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FlashStart Reviews & Product Details

The ultimate solution for DNS security, with an advanced AI-based cloud filter and a global Anycast network that ensures robust and fast (top 5) threat protection.

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FlashStart Internet protection

Languages Supported

English, Italian, Spanish

Product Description

FlashStart is an internet filter providing malware protection and granular content filtering.Used in over 100 countries this is an AI powered cloud service and is the industry price leader. You will find the service easy to use, but powerful compared to our competitors. Among many technical features FlashStart supports Active Directory, NAT and on-premise deployment models

Overview by

Francesco Collini (CEO & Founder presso FlashStart | Internet Protection)

Pricing

Pricing provided by FlashStart.

SME/Business/Government

< $ 1

per user per year

ISP Embedded

< $1

per subscriber per month

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FlashStart Media

Comprehensive Reports with 6 months of retained data

Intuitive Interface for Filtering Malware, Content, Proxies, and Geo Blocking

International Coverage in National Press and TV

FlashStart Demo - End Point Device Applications

Windows, Chromebook, MAC, iOS, and Android device support

FlashStart Demo - Active DirectoryIntegration

Native integration to Active Directory making it easy to administer permissions and access control

FlashStart Reviews (9)

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Hussain P.

ICT Director

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/3/2024

"Secure and Proficient DNS Solution for Accurate Protection."

4.5/5

What do you like best about FlashStart?

The available features has the capacity to determine all the threats, and this screens all the web content that is inappropriate. Further, there are proper training, which makes the use of the platform simple. The development of proper customer support and instant actions is also a merit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FlashStart?

The software gives us the right line in threat management, and this introduces all the threat detectors and issues immediate response to users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FlashStart solving and how is that benefiting you?

The approach from the software gives a central solution, where all threats are well coordinated and immediate actions taken. Further, any content that is miserable is eliminated and this creates a security change in a company. Finally, the development of AI to detect security challenges is another challenge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mutune M.

Director Marketing

Business Supplies and Equipment

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/11/2024

"My Expereince With FlashStart - Best Malware Protection"

4.5/5

What do you like best about FlashStart?

I have used FlashStart and it is the best Malware protection solution. It is very accurate and fast when it comes to detecting issues.

In addition, it is cloud based and AI powered making it even better.

It supports on-premises deployment too and Active Directory Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FlashStart?

It has been super amazing and I think FlashStart is the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohana R.

Senior Software Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/31/2022

"Multiprofile feature offers granular customization while we create our user-oriented filter policies"

4/5

What do you like best about FlashStart?

Flashstart is capable of providing various DNS protocols which ease the process of acquiring information, analyzing the patterns, monitoring thresholds and cataloging all activities for quick reference. It effectively adheres blocking of dangerous domains which could potentially impact our customer's data integrity. For some known domains, if we install our certification authority on our internal devices then we would be able to access these blocked websites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FlashStart?

In some cases, the changes made to our Blacklist & Whitelist configurations did not appear due to latency issues. We cleared our cached data and reloaded our website to view the change history. It would be great if we have an automated feature to carry out this entire process with one click. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FlashStart solving and how is that benefiting you?

Configuring our Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is made simple after we started using FlashStart. For preventing our customers from browsing without filters, we enable its auto-redirect feature for security governance. We also configure filtering rules for blocking a few sites that come under the restricted network category. By establishing multi-profile categorization, we can customize our user profiles on a granular level and associate them with a unique network based on our network policies. This ensures that we follow our security standards & compliance which is crucial for our end users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Corrado S.

admin

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/20/2022

"Excellent Filtering System for HotSpot"

5/5

What do you like best about FlashStart?

I really like the configuration interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FlashStart?

unfortunately, you cannot create custom categories Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Darshil S.

Consultant

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/15/2021

"Flashstart DNS and URL Filtering"

4/5

What do you like best about FlashStart?

Cloud-Based DNS and URL filtering, is what I will describe in 2 words. This does not require any on-prem infrastructure or server to be setup for using this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FlashStart?

It filters only at DNS level. If users change the DNS server in their System, It is difficult to have control on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FlashStart:

Very lightweight, user-friendly, and cost-effective URL filtering, and DNS security solution. Consumers must think to buy it if they have a basic setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FlashStart solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our users behind the Flash start app are protected against DNS threats and we use it also to do basic URL filtering for in-house and roaming users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cesare C.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/9/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"A very good service which fits my needs. A matching compainion for my firewalls."

5/5

What do you like best about FlashStart?

As a system integrator I'm constantly looking for flexible solutions to suggest to my customers. I like the fact Flashstart Webflters can be used with a wide range of router and firewall brands. I'm a certified Mikrotik professional and with this product I can improve dramatically my Routerboards security features with no further effort. Moreover the possibility to integrate these filters to an existing Active Directory Domain structure is just great. In my opinion they offer the best in SMEs and Public Administrations because they can be adapted to preexisting infrastructures reducing the costs, but I'm starting to use them in larger environments as well and the performances are just as good.

Support is also very good and realiable, they often organise useful webinars (non just commercial ones) and I'm really happy with my personal consultant, they anser in no time and reall y try to solve your problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FlashStart?

They could probably improve the backend website, some features are slightly counter intutive but still not a big deal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FlashStart:

If you want just give a try, it's free and support is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FlashStart solving and how is that benefiting you?

Most of the firewall I use in my setups lack af a proper IPS (intrusion preventions system) Flashstart Webfilters just add a fundamental security layer in no time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michele S.

Data Center Specialist - IT Infrastructure Administrator

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/9/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Navigation filter Made in Italy with top support"

5/5

What do you like best about FlashStart?

Excellent categorization of sites

Excellent assistance

DNS infrastructure on cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FlashStart?

The project with the cloudbox is suffering a bit from youth, but the small problems are being resolved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/6/2020

"FlashStart an excellent DNS solution"

5/5

What do you like best about FlashStart?

Easy to implement, very strong in termo of threats recognition, affordable in term of quotation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FlashStart?

I cannot mention any parto fo the solution that I actually dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering FlashStart:

I think that FlashStart is the right solution because is easy to implement, it costs the right amount in consideration of price/performances, when I need support they were there and reacted fast... so, I think it have sense to recommend it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FlashStart solving and how is that benefiting you?

The problem solved is a bout the necessary DNS block in case a user try to reach a potentially dangerous "place".

About the benefit is to avoid to be infected, for example, by a ransomware only because "someone" just opened the wrong file or did not pay enough attention to the e-mail sender. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.