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Hyperguard: a Fraud0 alternative for prevention-led paid-ads marketers

Side-by-side comparison of Fraud0 and Hyperguard on pricing economics, channel coverage, and value frame. Fraud0 leads with ad-refund recovery; Hyperguard leads with keeping bots out of pixels and bidding.

Hyperguard protects advertising budgets from bot traffic and ad fraud, so paid-media teams stop paying for clicks that never convert.

Choose Hyperguard if

  • You want prevention upstream, not refund recovery downstream

    Fraud0's core positioning is 'the world's first AI Agent for ad refunds', with a claim of up to 10% recovered ad spend and a 33.33% success fee on the recovered amount. The value frame is recovering money already paid to Google after invalid clicks have cleared. Hyperguard's frame is upstream: score every pageview server-side, mark non-human conversions in GA4 and Google Ads streams, push IP and audience exclusion lists into Google Ads natively, and write the verdict into the dataLayer for operator-defined rules to consume. The spend never enters bot cohorts in the first place, so the recovery economics question does not arise.

  • You run paid ads on TikTok, LinkedIn, or X alongside Google, Meta, and Microsoft

    Fraud0's Starter and Pro tiers cover Google Ads, Meta Ads, and Microsoft Ads. Enterprise extends to programmatic spend optimization, affiliate conversion protection, and CRM safeguarding. TikTok, LinkedIn, and X are not surfaced in their public channel coverage. Hyperguard scores all six standard paid-ads channels (Google, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Microsoft Ads, X Ads) from one tracking install at every tier, with the same verdict and reporting surface across every channel.

  • You want predictable subscription cost, not subscription plus success fee

    Fraud0's pricing combines a tiered EUR subscription (Starter from €50/mo, Pro €150/mo, Enterprise €600+/mo) with a 33.33% success fee on amounts recovered through Google Ads refund claims. Total monthly cost varies with how much fraud the AI Agent surfaces and how much Google refunds. Hyperguard's pricing is flat-rate subscription only in USD (Starter $29 to $99/mo, Growth $249/mo, Business $499/mo, Enterprise custom). The monthly invoice is predictable from the published rate card with no success-fee variability.

  • You want Smart Bidding to stop learning from bot-generated activity

    Fraud0's auto-applied IP exclusions and negative audiences push detected sources into Google Ads exclusion lists. Future clicks from those IPs do not reach the campaign. The conversion record from prior bot activity stays in the data the bidding model already learned from, and the AI Agent then files refund claims for those past clicks. Hyperguard's verdict can mark non-human conversions in the GA4 and Google Ads streams the bidding model consumes, so PMax and Smart Bidding stop over-investing in cohorts of cart-adds, form fills, and signups that were never going to buy.

Choose Fraud0 if

  • You want recovered ad spend as the primary value metric

    Fraud0's product is built around recovering money already spent on invalid traffic. The 'AI Agent for ad refunds' positioning and 33.33% success-fee economics align with teams whose CFO frames the win condition as 'dollars recovered from Google' rather than 'budget never wasted in the first place'. Hyperguard does not file refund claims or operate a refund-recovery workflow; the architectural emphasis is prevention rather than recovery.

  • You prefer a German-headquartered vendor for European procurement

    Fraud0 is a Germany-headquartered SaaS company (Fraud0 GmbH, Munich) with EUR-denominated pricing and a CEO based in the EU (Tilman Pfeiffer). European procurement processes that prefer EU-headquartered vendors, EUR contracts, and EU-domiciled data processing have a natural fit. Hyperguard is GDPR-compliant and operates across geographies, but is not a German company; teams whose procurement is gated on country-of-incorporation will find Fraud0's posture more aligned on that dimension.

  • You need CPM, affiliate, or form-fill protection at the same vendor

    Fraud0 ships several enterprise-only modules alongside paid-marketing protection: In-Ad CPM Protection, Affiliate Protection, Form Fill Protection, and Data Protection. Teams whose bot problem spans paid acquisition, affiliate fraud, programmatic CPM waste, and form-fill abuse can consolidate under one vendor on the Enterprise tier. Hyperguard's scope is paid-ads channels; CPM protection, affiliate fraud, and form-fill protection are not separate Hyperguard modules.

