CashoutGuard vs IPQS
An IPQualityScore alternative for rewards and GPT sites
IPQS is one of the best known fraud APIs among GPT site owners, and for good reason. This page lays out, as factually as we can, where it fits and where a tool built around cashouts fits better.
The short version
IPQS sells reputation lookups. CashoutGuard scores the whole path a rewards user takes, from signup to cashout, and prices it per active user.
Side by side
| Feature | IPQualityScore (IPQS) | CashoutGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free tier, then $139.99, $599.99 or $1,149.99/month | Free up to 1,000 monthly active users, then $29/month |
| Free tier | 1,000 lookups per month | 1,000 monthly active users, every signal included |
| Pricing model | Per lookup | Per monthly active user, not per lookup |
| Main focus | IP, email and device reputation | Fraud on rewards, GPT and offerwall sites |
| Device and multi-account linking | Device reputation; you build the linking | Yes: device ID and linked accounts, plus emulators, cloud phones, anti-detect browsers and forms filled by bots, with a risk per kind of fraud in every answer |
| Understands offer clicks, postbacks and cashouts | Not built in | Yes: offer click, conversion and cashout events |
| Cashout review queue | Not built in | Yes, from Starter ($29/month) |
| Filters offerwall postbacks without code | Not built in | Yes: paste your postback URL, no code to change |
| Fraud profile per offer and per publisher | Not built in | Yes: for each offer and each publisher, the share flagged, how fast its users convert after the click and how much the network reversed |
| Website languages | English | 12, including Arabic and Urdu (RTL) |
Competitor facts as of September 2026, from their public pages. Plans change, so check their site for current terms.
What IPQS does well
- Broad reputation data for IP addresses, emails and devices in one API.
- Widely known in the GPT world, so many owners already have experience with it.
- A free tier of 1,000 lookups per month that is enough to try it on a small site.
What rewards sites still need on top
- Pricing is per lookup. A rewards site checks many users who each earn very little, so lookups add up fast.
- Each lookup is scored on its own. It does not follow a user from offer click to postback to cashout.
- There is no cashout review queue. Holding, approving and denying payouts is still something you build.
Pick IPQS if
- You need IP and email reputation for several kinds of products, not only a rewards site.
- You already run your own fraud rules and review tools and only want data to feed them.
- Your lookup volume is small and predictable.
Pick CashoutGuard if
- You pay users out and want every cashout scored with readable reasons.
- You have many low-value users, so per-active-user pricing works out cheaper than per-lookup pricing.
- You want device linking, offer speed checks and a review queue without building them.
- You also want plain IP and email lookups: GET /v1/lookup is included in every plan, up to 500,000 a day on Pro.
Why rewards sites switch
Cost that follows users, not calls
Signup, login, offer click and cashout checks are all included in the monthly active user price, so checking more often does not raise the bill.
Cashout decisions with evidence
Every cashout lands in a queue with its score and reasons. Approve, hold or deny, and ban the linked accounts in one click.
Offer fraud, not just IP fraud
Offers completed faster than a real player could, duplicate transaction IDs and conversion bursts are flagged next to the network signals.