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Justin

Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed February 2023

Linewize in my district.

Great so far. I requested 2 feature updates and was told 1 of them is in the works and will be available this summer. Really looking forward to using the tools they are bring down. Its always nice when a company is listing to its users about how to make a better product.

PROS

It started bringing features back that I wanted. Also the support hands down is the best. I have 100 things going on everyday. So when I need to be in the webfilter I don't always know exactly what im looking for or where it is. Using the quick chat feature has always resolved my issue in a timely manner. Nobody jumps into the webfilter on to resolve an issue that isn't an immediate need. That quick response keeps end users happy which makes my day to day life easier.

CONS

Under the configuration/objects tab. Every single time that I want to edit an object I go over to the edit pencil and click on it. This edit pencil allows you to edit the object name, description, and type of object. I have never wanted to edit those options. I 100% of the time want to edit the properties within that object. Its only an annoyance. its no more or less clicks. Its just clicking on the object to edit it other than clicking the "edit" pencil beside the object. I would love to see the edit pencil in the future allow for editing both the object properties and the name all from the same tab. Just to smooth up the process.

Reason for choosing Linewize

I had already used 3 other products previously. I was un happy with one, I wanted more from the other. In the end I liked what I was seeing. I liked that they were listening. Word of mouth goes a long way. People that are happy with a product will tell you about it. None of my peers where trying to convert me the other products.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

I wanted more control. Securly was a decent product for what I was using it for originally. It wasn't until I wanted more from it that I started looking for another solution.

Samuel

Education Management, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2023

Linewize is a great value and easily implemented. Very simple to use.

Outstanding. I would defintely purchase it again and again. It's been a wonderful experience.

PROS

Filtering is my number one priority. Linewize does a fantastic job of rooting out the junk. Their customer support is superb! They respond quickly and help get any issue resolved.

CONS

Very rarely have we encountered an issue where the filter tags something that is not "bad." I simply contact their customer support and they reevaluate it and correct it.

Reason for choosing Linewize

Demo was amazing. It did everything we needed and the cost was the best.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

Lightspeed was very difficult to use and caused more issues than helped.

Matt

Education Management, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

1

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2023

Network Down

It was a lot of headache.

PROS

It was clean to use for the most part, support chat feature was always nice. Your techs were all pretty good to help with issues that I couldn't figure out

CONS

Your on prem device took my network down ALL the time. Linewize replaced the server multiple times, however the issue continued throughout the year. I started bypassing the on prem server every time our network died, and it would immediately come up and never have the issue. Even if the device was out of the equation, we would have random sites get blocked via the cloud filter even if we had it allowed. This was a wide spread problem with other districts in the area as well.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

Their product doesn't cause me to constantly put out fires. It's been great since removing Linewize.

Sarah

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2023

Outstanding Customer Support

Overall I have had a great experience with Linewize. Again, the customer support is top notch. We like the Classwize software too. Classwize might could be beefed up a little more, but it has been a good product.

PROS

I can't say enough about the company's customer support. I've worked with lots of companies but this has been the only company where I can chat with a real person in just a few minutes if not instantly. I don't have to dial a tech support number with long response times. The support team has always been able to fix my issues and even provides me with a recorded video of how they fixed my issue so I can refer to it at a later date if I have that same issue again.

CONS

I'm a little disappointed in the reporting feature. Maybe I'm not using it correctly but it's a little confusing to me. For instance my superintendent wanted a report of every user who had accessed Netflix. I was able to pull a report but it really didn't give me the data I needed. I wish the reporting could be a little more simplified.

Reason for choosing Linewize

We considered Smoothwall and Content Keeper.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

Had limited control in Securly. Just didn't fit our needs.

Aaron

Education Management, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2023

Linewize helps our school district function

Overall, Linewize has been great to work with. They're help is always quick and almost always resolves the issue quickly. Even with the issues we've had, it's still the best filtering option we've used.

PROS

The best part about linewize is the granular control when it comes to filtering, monitoring, and controlling the chromebooks students use. I can allow and block specific network calls and sites with ease, see what any student is doing when they're on their device, and stop students from getting off topic with the focus and pause internet tool.

