--- title: "SafeDNS Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of SafeDNS Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/cybersecurity/safedns-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Managed Service Providers (MSP) Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/msp/) / SafeDNS Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cybersecurity/safedns-profile/reviews/) # SafeDNS Review From $13.50-$400/month Free trial 6 plans On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview SafeDNS 4.7 [(35)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cybersecurity/safedns-profile/reviews/) Pricing Starting at $13.50 per user per month Top Alternatives ### 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. ## SafeDNS User Interface ## Popular SafeDNS Alternatives Main Product SafeDNS 4.7 [(35)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cybersecurity/safedns-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.71Ease of use - 4.72Value for money - 4.56Customer support - 4.46Functionality Pricing Starting at $13.50 per month Alternative Product [JumpCloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/it-service/jumpcloud-directory-as-a-service-profile/) 4.6 [(294)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/it-service/jumpcloud-directory-as-a-service-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.56Ease of use - 4.46Value for money - 4.47Customer support - 4.43Functionality Pricing Starting at $3.00 per month Alternative Product [NordLayer](https://www.softwareadvice.com/remote-work/nordlayer-profile/) 4.6 [(34)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/remote-work/nordlayer-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.71Ease of use - 4.32Value for money - 4.15Customer support - 4.44Functionality Pricing Starting at $6.00 per month Alternative Product [Invicti](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-security/invicti-profile/) 4.7 [(26)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/network-security/invicti-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.50Ease of use - 4.16Value for money - 4.54Customer support - 4.38Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [Aikido Security](https://www.softwareadvice.com/compliance/aikido-profile/) 4.7 [(6)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/compliance/aikido-profile/#reviews) Ratings Breakdown - 4.83Ease of use - 5.0Value for money - 5.0Customer support - 4.17Functionality Pricing Starting at $350.00 per month Alternative Product [WebTitan](https://www.softwareadvice.com/mobile-device-management/webtitan-profile/) 4.5 [(276)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/mobile-device-management/webtitan-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.38Ease of use - 4.43Value for money - 4.51Customer support - 4.26Functionality Pricing Starting at $0.40 per month ## 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 Read More 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 Read More 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 ## SafeDNS customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.7/5 - Total reviews: 35 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 28 reviews (80%) - 4 stars: 6 reviews (17%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 1 reviews (3%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.7/5 - Value for money: 4.7/5 - Customer support: 4.6/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 --- ### SafeDNS for any vertical - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Wireless - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used other for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered 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: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Affordable, Cloud-Based Web Filtering - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: John B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### RFIT Comunicaciones - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Alejo M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Networking - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Good experience #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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 --- ### Web Security affordable - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jorge A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer & Network Security - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Im happy with it, the more I know how it works the better use I can get from it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### 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. --- ### SafeDNS offers good protection, at a reasonable price. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: David S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer & Network Security - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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. --- ### Content filtering simplified - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Thomas M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Cedars of Lebanon Academy is a K - 12 non-profit Christian school. SafeDNS has provided consistent good content filtering. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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 --- ### Easy while powerful and always updated filter - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Antonoi R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. SafeDNS is an excellent solution for Education. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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 --- ### Review of Safedns as a filter - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: William Bruce H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Pretty good. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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. --- ### Highly recommend - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Scott M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered 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: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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 --- ### SafeDNS - a great product for client filtering - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: William H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Libraries - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- Showing 1 - 10 of 35 Reviews [See All Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cybersecurity/safedns-profile/reviews/) ## SafeDNS Popular Comparisons [Cloudflare vs SafeDNS](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cybersecurity/cloudflare-profile/vs/safedns/) ## See what companies are saying about Software Advice