All CHEQ Essentials Reviews
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Michael
201 - 500 employees
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
Reviewed April 2023
Clickcease Ads Value and Saves $
Alex
Verified reviewer
Financial Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2018
You need this if you run PPC campaigns
Awesome, they answer live chat messages instantly. Customer support are particularly knowledgeable and they’re always happy to help with anything.
PROSSimply put, you need Clickcease if you run any kind of PPC campaign. We’ve used Clickcease for about 18 months to block the ever growing volume of invalid clicks from the search engines. Being able to block both individual IP addresses and also IP ranges has allowed us to keep PPC costs under control. We can see that around 30% of clicks from Adwords are invalid, and as Clickcease integrates directly with Adwords to block IP’s there’s very little work to be done at our end after the settings have been made on the Clickcease account. The most import part of Clickcease is that it gives factual and indisputable evidence when you need to have a war with the search engines to get a credit for invalid clicks. What I mean by this is that when you have IP addresses in your Adwords or Bing account that you’ve blocked, and you still get clicks from them and more importantly charged for the clicks (this does happen a lot) then you can take your Clickcease evidence and use that as the base for a credit. We’ve received credits of around $23,000 in the last 12 months from Adwords alone and we wouldn’t have gotten these were it not for the Clickcease evidence.
CONSThere’s nothing not to like. It’s low cost, it’s reliable and it does what it says on the tin.
Vendor Response
Thanks Alex, so happy you are seeing value!
Replied October 2018
Robin
Verified reviewer
Internet, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2019
The best way to stop Click Fraud!
Everything is already told in the pros part. It's a very user friendly, no BS tool. They do what the say they do.
PROSIn my career of PPC I've seen a lot of account and talked to a lot of business owners. And one thing that's always haunting me is business owners who are scared to pay for clicks coming from competitors. The moment you start talking about click prices, this is one of the top topics. After doing some research I stumbled on ClickCease, and I'm glad I did. This piece of software does exactly what it says. Of course Google's and Microsoft's filters are good. But by preventing people from clicking the visibility of the PPC accounts went up on the full border. ClickCease completed the used tools in our agency. noteworthy: Besides the tool itself, the customer service is out of it's league. Other (bigger) companies could take an example to ClickCease's tech-savvy, fast and friendly customer service team.
CONSInstallation can be a hassle, if you're not the owner of the website. But this is with everything that comes with code. Overall the tool is very user friendly!
Vendor Response
Thank you so much for your lovely words, Robin :) Glad that you are seeing value from our software!
Replied March 2021
Anonymous
11-50 employees
Used monthly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2020
I like the window into fraud, but it really doesn't work
It's OK. Google is the problem not ClickCease. Google is the mafia of online advertising. They leech onto your business and force wasted ad budget. 70% of all advertising traffic is a flush down the toilet. ClickCease has good intentions. Google isn't having it. Blocked IP's mean nothing to Google. I can block until I am blue in the face and the clicks keep getting registered through ClickCease.
PROSI like the reporting and the ease of use. Conceptually, I wish it worked. But it just simply does not.
CONSIt does not stop Google. Nothing can. Google allows the clicks in the banned IP list to keep on coming. On top of that, Google caps you at 500 blocked IP's. With thousands of users per month. Probably 40,000+ users per month, 500 blocked is nothing. Regardless, Google doesn't even care. I have battled them and presented ClickCeaese data to them and they tell me it is inaccurate. Over and over. I watched my ad spend increase by 1K per month on average since I implemenetd ClickCease. I cannot stop the fraud. And when ClickCease sends in the refund claim, whcih should be many thousands of dollars, Google credits back like 25.00 total. I stil keep click cease because I do believe the data and I believe Google is pure fraud. Some day, I plan to get a legal team and sue Google for millions. For now, I am collecting data to prove my case!
