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Compare Cisco Umbrella and DNSFilter 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (59.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$1.15 1 User Per Month
Cisco Umbrella
Star Rating
(280)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Cisco UmbrellaDNSFilter
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 plansCisco Umbrella vs DNSFilter
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found DNSFilter easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with DNSFilter overall.
- Reviewers felt that DNSFilter meets the needs of their business better than Cisco Umbrella.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that DNSFilter is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of DNSFilter over Cisco Umbrella.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Cisco Umbrella
No pricing availableDNSFilter
Basic Plan
$1.15
1 User Per Month
Ideal for basic filtering.
- Network-level filtering/reporting
- Desktop roaming clients (Windows / MacOS)
Free Trial
Cisco Umbrella
No trial information availableDNSFilter
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
242
9.2
180
Ease of Use
8.5
245
9.2
180
Ease of Setup
8.3
186
9.2
169
Ease of Admin
8.6
173
9.3
167
Quality of Support
8.4
231
9.1
166
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
167
9.3
165
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
242
8.9
169
Features by Category
Protection
8.7
53
9.0
104
9.1
53
9.1
127
8.4
51
9.0
106
8.9
51
9.1
103
8.3
47
9.0
94
8.9
49
8.8
92
Functionality
9.1
56
9.3
132
8.9
56
8.8
124
8.5
53
9.0
111
Administration
8.8
55
9.3
136
8.8
56
9.3
133
8.1
55
8.5
116
8.1
54
8.7
114
8.2
52
9.1
110
Management
8.8
24
Not enough data
8.6
23
Not enough data
8.8
23
Not enough data
9.1
25
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.0
24
Not enough data
9.4
23
Not enough data
9.0
24
Not enough data
Protection
8.9
25
Not enough data
8.8
23
Not enough data
9.3
25
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
Web Content and Traffic Filtering - Secure Web Gateways
8.9
15
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
Data Protection and Loss Prevention - Secure Web Gateways
8.1
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.9
15
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
Access Control and Authentication - Secure Web Gateways
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.9
15
Not enough data
Performance and Management - Secure Web Gateways
8.8
15
Not enough data
8.0
15
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
8.9
15
Not enough data
9.1
15
Not enough data
Cloud Visibility
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Identity
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Cisco Umbrella and DNSFilter are categorized as DNS Security Solutions and Secure Web Gateways
Unique Categories
Cisco Umbrella is categorized as Cloud Edge Security
DNSFilter has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Cisco Umbrella
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
Information Technology and Services
20.0%
Computer & Network Security
8.8%
Telecommunications
6.5%
Computer Software
6.5%
Banking
4.2%
Other
53.8%
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
Cisco Umbrella 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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