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Click fraud protection · October 2026 Edition

Cheq vs ClickPatrol

Zero of fourteen models named Cheq first on the direct prompt; zero named ClickPatrol. Cheq was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and ClickPatrol by twelve and Cheq carries 27 labels and ClickPatrol 22, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cheq

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

ClickPatrol

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share4%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels2722A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Cheq reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ClickCease was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. ClickCease vs Cheq · ClickCease vs ClickPatrol · Lunio vs Cheq

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.
CheqFirst choices, of fourteen modelsClickPatrol
Direct00
Paraphrase11
Comparative011 against Cheq
Budget-constrained01
Scale-constrained10
Negative002 against Cheq · 1 against ClickPatrol
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 October 2026 Edition, Cheq and ClickPatrol were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 99 answers naming Cheq and the 55 naming ClickPatrol. In those answers ClickPatrol took the first choice three times and Cheq one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Cheq and ClickPatrol stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
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
Cheq ClickPatrol first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cheq on the left and ClickPatrol on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cheq and ClickPatrol 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.
GLM 4.7 FlashXClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, ClickPatrol, TrafficGuard
MiniMax M2.5AdWatcher, ClickCease alternatives: ClickPatrol

Neither was named

12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Lunio alternatives: ClickCease, ClickGUARD, TrafficGuard
GPT-5.4 miniClickCease alternatives: Lunio
Gemini 3.5 FlashLunio alternatives: Fraud Blocker, TrafficGuard
Perplexity SonarLunio alternatives: ClickCease, ClickGUARD, TrafficGuard
Grok 4.1 FastClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, Lunio
Mistral SmallClickCease alternatives: Fraud Blocker, Spider AF
DeepSeek V4 FlashClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, Lunio, TrafficGuard
Llama 4 MaverickClickCease alternatives: Fraud Blocker
Qwen 3.7 FlashLunio alternatives: ClickCease, ClickGUARD
Kimi K2ClickCease alternatives: ClickGuardian, TrafficGuard
GPT-6 LunaClickCease alternatives: Lunio
Muse Glimmer 30BClickCease alternatives: Clixtell, Lunio, 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
ClickPatrol leads by six points.
ClickPatrol6%#4 of 10
Cheq0%#10 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Cheq4%#5 of 9
ClickPatrol4%#6 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Cheq leads at enterprise.
Cheq31%#2 of 12
ClickPatrol0%#10 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Cheq

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

“CHEQ's detection is tuned for security use cases rather than campaign performance, and ad fraud sits alongside many other modules” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Mixed evidence makes it a candidate for caution, especially for budget‑constrained advertisers.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Detection is tuned for security use cases rather than campaign performance” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“The four tools most consistently recommended for enterprise advertisers are Lunio, CHEQ, DataDome, and Anura” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“1. CHEQ - Strongest overall pick” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“CHEQ or HUMAN Security are enterprise-grade cybersecurity tools that protect the entire marketing funnel and CRM from bot entries.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · alternative

What the models said about ClickPatrol

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

“Aggressive blocking requires careful tuning to avoid false positives.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Fraud Blocker and ClickPatrol stand out as top choices for small businesses with limited budgets” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“For most advertisers, ClickCease, Lunio, and ClickPatrol are top contenders” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“Recommended: ClickPatrol ... stands out as the best overall value” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase 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.