HyperguardFraud0
Pricing modelFlat-rate USD by pageviews. Starter $29 to $99/mo (100K to 1M pv), Growth $249/mo (3M pv), Business $499/mo (10M pv), Enterprise custom. No success fee.Tiered EUR by sessions. Starter €50/mo (€40 annual, 50K sessions), Pro €150/mo (€120, 100K), Enterprise €600+/mo (€500+, 100K+). 33.33% success fee on recovered amounts.
ChannelsGoogle Ads, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Microsoft Ads, X Ads from one tracking install at every tier.Starter and Pro cover Google Ads, Meta Ads, Microsoft Ads. Enterprise adds programmatic spend optimization. TikTok, LinkedIn, and X not surfaced in public channel coverage.
Detection methodScore every pageview server-side. Push IP and audience exclusion lists to Google Ads natively at every tier. Behavioral, network, device, and consent signals fused into one verdict.Single JavaScript tag on the website. Sophisticated bot detection plus geo and targeting validation. Auto-applied IP exclusions and negative audiences to Google Ads at every tier.
IntegrationTracking script writes a verdict into the dataLayer for operator-defined rules to consume. Native IP and audience exclusion list export to Google Ads keeps bots out of pixels, bidding, and reports.Drop a single JavaScript tag on the website. Direct ad-account connections for auto-exclusion and negative audiences. Google Analytics connector. AI Agent files refund claims with Google.
ReportingCampaign-level human-vs-bot conversion breakdown, source attribution, GA4 wasted-spend estimator, custom fraud alerts across all six channels.Bot traffic dashboard with savings reporting. AI Agent refund audit reports compiling billing errors, invalid traffic, and policy violations for Google Ads dispute submissions.
OnboardingInstall tracking script, configure operator rules to react to the verdict, validate against sample traffic. Self-serve, no free trial; Starter from $29/month.Sign up at fraud0.com, drop the JavaScript tag on the website, the AI Agent begins auditing automatically. Self-serve sign-up with 'Start free' option on Starter and Pro tiers.

Last verified: May 16, 2026

Hyperguard

  • Six standard paid-ads channels covered from one tracking install, with the same verdict and reporting surface across Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Microsoft Ads, and X Ads.
  • Flat-rate subscription only, no success fee on recovered amounts; the monthly invoice is predictable from the published rate card.
  • Verdict can mark non-human conversions in GA4 and Google Ads streams so Smart Bidding stops learning from bot-generated form fills, cart-adds, and signups.
  • Native IP and audience exclusion list export into Google Ads at every tier, not gated to higher subscription levels.
  • No 'AI Agent for ad refunds' or built-in Google Ads invalid-click refund-recovery workflow.
  • No CPM protection, affiliate fraud, or form-fill protection modules (different product categories).

Fraud0

  • 'The world's first AI Agent for ad refunds' positioning with a claim of up to 10% recovered ad spend at a 33.33% success fee.
  • Single JavaScript tag installation with auto-applied IP exclusions and negative audiences at every tier.
  • Enterprise tier consolidates paid-marketing protection with CPM, affiliate, form-fill, and data protection modules under one vendor.
  • Germany-headquartered SaaS (Fraud0 GmbH, Munich) with EUR pricing for European procurement workflows.
  • Public free entry option ('Start free') on Starter and Pro tiers.
  • Total monthly cost varies with success-fee economics; subscription plus 33.33% of recovered amounts is not a flat invoice.
  • Public channel coverage stops at Google, Meta, Microsoft (Starter and Pro) plus programmatic (Enterprise); TikTok, LinkedIn, and X not surfaced.
  • No dataLayer verdict surface for operator-controlled paid-ads decisions named in public integration documentation.

You want prevention as the win condition, not recovery

Fraud0's product is structured around recovering ad spend after invalid traffic has cleared. The AI Agent audits billing errors, invalid traffic, and policy violations, then files refund claims with Google for the recovered amount. The pitch optimizes for the metric 'dollars returned by Google after fraud has been documented'. Hyperguard's product is structured around preventing bot traffic from corrupting the ad-spend cycle in the first place: every pageview is scored server-side, IP and audience exclusion lists go into Google Ads natively, and the verdict reaches the operator's existing pixel-control layer so paid-ads pixels do not fire on bot traffic. The cost of bot clicks is avoided rather than recovered, and the conversion record stays clean for the bidding model rather than corrupted then disputed.

