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BotRefund vs. Castle and Imperva: What Sets It Apart
Direct comparison
BotRefund is built specifically to prove fraudulent ad clicks, negotiate refunds with Google and Meta, and recover up to 20% of ad spend. It relies on 106 independent behavioral checks—such as ghost clicks, linear mouse paths, and super‑human input speed—and an AI model that delivers about 99% accuracy. Setup takes roughly one minute, after which a free bot audit runs automatically.
Castle and Imperva provide general bot‑management and web‑application‑firewall (WAF) services that protect against a wide range of automated threats, but they do not include a dedicated refund‑negotiation process or the same granular click‑behavior signals that BotRefund uses.
Implementation steps for BotRefund
- Sign up for a free audit on the BotRefund site.
- Insert the BotRefund script into your site’s header – the process takes about one minute and requires no credit card.
- Run the automated audit which evaluates traffic against the 106 checks.
- Review the console to see flagged sessions and the evidence supporting each bot verdict.
- Initiate refund claims with Google or Meta using BotRefund’s proven documentation.
Common mistake
Skipping the step of mapping every ad account to BotRefund can leave some fraudulent clicks unclaimed, reducing potential refunds.
Verification step
After the audit, open the BotRefund dashboard and confirm that at least one session is flagged with a detailed breakdown (e.g., “Ghost click detection” or “Superhuman input speed”). This proves the system is actively monitoring your traffic.
How BotRefund can help
BotRefund combines behavioral analysis (ghost clicks, linear mouse movement, super‑human speed, etc.) with AI to identify fraudulent ad clicks with ~99% accuracy. Once identified, the platform prepares the evidence needed to negotiate refunds from Google and Meta, turning lost spend into recovered revenue.
Limitation: The service requires a website integration and works best for advertisers with measurable Google or Meta ad spend, as the refund process depends on those platforms’ dispute mechanisms.