How Raven Anticheat compares
A side by side look at Raven and the anticheats FiveM server owners actually shortlist, on the criteria that decide it: internal, external and DMA cheat coverage, client and server-side detection, resmon cost at real player counts, and price.
How this table was built: the other products' columns come only from each vendor's own public materials (their websites, stores, and docs), checked in July and August 2026. Products change, so verify against their current pages before you decide. "Advertised" means the vendor's own page says so, and "not advertised" means exactly that: their public materials do not mention it, not that the product cannot do it. Everything in the Raven column is a shipped capability you can verify in the live demo.
One of the most optimized anticheats on FiveM
Performance is a first-class design goal here, not an afterthought. Raven runs its full dual-layer detection and still holds under 0.5ms at 200 or more players, so it protects your server without becoming a tax on it. Resource-monitor numbers in a marketing post are measured on an empty test server, so the honest test is your own: install Raven, push your real resource load, and watch the resmon during a busy session.
Side by side, on the criteria that matter
Internal cheat detection
Lua executors, mod menus, and NUI DevTools run inside the game process.
- Raven Anticheat Shipped. Executors, mod menus, NUI DevTools.
- FiveGuard Advertised. AI screenshot scan for Lua menus, script protection.
- WaveShield Advertised. Lua injection and resource hook detection.
- Electron AC Advertised. Menu injections, aimbots, wallhacks.
- XeroShield Not advertised.
- Fiveuxe Advertised. Executor Killer, anti-mod-menu, anti-executor telemetry.
- FiniAC Advertised. Real-time detection engine, silent aim and aimbot.
External cheat detection
Memory readers and overlay injectors run outside the game process.
- Raven Anticheat Shipped. Out-of-process readers, overlay injectors.
- FiveGuard Not advertised.
- WaveShield Advertised. ESP and overlay detection.
- Electron AC Not advertised.
- XeroShield Not advertised.
- Fiveuxe Anti-ESP Control module advertised, out-of-process readers not named.
- FiniAC Not named, and their FAQ states they do not publish a detection list.
DMA hardware cheat detection
A second PC or FPGA card reads memory over PCIe, so nothing malicious runs on the cheating machine.
- Raven Anticheat Shipped. PCIe and FPGA hardware readers.
- FiveGuard Not advertised.
- WaveShield Not advertised.
- Electron AC Not advertised.
- XeroShield Not advertised.
- Fiveuxe Not advertised. Their materials describe a server-side design with no kernel driver.
- FiniAC DMA is not named, and their FAQ states they do not publish a detection list.
Client and server detection together
Client-only misses server exploits, server-only misses silent aim and ESP.
- Raven Anticheat Shipped. Both layers run at once.
- FiveGuard Both layers appear in docs, not marketed as dual detection.
- WaveShield Advertised. Client and server event coverage.
- Electron AC Not advertised.
- XeroShield Not advertised.
- Fiveuxe Marketed as server-side by design. Client-side work appears in their changelog.
- FiniAC Both layers appear in their materials, not marketed as dual detection.
Server-side event validation
It is what protects your economy from money and item exploits, and cannot be patched from a player machine.
- Raven Anticheat Shipped. Events validated server-side.
- FiveGuard Advertised. Safe events verification system.
- WaveShield Advertised. Event parameter and signature validation.
- Electron AC Entity protections in docs, no validation claim.
- XeroShield Not advertised.
- Fiveuxe Advertised. Token-based event firewall against money injection and trigger spam.
- FiniAC Advertised. Event protection against item spawning and currency injection.
False-positive review before a ban
Banning on a single trigger costs you real players and admin time on appeals.
- Raven Anticheat Shipped. Raven Mind holds borderline calls for operator review.
- FiveGuard Not advertised. Docs cover fixing false bans after the fact.
- WaveShield Not advertised. Advertises instant automatic bans.
- Electron AC Post-ban report option in their materials, pre-ban review not advertised.
- XeroShield Post-ban review via Discord, per archived site.
- Fiveuxe AI confidence scoring advertised. Manual review is a post-ban request on higher tiers.
- FiniAC TrustScore risk scoring over 30 variables advertised, pre-ban review not described.
Evidence on every ban
You need to verify a call in under a minute, not trust a log line.
- Raven Anticheat Shipped. Screenshot and runtime trace attached.
- FiveGuard Screenshot hooks in developer docs, not marketed.
- WaveShield Screenshot hook in docs, DVR recording advertised.
