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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Barracuda Content Shield (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda Content Shield Plus was a cloud-based service that combines content filtering, file-based protection, granular policy enforcement and reporting, centralized management, and real-time threat intelligence to protect users, an organization, and its brand. It is reaching end of life (EoL) and will be discontinued.N/A

    Cisco Secure Web Appliance

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACisco Secure Web Appliance (formerly Cisco Web Security Appliance [WSA]), powered by Cisco Talos, protects by automatically blocking risky sites and testing unknown sites before allowing users to link to them, helping with compliance. It is available models S690, S390, and S190.N/A

    Qustodio

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AQustodio helps schools and families keep children safe online. It is cloud-based software that filters apps and websites automatically, offers reporting, and works on platforms including Mac, Windows, Chromebook, iOS, Kindle and Android.N/A
    Pricing
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    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Barracuda Content Shield (discontinued)Cisco Secure Web ApplianceQustodio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.8
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Barracuda Content Shield is well suited to large companies with many employees that are based in many areas and have various aspects of their job that need them to be on the internet at all times and in many cases opening themselves to many threats. It may be less appropriate for small companies that are in individualized clusters
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    Cisco
    We have both scenarios where we can describe that. For example, in the HQ, where we have about 3,000 users, Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliance is the ideal solution, because we can consolidate all the Internet access, policies, rules, etc. in the same box. However, if you have small offices with a few users, it's hard to justify one big and expensive box that could cost more than the whole office infrastructure.
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    Qustodio Technologies
    Qustodio is well-suited for organizations that want to monitor and manage internet usage to ensure a safe and productive online environment. It is useful for companies with strict internet usage policies, as well as those with a bring your own device policy. However, in scenarios where employees need a significant level of internet freedom to perform their job functions, Qustodio may be less appropriate.
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    Pros
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    • Easy to use
    • Layout of program looks like an email so its easy to read and identify
    • Helped many suspicious senders from getting into our system
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    • SMA gave us central control over multiple servers, simplifying management.
    • Performance of the Appliance VM exceeded that of our old physical appliance-based solution.
    • Convenient licensing for virtualized environments that allows easy scaling.
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    Qustodio Technologies
    • Monitoring daily communication throughout the firm
    • Storing historical messaging in a database for audit and tracking purposes
    • Developing rules and guidelines in the system to be automatically enforced
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    Cons
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    • Increased policy customization
    • Filtering policy preferences
    • Increased manual settings
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    Cisco
    • I think that the interface could need updates to adapt it to a much more current system, achieve quick access to necessary tools and adapt the platform to a much more customizable and comfortable system to work with.
    • It is undoubtedly a platform that is worth having, however, the license costs could be better adjusted to small businesses so that it can be accessed more easily.
    • It could be a bit complex to use, the use of codes is quite extensive, it could be adjusted to something much more practical but just as efficient.
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    Qustodio Technologies
    • It could offer more support towards Chromebooks.
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    Usability
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    I think the program is easy to use, I think there are more functions it can have or better ability to customize the layout so it doesn't look so plain
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    Cisco
    Because it's one of those products you almost don't realize it exists from the end user. From the administrator perspective, you can do everything on its web interface and it's very intuitive to manage, once you know the concepts behind identities, acls, etc. Also, once you build the control structure, I mean, you link 'local' groups with your own Active Directory groups, as we did here, you don't need to be managing those things on the appliance itself.
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    Qustodio Technologies
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    Support Rating
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    I have only had to call twice for access issues but it has been overall a normal experience.
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    Cisco
    Our experience with Cisco's support was terrible. Other than the fact that they don't respond to service-related emails with urgency, they also keep on changing the policies that affected us. Recently, they came up with a new look for the same software, which was insanely slow. Renewal of keys for the old interface took months. Overall, the support was not very friendly from the users' point of view.
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    Qustodio Technologies
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Barracuda Content Shield was compared to this product and in our opinion was more robust and cost effective for our growing firm. Barracuda allowed us to create filtering that worked for our firm and allowed us to make the customization easy so that all employees had access to what they needed and were not shut out.
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    Cisco
    At home I have a McAfee service that does similar tasks and helps manage the users of my internet. McAfee seems more user friendly and easier to set exceptions.
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    Qustodio Technologies
    Qustodio stacks up well against other products like Norton Family, Kaspersky Safe Kids, and Net Nanny in terms of its features and capabilities. All of these products offer similar features like website filtering, app management, and monitoring of internet activities. However, Qustodio stands out for its ease of use and user-friendly interface. It also offers more granular controls for setting time limits and restrictions, and the alerts it sends are more detailed and informative. Additionally, Qustodio's customer support is also very responsive and helpful.We selected Qustodio over the other products because it offered the best balance of features, ease of use, and customer support. It was also more cost-effective than some of the other options. Overall, Qustodio has proven to be a reliable and effective solution for our organization's internet usage management needs.
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    Return on Investment
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    • Increased Reporting Times
    • Threat Training time increase
    • Policy enforcement increased time
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    Cisco
    • Security! Security! Security! We are financial company that work with very sensitive information. A lot of unsafe traffic was blocked on the Cisco IronPort WSA over years of using it. We did not earn on it but absolutely sure that we did not lose 'gazillion' of dollars being infected or scammed.
    • Easy to configure and use, no need to teach new personnel how work with this product (hopefully saving time = saving money).
    • Unfortunately the price of license subscription made financial managers push IT dept. to look for something cheaper.
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    Qustodio Technologies
    • Consistent messaging throughout the firm
    • Managing reputation risk
    • Preventing inappropriate or outside-of-scope communication or browsing
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