SafeDNS 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

SafeDNS

4.7

(35)

Pricing

Starting at $13.50 per month

About SafeDNS

SafeDNS is a cloud-based internet security and web content filtering service that provides businesses with protection against dangerous, inappropriate and irrelevant sites. The solution also caters to educational institutions and home users.

SafeDNS can be installed on individual devices and on routers to protect all users on a network. The SafeDNS service helps users block entire content categories and specific websites. The solution filters out botnets, malicious and phishing websites and most of online advertising such as context ads, video and audio advertisements, banners and pop-ups.

SafeDNS filters online content according to user-introduced filtering rules. The SafeDNS service resolves DNS requests and matches them with its existing database of categorized internet resources.

The service is compliant with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and is appropriate for educational institutions including K-12 schools and higher education. It also offers an allowlist-only mode which enables network administrators give users access to permitted websites from the user's allowlist.

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SafeDNS Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $13.50 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic Plan

$13.50

per user, per month

Plan includes:

DD Client
Phishing, Malware & other threats
Enforce Safe Search (Google, Bing)
Denylist/ Allowlist/Namelist
ns. Archive & export stats and logs/1 year
Email Support
Chat Support
Policy per group

Pro Plan

$30.00

per user, per month

Plan includes:

AppBlocker
Phishing, Malware & other threats
DNS Encryption & TLS
Schedule
OpenWRT module
NAT DNS
DD Client
Windows Agent
Linux Agent
MacOS agent

Pro + Plan

$55.00

per user, per month

Plan includes:

Integration with AD + Aliases
Custom block page
Phishing, Malware & other threats
AppBlocker
DNS Encryption & TLS
Schedule
OpenWRT module
NAT DNS
Windows Agent
Linux Agent

Education & non-profit

$400.00

flat rate, per year

Plan includes:

Forced SafeSearch Mode for Google and Bing
Malware, ransomware, phishing, & botnet protection
Block Adult Content & Violence Content

WiFi Hotspots

$25.00

per user, per month

Plan includes:

Intelligent allow/block - per filtering policy
Supports any IP and dynamic DNS services
Block most of online ads
White label opportunity
Phishing, Malware & other threats
Wi-Fi usage stats and reports

Safe Home

$25.95

flat rate, per year

Plan includes:

An Unlimited Number Of users
Wi-Fi router filtering support
Internet Usage Statistics
24/7 support

SafeDNS Features

Popular features found in Managed Service Providers (MSP)
Backup and Recovery
Configuration Management
Endpoint Protection
Help Desk Management
Patch Management
Remote Access/Control
Scheduling
Security Tools
Self Service Portal
Server Monitoring
Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
Support Ticket Management
More features of SafeDNS
Access Controls/Permissions
Active Directory Integration
Activity Dashboard
Activity Monitoring
Activity Tracking
AI/Machine Learning
API
Application Security
Behavioral Analytics
Billing & Invoicing
Cloud Application Security
Dashboard
Data Security
Device Management
Endpoint Management
Firewalls
HIPAA Compliant
Incident Management
Issue Management
Monitoring
Policy Management
Real-Time Reporting
Remote Monitoring & Management
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Search/Filter
Security Auditing
Threat Intelligence
Threat Response
User Management
Visual Analytics
VPN
Vulnerability Scanning
Web Threat Management
Web Traffic Reporting
Whitelisting/Blacklisting

SafeDNS User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

80%

17%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.7

Value for money

4.7

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.5

Verified

Reviewer

Wireless

2-10 employees

Used other for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2019

SafeDNS for any vertical

A very complete and robust service of content filtering and block content, the google and youtube safe search mode is awesome

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Is very easy to use and implement, the complete content filtering and content block is amazing

Cons:

It would be great that the solution could have a MDM functionality for educational vertical.

John B.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

Affordable, Cloud-Based Web Filtering

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

I've been using SafeDNS on the school network I manage for a number of years. Here's the pros: 1. The cost, especially for educational institutions, is very affordable. 2. Implementation is simple if you're well versed in router configuration. 3. The interface is simple. Preset categories seem to be fairly effective. 4. Forced Safe Search for search engines and Forced Restricted Mode for YouTube is a great feature for implementing in a school. 5. Changes in configuration can be made from any web browser at any time, so management is remote.

Cons:

1. At the present time, the SafeDNS agent, which automatically sends your IP information to SafeDNS, is available for Windows only. macOS users are out of luck. For my application, this isn't a huge deal because I have the network set up on a static IP, but for those with a dynamic IP address, the only way to keep the filtering working 100% is to use the agent app.

Alejo M.

Verified reviewer

Computer Networking

2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

RFIT Comunicaciones

Good experience

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use and manage different client accounts

Cons:

SafeDNS still not have a solution for App filter content

Vendor Response

Hi Alejo! Thanks for the nice review! Hard to answer your question on app filtering - SafeDNS can block an app as a whole, but blocking selective content from apps is a challenge. Will be sure to have a chat on this topic with our tech team! Cheers, SafeDNS

Replied March 2022

Jorge A.

