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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SEON. Fraud Fighters

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ASEON is a fraud and risk prevention platform, catching fraud before it happens at any point across the customer journey. Boasting users among 5,000 global companies, SEON combines a company’s data with proprietary real-time signals to deliver actionable fraud insights tailored to any business outcomes. Through a single API call, the service aims to enable faster onboarding and integration. By analyzing billions of transactions, SEON states they have prevented $200 billion in fraudulent…

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    F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense (formerly Shape Defense, acquired January 2020) provides security to protect a website from bots, fake users, and unauthorized transactions, preventing large scale fraud and eroded user experiences. Companies get visibility, detection and mitigation outcomes to reduce fraud and cloud hosting, bandwidth and compute costs, improve user experiences, and optimize their business based on real human traffic.N/A
    Pricing
    SEON. Fraud FightersF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
    Editions & Modules
    Trial
    $0
    Starter
    $699
    per month 1,000 API calls/month
    Premium
    Contact Sales
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SEON. Fraud FightersF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    SEON. Fraud FightersF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
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    SEON Technologies
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    27 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    24 Answers
    Features
    SEON. Fraud FightersF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
    Fraud Detection Software Features
    Comparison of Fraud Detection Software Features features of SEON. Fraud Fighters and F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
    Feature
    SEON. Fraud Fighters
    7.1
    2 Ratings
    30% above category average
    F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
    -
    Ratings
    Anomaly Detection7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timely Monitoring8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Verification5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Analysis and Pattern Recognition8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rule-based Alerts8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Investigation Tools8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    External Data Integration5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance and Regulatory Support4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Interface8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SEON. Fraud FightersF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (6 ratings)
    8.7
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (19 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (11 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SEON. Fraud FightersF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SEON Technologies
    One of the ways SEON works is by preventing payment fraud and bonus abuse. SEON can verify users in real-time by analyzing digital footprints, device data, and behavioral patterns to identify high-risk transactions. It also detects chargeback. In my daily work task, I come across players who are unable to purchase due to these Chargeback errors and with SEON working on clean and on time, the issue is addressed in a timely manner and can be escalated. It stops the player from making additional purchase which could put our company at a disadvantage, in case player continues to file Chargeback, so we have control over the purchases and can have the issue rectified early and effectively.
    Incentivized
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    F5
    I'd strongly recommend it, but with a few caveats depending on how mature the team is with behavioral based security tools. One of our fintech clients was getting hit with low volume, widely spread login attempts, below our rate limiting thresholds. F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense was able to flag abnormal input timings, inconsistent device fingerprinting and high entropy in field population behavior. You can only imagine the wave of downstream account lockouts this saved the client. On the other end we had a client with a real time trading platform using Graphql over websockets. F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense wasn't able to tap into that stream natively. we had to reverse engineer a proxy layer to inspect events. It worked but it was clunky and not officially supported
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    Pros
    SEON Technologies
    • Identifies chargeback issues
    • Display all relevant info on front page
    • Automatic block on accounts that may give a high red flag
    Incentivized
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    F5
    • Quickly helps mitigate the retooling and newer advanced bot attacks
    • Excellent customer service from our f5 bot Defense team/partners
    • Easy to do Traffic Analysis/False Positive reviews with their dashboard of data
    • Our F5 Security/Solutions Architect and TAM is always there for us whenever we need them
    • First class service by the F5 Distributed Cloud Bot DefenseSOC, the Tactics Team, the F5 Testing person that helps us, the mobile SDK experts, the Client-Side Signals experts and F5 management
    • Industry best Threat Briefings
    • Not only is F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense great at stopping the advanced bot attacks, they also have protection against any tampering or replay attacks.
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    Cons
    SEON Technologies
    • I wish that SEON. Fraud Fighters had a live tracking map of orders.
    • Maybe IP check could be more precise with mobile IPs.
    Incentivized
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    F5
    • On a technical side, we've had a lot of deployment issues. This is not a one-sprint solution.
    • We ran into undocumented failure modes and had to rely on L2 and L3 customer support, delaying troubleshooting significantly [in our experience].
    • Accurate log ingestion is a larger challenge than one would want in a security tool.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SEON Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    We are more likely than not, to renew it. It saved us from a really huge data breach 4 months ago. It has earned its shower so far
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    SEON Technologies
    very disappointed that they more than doubled their pricing within just 5 weeks, especially after being a loyal customer for 4 years. In my opinion, the new pricing is unreasonable for startups, and they refused to adjust it by even a dollar.
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    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    SEON Technologies
    Their support is great, but it would be a lot better if they would have agents always ready to help.
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    F5
    Official support can sometimes take time to reach the right people. However, once you are in contact with the appropriate experts, the support is excellent, as F5 staff are true specialists. On the other hand, we always receive prompt assistance from our local sales team, who typically help us connect with the right people quickly.
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    Implementation Rating
    SEON Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    Implementation of Distributed Cloud is accomplished a few different ways, it would pay to meet with the F5 team and map out your implementation prior to acquisition to make sure you Infrastructure and Operations teams are aligned to the approach and requirements.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    SEON Technologies
    SEON: Offers real-time fraud detection with advanced digital footprinting, device fingerprinting, and behavioral analytics. Analyzes data from multiple sources (email, phone, IP address, social media) to build detailed user profiles. Customizable risk scoring and rule-setting allow businesses to tailor fraud prevention to their specific needs. ACOMS Risk Assessment: Typically focuses on risk assessment in financial transactions, often with more rigid and pre-configured parameters. May not provide the same level of granular control or real-time insights for businesses outside traditional finance. Advantage: SEON’s broader and more flexible features make it a better fit for industries beyond traditional finance, such as e-commerce, gaming, and subscription services.
    Incentivized
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    F5
    Clodflare bot management was our other obvious option for us. We tested it on a staging version of our RFQ platform. It was great for broad traffic filtering but had a hard time with nuanced differences between real subcontractors and low volume bots mimickingt human input whereas that's where F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense thrived
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    SEON Technologies
    • It helps positively by finding early chargebacks
    • It helps positively by help stopping fraud with high fraud scores implemented
    • It helps positively by stopping excessive purchases that can lead to high exposure and possible chargeback
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    F5
    • Prior to F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, we were averaging 12k plus credential stuffing attempts weekly across client portals That number fell down to less than a thousand in just 4 weeks
    • Over 90 percent of scraping and unauthorized price harvesting blocked
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    ScreenShots

    SEON. Fraud Fighters Screenshots

    Screenshot of Customer connectionsScreenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Manual look upScreenshot of Scoring Engine - Custom RulesScreenshot of Applied Rules