FiveM anticheats compared
Six anticheats rated on features, staff tools, price and transparency. We go by what the developers publish themselves, checked on 17 October 2026.
Rankings
- 1Best all-round package
Electron Anticheat
One of the most widely used FiveM anticheats: Electron Anticheat's live counter shows almost 10,000 protected servers. It's a cloud-based anticheat from a Belgian developer (since 2023). You install a lightweight resource on the server and manage everything else in a web dashboard. Electron Anticheat combines broad detection with the strongest staff tools in this comparison, with session replay as the standout.
Price€149.99 for the first year8.5 - 2Best value for money
FiveGuard
An established name with a refreshingly simple pricing model. €125 lifetime gets you the full anticheat, the web panel, automatic updates and support. There are no pricier tiers hiding features.
Price€45/month · €125 lifetime7.8 - 3Most configurable
FiniAC
The veteran of the group (since 2018) has grown into a full server security platform: a live web panel, TrustScore, MultiStream with audio, a REST API and, recently, RedM support.
PriceFrom €34.90/month7.3 - 4Strong on evidence
Reaper AntiCheat
Reaper has been around since July 2021 and claims to be the first anticheat to protect FiveM events at the network level. Its strongest point: every detection is automatically captured on video.
Price$25/month · $165 lifetime · $200 ultimate6.5 - 5Best free option
FIREAC
A free, open-source anticheat by Amirreza Jaberi for ESX, QBCore and standalone. Fine as a first layer or to learn from, but no replacement for a paid package on a large server.
PriceFree (AGPL-3.0)6.3 - 6Provisional verdict
WaveShield
WaveShield (now on version 4) is a well-known name, but its website was behind a bot check during our research. So we only assess what's in the public documentation.
PriceNot verified6.0
Side by side
| Aspect | Electron Anticheat | FiveGuard | FiniAC | Reaper AntiCheat | FIREAC | WaveShield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.0 |
| Cost for 1 year | €149.99 | €125 (lifetime) | €418.80 (Core, monthly) | $165 (lifetime) | Free | Not verified |
| Actively maintained | YesAuto-updates from the dashboard | YesAuto-updater, ongoing updates | YesRegular updates, new RedM support | YesLive status page and event feed | YesActive GitHub repo | Not statedNot verified |
| Session replay | YesFull session reconstruction | NoNot listed; has screen recording | PartlyVideo clips of detections (Plus) | PartlyVideo replay of every detection | NoScreenshots via Discord only | Not statedNot verified |
| Live monitoring | YesUp to 16 screens with voice | YesLive panel monitor, screenshots, recording | YesMultiStream, 16 players (Plus) | YesLive view, unlimited players | NoNone | Not statedNot verified |
| Interactive live map | YesInteractive live map | YesLive 2D map with watch zones | Not statedNot stated | Not statedNot stated | NoNone | Not statedNot verified |
| Reputation lookup | YesAcross all Electron Anticheat servers | PartlyTrust score and player lookup | PartlyTrustScore and alt-account linking | Not statedNot stated | NoNone | Not statedNot verified |
| Dev licence | YesOn selected plans | Not statedNot stated | YesFrom Plus (1 dev IP) | Not statedNot stated | YesFree to run anywhere | Not statedNot verified |
| Resource use | ~0.04 ms | 0.01–0.04 ms | ~0.5 ms server at 100 players | Not quantified | Not stated | Not stated |
| Web panel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| GTA V Enhanced | YesYes (per developer) | NoNot yet | Not statedNot stated | Not statedNot stated | Not statedNot stated | Not statedNot stated |
✓ Yes◐ Partly✕ No– Not stated or not verified
Each cell is based on what the developer publishes about its own product, checked on 17 October 2026. Resource use is the developer's own figure; nobody has measured it independently. Where developers make claims about each other's products, we go with each developer's own information. Check prices before you buy.
How we score
Each anticheat gets a score from 1 to 10 for features, staff tools, price/value and transparency. The overall score is the average. Anything we couldn't verify gets no score and doesn't count.
If two anticheats have the same overall score, staff tools decide: in practice, what your moderators can do with an anticheat matters most.
We haven't tested the anticheats against cheats ourselves. Detection rates quoted by developers can't be independently verified.
Before you buy
Start with your server.cfg. Entity lockdown, filtered control requests and blocked game events cost nothing. Read our guide.
Only buy from the developer. Cheap copies on resale sites get no updates and sometimes contain a backdoor.
Think about GDPR. Screen recordings, player profiles and shared ban lists are personal data. State in your server rules what you collect.