Comparison
Sculk vs FiveGuard
FiveGuard is one of the biggest names in the FiveM anticheat market, with 58,471 members in its public Discord at our 2026-09-27 reading. This page lists what the public sources say, what FiveGuard does well, and where Sculk differs — including where Sculk is weaker.
Sculk's public catalogue currently lists 143 detections across 32 subsystems — every entry says what it watches and what it cannot see. FiveGuard figures were checked against public sources on 2026-09-27. fiveguard.net returned HTTP 403 to our check, so prices come from the third-party pages named in each row. Prices and features change — check the linked source before relying on a row.
At a glance
Everything in this table comes from the linked source, as found on 2026-09-27. Where a source could not be confirmed, the row says so instead of guessing.
| Fact | What the sources say about FiveGuard | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Price | €45/month and €125 lifetime, per a third-party guide and a competitor's comparison. A reseller lists US$40 per 30 days and US$109 lifetime. | |
| Free / trial | No trial found. A separate free resource, the MIT-licensed rw-anticheat, is linked from fiveguard.net. | |
| Delivery / panel | Own panel. The vendor FAQ says the config is stored on the cloud and one IP per licence. It is also sold as a checkout item by hosting providers. | |
| Headline claim | “Screenshot proof” and “Instant bans”. | |
| Cross-server / global bans | None found in the sources checked. | |
| Public Discord | 58,471 members at the 2026-09-27 reading. |
What FiveGuard does well
These are real products with real strengths. If one of them is the better fit for your server, we would rather you know it now.
- Reach: 58,471 public Discord members, second only to WaveShield in this set. Community size is the proxy buyers use, and FiveGuard has a decade-class audience.Discord invite API
- A free MIT-licensed resource (rw-anticheat) exists alongside the paid product, so a server that cannot pay has somewhere sanctioned to start.GitHub
- Distribution through hosts: it is a checkout item at hosting providers, which puts it in front of owners the moment they create a server.SimplisticNode · NYRU
- Screenshot tooling aimed at on-screen menus — a real signal for that class of cheat, and a feature the community discusses openly.cfx.re thread
Where Sculk differs
Statements about Sculk below point at the pages listed in Sources. Rows marked Weaker are places FiveGuard is ahead, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.
- Price: FiveGuard's cheapest plan is €45/month and its lifetime licence is €125. Sculk is A$24.99/month, and the yearly plan is A$99.90 — below FiveGuard's lifetime price at the mid-market rate linked in Sources.
- Captures: FiveGuard takes periodic screenshots aimed at catching on-screen menus. Sculk captures only when your staff request one, or automatically on a warn, kick or ban if the server owner turns that on (it is off by default), and deletes them after 30 days.
- Free edition: FiveGuard's free resource is a separate MIT project. Sculk has no free tier; its substitutes are a public dashboard demo, observation mode and a 14-day money-back window.
- WeakerSocial proof: we publish no community count because we do not have one yet. FiveGuard has 58,471 members. We cannot wave that away, and we do not try.
- WeakerDetection quality: unproven on both sides. No independent benchmark of FiveM anticheat detection rates exists — community size is the usual proxy, and on that measure we lose.
Sources
Competitor sources
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