Lightspeed Filter

Lightspeed Filter

19 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Lightspeed Filter	Score9.9 out of 10	N/A	Lightspeed Filter (formerly Relay), from Lightspeed Systems in Austin, offers insights to help understand and maximize the use of 1:1 classroom devices, keep users safe and increase the educational return on technology investments. Lightspeed Systems aims to help users make decisions to enhance technology use, report up administrators, present to your board, reassure concerned parents, empower teachers, and direct students on appropriate use. According to the vendor, Lightspeed Filter powers…	N/A

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Lightspeed Filter
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

No setup fee

Priced per student device. Quote available upon request.

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Key User Insights
	Lightspeed Filter
Considered Both Products	Lightspeed Systems Verified User Chose Lightspeed Filter I found GoGuardian more reliable when it came to Block and Allow lists and overall usability. I never had any glitches with those features. Furthermore, I found the scheduling much more flexible and intuitive. Incentivized Helpful? Damith Low Software Engineer in Information Technology at AI Singapore (Computer Software, 51-200 employees) Chose Lightspeed Filter DNSFilter and Lightspeed Filter are great web filtering and security solutions that provide businesses with a secure way to filter and protect their network from unwanted content online, both software can be used to protect organizations of any size to block access to certain … Incentivized Helpful? Joseph Kuzo Director of Information Technology in Information Technology at Quakertown Community School District (Education Management, 501-1000 employees) Chose Lightspeed Filter We were already a [Lightspeed] customer so the transition was seamless to Relay. Their support and team at [Lightspeed] are top-notch. We have been with Lightspeed for over 20 years and have evaluated on occasions other options and [ended] up back with [Lightspeed] each time. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Lightspeed Filter The Lightspeed filter has done a much better job with false-positive flagging. We have reduced the number of reported false-positive blocks by about 20% with Lightspeed. The Lightspeed interface is more intuitive and easy to navigate and configure than iboss. The reporting with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Lightspeed Filter This was a much easier platform to deploy and manage. Simple dashboard navigation. Easy reporting tools. Cross-platform (windows, chrome, apple). The agent used to manage is reliable and simple to deploy. After using all other products over the years this has been the most … Incentivized Helpful? Jonathan Butler Systems Administrator at Randolph Central School Corporation (Education Management, 201-500 employees) Chose Lightspeed Filter Lightspeed has a long solid reputation in the EDU market for web filtering. That being said, they have the largest database of the categorized websites at the administrator's disposal during the configuration and operation. Safety Check is AI-based and Securely uses a live … Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
	83% Would buy again 5 Answers
	Delivers good value for the price
	80% Delivers good value for the price 4 Answers
	Happy with the feature set
	67% Happy with the feature set 4 Answers
	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
	67% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 4 Answers
	Implementation went as expected
80% Implementation went as expected 4 Answers

User Ratings
	Lightspeed Filter
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (5 ratings)
Usability	1.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Lightspeed Filter
Likelihood to Recommend	Lightspeed Systems Lightspeed web filtering using the Chromebook Relay agent is amazing and does a great job for a cloud filtering solution. The reports that are available are great and can be customized and retains data for 90 days. Reports are easily shared with staff and/or parents for transparency and disciplinary reasons. The agent for Lightspeed (Relay) does not work well with OSX and works okay in Windows, but doesn't allow you to access local IP addresses in the web browser. There needs to be a way to bypass filtering for local network access. This can make it unusable in some cases. Incentivized Jonathan Butler Systems Administrator Read full review
Pros	Lightspeed Systems Reduces bandwidth consumption. Improves network performance. It is compatible with a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. It can be implemented in both wired and wireless networks. It can be installed in minutes and you can configure its settings with a few clicks. Learning environments work. Incentivized Damith Low Software Engineer Read full review
Cons	Lightspeed Systems It sometimes takes longer than expected for new filtering rules to apply. Sometimes a site is blocked due to sub-sites or links, but it does not easily identify the source of the block if it is buried in the site. They have several reports included, but it would be nice to create custom reports. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Usability	Lightspeed Systems It is unreliable and does not function as it is supposed to do so. As previously mentioned, there is a glitch when creating a block list. Verified User Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Lightspeed Systems We were already a [Lightspeed] customer so the transition was seamless to Relay. Their support and team at [Lightspeed] are top-notch. We have been with Lightspeed for over 20 years and have evaluated on occasions other options and [ended] up back with [Lightspeed] each time. Their price point, ease of use, great team of engineers, and overall customer focus keep them on top in my eyes. Incentivized Joseph Kuzo Director of Information Technology Read full review
Return on Investment	Lightspeed Systems Very costly per year Does a great job with 1:1 filtering on Chromebooks Safety Check checks student for possible self harm and alerts staff Incentivized Jonathan Butler Systems Administrator Read full review
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