CashoutGuard vs MaxMind
A minFraud alternative for rewards and GPT sites
MaxMind is the company behind GeoIP, and minFraud is its transaction risk service. It is a solid choice for scoring payments. This page looks at how it fits a rewards site, where the risk is paying users rather than being paid by them.
The short version
minFraud scores a transaction, typically a card payment. CashoutGuard follows a rewards user from signup through offers to cashout and links the accounts behind them.
Side by side
| Feature | MaxMind minFraud | CashoutGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Pay as you go, from $0.005 per query (Score), $0.015 (Insights), $0.02 (Factors) | Free up to 1,000 monthly active users, then $29/month |
| Free tier | Trial of up to 1,000 queries | 1,000 monthly active users, every signal included |
| Pricing model | Per query | Per monthly active user, not per lookup |
| Main focus | Payment and transaction fraud, GeoIP | Fraud on rewards, GPT and offerwall sites |
| Device and multi-account linking | Device ID in Factors; you build the account linking | Yes: device ID, linked accounts and a confidence level |
| 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 |
| Offer link tracer per device and country | Not built in | Yes: every redirect, the companies behind it and the app it lands on |
| 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 MaxMind does well
- GeoIP data from the company that maintains one of the most used IP databases.
- Pay as you go with no minimum: from $0.005 per query for minFraud Score.
- Mature payment-fraud features such as card, billing address and email checks in the higher tiers.
What rewards sites still need on top
- Built around payment transactions. Offer clicks, postbacks and cashouts to users are not concepts it models.
- Priced per query. Checking every signup, login, offer and cashout multiplies the bill on a site with many low-value users.
- No cashout review queue and no view of accounts grouped into fraud rings; you build those on top.
Pick MaxMind if
- Your main risk is stolen cards or chargebacks on purchases you receive.
- You need GeoIP and payment risk across several products.
- You already have your own case review tools.
Pick CashoutGuard if
- Your main risk is paying out rewards to farms, bots and multi-accounts.
- You want every event of a user included in one monthly price.
- You want linked accounts, offer speed checks and a cashout queue ready to use.
Why rewards sites switch
Built for money going out
Rewards sites lose money when they pay users, not when they charge them. Scores, reasons and the review queue are all built around the cashout.
Every event included
Signup, login, offer click, conversion and cashout checks are part of the monthly active user price, so checking more often does not cost more.
Accounts, not single transactions
Accounts that share a device, payout address or email are linked and grouped into rings, with the money each ring earned and cashed out.