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Client-side protection · October 2026 Edition
Feroot PaymentGuard vs Imperva Client-Side Protection
Zero of fourteen models named Feroot PaymentGuard first on the direct prompt; one named Imperva Client-Side Protection. Feroot PaymentGuard was named by nine of the fourteen models and Imperva Client-Side Protection by twelve and both carry 20 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels2020Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Feroot PaymentGuard reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.cside vs Feroot PaymentGuard · cside vs Imperva Client-Side Protection · Reflectiz vs Feroot PaymentGuard
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.
Feroot PaymentGuardFirst choices, of fourteen modelsImperva Client-Side Protection
Direct011 against Feroot PaymentGuard
Paraphrase20
Comparative00
Budget-constrained003 against Feroot PaymentGuard · 2 against Imperva Client-Side Protection
Scale-constrained00
Negative10
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, Feroot PaymentGuard and Imperva Client-Side Protection were named in the same answer nineteen times, of the 46 answers naming Feroot PaymentGuard and the 64 naming Imperva Client-Side Protection. In those answers Imperva Client-Side Protection took the first choice one time and Feroot PaymentGuard three.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Feroot PaymentGuard and Imperva Client-Side Protection stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | |
Feroot PaymentGuard Imperva Client-Side Protection first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Feroot PaymentGuard on the left and Imperva Client-Side Protection on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Feroot PaymentGuard and Imperva Client-Side Protection stood in it.
Imperva Client-Side Protection first, Feroot PaymentGuard not the choice
1 of 14 modelsFeroot PaymentGuard was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Grok 4.1 FastImperva Client-Side Protection alternatives: Akamai Client-Side Protection, Jscrambler Webpage Integrity, Source Defense
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniF5 Distributed Cloud Client-Side Defense alternatives: Feroot Security Inspector, Imperva Client-Side Protection
Qwen 3.7 FlashCrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: Akamai Client-Side Protection, Imperva Client-Side Protection, Jscrambler Webpage Integrity, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X
GLM 4.7 FlashXJscrambler Webpage Integrity alternatives: Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance, Cloudflare Page Shield, Imperva Client-Side Protection
Muse Glimmer 30BBitdefender GravityZone Business Security alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Imperva Client-Side Protection, Source Defense
Neither was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Gemini 3.5 FlashCloudflare Client-Side Security alternatives: Reflectiz, Report URI, c/side
Perplexity SonarAkamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance alternatives: Jscrambler Webpage Integrity, cside
Mistral SmallAkamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance, Jscrambler Webpage Integrity
DeepSeek V4 FlashReflectiz, cside alternatives: Cloudflare's Client-Side Security
Llama 4 MaverickAkamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance, Jscrambler Client-Side Protection and Compliance Platform
Kimi K2Source Defense, c/side alternatives: Cloudflare Page Shield, Feroot Security
MiniMax M2.5Bitdefender GravityZone alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
GPT-6 LunaSophos MDR Complete alternatives: Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Cloud
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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Feroot PaymentGuard4%#4 of 9Imperva Client-Side Protection4%#5 of 9Mid-marketThe figures above
Feroot PaymentGuard leads by two points.
Feroot PaymentGuard4%#5 of 8Imperva Client-Side Protection2%#6 of 8Enterprise
Feroot PaymentGuard leads by two points.
Feroot PaymentGuard8%#4 of 10Imperva Client-Side Protection6%#6 of 10What 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 eight in this category shown.
“Tools to Avoid on a Tight Budget - Reflectiz, Feroot, DomDog, Jscrambler” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid: Enterprise solutions like Akamai, Imperva, or Feroot” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“A caveat: its synthetic crawler can be bypassed by attackers who serve clean scripts to bots and malicious ones to real users.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“Use client-side protection tools that provide active blocking and real-time monitoring (e.g., Feroot, Human Security)” Mistral Small · negative prompt · first choice
“If you want a single practical pick, Feroot PaymentGuard is a strong fit because it is described as low-overhead” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I recommend Reflectiz or Feroot as your primary tools” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Imperva Client-Side Protection
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Avoid: Enterprise solutions like Akamai, Imperva, or Feroot” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“compared to enterprise solutions like Akamai or Imperva” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Imperva Client-Side Protection stands out as one of the top choices for a mid-market B2B company” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“Imperva Client-Side Protection monitors all third-party JavaScript running on sites, detecting and blocking malicious activity in real-time” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · alternative
“listed in the client-side protection category as a solution that monitors all third-party JavaScript running on sites” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · alternative
Also compared
cside vs Feroot PaymentGuardcside vs Imperva Client-Side ProtectionReflectiz vs Feroot PaymentGuardReflectiz vs Imperva Client-Side ProtectionJscrambler Webpage Integrity vs Feroot PaymentGuardJscrambler Webpage Integrity vs Imperva Client-Side ProtectionSource Defense vs Feroot PaymentGuardSource Defense vs Imperva Client-Side ProtectionAll fifteen head-to-head pages and the full client-side protection standing
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.