ApexGuard Fraud Prevention vs FraudToad: Card Testing Guard
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for ApexGuard Fraud Prevention, Nov 10, 2026 for FraudToad.
The short answer
- Only FraudToad lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for ApexGuard Fraud Prevention and $5/month for FraudToad.
- ApexGuard Fraud Prevention lists 15 features FraudToad’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI-powered detection, App notifications, Automated workflows.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Basic
- · For Basic Plan Shopify Stores
- · Full features: Unlimited
- · No contract commitment, 0% Fees.
Professional
- · For Grow & Advanced Plan Shopify Stores
- · Full features: Unlimited
- · No contract commitment, 0% Fees.
Enterprise
- · For Plus Plan Shopify Stores
- · Full features: Unlimited
- · No contract commitment, 0% Fees.
Free
- · Card tests cancelled or just flagged
- · Dashboard and email alerts
- · Earlier orders in a burst swept up
- · Every order scored
- · Review queue, blocklist and allowlist
- · Test on your last 60 days of orders
Starter
- · All the features of Free
- · Up to 2,000 orders/month
Growth
- · All the features of Free
- · Up to 10,000 orders/month
Unlimited
- · All the features of Free
- · Unlimited orders/month
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureMost fraud apps give you a risk score, a guess. ApexGuard verifies. On orders Shopify flags, plus any orders you choose. It shows what's risky and what's safe, then verifies the buyer for a clear answer: genuine or not? The strongest check confirms a code from the customer's bank statement that only the true cardholder can give, with no friction, and it's only one of several verifications we offer.
FraudToad looks for card testing: stolen cards run through cheap orders, one new account at a time. It links each order to your other recent orders by card, IP address, email, customer and browser, scores it with rules you can read and adjust, and holds, cancels or blocks it. It starts in shadow mode: it only tags risky orders and shows what it would have done until you switch it on.
- Automatically flag risky orders before payment is captured
- Auto-cancel, hold, or approve orders based on your risk preferences
- Send verification emails by risk level, fully automated
- Automatically capture safe orders with no delays or friction
- Scores each order against recent ones by shared card, IP, email and browser
- Holds risky orders for review with every rule that fired and why
- Voids card tests before capture and sweeps up the rest of the burst
- Checkout lock and card hiding stop testers before they can pay
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  ApexGuard Fraud Prevention | |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | ApexGuard Fraud Prevention | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 6 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | ApexGuard Fraud Prevention | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19/month | $5/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | ApexGuard Fraud Prevention | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #107 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 25, 2025 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | AGX | Seabright Systems |
FAQ
ApexGuard Fraud Prevention and FraudToad: common questions
- Is ApexGuard Fraud Prevention or FraudToad cheaper?
- Only FraudToad lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for ApexGuard Fraud Prevention and $5/month for FraudToad. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- ApexGuard Fraud Prevention lists 15 the others don’t mention, such as AI-powered detection, App notifications, Automated workflows, Bot detection. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 14, 2026 for ApexGuard Fraud Prevention, Nov 10, 2026 for FraudToad; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 14, 2026 for ApexGuard Fraud Prevention, Nov 10, 2026 for FraudToad. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.