CONS

The filters are finicky. The most struggle I've had with Linewize is just getting websites either blocked or allowed properly. It would be great to allow a website URL and have Linewize automatically allow the required network traffic for it. They have signatures for some popular sites, but that's not useful when I need to allow hundreds of sites that aren't on those signatures. The filtres are also often not effective or don't block things when I think they should, causing headaches.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

GoGuardian worked alright, but had many issues.

Samuel

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2023

Linewize in a small-medium sized school - great choice

Very good. Had some hiccups at the initial set up but Linewize took care of all issues and it's been smooth. Truly a great product with superior customer support.

PROS

Linewize is simple to use and very effective. The customer support is OUTSTANDING. The filtering is spot on. The dashboard shows me everything I need on one screen. It's easy to manage and easy to see what a student is attempting to do.

CONS

Honestly, nothing. I guess the fact that I CAN see that children are attempting to look up inappropriate content. That, I don't like.

Reason for choosing Linewize

I liked the platform, the look, the cost, and the demo.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

Iboss was not doing what we needed. It allowed content through and was not blocking when students were away from school. Lightspeed was done by my predecessor and it was apparently a nightmare. Bricked devices and was a mess. Still today, it's affecting devices.

Ronnie

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed February 2023

Control in the Classroom

Overall it is simple to rollout and implement.

PROS

The best part of Classwize is the ability to control what students are seeing on their Chromebooks with just a few quick clicks.

CONS

I am unable to alter the names of my rostered courses and I am very limited on what I can do with PCs.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

Looking for something to monitor chromebooks.

Anne

Education Management, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2023

New to Linewize

For the most part, it is a great sense of security knowing that the filtering is on task and doing what we need for it to be doing.

PROS

We came from cipafilter and it was a plug and play for the most part. We also received a great price for having been a cipafilter customer. It is a great review of which websites the students and staff most often visit as well we receive the alerts that are sent when students type in questionable searches.

CONS

We are still trying to troubleshoot a few issues with both the ipad filter management as well as a few issues with the Classwize product.

Reason for choosing Linewize

They seemed to be more on top of the questions that we had regarding integration into our Serverless enviornment with Azure and Intune.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

They merged

Joseph

Primary/Secondary Education, 201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2023

Classwize to help management

Seriously, this has been amazing and it's been a game changer. I'm able to nudge my students who need it back on to the task that they need to be on. It's easy (almost too easy) for some kids to quickly revert to gaming when they should be working on their academic content. This allows for a way to manage them digitally in a way that reduces the time it would take without this software. No more having to walk around the classroom to see everything - now it's right there in front of me on my screen.

PROS

Linewize's product really allows for teachers to help maintain student focus, giving students more time on task to work on the material they need to succeed. The ability to see your whole class at one time and be able to focus on one single user is another strength of the program. We can load websites on to the students computers, saving time from typing in the correct url of finding the correct link to click, as well as keep students on particular websites we need them to be on. It's a super useful tool to have in our toolkit. I really can't say enough positive things about it.

CONS

Integration went easily from what I understand of it. The only feature I can think of that could be of benefit is being able to see when the students computers have multiple desktops open. Currently, we can only see the desktop they have open, while some like to try to hide their gaming on other desktops.

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Brian

Verified reviewer

Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed February 2023

Linewize fit our needs

Once we got over the implementation hurdles it has worked well. There are challenges if you are using AAD as it isn't common for their customer base.

PROS

This product enabled the school to monitor both Windows and IOS devices from a single platform. It has installed clients on Windows that makes bypassing it significantly more difficult than some competitors.

CONS

The reporting for parents or reporting high level activity isn't as good as some competitors. It is improving though.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

Better functionality on IOS devices.

Dan

Education Management, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2023

K-12 School with 3500 students

PROS

User Journey is the easiest report I have ever used for user web traffic. Our teachers love the classroom management capability!

CONS

Filtering rules were a bit tricky to wrap my head around at first. Once we had an understanding of how they are applied, it was very easy to implement.

Ryan

Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed February 2023

Solid filter

Customer support is good is always helpful. Overall its been a good experience.

PROS

For monitoring and filtering it works pretty good. Easy to use.

CONS

Doesn't give great detail on web traffic,

Reason for choosing Linewize

better price for what I was getting.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

cloud filtering

Mike

Education Management, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2023

Linewize Review

Linewize has been great from the get-go. We've been very impressed with not only their product but their customer support as well. We are happy we made the switch to Linewize.

