# Which DNS security tools give a small business the right mix of threat protection and value without paying for features designed for a 5,000-person enterprise?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hi G2, I'm researching which DNS security tools give a small business the right mix of threat protection and value without paying for features designed for a 5,000-person enterprise. The hard part is filtering out platforms where the useful controls only appear in enterprise tiers, so I leaned on small-business reviews in the <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/dns-security-solutions">DNS security solutions</a> category to see what actually fits smaller budgets.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">A few that small teams consistently rate well:</p><ul>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/cloudflare-application-security-and-performance/reviews"><strong>Cloudflare</strong></a> (4.5 stars, 619 reviews): Small-business reviewers repeatedly say the free and low-cost tiers deliver real DDoS and DNS protection, which is a genuine value story, though the jump to premium features can feel steep.</li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/dnsfilter/reviews"><strong>DNSFilter</strong></a> (4.6 stars, 272 reviews): Reviewers call out easy setup (create a site, add a policy, deploy the agent) and accurate categories like newly registered domains, and several mention pricing that stays accessible for smaller teams. How reliable has the roaming agent been for you?</li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/opentext-webroot-dns-protection/reviews"><strong>Webroot DNS Protection</strong></a> (4.4 stars, 86 reviews): Comes up for being quick to deploy and cloud-managed with definitions that update on their own, which small shops without a dedicated security person appreciate. Some note the console takes a bit to learn.</li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/scoutdns/reviews"><strong>ScoutDNS</strong></a> (4.9 stars, 60 reviews): Reviewers describe it as lightweight and set-and-forget, with reasonable per-agent pricing, 60-plus categories, and support. Popular with MSPs covering lots of small clients.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For the small-business crowd, which of these gave you solid protection without paying for enterprise extras you'd never touch? And where did you draw the line between "enough" and "too basic"?</p>

##### Post Metadata
- Posted at: 2 months ago
- Author title: Marketer
- Net upvotes: 1


## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;For a small team specifically, I&#39;d flag Webroot DNS Protection because the definitions update on their own. Not needing someone to remember to maintain threat feeds keeps a lean team from quietly falling behind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: 9 days ago
- Author title: Marketing



### Comment 2

&lt;p&gt;I like the idea that anything requiring a dedicated security team is probably beyond what a small business needs. I’d also look at how much useful protection you get from the defaults. If DNSFilter or ScoutDNS can block the obvious threats well without someone constantly tuning categories and policies, that operational simplicity may be worth more to a small team than having another layer of advanced controls.&lt;/p&gt;

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: 14 days ago
- Author title: Writer



### Comment 3

&lt;p&gt;DNSFilter or ScoutDNS would feel like the sweet spot for a small team. “Enough” for me means strong malicious-domain blocking, simple policy controls, and reliable remote-user coverage; once pricing starts bundling in advanced enterprise reporting or controls we’d never use, that’s where I’d stop.&lt;/p&gt;

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: 14 days ago
- Author title: Marketer



### Comment 4

Where the reviews draw the enough-versus-too-basic line is worth stating plainly: small teams sound happy as long as the tool blocks phishing and newly registered domains, updates itself, and doesn&#39;t need a console babysitter. They start sounding unhappy when reporting is too thin to answer what happened last Tuesday. Cloudflare&#39;s free tier genuinely covers the first list, which is rare, and the ScoutDNS and DNSFilter reviews read like the sweet spot for teams that want per-site policies without enterprise plumbing. My rule of thumb from comparing these: if a feature only matters once you have a dedicated security team, you don&#39;t need to pay for it yet.

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: 2 months ago





## Related discussions
- [How well does Trello scale into a larger team?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/1-how-well-does-trello-scale-into-a-larger-team)
  - Posted at: over 13 years ago
  - Comments: 6
- [Can we please add a new section](https://www.g2.com/discussions/2-can-we-please-add-a-new-section)
  - Posted at: over 13 years ago
  - Comments: 0
- [Quantifiable benefits from implementing your CRM](https://www.g2.com/discussions/quantifiable-benefits-from-implementing-your-crm)
  - Posted at: over 13 years ago
  - Comments: 4