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Ecommerce fraud prevention · October 2026 Edition

SEON vs ClearSale

Six of fourteen models named SEON first on the direct prompt; one named ClearSale. SEON was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and ClearSale by eight and SEON carries 34 labels and ClearSale 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

SEON

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

ClearSale

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share16%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3416A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, SEON reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Signifyd was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. SEON vs Eftsure · SEON vs Stripe Radar · SEON vs Signifyd

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 ecommerce fraud prevention page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SEONFirst choices, of fourteen modelsClearSale
Direct61
Paraphrase10
Comparative10
Budget-constrained102 against SEON
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against SEON · 2 against ClearSale
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, SEON and ClearSale were named in the same answer thirty-one times, of the 121 answers naming SEON and the 53 naming ClearSale. In those answers ClearSale took the first choice two times and SEON one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where SEON and ClearSale stood in it.
ModelDirectCLParaphraseCLComparativeCLBudget-constrainedCLScale-constrainedCLNegativeCL
Claude Haiku 4.5CL
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 FlashCLCL
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 FastCL
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 FlashCL
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2CL
GLM 4.7 FlashXCLCL
MiniMax M2.5CLCL
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
SEONCL ClearSale first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, SEON on the left and ClearSale on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
MiniMax M2.5ClearSale, SEON alternatives: Forter, Riskified

SEON first, ClearSale not the choice

5 of 14 modelsClearSale was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashSEON alternatives: Allianz Trade Pay, Sift, Signifyd, TreviPay
Perplexity SonarSEON alternatives: Kount, Sift, Signifyd
DeepSeek V4 FlashSEON alternatives: Sift, Signifyd, Stripe Radar
Kimi K2SEON alternatives: Eftsure, Kount, Trustmi
GPT-6 LunaSEON alternatives: Kount

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.
Grok 4.1 FastSift alternatives: Chargeflow, Fingerprint, SEON, Signifyd, Wyllo
Llama 4 MaverickWyllo alternatives: NoFraud, SEON, Sift, Signifyd, cside
GLM 4.7 FlashXSignifyd alternatives: ClearSale, Eftsure, SEON, Sift
Muse Glimmer 30BSignifyd, Wyllo, formerly NoFraud alternatives: Eftsure, SEON

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5FraudNet, Trustmi alternatives: Kount, Sift, Signifyd
GPT-5.4 miniSift alternatives: Forter, Kount, Signifyd
Mistral SmallSignifyd alternatives: NoFraud, Sift
Qwen 3.7 FlashSignifyd alternatives: Fingerprint, Kount

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.
SEON5%#5 of 12
ClearSale5%#6 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
SEON leads by fourteen points.
SEON16%#1 of 11
ClearSale2%#7 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
SEON leads by six points.
SEON6%#6 of 9
ClearSale0%#9 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about SEON

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

“SEON is often featured for flexible fraud signals, but it is not as clearly the cheapest option” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“SEON — Mixed Reviews (21% 1-star ratings) ... blackbox nature (opaque ML models)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Examples of platforms using this model: Sift, Kount, SEON, Forter” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“SEON offers modular fraud prevention tools with a free tier... particularly accessible to small and mid-market businesses” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with ClearSale or SEON as they specifically target mid-market businesses” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“SEON is highly recommended for mid-market B2B companies that have an in-house operations or risk team” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about ClearSale

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

“it can introduce a slight delay in order processing. Some merchants have also noted inconsistencies in support quality.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend starting with ClearSale or SEON as they specifically target mid-market businesses” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose ClearSale if: You sell high-value luxury goods or ship to high-risk international markets” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“Human-in-the-loop review for complex decisions, paired with automation for speed” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative 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.