A ClickGUARD alternative for Google Ads
stopfakeclicks blocks bots and repeat clickers in Google Ads for $9.99 a month per website, after a 14-day free trial. ClickGUARD lists plans from USD 74 a month for up to USD 5,000 of monthly ad spend and also covers Microsoft and Meta ads. If you advertise on Google, stopfakeclicks does the core job, excluding the IP addresses of bad clickers in your own Google Ads account, with no cap on ad spend.
By the stopfakeclicks team. Facts about ClickGUARD checked on Oct 15, 2026.
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- Price
- $9.99 a month per website. One plan, no caps on clicks or visits.
- From USD 74 a month (Lite: 1 website, up to USD 5,000 monthly ad spend). Standard USD 119 (3 websites, up to USD 50,000), Pro USD 159 (up to USD 100,000), Custom on request. 20% less billed yearly.
- Free trial
- 14 days. The first 7 only watch and block nothing.
- Yes; the length isn't stated on the pricing page.
- Ad platforms
- Google Ads
- Google, Microsoft and Meta Ads
- How it blocks in Google Ads
- Adds bad IPs to your account-level exclusion list, which covers every campaign, Performance Max included.
- Lists IP and IP-range exclusions among its controls in Google Ads.
- When the IP list is full
- Keeps the 500 most recent offenders and never removes IPs you added yourself.
- Not stated on the pricing page.
- Hijacked account protection
- Yes. New campaigns, budget jumps and ads pointing to another site are paused until you approve them.
- Not found on their website.
- Works on
- Shopify, WooCommerce, WordPress, Google Tag Manager or any website.
- Any website; 1 on Lite, 3 on Standard, unlimited on Pro.
When ClickGUARD is the better choice
- You also run Microsoft or Meta Ads. stopfakeclicks works with Google Ads only.
- You want a wide set of rules and controls to tune yourself. ClickGUARD is built around them. stopfakeclicks keeps settings short: a click threshold and time window, excluded countries, Presence targeting and watch-only mode.
- You want fraud data inside the Google Ads campaigns table. ClickGUARD has a Chrome extension for that.
- You want a dedicated customer success manager. ClickGUARD's Custom plan includes one.
Why people pick stopfakeclicks
- One plan at $9.99 a month per website, with no caps on clicks or visits.
- A careful start. For the first 7 days nothing is blocked. You see what would have been blocked, with IP, time, device, campaign and keyword, before you switch blocking on.
- Buyers stay safe. Anyone who adds to cart or buys is never blocked, and shared mobile network addresses are never blocked.
- Account guard. If someone gets into your Google Ads account, new campaigns, sudden budget jumps and ads pointing to a site that isn't yours are paused until you approve them. It happened to us: two strangers' campaigns with daily budgets of £15,000 and £5,000, set up around midnight.
Switching from ClickGUARD
- 1Start the stopfakeclicks trial and add the tag to your site. For 7 days it only watches, so it can run next to ClickGUARD.
- 2Before you switch blocking on, remove the IP exclusions ClickGUARD added in Google Ads, at account and campaign level. stopfakeclicks never removes IPs it didn't add, so old entries would keep taking places on the list.
- 3Cancel ClickGUARD. Their pricing page says you can cancel any time.
Start your 14-day free trial
7 days watch-only first. Nothing is blocked until you switch it on.
Sources
- ClickGUARD pricing page, clickguard.com/pricing, checked 15 October 2026.
- Google Ads Help, “Exclude IP addresses”: up to 500 IP addresses per campaign; account-level exclusions apply to every campaign.
ClickGUARD is a trademark of its owner. stopfakeclicks is not affiliated with ClickGUARD.