Loadster vs. cside Comparison Chart

Pros

• The team behind cside are passionate about the product. Support is great and they are always adding to and developing what they have. The platform itself has provides a huge amount of insights and the software was very easily integrated.
• Highly engaged team, constantly looking to improve their product, very susceptible to feedback, very fast. Honestly, great experience
• - We signed up with them for script monitoring, which it did. - We were probably one of their first customers - Their team was very hungry and fast at helping. Very clearly wanted to build the best product. - Our PCI assessment went smoothly - Script observability appeared way more through than other tools I tried - We recently started using their product for account take-over risk. And it has caught a lot of weird behaviors of users.
• Full visibility into what's running, seeing every script, and where it comes from, what it's doing, and whether it's compliant or risky. The hybrid proxy intercepts scripts before they reach the browser. I achieve 100% session visibility with zero added latency, deployed via a single script tag. It also covers compliance well, helping me meet PCI DSS 4.0.1, DORA, and GDPR requirements without worrying about performance.
• - easy to use - literally no alternatives for most of their products - amazing support and product updates
• I use cside to see what third-party scripts are running on my website. cside's free tier was easy to deploy, just drop in three lines of code and you’re live. Within seconds of deployment, the dashboard started surfacing telemetry on third-party JavaScript: origin domains, initiating scripts, sync vs async loading, even full script contents.
• 1. Eliminates Third-Party Blind Spots Traditional Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) only see traffic at the server level. c/side provides real-time visibility into what scripts are actually doing on the client side, effectively neutralizing "Magecart-style" attacks where hackers inject malicious code into trusted third-party plugins. 2. High Performance with Zero Latency One of the biggest hurdles for security tools is website speed. c/side uses a sophisticated proxy architecture that inspects scripts without slowing down the page load, ensuring that security doesn't come at the cost of user experience or SEO. 3. Simplified Compliance (PCI DSS 4.0) New financial regulations (like PCI DSS 4.0.1) now strictly require companies to manage and authorize all scripts on payment pages. c/side automates this entire process, making it an "easy button" for compliance teams and preventing heavy fines.
• the easy way of installation and keep it running. users are not impacted during installation or afterwards while they are getting a better protected environment.
• Setup is fast, used them initially for straightforward compliance and bot detection turns out to be better than other providers.
• Really good for AI agent detection & client side security, very easy to use, features I haven't seen at competitors- also great support :)