GoGuardian 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview
Pricing and Plans
Features
Integrations
User Reviews

Overview

GoGuardian

4.7

(137)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About GoGuardian

GoGuardian is a school management solution for educators and academic organizations to engage and monitor students. The cloud-based school technology program helps institutions to digitize the learning experience for students through classroom management, behavioral monitoring, network filtering, mental health checks, device management and suicide prevention.

GoGuardian suite combines different modules for managing activities across administrators, teachers, fleet, and more. Additionally, it offers an activity dashboard to ensure educators have a consolidated space to perform tasks such as setting configuration, filtering, monitoring security, managing users and devices, generating reports, and more.

GoGuardian offers Android and iOS mobile apps for parents to receive regular updates and insights into students’ activities. Pricing is available on request and support is provided via online chat, email, phone, documentation, video tutorials, and more.

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GoGuardian Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $0.01

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$0.01

per feature

No plan information available

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GoGuardian Features

Features of GoGuardian
Academic/Education
Activity Dashboard
Activity Management
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
API
Assessment Management
Assignment Management
Asynchronous Learning
Attendance Tracking
Blended Learning
Built-in Course Authoring
Calendar Management
Chat/Messaging
Classroom Management
Communication Management
Content Library
Content Management
Course Management
Course Tracking
Curriculum Management
Data Import/Export
For Schools
Gradebook
Information Hub
Interactive Learning
K-12
Learning Management
Learning Paths/Tracks
Microlearning
Mobile App
Monitoring
Multi-Language
Orientation Workflow Management
Parent Portal
Progress Tracking
Real-time Broadcasting
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-Time Notifications
Reminders
Remote Access/Control
Reporting/Analytics
Safety Management
Screen Sharing
Self Service Portal
Skills Assessment
Student Group Management
Student Information/Records
Student Management
Student Portal
Synchronous Learning
Tests/Assessments
Third-Party Integrations
User Management
Video Call Recording
Video Conferencing
Virtual Classroom

GoGuardian Integrations

Clever

Google Classroom

ClassLink

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

Google Drive

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GoGuardian User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

77%

20%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.4

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.5

Nathan D.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

Top of the Line Chromebook Monitoring Solution

We have had great success in our 1:1 program with GoGuardian. We have been able to reach out to families when a child was endangered, and our staff is feeling very comfortable using devices in the classroom.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

GoGuardian provides many different features that make implementing a 1:1 Chromebook program fairly easy. The filtering solution is fairly quick and easy to learn and can work off-site. They also have Smart Alerts which notifies us when a student is doing something that could cause self-harm or is looking at pornography. Lastly, the teacher portal allows teachers to monitor and easily step in to help students stay engaged.

Cons:

The teacher side of things could use some improvements in the way that it interacts with the Chromebooks, although this might require a different type of installation. It would be great to get a constant live snapshot of Chromebook devices rather than just the current tab.

Jeff A.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2024

GoGuardian Teacher

This tool is amazing, and most of our teachers use it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

GoGuardian is extremely user friendly. I sent one text to a teacher saying, go to this site and login this way. I then stopped in an hour later and she was chatting with students, setting up scenes, locking kids out of their devices. She needed no training. BUT if there is a need, they also have amazing tutorials to show how to do things.

Cons:

Its great, but we do seem to have students that can figure out ways around it.

Reasons for switching to GoGuardian

LanSchool was harder to roll out and seemed to always be a struggle getting teachers to use. Our lab teachers loved it, but the classroom teachers stayed away from it.

Leilani J.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2024

I hate it a lot

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Nothing, Im a student that uses it and I really dislike go guardian.

Cons:

It snitches on me and all my friends, It shows my history report to my teachers, It allows them to track my screen, I mean do they just not trust me anymore as a student?

Daniel D.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2019

Great product!