Verified reviewer

Computer & Network Security

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2021

Web Security affordable

Im happy with it, the more I know how it works the better use I can get from it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The use of classes or type of web content and the use of white/black lists. Also the possibility to create profiles and schedules.

Cons:

There are various factors that affect that the software works well, so is not that simple for a non technical person to determine where the problem could be if the software is not working properly, however, the support from SafeDNS is really good and they will help you solve any issue. Also to get most out of the profiles it is necesary to install the client on a PC and also the vpn client on the phones, along with the dynamic dns client in case the router doesnt support it, so all this can complicate the installation and reduce the customer experience and satisfaction.

Reasons for choosing SafeDNS

for the promise of ease of use, non having to install anything, the posibility to define profiles, the use of schedules.

David S.

Verified reviewer

Computer & Network Security

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

SafeDNS offers good protection, at a reasonable price.

Generally, we use this to prevent accidents. An accident might be someone opening a site that is inappropriate for the workplace, and expose the client to workplace harassment claims. It might also be one that prevents someone from going to a malware site, and infecting the network. Overall, our experience has been good.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Once the software is set up, it's simple. The end-users don't have to really *do* anything. It just starts taking affect, and preventing them from accessing the sites we don't want them to access. This is true even where the users are distributed, and not on the same network.

Cons:

This product is not, at its heart, designed for the MSP model. It's designed for, "I'm using this to manage my network." And so, licensing is not as clear as I'd like to see it. Managing licenses, or license groups is also not as clear as I'd like. There also doesn't seem to be a very clear guide as to what command-line options are needed for a push-out deployment.

Reasons for choosing SafeDNS

Mostly price, and licensing issues.

Thomas M.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

Content filtering simplified

Cedars of Lebanon Academy is a K - 12 non-profit Christian school. SafeDNS has provided consistent good content filtering.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

SafeDNS is a solid DNS based content filtering solution. The reliability and consistency is great.

Cons:

While there are Windows and Android applications there is no Chromebook extension. This limits our content filtering effectiveness to on the school network.

Reasons for switching to SafeDNS

The cost for updating Censornet was too much for our very limited budget.

Vendor Response

Hi Thomas! Thank you for your review!

Replied September 2021

Antonoi R.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

Easy while powerful and always updated filter

SafeDNS is an excellent solution for Education.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Our clients are schools. We differentiate profiles of teachers and students with easy using simple NAT rules in the gateway. Also, we can fine-tune the filter by adding white & black lists for all the customers, and even for a single customer, by individual profiles.

Cons:

No special negative thoughts, actually.

Reasons for choosing SafeDNS

The most easy to use and cheap enough to be competitive in the School market.

Reasons for switching to SafeDNS

Easier, cleaner and, specially, much cheaper. Other extra features from Cisco Umbrella haven't been used in our implementations.

Vendor Response

Hello Antonio! Thanks for such an awesome review - we love working with schools, and happy to hear the feeling is mutual! Cheers, SafeDNS

Replied March 2022

William Bruce H.

Verified reviewer

Construction

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

Review of Safedns as a filter

Pretty good.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

When coming across a domain that is not categorized by Safedns, they promptly categorize or recategorize when requested. It is easy to download.

Cons:

The shopping websites Gumtree and Ebay dont show pictures when Safedns is active. I have asked what to do to make it happen but in trying to follow what was instructed I couldnt make it work. I would like more help on it whch I will need to chat in writing about to try and fix.

Reasons for choosing SafeDNS

For the reason given above and that I could trust Safedns to answer and categorize domains accordingly when requested.

Reasons for switching to SafeDNS

Opendns didn't work like it should and I didn't get the responses like I did from Safedns.

Scott M.

Verified reviewer

Internet

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2022

Highly recommend

Safe DNS is a company that accomplishes what they commit to offering. They have great customer service and competitive pricing.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We are an internet provider that puts a good faith effort towards blocking content committed to pornography and explicit content. Safe DNS enables us to do that effectively.

Cons:

At times it blocks content that isn't pornographic but Safe DNS is responsive if you need them to whitelist a website.

Reasons for choosing SafeDNS

I don't exactly remember.

Vendor Response

Hi Scott! Happy to hear SafeDNS has been working great for you! We appreciate you helping to spread the word about us. Cheers, SafeDNS

Replied March 2022

William H.

Verified reviewer

Libraries

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

SafeDNS - a great product for client filtering

The company is a pleasure to do business with. I would never want to go back to my old filtering software.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

You set up up and you are done. Have not had to do anything special or make any changes since I installed it several years ago.

Cons:

I can't think of a thing that i don't like about it.

Reasons for choosing SafeDNS

Easier to use and a much better price.

Reasons for switching to SafeDNS

The above products required a proxy server and much more hands on. With SafeDNS i set it up and forgot about it. It just keeps working. It also means we do not have to have any special equipment or extra servers.

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