Barracuda Content Shield vs GoGuardian Admin

Likelihood to Recommend

We are a healthcare organization so it is very important that we are HIPPA compliant with our data via email/web based. For non-medical related issues sometimes we get items we do need blocked by the program.

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Employee in Finance and Accounting

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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GoGuardian is excellent for any district with a 1:1 Chromebook program. Our program would not be nearly as successful without it. GoGuardian does work with other devices (Windows, iPads) but I believe some features do not work as well in those setups. We haven't tried using it for anything other than Chromebooks and I am not aware of anyone using it for iPad/Windows or Macs.

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Executive in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 201-500 employees

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Pros

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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Employee in Finance and Accounting

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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The reporting Dashboard page gives you a great picture of what your users are doing on the internet.
The Theft recovery piece works very well and helps recover devices that are missing in action.

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Brandon Burch

Coordinator of Network and Technical Services

Hudson Falls Central School DistrictEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Cons

The layout is simple but its all one color and there are a lot of tabs that I don't know what they are used for
I cant figure out why the Barracuda emails go straight to my junk box, I don't always check it so some emails have gotten lost

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Employee in Finance and Accounting

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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The system cannot inform our team about cyber bullying or harassment.
Students can still play some games if those games are loaded to a Google Site.
There are times when a Chromebook that hasn't been restarted in a while will not show up online. This is problematic as students do not restart as much as they should.

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Executive in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Likelihood to Renew

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GoGuardian Admin 10.0

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Does what we need it to do and more in a very cost-effective manner. Relatively easy to use and great customer support. They are quick and clear and will walk you through things in real time.

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Laurance J. Specht

Manager of Personalized Learning and Dean of Instruction

Brooklyn Laboratory Charter SchoolEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Barracuda Content Shield 7.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Employee in Finance and Accounting

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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Support Rating

Barracuda Content Shield 8.0

Based on 2 answers

I have only had to call twice for access issues but it has been overall a normal experience.

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Employee in Finance and Accounting

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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GoGuardian Admin 9.5

Based on 3 answers

GoGuardian support is the best in the business. Within seconds of the business day I can chat with a human being about any issue.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We chose this package because of our industry, there is a lot of web based information that can get lost or stolen. We want to be compliant and not lose any sensitive information.

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Employee in Finance and Accounting

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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GoGuardian Admin has been leading the way in content filtering for both on and off site with an easy-to-use interface. At the time, it was one of the first to offer cloud-based off-site filtering for Chromebooks. They continue to grow and provide new features every year with great tutorials and updates.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Keeping our data more secure
Controlling information in and out of the servers

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Employee in Finance and Accounting

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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It has allowed us to deploy thousands of devices for home and on-premises use successfully. Without this cloud filtering, we would be stuck.
The theft recovery piece has allowed us to get our assets back from students that have left the district or that have misused them.

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Brandon Burch

Coordinator of Network and Technical Services

Hudson Falls Central School DistrictEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Barracuda Content Shield vs GoGuardian Admin