GoGuardian Teacher has been a great product and is loved by our teachers. They can choose to monitor or restrict Chromebooks. We use GoGuardian Admin to monitor Smart Alerts and track lost Chromebooks.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

GoGuardian gives you the ability to easily manage your Chromebooks in the classroom. It allows our teachers the freedom to teach instead of monitoring devices.

Cons:

There is not much to dislike. They recently added a feature to allow Admins to log in as teachers to troubleshoot issues. That was a previous complaint that has now been addressed.

Reasons for choosing GoGuardian

GoGuardian allowed more control for the teachers and the platform was user friendly.

joseph l.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2019

Go Guardian one stop shop

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I appreciate how easy it was to get up and running with full content filtering and device monitoring. THe ability to add and remove sites from the restriction lists is simple and intuitive. We also use the Teach classroom monitoring product that has made a sweeping difference in the classrooms .

Cons:

the cost feels high when first deciding to use the products. but after using for a couple years i cant imagine a better implementation.

Reasons for switching to GoGuardian

GG has better managment and content filtering options than lanschool offered.

IRINA W.

Verified reviewer

Primary/ Secondary Education

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2020

GG 4ever

it is pretty good. Great customer support as well, the CSRs are very friendly and helpful.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the ability to track user's activities to ensure their safety

Cons:

I wish the company offered loyalty discounts. we have been using it since 2015 in our district

Reasons for choosing GoGuardian

FERPA, CIPA, and COPPA compliant. works great with Google for Education

Jessica B.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2020

Guard On!

Effective!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to set up and use classrooms due to how it works with other programs.

Cons:

I wish it had a few more features to make synchronous learning super simple!

Reasons for switching to GoGuardian

Confusing, didn’t work well, not user friendly

Julianna H.

Verified reviewer

Arts and Crafts

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2025

GoGuardian is Great for Tracking Students

I love GoGuardian. Even though it's not as user-friendly as some other software, I do think it is the best tool you have to make sure students are staying on track. You can close tabs if they've gone to a game or website they aren't supposed to be on, you can chat separately with them or send an Announcement to everyone, you can create different "scenes" that block some websites but let through others. It's really a great way to let students work without you peering over their shoulders constantly.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love that I can easily check a student's progress and chat with them. I love user-friendly software, and it's pretty easy.

Cons:

Not everything is user-friendly, you have to click around a bit to figure out how to create scenes and such.

Josh M.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2024

Excellent Device-Monitoring Program

I am a huge advocate for GoGuardian. Through it, my class is more efficient, more on topic, and better focused. In an era of education where every student uses a device, GoGuardian is quickly becoming essential.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

GoGuardian does an excellent job of allowing me to monitor and have some control over the devices of my students. The monitoring itself is great, but my favorite parts of GoGuardian are the automatic and manual tab controls. At certain times throughout the day (start of lessons), I can have specific tabs automatically open and others not be allowed. These small controls help my classes to run much more smoothly.

Cons:

GoGuardian has a bit of a habit of slowing down, freezing, or being unreliable. Though this has considerably improved in the last year, there are still lessons in which it is unavailable or experiencing slow downs. This used to be a larger concern and doesn't happen much anymore, but it is still very inconvenient when it happens. I know that there are issues and nothing works perfectly all the time, but the dependability of the product is really important.

Brittany W.

Verified reviewer

Primary/ Secondary Education

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2020

Essential for 1:1 Districts

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I love that I am able to view everything my students are doing. I love that I have the control and ability to close out any tabs which should not be open at a given time. Being able to send an announcement to all of my students at once is great when my class blocks end. I also LOVE the new features GoGuardian has created: audio calls and presentation mode. The reports at the end of each class are also amazing. You can see a timeline with what each student was doing at a given time and for how long. All of these features are a must during a normal school year, not to mention a remote one!

Cons:

There are been some issues with the system status as of lately. With remote teaching right now this has essentially left me flying blind- especially when I cannot see my student's computers or see who is online.

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