Reason for choosing CHEQ Essentials
People perceive that ClickCease actually works. Thus, a lot of high reviews. I am convinced nothing will work. As I said, it does block the IP's by adding them in real time to Google, but it just does not stop the fraud.
Vendor Response
Hi there, We appreciate your honest feedback. We understand your frustration as click fraud is a real issue and we are doing everything we can to mitigate the damage. The 500 IP limitation is something we get handle by having campaign level IP exclusion ( meaning we can block 500 IPs per campaign) as well as prioritizing and keeping the most relevant IPs in your exclusion list at a time so that you're always fully protected. Please feel free to contact info@clickcease.com to book an account overview call to make sure your account is optimized for your business needs.
Replied May 2021
Narciso
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2019
Do you want to save money? This is FUNDAMENTAL for any ads campaing
Amazing. I love the support because they are fast, you use the online chat and they answer very quickly! They send you a copy of the conversation at the email. So to me! I love the software.
PROSIt is very easy to use, and very very funcional. You only insert your domain, your own rules to filter the users, and "Walla!" its done and working. At the same time, this software let you block long ip ranges for Google Adwords. Important if you discover that they are using bots.
CONSTo say something "bad", maybe the report each two months with the invalid click in Google Ads it is too late if you have a budget with 2000 euros, but this "law" it is defined by Google not by ClickCease. Anyway, they send ythe report automatic, so it is perfect.
Vendor Response
This is amazing! Thank you so much for your positive feedback, Narciso. It is our pleasure to help
Replied March 2021
Alona
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2018
Being a clicker is actually a profession in Russia.....
My name is Alona Meiler Yamin and I am the CEO of an agency specializing in advertising in Russian(Russian Advertising Agency). As part of our leading projects, we are building campaigns targeting Russian audiences in Russia and the former Soviet Union. As you know this geographic area is notoriously known for click frauds. Being a clicker is actually a profession there and there are sites where you can register and receive such clicks from service owners. I always recommend our clients to install software that prevents invalid clicks. This software saves at least 10-20 percent of your advertising budget.
CONSActualy Agency plan is too expensive for us
Vendor Response
Hi Alona! Thank you so much for writing this amazing review! It really means a lot :) We're always happy to be of help.
Replied March 2021
Frank
Verified reviewer
Internet, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2019
Solid Additional Safeguard against Click Fraud
I really enjoy using ClickCease as a backup to Google's internal fraud protection. Google obviously wants to have a fraud free platform, but click fraud is far from their top priority. I've been using ClickCease for almost two years and enjoy the additional level of protection it provides me and my clients - who are small business owners.
PROSThe customer support is fantastic - the support people are technical and responsive.
CONSInitially I wasn't a big fan of the interface, but it has definitely improved over the last year and a half.
Vendor Response
Hi Frank, we are so happy to hear that you are enjoying our service! We're so glad to get such lovely feedback :)
Replied March 2021
Francisco Manuel
Verified reviewer
Computer Hardware, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2020
Easy of use, best value against competitors, just use it carefully
The support is fenomenal. Quick answers and always proactive. I see no too much false clicks on our account, but I'm sure in the past we have a lot of problems with competitors clicking a lot in our ads. GoogleAds assures us they are working on that, but I have no way to check until I found ClickCease.
PROSThe easy of use. I can setup the account in less than 20 minutes. I see results same day.
CONSAfter one week of use, I check some of the blocked IPs. There is a very useful feature (recorded actions). But I see the IP with most clicks been blocked. When I check the recordings, I see at least half of clicks to be legitimate, from people who choose to talk and ask us questions on chat. So it is possible to ClickCease to block some IP range due suspect behavior, and then lose some legitimate prospects from same IP range/address.
Reason for choosing CHEQ Essentials
I like the website and the price seems to be right.
Vendor Response
Hey Francisco! Thanks for the lovely feedback! We're constantly trying to improve our fraud detection and will definitely keep your feedback in mind!
