Pixalate’s MFA Detection and Blocking solution protects your
advertising investment across:

10m+
Mobile Apps
100k+
CTV Apps
1b+
Domains & Subdomains

 

Pixalate Made for Advertising Page - Block Mobile, CTV, and Web MFAs

Block Mobile, CTV, and Web MFAs

Access distinct data feeds for high-risk or medium-risk mobile apps, CTV apps, and websites. These data feeds are delivered via API or FTP for high performance and low latency.
Pixalate Made for Advertising Page - MFA Risk Level

Vet Publishers for MFA Risk Level

The Pixalate Media Ratings Terminal reveals MFA intelligence, including risk level and data on ad refresh rates, ad density, traffic sources, and more.
Pixalate Made for Advertising Page - Analyze Post Bid

Analyze Post-Bid MFA Impact

Pixalate’s post-bid analytics dashboard provides insight into the impact of MFA websites and apps on first-party traffic.
Pixalate Made for Advertising Page - Reduce Invalid Trafic (IVT)

Reduce Invalid Traffic (IVT) Associated with MFA Properties

Pixalate's Research shows invalid traffic can be up to 23% higher on MFA websites. Blocking MFA helps combat ad fraud.

MFA Detection for Businesses Across the AdTech Industry

Demand-Side Supply-Side
As a Demand-Side Platform (DSP) or Buy-Side Business, placing ads on MFAs can hurt your advertisers’ reputation, limit your ROAS, and inhibit campaign optimization. With Pixalate’s MFA detection tools, you can:
  • Protect brand safety by blocklisting apps and sites that don’t meet quality thresholds.
  • Ensure ad effectiveness by avoiding low-engagement ad placements.
  • Prevent wasted budget by limiting impressions in cluttered environments.
Pixalate Made for Advertising Page - MFA Detection
As a Supply-Side Platform (SSP) or publisher, selling ad space from MFAs devalues your inventory, negatively impacting your reputation among advertisers. With Pixalate’s MFA detection tools, you can:
  • Offer bid-worthy inventory by removing apps and sites deemed to be MFAs.
  • Drive higher bids by working with premium, non-MFA publishers.
  • Establish your reputation as a reliable ad partner prioritizing advertiser and buy-side ROI.
Pixalate Made for Advertising Page - MFA Detection

Made-for-Advertising Detection
and Blocking Technology

Pixalate’s MFA Detection Product Suite

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MFA Intelligence & Supply Vetting

The Media Ratings Terminal reveals in-depth MFA insights so you can vet supply partners alongside invalid traffic (IVT), brand safety, viewability, privacy compliance, authorized sellers, traffic trends, and more.

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Pre-Bid MFA Blocking

Pixalate’s real-time data feeds provide comprehensive lists of mobile, CTV, and web-based MFAs, segmented by risk level, so you can take a customized approach to risk mitigation.

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Post-Bid MFA Analytics

Pixalate’s Analytics dashboard evaluates first-party post-bid data for MFA risk factors like ad refresh rate, ad density, paid traffic rate, social traffic rate and more, alongside IVT rates by app ID, bundle ID, domain.

Comprehensive MFA Detection Based on:

  • Ad Density
  • Ad Clutter
  • Social Driven Traffic
  • App Age
  • Invalid Traffic Rate
  • Reviews & Popularity Rankings
Pixalate Made for Advertising Page - App Store Options

How We Detect MFA

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300M + Device IDs
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2.5 Billion + Device IDs
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2 Billion + IPv4 & IPv6
  • Ad Refresh Rate: Number of ad impressions observed per device, per hour.
  • Age: Age of the app on the App Store.
  • Popularity: Pixalate’s popularity score for the app.
  • IVT: IVT% of the app across regions.
  • Reviews: Number of user reviews.
  • Ad Refresh Rate: Number of ad impressions observed per device, per hour.
  • Age: Age of the app on the App Store.
  • Popularity: Pixalate’s popularity score for the app.
  • IVT: IVT% of the app across regions.
  • Reviews: Number of user reviews.
  • Ad Density Rate: Number of ad placements observed per device, per minute.
  • Ad Refresh Rate: Number of ad impressions observed per device, per minute.
  • Paid Traffic Rate: Volume of traffic sourced via paid ad sources.
  • Social Traffic Rate: Volume of traffic sourced via social media.

Determine MFA Risk via API

CTV


    curl -X 'GET' \
    'https://api.pixalate.com/api/v2/mrt/ctv/{{ appid }}?region=GLOBAL&device=roku&widget=mfa'
    \
    -H 'accept: application/json' \
  

    {
    "status": "OK",
    "numFound": 1,
    "docs": [
        {
          "appId": "{{ appid }}",
          "region": "GLOBAL",
          "device": "roku",
          "includeSpoofing": true,
          "mfa": {
            "mfaRisk": "high",
            "adRefreshRate": 8
          }
        }
      ]
    }

Mobile


    curl -X 'GET' \
    'https://api.pixalate.com/api/v2/mrt/apps/{{ appid }}?region=GLOBAL&device=GLOBAL&widget=mfa'
    \
    -H 'accept: application/json' \
  

    {
    "status": "OK",
    "numFound": 1,
    "docs": [
        {
            "appId": "{{ appid }}",
            "region": "GLOBAL",
            "device": "GLOBAL",
            "appStore": "android",
            "mfa": {
                "mfaRisk": "high",
                "adRefreshRate": 22
            }
        }
      ]
    }

Website


    curl -X 'GET' \
    'https://api.pixalate.com/api/v2/mrt/domains/{{ domain }}?region=GLOBAL&device=GLOBAL&widget=mfa'
    \
    -H 'accept: application/json' \
  

    {
    "status": "OK",
    "numFound": 1,
    "docs": [
        {
            "adDomain": "{{ domain }}",
            "region": "GLOBAL",
            "device": "GLOBAL",
            "mfa": {
              "mfaRisk": "high",
              "adRefreshRate": 7.46,
              "adDensity": 6.39,
              "socialTrafficRate": 0.00007,
              "paidTrafficRate": 0
          }
        }
      ]
    }

Integrations:

REST API with JSON responses

Access Methods:

Direct API calls, batch processing, custom integrations

Rate Limits:

Contact sales for volume pricing

Documentation:

developer.pixalate.com

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