Your paid-ads stack runs on more than Google, Meta, and Microsoft

Fraud0's Starter and Pro tiers cover Google Ads, Meta Ads, and Microsoft Ads. Enterprise unlocks programmatic spend optimization, affiliate conversion protection, In-Ad CPM Protection, Form Fill Protection, and Data Protection. TikTok, LinkedIn, and X do not appear in their public channel surfaces at any tier. Teams running paid acquisition on TikTok, LinkedIn, or X alongside Google and Meta either layer per-channel tools or accept that those channels are unprotected. Hyperguard covers all six standard paid-ads channels from one tracking install, with the same verdict and reporting surface across every channel, at every tier.

You want pricing you can model before the success-fee math

Fraud0's monthly invoice has two components: an EUR subscription (Starter €50, Pro €150, Enterprise €600+) and a 33.33% success fee on amounts recovered through Google Ads refund claims. The variable component depends on how much fraud the AI Agent surfaces and how much Google refunds, neither of which is known at procurement time. Hyperguard's pricing is flat-rate subscription only in USD: Starter $29 to $99 per month, Growth $249, Business $499, Enterprise custom. No success fee, no variable recovery component. The monthly cost is known from the rate card, and total cost-of-ownership across a fiscal year does not depend on fraud volume.

Why teams compare Fraud0 and Hyperguard

Fraud0 has rebranded around an unusual positioning for the click-fraud category: "the world's first AI Agent for ad refunds". The pitch claims up to 10% recovered ad spend through automated audits of billing errors, invalid traffic, and policy violations, paired with a 33.33% success fee on amounts Google actually refunds. The product structure pairs a tiered EUR subscription with this success-fee economics layer. For teams whose CFO frames the win condition as "dollars returned by Google after fraud has been documented and disputed", Fraud0's product shape aligns the vendor's incentives with that metric. Hyperguard's frame is different and upstream: prevent bot clicks from reaching the campaign in the first place, so the recovery question does not arise. The two approaches lead to different procurement conversations and different monthly invoices.

Fraud0's installation is a single JavaScript tag on the website. The AI Agent then runs continuously to audit traffic, push IP exclusions and negative audiences into Google Ads, and compile refund-claim packets for the dispute workflow. Hyperguard's installation is a tracking script that scores every pageview server-side using behavioral, network, device, and consent signals, exports IP and audience exclusion lists into Google Ads natively, and writes the verdict into the dataLayer where operator-defined rules consume it. The detection surfaces converge on Google Ads exclusion lists at one enforcement layer; the second enforcement layer (operator-controlled paid-ads decisions inside the pixel-control layer the team already runs) is where the two product architectures diverge.

How Hyperguard's approach differs

The channel coverage establishes the first practical boundary. Fraud0's Starter and Pro tiers cover Google Ads, Meta Ads, and Microsoft Ads. The Enterprise tier extends to programmatic spend optimization, affiliate conversion protection, In-Ad CPM Protection, Form Fill Protection, and Data Protection. TikTok, LinkedIn, and X do not appear in their public channel surfaces at any tier. Hyperguard covers Google, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Microsoft Ads, and X Ads from one tracking install at every tier, with the same verdict and reporting surface across every channel. For paid-ads teams running TikTok, LinkedIn, or X alongside Google and Meta, the channel set is the first decision criterion before any architectural or pricing comparison.

The pricing structure is the second difference. Fraud0's monthly invoice has two components: the EUR subscription (Starter €50/€40 annual, Pro €150/€120, Enterprise €600+/€500+) and a 33.33% success fee on amounts recovered through Google Ads refund claims. The variable component depends on how much fraud the AI Agent surfaces and how much Google ultimately refunds, neither of which is known at procurement time. Hyperguard's pricing is flat-rate subscription only in USD: Starter $29 to $99 per month for 100K to 1M pageviews, Growth $249 for 3M, Business $499 for 10M, Enterprise custom. There is no success fee on recovered amounts. The monthly cost is fully known from the published rate card, and total cost-of-ownership across a fiscal year does not depend on fraud volume or Google's refund behavior.