Replied March 2021
Uri
Verified reviewer
Internet, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2018
I Run PPC campaigns in very competitive markets, unfortunately not all the competitors playing fair
Great software, if your budget is running out with no conversions and high CTR just try it and save tons of $
PROSAllow me to ignore the competitor clicks and run high bids, and saves me time looking at the IP recordings manually. In some industries it's a matter of losing or winning
CONSInterface design is a bit old and hard to find, but the support is super fast and helpful
Vendor Response
Hi Uri! Thank you so much for your review. We are happy to hear that you've seen a change in your bills since using ClickCease! :)
Replied March 2021
Jeevan
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2019
Great software
The service is easy to implement and catches fraud. I don't have to log in much.
CONSThere's not much I don't like about the software.
Vendor Response
Hi Jeevan! Thank you so much for this amazing feedback! We are so happy to be of help :)
Replied March 2021
Pavel
Verified reviewer
Consumer Services, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2019
Good service, but not so much useful for small markets
Amazing software with amazing functions. I hope that the service will develop and in the near future, we will have also a possibility use competitors tracking in Eastern Europe as well as use full functionality of the service.
PROSAll features are easy to use, you see only needed information. Automatic fraud clicks sending to Google Ads reduces the amount of time you spend to review and fraud clicks check.
CONSIf you are working in small markets, especially Eastern Europe, where the price of one click on Google Ads is low, the amount of savings will be almost the same or even smaller than the price you pay for the ClickCease. There is a problem also in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, where a lot of people use VPN service to browse forbidden websites, use some messengers and secure them from different authorities. ClickCease usually blocks such users, because think that it could be fraud clicks on your ad.
Vendor Response
Thank you so much for writing this great review, Pavel! We are continuously looking at ways to improve and your feedback will be remembered :)
Replied March 2021
Jason
Utilities, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2021
An Absolute Necessity
We had a competitor in a PPC ad space who was trying to use every shady tactic in the book to eliminate the presence of any competition who were using the same keywords as them. With about 40 visitors per hour on a normal day, I was absolutely terrified to see that we had hundreds of visitors on the site at the moment I was looking at our analytics app. This just happened all of a sudden and we were immediately eating tons of fraudulent clicks. While the PPC platform (not to name names, but they control about 90% of web search traffic) caught a little more than half of these, this situation would have put us out of business if it had continued. After setting up ClickCease to work with our website and PPC campaign, about 95% of the fraudulent clicks were eliminated with the out-of-box settings and it took only a couple of days for me to gather the data necessary to make tweaks that had us running ads in normal fashion again. ClickCease saved our business. This is no exaggeration. On top of that, the tremendous weight that was caused by the fear of losing my business to fraud has been lifted from my shoulders. That allows me to use my time and energy to improve our processes. I will never run a PPC campaign without ClickCease!
PROSThe fraud detection feature is amazing. Easy setup. Great reporting.
CONSThere is nothing I would change about this product.
Reason for choosing CHEQ Essentials
I don't remember why I chose ClickCease over whatever other products I researched. All I can say is that I'll never choose another product to prevent click fraud.
Mike
Consumer Electronics, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2019
Must have for Adwords - Bing
Excellent service to monitor your click companies on google, bing. They give you detailed reports, block click fraud and they report you can use to protect your ads and money. I would highly suggest this service if you are advertising on Google, Bing
PROSExcellent service to monitor your click companies on google, bing. They give you detailed reports, block click fraud and they report you can use to protect your ads and money. I would highly suggest this service if you are advertising on Google, Bing
CONSNo issues at all using the service. I really don't have any cons. The only thing I don't like is that only let you keep and customize up to 3 months.
Reason for choosing CHEQ Essentials
The product, customer service, accuracy was all perfect for what we needed
Vendor Response
Hey Mike, thank you so much for this amazing feedback! We appreciate your kind words :) We're happy to be of help.
