Disabled AI-driven vs monitoring mode

Disabled AI-driven mode and monitoring mode are two different settings on the AI Protection page in ClickGuard.

Disabled AI-driven mode

When you switch off AI-Driven Threat Monitoring, ClickGuard's AI stops detecting and blocking bad traffic on its own. It won't flag bad traffic coming from the website, so bots, click farms and other invalid clicks can reach your ads again, and you pay for them.

To keep your custom rules flagging and blocking bad traffic while the AI is off, check Keep detecting clicks from your ad accounts. The website's ad spend then still counts toward your monthly usage.

Turn the AI off only for a short time, for example while you test something. We don't recommend leaving it off for long.

Monitoring mode

In monitoring mode, the AI stays on: ClickGuard keeps tracking and analyzing every click on your ads and shows you the invalid traffic it finds in your dashboards, but it doesn't block anything. No IP exclusions or audience exclusions are added to your campaigns.

To use it, keep AI-Driven Threat Monitoring on and select Monitoring only under Protective Actions.

Use it to see how much click fraud reaches your ads before you turn on blocking, for example on a new website or ad account. When you're ready, select Block attackers and unwanted traffic.

In short

• Disabled AI-driven mode: ClickGuard's AI doesn't detect or block anything; only your custom rules can still apply.
• Monitoring mode: ClickGuard's AI finds click fraud and reports it, without blocking.

See also: What is AI-Driven mode in ClickGuard.