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Click fraud protection · October 2026 Edition

Clixtell vs TrafficGuard

Zero of fourteen models named Clixtell first on the direct prompt; zero named TrafficGuard. Clixtell was named by ten of the fourteen models and TrafficGuard by thirteen and Clixtell carries 13 labels and TrafficGuard 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Clixtell

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

TrafficGuard

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate15%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#7A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1330A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Clixtell 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 Clixtell · ClickCease vs TrafficGuard · Lunio vs Clixtell

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.
ClixtellFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTrafficGuard
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained31
Scale-constrained00
Negative012 against Clixtell · 1 against TrafficGuard
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, Clixtell and TrafficGuard were named in the same answer sixteen times, of the 43 answers naming Clixtell and the 85 naming TrafficGuard. In those answers TrafficGuard took the first choice two times and Clixtell two.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Clixtell and TrafficGuard stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Lunio alternatives: ClickCease, ClickGUARD, TrafficGuard
Gemini 3.5 FlashLunio alternatives: Fraud Blocker, TrafficGuard
Perplexity SonarLunio alternatives: ClickCease, ClickGUARD, TrafficGuard
DeepSeek V4 FlashClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, Lunio, TrafficGuard
Kimi K2ClickCease alternatives: ClickGuardian, TrafficGuard
GLM 4.7 FlashXClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, ClickPatrol, TrafficGuard
Muse Glimmer 30BClickCease alternatives: Clixtell, Lunio, TrafficGuard

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniClickCease alternatives: Lunio
Grok 4.1 FastClickCease alternatives: ClickGUARD, Lunio
Mistral SmallClickCease alternatives: Fraud Blocker, Spider AF
Llama 4 MaverickClickCease alternatives: Fraud Blocker
Qwen 3.7 FlashLunio alternatives: ClickCease, ClickGUARD
MiniMax M2.5AdWatcher, ClickCease alternatives: ClickPatrol
GPT-6 LunaClickCease alternatives: Lunio

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
Clixtell leads by six points.
Clixtell8%#2 of 10
TrafficGuard2%#7 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Clixtell leads by four points.
Clixtell6%#4 of 9
TrafficGuard2%#7 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: TrafficGuard leads at enterprise.
TrafficGuard2%#7 of 12
Clixtell0%#11 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Clixtell

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

“the fraud detection capabilities are more basic compared to dedicated solutions” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“such as standard tiers of ClickCease, ClickGuard, or Clixtell) with caution” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you need the absolute lowest monthly spend, Clixtell is the cheapest named entry in current round-ups.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Clixtell at $10/month offers the best entry point if you need basic protection” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Clixtell (from ~$10–15/month)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about TrafficGuard

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

“Requires careful baselines to avoid false positives during campaigns, has limited coverage detail for proxy and data-center traffic categories” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Go with [ClickFortify](https://clickfortify.com/) or [TrafficGuard's free tier](https://www.trafficguard.ai/)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“choose enterprise-grade, security-first platforms (like *Human Security*, *DataDome*, or *TrafficGuard*)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Best for widest channel coverage: TrafficGuard protects Search, Performance Max, Social, Affiliate, and Mobile from one platform.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct 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.