Replied March 2021
Javi
Recreational Facilities and Services, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2022
Most reliable option Click Fraud wise
Customer service is at the top, you have a follow-up since the first step that it really helps to develop the "skills" of this tool, dashboard, and reports are friendly enough for any level, all this comes with a price so you need to verify if the ROI regarding the fraudulent cliks it worth your time, it offer a free trial so you can easily verify the advantages of the tool
PROSCustome service support, since the free trial option you have a constant support from the agents, you find webminars tutorials with all the "how to" in order to use the tool, you can generate automatically reports in order to report Google
CONSAt first sight is an expensive tool, obviously is a money that you can get refund is you apply to it...after this point it depends on Google, if you are able to recover 20% of all the fraudulent clicks you will cover the expenses
Reasons for switching to CHEQ Essentials
Try all the tools in the market
Jim
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2019
Been Great To Us!
The best thing I can say about ClickCease is their support is bar none, ALWAYS responds very quickly and JUMPS to help resolve any issues. While they've built a very good platform for monitoring fraudulent clicks for PPC, this technology is ever changing and problems are expected to surface from time to time so support is of the utmost concern with a service like this and ClickCease crushes it in this department!
PROSAutomatic, requires very little if any maintenance or attention after initial configured.
CONSHonestly can't think of any at the moment.
Vendor Response
Hey Jim! Thank you so much for this lovely feedback :) It is our pleasure to be of help!
Replied March 2021
Anonymous
11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed December 2021
Clickcease got our Google account permanently suspended
Easy to install. But that meant that our account could get canceled sooner
CONSDay 4 of using the software, Google notified that they had suspended our account for a recent violation. The cause was using cloaking software or similar that would show or restrict the ad content to some users based on location, IP address etc. We had not made any other changes to our ad account that week. We had used that ad account for 5 years for various ads for our companies and spent north of $1MM on the account. Do NOT use this software if keeping your ad account is important to you. You might be lucky and avert google’s attention but why take the risk.
Vendor Response
Hello, We're very sorry to hear that your account got suspended. I would like to state that our software does not mask or hide anything, quite the opposite. ClickCease makes every click count and knows its origin by increasing transparency. ClickCease is certified by Google's Ads API and we block clicks in your Google Ads account by adding IPs to the restricted IP list, which is a feature that is supported within Google Ads. If you would like any further information please feel free to reach out to our 24/7 support. Thank you
Replied December 2021
Brandon
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2018
Assistance with tech support
My overall experience was that working with clickcease has helped and will continue to help us fight back against our competitors who have nothing better to do with their time then changing their IP's and clicking on our ads. Nice to know that we won't even show up to them anymore once they do it once, and they'll think we aren't running ads anymore! Love it!
PROSThe representative that helped me multiple times on different issues on the same day to ensure our ads would be protected against fraudulent clicks asap got us taken care of! The issues we had seemed both long winded and difficult to explain and feel likely that the issues would be able to be resolved without actual phone support or video chat...but she got it handled and answered all of my questions efficiently. I was very shocked at how all my stress melted away once I was done working with these guys on my concerns.
CONSThe interaction would have been easier to explain over the phone, but the fact that it all got taken care of through message support made it all not such a big deal.
Vendor Response
Thanks Brandon. BTW, you can always schedule calls with a rep :)
Replied November 2018
Ana
Consumer Electronics, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2019
ClickCease review
It is easy to use, transparent, and there is a lot of manual control. Customer service is great and they are more than willing to explain everything and find the best way to solve the problem. Our Account manager, [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is great and very dedicated. He made constant efforts to realize what are the client's needs, and how to improve the way ClickCease works for us. ClickCease saved us a lot of money by now and eliminated our competitors' efforts to harm our budget. Would recommend to anyone in e-commerce business.
PROSEasy to use, transparent, lots of manual settings, amazing customer service and account manager.
CONSSome of the reports weren't correct, but the problem is being solved now.