- Electron AC Advertised. Ban video and session replay.
- XeroShield Not advertised.
- Fiveuxe Live Screen Capture and snapshot modules advertised, evidence on every ban not claimed.
- FiniAC Advertised. Player screenshots on every plan, detection video clips from the Plus tier.
Dashboard with live player view
Seeing who is on the server and why a ban fired turns a guess into a decision.
- Raven Anticheat Shipped. Full panel, live view, activity log. Try the demo.
- FiveGuard Advertised. Web panel with cloud config.
- WaveShield Advertised. Live map and multi-stream panel.
- Electron AC Advertised. Web panel, live map, screen monitoring.
- XeroShield Configuration panel, per archived site.
- Fiveuxe Advertised. Dashboard, Live Screen Capture, SENTINEL AI co-pilot.
- FiniAC Advertised. Apollo panel and MultiStream for up to 16 players.
Global ban network
A cheater you remove should not just hop to the next server and keep going.
- Raven Anticheat Shipped. Evidenced Global Ban Database admins can verify.
- FiveGuard Not advertised. Docs show per-server ban storage.
- WaveShield Advertised. Cross-server ban sharing.
- Electron AC Advertised. Opt-in cross-server ban checks.
- XeroShield Ban sync mentioned on archived site.
- Fiveuxe Advertised. Hive-Mind HWID network, 0.3s propagation, 100+ servers.
- FiniAC Advertised. Global bans, plus recursive linking of matching accounts.
Performance at 200+ players
The number that matters is the cost at your real peak, not on an empty test server.
- Raven Anticheat Under 0.5ms at 200+ players. Verify on your own server.
- FiveGuard 0.01 to 0.04ms advertised, player count not stated.
- WaveShield Figure on their GitHub readme only, player count not stated.
- Electron AC 0.04ms advertised, player count not stated.
- XeroShield No figure published.
- Fiveuxe Sub-millisecond Lua agent advertised, player count not stated.
- FiniAC 0.5ms server-side at 100 players advertised, no figure above that.
Update cadence
Cheat loaders get rewritten constantly, so an anticheat is only as good as its next detection.
- Raven Anticheat 1 to 7 day cadence with a dated public changelog.
- FiveGuard Auto-updater advertised, no promised frequency.
- WaveShield Daily updates advertised.
- Electron AC Daily updates advertised.
- XeroShield 1 to 7 days, per archived site.
- Fiveuxe Dated public changelog, no promised frequency.
- FiniAC Regular updates advertised, no promised frequency.
Support
The day you need help is the day your server is under attack.
- Raven Anticheat Direct support through Discord.
- FiveGuard Advertised. Discord tickets.
- WaveShield 24/7 via Discord advertised.
- Electron AC 24/7 via Discord advertised.
- XeroShield Advertised. Discord.
- Fiveuxe Advertised. Discord.
- FiniAC Advertised. Discord support and public docs.
Price
Prices as advertised on each vendor's own pages, in the currency they list.
- Raven Anticheat $20/mo, $50/3mo, $100 lifetime. Among the lowest prices in this comparison, full feature set on every plan.
- FiveGuard €45/mo, €125 lifetime.
- WaveShield €50/mo, €100/3mo, €250 lifetime.
- Electron AC $59.99/mo, $169.99/3mo, $199.99 lifetime.
- XeroShield €20/mo, €36/3mo, €79 lifetime.
- Fiveuxe $39/mo, $99/3mo, $149/yr, $229 lifetime, at promo pricing.
- FiniAC €34.99/mo Core, €39.99/mo Plus, €49.99/mo Ultimate. Features vary by tier.
The other product columns reflect what each vendor's own public website, store, and documentation state, last checked on July 18, 2026. "Not advertised" is a statement about their public materials on that date, not about what the product can or cannot do, and their pages may have changed since. Prices are as shown on each vendor's pricing cards on that date, in the currency they list, and some vendors adjust currency by region. Before you decide, verify every column, Raven included, on the vendors' current pages and on a staging copy of your own server. The Fiveuxe and FiniAC columns were added after that check and were built the same way, from those two vendors' own pages on August 23, 2026.
The protection rules behind the Raven column
Every checkmark in the Raven column maps to real protection rules from the live default config. Each detection can be switched on or off and set to kick or ban from the dashboard, and you can browse all of them in the live demo before you buy.
Aim & Damage
- Anti Aimbot Flags aim-assist and injected aimbots.
