: ClickGUARD
Two alternatives
Fraud Blocker, Spider AFEight alternatives
Adjust, Anura, AppsFlyer, Cheq, ClickGUARD, Fraud Blocker, Improvely, Spider AFThree alternatives
ClickCease, Clixtell, ImprovelyDeepSeek V4 FlashClickCeaseClickPatrolChangedClickCeaseClixtellAnura, Cheq, Lunioagainst: ClickGUARD, ClickPatrol, Clixtell, Lunio
Three alternatives
ClickGUARD, Lunio, TrafficGuardThree alternatives
Cheq, ClickCease, LunioSix alternatives
Anura, Cheq, ClickPatrol, Fraud Blocker, Lunio, TrafficGuardTwo alternatives
ClickPatrol, Fraud BlockerOne alternative
DataDomeLlama 4 MaverickClickCeaseno first choiceChangedno first choiceFraud Blockerno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Fraud BlockerQwen 3.7 FlashLunioClickCeaseChangedClickCeaseImprovelyno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
ClickCease, ClickGUARDTwo alternatives
ClickPatrol, LunioFour alternatives
Cheq, DoubleVerify, Klickly, PowerInquiryTwo alternatives
ClickCease, Fraud BlockerKimi K2ClickCeaseagainst: Fraud BlockerClickCeaseHeldClickCeaseClickGuardianno first choiceagainst: ClickCease
Two alternatives
ClickGuardian, TrafficGuardThree alternatives
Cheq, Fraud Blocker, LunioNine alternatives
Cheq, ClickGUARD, DataDome, DoubleVerify, Fraud Blocker, HUMAN Security, IAS, Lunio, TrafficGuardOne alternative
Fraud BlockerGLM 4.7 FlashXClickCeaseClickCeaseHeldClickCeaseClickCeaseno first choiceagainst: Cheq, ClickGUARD, ClickGuardian, Fraud0, Statcounter
Three alternatives
ClickGUARD, ClickPatrol, TrafficGuardFour alternatives
Cheq, Cometly, Spider AF, TapperFour alternatives
ClickGUARD, Clixtell, Fraud Blocker, TrafficGuardTwo alternatives
ADWARY, TrafficGuardMiniMax M2.5AdWatcher, ClickCeaseCheqChangedClickGuardian, Fraud BlockerClickFortifyno first choiceagainst: ClickCease, ClickGUARD, Fraud0, PPC Protect
One alternative
ClickPatrolTwo alternatives
ClickCease, LunioThree alternatives
24metrics, ClickGUARD, TrafficGuardTwo alternatives
ClickReport, ClixtellGPT-6 LunaClickCeaseLunioChangedClickCease, ClickGUARDGoogle Adsno first choicenothing named
One alternative
LunioOne alternative
CheqThree alternatives
Cheq, Lunio, TrafficGuardTwo alternatives
ClickReport, ClixtellMuse Glimmer 30BClickCeaseClickCeaseHeldClickCeaseClixtell, Fraud Blockeragainst: Google’s built-in invalid-click filtersno first choiceagainst: ClickGUARD, ClickGuardian
Three alternatives
Clixtell, Lunio, TrafficGuardFive alternatives
Cheq, Cometly, HUMAN Security, Lunio, TrafficGuardFour alternatives
Fraudlogix, Lunio, Spider AF, TrafficGuardBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:13 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:36 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:18 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:22 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:17 | yes | 22 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:13 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:10 | yes | 21 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:00 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 17 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:32 | yes | 13 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:28 | yes | 22 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:18 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:48 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:40 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:19 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:12 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:10 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:04 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:52 | yes | 23 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:19 | yes | 9 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:21 | yes | 17 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:12 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:10 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:18 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:05 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 9 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:29 | yes | 7 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:32 | yes | 19 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:19 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:53 | yes | 8 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:25 | yes | 23 | 78 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:44 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:55 | yes | 13 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:26 | yes | 14 | 43 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:33 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:39 | yes | 7 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:54 | yes | 22 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:49 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:31 | yes | 17 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:21 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:54 | yes | 22 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 24 | 47 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:58 | yes | 14 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:13 | yes | 9 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:46 | yes | 13 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:02 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:12 | yes | 13 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:58 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:37 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:08 | yes | 13 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:11 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:20 | yes | 12 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:22 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:46 | yes | 19 | 65 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:23 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:13 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:27 | yes | 12 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:24 | yes | 15 | 98 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:02 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 2 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:05 | yes | 12 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:51 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:08 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 17 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:50 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:19 | yes | 23 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:54 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:40 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:42 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:08 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:10 | yes | 21 | 44 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:50 | yes | 1 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 22 | 25 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
ShowHide
Category-scoped readings
Google read as Google Ads
Unresolved, counted raw
Airhelp
Anonyomize
Binom
CHEQ ClickCease
Cloudflare Bot Management
Google Ads' built-in invalid click detection
Google’s built-in invalid-click filters
IPQS
Klickly
PowerInquiry
SafeADS
SpamAd
Sucuri
TrafficGuard Shield
Voluum
reCAPTCHA
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
Follow Click fraud protection
An email the morning each edition publishes: where this category moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.
Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.