Paywall Enforcement_

Paywall bypass prevention.
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Stop content bypass abuse and paywall fraud. Enforce your paywall with precision and without friction for paying subscribers.

Why Fingerprint_

Don’t let anyone
circumvent your paywall.

Eliminate bypass abuse

Prevent incognito evasion, cookie clearing, VPN hopping, and limit abuse before they cost you revenue.

Earn subscriber trust

Identify fraudulent access attempts in real time. Protect the value you deliver to your paying customers.

Reduce revenue losses

Mitigate the financial impact of unauthorized content consumption at scale.

Protect your content

Prevent content theft. Safeguard your subscription model. Stay compliant with GDPR and CCPA regulations.

How it works

Higher identification accuracy. Better subscriber experiences.

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Smart Signals_

Smart Signals for
paywall bypass prevention

Fingerprint's most popular signals for paywall enforcement — increase conversion and stop content bypass abuse.

VPN Detection

Detect VPN use that hides logins coming from multiple locations on one account.

VPN Detection, signal 1 of 5
{
  "vpn": true,
  "vpn_confidence": "high",
  "vpn_origin_timezone": "Europe/Berlin",
  "vpn_origin_country": "unknown",
  "vpn_methods": {
    "timezone_mismatch": true,
    "public_vpn": true,
    "os_mismatch": false,
    "auxiliary_mobile": false,
    "relay": false
  }
}

Social proof_

A leading publisher uses
Fingerprint to stop paywall fraud

Countered paywall circumvention attempts with Fingerprint identification. They could enforce metered paywalls and block content bypass abuse — without disrupting the experience for legitimate subscribers.
Fingerprint has enabled us to not only demonstrate increased accuracy and deduping of anonymous visitors across browsers, but also use the persistent visitorID for revenue oriented use cases and arrest revenue leakage from porous paywalls.
Sr. Director of Product@ Major Media Publisher

$1 Billion +

in fraud losses prevented in the last 12 months_

7 Billion +

unique browsers and mobile devices identified annually_

100 Million +

real-time device intelligence API events per day_

Frequently
Asked Questions

People most commonly bypass paywalls by exploiting browser-based tricks like incognito mode, cookie clearing, or VPNs to appear as a new visitor.

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