Likelihood to Recommend 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.
Read full review Smoothwall SWG is very suitable in companies where there is a lot of staff and power to distribute the bandwidth by areas and give priority to the staff that requires better service. It's also well suited for business that require protection of their data and services as it is constantly monitoring the network and does not let them enter dangerous sites.
Read full review Pros 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. Read full review Real-time IP filtering is very favorable. That helps limit and restrict prohibited content. Elaboration of personalized reports of the activities or pages that users visit to make new blocking rules to the pages most visited by users that may damage the functioning of the servers. Read full review Cons 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. Read full review It is necessary for them to have more material or a community that can help expand knowledge about this software so users can use 100% of their tools. Read full review Likelihood to Renew 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.
Read full review Support Rating GoGuardian support is the best in the business. Within seconds of the business day I can chat with a human being about any issue.
Read full review Alternatives Considered 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.
Read full review Smoothwall SWG has many tools similar to
pfSense but in my opinion I like the graphical environment of smoothwall swg more. It is more didactic and simple to use for new users. Also
pfSense lacks the tools for monitoring in real time and the elaboration of reports that helps to perform statistics on sites visited.
Read full review Return on Investment 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. Read full review This software helps a lot and is very economical, since it is free and it can be installed in equipment with low performance. That is of importance to companies with little budget or who are just starting out in the market. Read full review ScreenShots