PROS

We like that there is both cloud filtering and an in-line filter. We also like the granularity of the filtering process.

CONS

We haven't found any features that have been subpar at this point.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

Linewize offered more bang for the buck.

Michael

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2023

Classwize is a game changer

We feel confident that linewize filtering is keeping our students safe online.

PROS

We brought linewize to our district because we were frustrated with other content filters on the market that were complicated and slowed everything down. While the filter is top-notch, we are most impressed with classwize and it's easy implementation in the classroom.

CONS

Learning the admin panel took a little getting used to.

Reason for choosing Linewize

We loved the option of Classwize for our teachers, as well as Linewize's ease of implementation and use.

Reasons for switching to Linewize

Securely was difficult to manage and slowed connection speed considerably.

Cody

Education Management, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2023

Great product

This product really helps us protect the academic integrity of our classes. With so much technology integration within the schools, a product such as this is imperative to provide a safe and honest learning environment.

PROS

I really like every feature. The alerts are nice. being able to control devices in the classroom is a must. Great product.

CONS

I don't have anything negative to say. If anything, maybe the interface, but even still, the interface is great.

Carmen

Education Management, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed February 2023

Linewize in a classroom

PROS

The ability to see what students are looking at on their screens.

CONS

1. I would like to be able to individually message students.2. I would like to be able to rename my classes to something easier to find.

Suzette

Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

2

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed February 2023

Great blocker, Needs the ability to know what is blocked for students

PROS

It does block restricted websites well.

CONS

As a teacher, I NEVER know what websites are blocked for my students. I may create an entire lesson using one website which I find out after I have started my class is partially or wholly blocked. As I am not an admin, it takes time to get this fixed that completely stops a lesson in its tracks.

Tara

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2023

Great Management Tool

PROS

Linewize is a great way to monitor student activity and prevent them from going to or doing things that are not school appropriate.

CONS

There are many times that the software does not work, the login just spins. There are also issues with certain student machines not showing up within a classroom.

Rene

E-Learning, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2023

Easy to Setup and easy to use

PROS

How easy it was to implement and use having the device.

CONS

Maybe having options for different lengths of time before the bypass codes expire.

Jeremy

Education Management, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed February 2023

Classwize for schools

PROS

Classwize makes it very easy for teachers to monitor students while they are working.Teachers find it very easy to add students to their groups.Functions can be added or removed based on need.Students can be monitored even while off campus.

CONS

Teachers can see what students are working but an alert, when they move from one tab to another, would be nice.

Reason for choosing Linewize

Price, functionality, and reviews.

Wendi

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed February 2023

Great for Teachers

It has been a great resource to monitor students in the classroom.

PROS

Great way to track students on their devices when you are not directly sitting next to them.

CONS

Sometimes the students that are on devices do not show up in the dashboard.

Shannon

Education Management, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed February 2023

Teacher Opinion

It helps to hold students accountable for staying on task and being appropriate. Years without this proved to be very difficult with students not using computers for their intended purpose.

PROS

That you can see what is on their screen, including tabs not currently on. It is also good to be able to screen shot their screen if needed. It really helps students stay accountable for staying on task.

CONS

There is often a lag. Sometimes I have to refresh and try several times to get into their full screen. I would also prefer the option to name my own classes with ease; I believe they import from the office and these are tough to read. Finally, I would like to be able to be on without being named. Students know which teacher is watching and when.

Julie

Education Management, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

1

EASE OF USE

1

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

1

Reviewed April 2023

Linwise is HORRIABLE

PROS

Nothing is good about Linwise at all and I hate it.

CONS

Everything it is not useful expensive and just not worth it.

Dyna

Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2023

Classwize

It has been a positive experience so far. There were a few glitches when syncing with our information system (Skyward), but that has been solved.

PROS

I like how you can see all of your students' active tabs at a glance.

CONS

I wish that you could go back retroactively to see what they were on during the class period that you opened.

Nicole

Education Management, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2023

Great to help Monitor St

PROS

It is fairly easy to use. I can easily see what the students are doing.

CONS

I can't see if they aren't using Google.

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