Vendor Response
Hi Ana! Thanks a bunch for writing this amazing review :) We are so pleased to hear that you are enjoying your experience!
Replied March 2021
Andrew
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Clickcease is a MUST for running ads
Support is usually fast.
PROSIn the past, we actually added spam and bot IP addresses to the blacklist in Google Ads. That was very time consuming. Once we got Clickcease, we were able to automate this which helped save a lot of time and money.
CONSNone. Everything about Clickcease is great.
Cristina
Non-Profit Organization Management, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2022
Essential when dealing with PPCs
I started just to try and I ended up applying this to all of my company's websites. It's very important in having quality results.
PROSThe fact that automatically detects bots and false clicks, saving us money and also giving the chance to our real customers to see the ad.
CONSIt's a bit complicated when you try to look into statistics to customize even more the experience.
Reason for choosing CHEQ Essentials
I saw the ad on Facebook and it was high quality and very convincing.
Oscar
Design, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2016
Thanks Rafa!
I Know, this software is called ClickCease, not Rafa, but in his workteam they have a guy called Rafa. Rafa is a really nice guy, he convince me to buy the Standard edition of ClickCease and I have to say tha this really save my ass. I work in Colombia in plastic surgery and the levels of click fraud are amazing, the software do all that they said, I know that you can find cheapper softwares, but the customer support is awesome with clickcease and the software really works, so do it. Thanks Rafa :) (Soory for the bad english)
PROS-Excelent analytics -Excelent customer suport -Good Price -Easy installation and configuration -God Dashbord
CONSAt the moment works perfectly for me
Vendor Response
Thanks Oscar! We will tell Rafa about how happy you are with him and the software :)
Replied October 2016
Chris
Retail, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2020
Great Product
Super easy to deploy. You'll see benefits quickly and be able to track ROI
CONSNo issues with this product. A simple addition to help maximize our ad spend.
Vendor Response
Super happy to read your kind words, Chris! Thank you for the feedback :)
Replied March 2021
Craig
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
2
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
1
Reviewed August 2018
Bad data, features don't work
Horrible
PROSWhat it COULD be .. but it sadly doesn't live up to its potential
CONS1) Horrible, horrible support. 2) The data is inaccurate and when you present it to Google for a refund Google just points out the REAL data. So basically it leads to a huge waste of time.
Vendor Response
Hi Craig, thanks for your feedback and we are sorry about the experience you had. Our support team is something we take pride and work hard on. They are extremely knowledgeable about click fraud and our software and would be happy to help. They are available 24/7 and have an immediate response time. As for your second point. Our data is completely accurate and transparent. It allows you to see all the details of each paid click you receive which is unavailable on Google Ads. Unfortunately the refund claims are out of our control and have a low success rate. That being said, our goal is to stop the fraud before it happens, this way refund claims are not necessary on the first place. If there is anything we can do, to better your experience please let us know here (info@clickcease.com)
Replied May 2021
Frank
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Awesome and Effective Protection
easy to set up, connects directly to AdWords system
CONSslight delays in finding the account on setup, also no dashes are needed although the example show dashes
Michael
Human Resources, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed March 2023
Clickcease - A beginner friendly fraud prevention software but too expensive for its functionalities
Easy to install in Google Ads, the support is OUTSTANDING! You get help with everything you need and they explain you really the last thing in Clickcease. It has a good design and easy to understand parts in tabs. You see the fraud clicks in real time and can act yourself or set up easy rules to block these IP's automatically.
CONSThe automatic real time blocking of IP's in Google Ads seemed not to happen as fast as other software do this. Also the location tracking was more than often in places where we not even advertise. After some weeks of checking this we concidered that this is worse than everything else we knew from other softwares (sorry :/ ) - Also the Rules are not that highly customizable and the analyitics data you get is "okay" but nothing for doing a really good analysis if you really would need to (we didn't, we have G4 for this!). For us - it was too high price for what we got for it and we had to change to a competitor of clickcease :/