- Anti Silent Aim Catches silent aim and redirected shots.
- Anti Damage Exploits Catches premature-kill and super-punch exploits.
- Anti Spoofed Damage Rejects spoofed damage values.
- Anti Blocked Damage Catches blocked or absorbed damage.
- Anti Spam Damage Catches rapid damage spam.
- Anti Spoof Bullet Shot Rejects spoofed bullet-shot origins.
- Anti No Reload and Anti Infinite Ammo Blocks no-reload and infinite-ammo cheats.
- Anti No Recoil Catches weapons fired with the recoil removed.
Menus, Injection & Overlays
- Anti Lua Menus Detects and blocks Lua mod menus.
- Anti Executor Catches internal and external Lua executors.
- Anti NUI Tamper Detects NUI DevTools and callback tampering.
- Anti Screen OCR Reads on-screen cheat text with OCR.
- Anti Resources Injection, Start, and Stop Blocks resource injection and start/stop abuse.
- Anti Hook Natives Catches game natives hooked by a cheat.
- Anti Tampered Env Catches a tampered Lua environment.
- Clipboard Scanner Scans the clipboard for known cheat strings.
- Heartbeat Anti-tamper heartbeat that kicks modified clients.
Player Exploits
- Anti Godmode Stops invincibility and godmode.
- Anti Infinite Stamina Blocks infinite stamina.
- Anti Ragdoll Prevents ragdoll abuse.
- Anti Voice Spoofing Catches voice-range spoofing.
- Anti Change Outfit Blocks unauthorized outfit swaps.
- Anti Clear Ped Tasks Stops ped-task clearing exploits.
- Anti Ped Manipulation Catches ped flags that grant passive mode and targeting immunity.
- Anti Teleport Flags long-distance jumps made while standing still.
- Anti Noclip Catches noclip movement and its attach bypass.
- Anti Freecam Detects a camera pulled away from the player.
- Anti Spectate Catches a player spectating someone else.
- Anti Blacklist Ped Model Catches a player wearing a ped model you have blacklisted.
- Anti Blacklist Animations Stops a player playing an animation you have blacklisted.
- Anti Night Vision Catches night vision switched on.
- Anti Thermal Vision Catches thermal vision switched on.
- Anti Super Jump Catches the beast-jump ability behind super jumps.
Weapons & Vehicles
- Anti Give Weapons and Anti Remove Weapons Blocks giving or removing weapons on others.
- Anti Spawn Weapons Stops illegal weapon spawns.
- Anti Blacklist Weapons Catches blacklisted weapons held by a player.
- Anti Vehicle Armor Changer Catches vehicle armor edits.
- Anti Vehicle Engine Changer Catches engine power edits.
- Anti Vehicle Color Changer Catches unauthorized color changes.
- Anti Bullet Proof Tires Catches bulletproof-tire toggles.
- Anti Vehicle Plate Changer Catches license-plate text and plate-style changes.
- Anti Vehicle Gravity Changer Catches vehicle gravity edits.
- Anti Clean Vehicle Catches dirt-level changes.
- Anti Vehicle Livery Changer Catches livery swaps.
- Anti Vehicle Windows Changer Catches window tampering.
- Anti Flip Vehicle Catches instant vehicle flips.
- Anti Vehicle Godmode Stops vehicle invincibility.
- Anti No Vehicle Collision Catches vehicles driven with collision turned off.
- Anti Vehicle Handling Changer Catches edited vehicle handling values.
- Anti Vehicle Boost Catches vehicles pushed past their top speed.
- Anti Destroy Vehicles Catches a player destroying vehicles over and over.
- Anti Spawn Isolated Vehicle and Anti Teleport In Vehicle Blocks isolated-vehicle spawns and in-vehicle teleports.
- Anti Playsound Stops playsound abuse.
Entities & Spawning
- Anti Entity Take Over Prevents entity takeover.
- Anti Remote Attachment and Anti Control Entity Blocks remote attachment and entity control.
- Entities Spawn Protection Guards pickup, ped, vehicle, and object spawns.
- Entities Spam Protection Rate-limits entity spawn spam.
- Blacklist Entities Protection Enforces a blacklisted-model list.
Events, Network & Panel
- AI Client and Server Events Protection AI-driven event abuse protection, whitelisted per resource.
- Anti Fire Event Blocks fire events beyond max distance.
- Anti Explosion AI Cancels fake, invisible, oversized, and spammed explosions.
