DNSFilter lives up to its name as a DNS filter
May 05, 2022

DNSFilter lives up to its name as a DNS filter

Aland Coons | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review

Software Version

DNSFilter Pro

Overall Satisfaction with DNSFilter

We are an MSP who is using DNSFilter services to augment security for the organizations we support. The service is reliable and the mobile agents are pretty easy to deploy. Having a fixed IP address for each site/location is important so you don't have to deploy agents on every machine. We had some troubles off/on for a bit with agents randomly switching to roaming mode but I don't think we've had an issue since they implemented the local DNS and domain fields. The extra security above what our endpoint protection and firewalls provide is good and provides us with another check box for compliance.

Pros

  • Security
  • Compliance
  • DNS

Cons

  • Nothing
  • Does one thing well
  • No need for extra features
  • DNSFilter is part of our security and protection package
DNSFilter augments web filtering built into endpoint and firewall protection.

Do you think DNSFilter delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with DNSFilter's feature set?

Yes

Did DNSFilter live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of DNSFilter go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy DNSFilter again?

Yes

Augments existing infrastructure (endpoint protection and firewall) to filter bad sites from Internet. Works fine for MSPs as you can compartmentalize each customer and to integrate billing.

Evaluating DNSFilter and Competitors

Yes - Umbrella by Cisco (previously OpenDNS) tries to do so much more than just DNS. That may be appropriate for some organizations but was not the tool we were looking for.
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
DNSFilter is simple and effective and appropriately priced.
Zero-trust seems to be driving new levels of security and that might change how we view future implementation of security add-ons.

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