What stays the same, what changes operationally

Switching from Fraud0 to Hyperguard replaces an AI-Agent-driven refund-recovery workflow with a prevention-first verdict workflow. The tracking script installs across the site, operator-defined rules read the verdict from the dataLayer, and Google Ads IP and audience exclusion list management continues natively. The protection layer extends from Google, Meta, and Microsoft Ads to also cover TikTok, LinkedIn, and X under one subscription. Programmatic spend optimization, affiliate fraud protection, In-Ad CPM Protection, and Form Fill Protection are not replaced; Hyperguard does not offer those surfaces. Teams whose bot problem spans those Enterprise Fraud0 modules either keep Fraud0 for the broader coverage or pair Hyperguard with dedicated programmatic, affiliate, or form-fill tools.

The value-frame shift is the operational headline. Fraud0's product structure makes "ad spend recovered through Google refunds" the central reportable metric, with the AI Agent producing audit packets and the dispute workflow producing dollars-returned numbers. Hyperguard's product structure makes "ad spend protected before it enters the bot cohort" the central reportable metric: campaign-level human-vs-bot conversion breakdowns, source attribution by traffic origin, a GA4 wasted-spend estimator translating raw bot percentages into channel-specific dollar impact, and custom fraud alerts. The CFO conversation moves from "how much did Google refund us this quarter" to "how much did we not spend on bot traffic this quarter, and how clean did the bidding signal stay". Teams that have organized their click-fraud budget around the first metric will need to reset the value frame; teams that already prioritized prevention will find Hyperguard's frame the more natural fit.

Frequently asked questions

Does Hyperguard file Google Ads invalid-click refund claims like Fraud0's AI Agent?
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No. Hyperguard does not file refund claims or operate a Google Ads invalid-traffic dispute workflow. The product focuses on preventing bot conversions from reaching the campaign in the first place, so the primary value is spend protected rather than spend recovered after the fact through Google's refund process. Teams that rely on refund recovery as a value metric would lose that workflow on switching.
Does Hyperguard work for European customers like Fraud0?
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Yes. Hyperguard is GDPR-compliant and operates across geographies. The bot-traffic problem is geography-agnostic; Google Ads, Meta, and Microsoft Ads run from the same accounts regardless of where the advertiser is incorporated. European procurement workflows that specifically require an EU-headquartered vendor or EUR-denominated contracts will find Fraud0 a closer fit on those dimensions.
Can I switch from Fraud0 if I run Google Ads, Meta, and Microsoft Ads?
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Yes. Hyperguard's tracking script covers Google Ads, Meta, and Microsoft Ads from one install, with the same verdict and reporting surface across all three. Native IP and audience exclusion list export to Google Ads replaces Fraud0's auto-exclusion workflow. The verdict-to-dataLayer surface adds operator-controlled paid-ads decisions on top of the Google-Ads-native exclusion behavior.
Does Hyperguard cover programmatic, affiliate, or form-fill fraud like Fraud0 Enterprise?
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No. Hyperguard focuses on the standard paid-ads channels: Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Microsoft Ads, and X. Programmatic spend optimization, affiliate conversion protection, In-Ad CPM Protection, and Form Fill Protection are not Hyperguard modules. Teams whose bot problem spans those surfaces would either keep Fraud0 Enterprise for the broader coverage or pair Hyperguard with dedicated affiliate, CPM, or form-fill tools.
How does Hyperguard's pricing compare to Fraud0's?
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The pricing structures differ. Fraud0 combines a tiered EUR subscription (Starter €50/mo, Pro €150/mo, Enterprise €600+/mo) with a 33.33% success fee on amounts recovered through Google Ads refund claims. Hyperguard is flat-rate USD subscription only: Starter $29 to $99/mo (100K to 1M pageviews), Growth $249/mo (3M), Business $499/mo (10M), Enterprise custom. No success fee on recovered amounts.
Does Hyperguard have a free trial like Fraud0's 'Start free' option?
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No. Hyperguard does not offer a free trial. The lowest-commitment entry is Starter at $29 per month, billed monthly with no annual commitment required. Fraud0 publishes a 'Start free' option on its Starter and Pro tiers; the exact trial duration is not specified on the public pricing page.

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