- Anti Particle AI Cancels oversized and spammed particles.
- Anti Projectile AI Cancels out-of-range and spammed projectiles.
- Discord Webhooks Posts kicks, bans, and screenshots to Discord.
- Cloud Panel Live map, multi-stream, screen capture, and global ban database.
Connection Filters
- Global Ban Network Checked on every join, shared across all servers.
- VPN Check Rejects VPN, proxy, and hosting IPs.
- Name Filter Screens player names for XSS and injection.
- Country Filter Allow or block countries with a world-map picker.
- Discord Filter Gates a connect on the player having Discord linked.
What Raven is not
It is paid, not free
Raven has three plans: Monthly at $20, Quarterly at $50, and a one-time $100 Lifetime license. Every plan carries the full feature set with no upsells. The Monthly and Quarterly plans are auto-renewing subscriptions you can cancel anytime from the dashboard, and the Lifetime license is a single payment that never renews.
It runs on your FiveM server
Raven is a FiveM resource plus a cloud dashboard. You install it on your server, so it protects FiveM specifically, not other games or platforms.
No anticheat catches everything
Any vendor claiming a 100% catch rate is not being straight with you. New cheat loaders appear constantly. Raven competes on breadth of coverage across all three cheat types, a fast update cadence, and a review layer that keeps false bans down, not on an impossible promise.
Comparison questions
What is the best FiveM anticheat in 2026?
The best FiveM anticheat for your server is the one that covers all three cheat types (internal, external, and DMA), keeps false positives low with a review path, stays light at your real peak player count, and ships detection updates fast. Measure your shortlist against those criteria on your own server rather than trusting a feature list. Raven is built around that profile, with dual client and server detection plus the Raven Mind review layer, and you can try the live demo before you buy.
Do I need a paid anticheat if FiveM has built-in protection?
FiveM ships basic server-side sanity checks but nothing that stops aimbots, mod menus, external memory readers, or DMA hardware cheats. That gap is the reason server owners run a dedicated anticheat. If your server has an economy or a competitive scene, the built-in checks alone leave it exposed.
How is Raven different from a free FiveM anticheat?
Free and community anticheats vary widely, but the things they most often lack are external and DMA coverage, an evidenced global ban network, a false-positive review layer, evidence attached to every ban, and a committed 1 to 7 day update cadence with real support. Raven ships all of those. The honest way to compare is to install the free option and Raven on a staging copy of your server and watch the detection and false-positive rate during a busy session.
How do I compare FiveM anticheats fairly?
Shortlist two or three that cover all three cheat types and run real client and server detection. Install each on a staging copy of your server, push your real resource load, and watch the resmon and the false-positive rate during a busy session. Decide on what you measured, not on the marketing. Price matters less than fit.
Does Raven detect DMA and external cheats?
Yes. Raven covers internal cheats (Lua executors, mod menus, NUI DevTools), external cheats (memory readers and overlay injectors), and DMA hardware cheats (a second PC or FPGA reading memory over PCIe). Many anticheats cover internal cheats well and quietly skip external and DMA, so it is worth asking any vendor which of the three they actually detect.
How does Raven Anticheat compare to other paid FiveM anticheats?
The table on this page puts Raven side by side with the anticheats server owners most often shortlist, on the criteria that decide the choice: coverage of internal, external, and DMA cheats, a false-positive review path, evidence on every ban, resmon cost at a real peak player count, and update cadence. The other products' columns are built only from each vendor's own public materials, so treat them as a dated snapshot and check the current pages before deciding. Raven publishes its numbers here and you can verify every one of them in the live demo, so the fairest test is to run your shortlist side by side on a staging copy of your server.
Where do Fiveuxe and FiniAC fit in this comparison?
Both are columns in the table above, built the same way as every other column, only from what each vendor publishes. Fiveuxe advertises a server-side design with no kernel driver, 27 detection modules, and a Hive-Mind ban network that propagates a ban across 100+ servers in 0.3 seconds, from $39 a month. FiniAC advertises a real-time detection engine, the Apollo panel with MultiStream monitoring of up to 16 players, TrustScore risk scoring across 30+ variables, and roughly 0.5ms server-side at 100 players, from €34.99 a month with features split across three tiers. Read the rows rather than the summary, and check both vendors' current pages before you decide.
Test the criteria yourself
Open the live dashboard with no signup to see the panel, evidence capture, and the Raven Mind review layer, or read the full buying guide before you decide.