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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (58.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (59.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
Free no commitment
$1.15 1 User Per Month
CIRA DNS Firewall
Star Rating
(18)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (58.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
Free no commitment
Browse all 2 pricing plansDNSFilter
Star Rating
(256)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (59.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$1.15 1 User Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansCIRA DNS Firewall vs DNSFilter
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found CIRA DNS Firewall easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with CIRA DNS Firewall overall.
- Reviewers felt that DNSFilter meets the needs of their business better than CIRA DNS Firewall.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that CIRA DNS Firewall is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of DNSFilter over CIRA DNS Firewall.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
CIRA DNS Firewall
CIRA Canadian Shield
Free
no commitment
The CIRA Canadian Shield takes the threat feed from our commercial service and makes it available to all households and individuals in Canada. Available as a private and open recursive DNS service with or without threat blocking.
DNSFilter
Basic Plan
$1.15
1 User Per Month
Ideal for basic filtering.
- Network-level filtering/reporting
- Desktop roaming clients (Windows / MacOS)
Free Trial
CIRA DNS Firewall
Free Trial is available
DNSFilter
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
12
9.2
180
Ease of Use
9.6
12
9.2
180
Ease of Setup
9.9
13
9.2
169
Ease of Admin
9.5
13
9.3
167
Quality of Support
9.3
12
9.1
166
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
10.0
14
9.3
165
Product Direction (% positive)
8.3
14
8.9
169
Features by Category
Protection
9.0
12
9.0
104
8.9
9
9.1
127
Feature Not Available
9.0
106
9.7
10
9.1
103
9.8
8
9.0
94
Not enough data
8.8
92
Functionality
9.0
13
9.3
132
9.1
11
8.8
124
9.0
7
9.0
111
Administration
Not enough data
9.3
136
9.0
14
9.3
133
8.1
13
8.5
116
Feature Not Available
8.7
114
9.3
10
9.1
110
Web Content and Traffic Filtering - Secure Web Gateways
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Protection and Loss Prevention - Secure Web Gateways
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Access Control and Authentication - Secure Web Gateways
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance and Management - Secure Web Gateways
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
CIRA DNS Firewall and DNSFilter are categorized as DNS Security Solutions
Unique Categories
CIRA DNS Firewall has no unique categories
DNSFilter is categorized as Secure Web Gateways
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
CIRA DNS Firewall
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
DNSFilter
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Primary/Secondary Education
23.5%
Higher Education
23.5%
Government Administration
17.6%
Information Technology and Services
11.8%
Education Management
11.8%
Other
11.8%
Information Technology and Services
20.5%
Computer & Network Security
16.5%
Primary/Secondary Education
9.4%
Education Management
4.9%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.5%
Other
44.2%
Alternatives
Discussions
CIRA DNS Firewall has no discussions with answers
Would you ever consider attempting to take the top most frequently blocked sites/urls across all of your educational institution clients and within the filtering system suggest these in the blacklist portal for policy editing? This could help us all stay on the same page in regards to the popular trends/games the students are into at that time and be a little more proactive for our administration. For example, there was a hit game called surviv.io that was blocked by the gaming policy but could be found at ~10 diff URLs across the web, making it hard to block completely. I'm sure this feature would require a lot but just a wondering for the future :)
2 Comments
SR
Hi Amy, thanks for your question! We have a feature we call bucket domains planned which will provide a one-click allow or block for a whole set of domains...Read more
DNSFilter has no more discussions with answers
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