--- title: Lightspeed Filter Reviews meta\_title: 'Lightspeed Filter Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 64 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Lightspeed Filter works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 64 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Web Security url: https://www.g2.com/categories/web-security --- # Lightspeed Filter Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Lightspeed Filter but has limited features. Are you part of the Lightspeed Filter team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Lightspeed Filter is the best-in-class solution that protects students from harmful material to ensure their online safety. To help districts maintain safety and CIPA-compliance, our solution is powered by the most comprehensive database of K-12 online content in the industry from 20 years of web indexing. Whether it's protecting take-home devices or customizing blocklists for grade level, we've got you covered with SSL decryption on all devices, on your network and off, all in the cloud. Fast and accurate roster syncing: Simultaneously sync any combination of student information systems (SIS) and directory services to one centralized place with Lightspeed SmartSync™ technology. Flexible policy management: Quickly locate and manage group policies, reports, and more with quick search functionality, sophisticated hierarchical breadcrumb navigation, and granular group filtering with Lightspeed SmartPolicy™ technology. Easy SSL Decryption: Provide multi-OS SSL decryption without the need to configure proxies, PACs, or trust certificates. Lightspeed SmartAgents™ put the power of a filter inside each device. 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Allow educational videos and block inappropriate content, thumbnails and time-wasters—in just a click. * * * Seller [Lightspeed Systems](https://www.g2.com/sellers/lightspeed-systems) Discussions [Lightspeed Filter Community](https://www.g2.com/products/lightspeed-filter/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Erin Van leer Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 24 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/lightspeed-filter/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Dyknow Classroom](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dyknow Classroom") Dyknow Classroom 4.6/5(517) ](https://www.g2.com/products/dyknow-classroom/reviews) [ ![GoGuardian Teacher](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "GoGuardian Teacher") GoGuardian Teacher 4.7/5(101) ](https://www.g2.com/products/goguardian-teacher/reviews) [ ![Cisco Umbrella](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cisco Umbrella") Cisco Umbrella 4.4/5(285) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-umbrella/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/lightspeed-filter/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 64 real user reviews. Implementation Time 1 month Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Lightspeed Filter Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Microsoft OneDrive for Business ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-onedrive-for-business/reviews) Show More ![Jared L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jared L.") JL Jared L. Technology Specialist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/4/2022 "Remote Management" 4/5 What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter? Remote management of devices using a web browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter? There is a little bit of a learning curve and some of the configuration settings can be difficult to set-up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you? Mobile device management and web filtering for off-campus devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Josh G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Josh G.") JG Josh G. Director Of Information Technology Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/4/2021 "Great DNS filter to help you go 1:1" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter? Ability to implement product quickly and easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter? Sometimes issues with the platform or VM can cause global internet problems for users. It could also use a mobile site or app for administrators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you? Lightspeed agent helped cut out VPN client traffic and other workarounds we were finding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education") AP Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/10/2020 "Turnkey Solution with Minor Tweaking" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter? The easy method of custom categorization for sites. Skilled and thorough support technicians. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter? The navigation is cumbersome when you get into the deeper levels of groups. Integration with other platforms is a bit lacking using third-party companies like GG4L. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you? Content filtering, classroom management, and chrome book location tracking have all been giant helps to our district. With distance learning and take home devices becoming necessary this year. Lightspeed was integral in keeping up CIPA compliant with no extra systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/4/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Jonathan B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jonathan B.") JB Jonathan B. Systems Administrator Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/9/2020 "Great Cloud based Filtering Solution for Chromebooks" 4/5 What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter? The Safety Check with Screenshots is great. Helps us protect student and or address their needs when alerts come up. I love the ability to share a link for up to 7 days to our administrators Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter? The Lightspeed Relay OSX Agent will not work correctly when deployed by an MDM. There doesn't seem to be a way to set devices to bypass the proxy to access local network devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Lightspeed Filter: Great for Chromebooks but Windows and Macbooks are more difficult to set up with Relay Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you? The reporting allows us to look into all Chromebook traffic and see what students and staff do in detail. Flagged keywords and the safety check feature help school administrators know what is going on with each student on or offsite. It's usually very easy to determine if a safety check needs to be addressed quickly or if it's related to school classwork. Using the Google directory we are able to easily filter or run reports on different groups of users. We can also give school administrators access to their own schools students and staff and that free up time for the IT department. Lightspeed Relay gives you quick , detailed access to data for other School staff saving the tech department time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite JS Jackie S. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/9/2020 "Lightspeed Review" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter? I like the way I can approve or deny content based on groups, like students, teachers, grades, schools, etc... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter? I find that the product is sometimes flaky and doesn't always do what you tell it to do. I have never been able to the lockouts feature to work correctly, it always blocks uses that visits other sites that I haven't even chosen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Lightspeed Filter: I would recommend paying to have the product installed and setup by Lightspeed instead of doing it yourself. I still have settings that I'm not sure are set correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you? It has allowed me to filter the content of my students when they are away from campus, something that we've never been able to do. It has been huge with the Covid-19 school attendance restrictions allowing us to filter students while home doing virtual learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Kenneth W.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kenneth W.") KW Kenneth W. Network Coordinator Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/11/2020 "Good product that is essential for distance learning." 4/5 What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter? Deployment on chrome devices is simple and management is a breeze. Support is always helpful. Best of all it works on and off campus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter? Controls are not as fine grained as some other products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Lightspeed Filter: It's a cost effective and low maintenance way to filter user traffic on and off your managed network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you? The obvious answer to this is distance learning. Luckily we were already using Relay prior to the covid outbreak. The ability to filter traffic no matter what network our students are on is vital now more than ever. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Shawnna M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shawnna M.") SM Shawnna M. Computer Lab Assistant Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/24/2020 "Relay is a great filter, but has a few glitches that need to be fixed before it could be Great" 4/5 What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter? I love the ease of blocking bad content. And I love the ability to drill down by OU's. That really helps when I want to block content for younger students and still let High Schooler's able to see it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter? I would like to be able to filter out pictures better. Even with the settings we have students can still get nude and rather risque pics if they search for simple things like "Swim Wear". It would also be nice to be able to filter our inappropriate memes and videos better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Lightspeed Filter: Make sure to Whitelist everything that is suggested with your Firewall filtering agent before you roll out to your organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you? We have been able to really cut down on game play during class with the Custom Block List. Students are constantly finding new sites, but we are able to block them as soon as we see them. I would love to set an alert on a student's account we deem a problem student. The alert could have custom flags to watch for on that specific student. Example: Games, Computer sites that discuss how to hack your Chromebook, porn, etc. I have a list of students I check on regularly because they are notorious for look for ways to bypass the Filters and such. And they are constant gamers. I would love to just get an alert on them instead of fishing through their history each day. It would cut down on time wasted watching them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education") AP Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/28/2020 "Good Filtering Product" 4/5 What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter? Good at looking at all traffic, http and https. Catches more things than our previous filters have. Support team is usually very good and helpful. Syncs with Active Directory to easily get users into the software. Cross platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter? Groups and moving around the web interface seems a bit clunky. Logs from client machines aren't available immediately in the interface. Could have better, more user friendly troubleshooting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you? Filtering https traffic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Education Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Education Management") UE Verified User in Education Management Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/2/2018 "Great set up! " 3.5/5 What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter? It actively filters everything we need for students in our school district Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter? Sometimes it does need restarted, which doesn’t take long to take care of, but there’s no network in the mean time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you? Helping keep sites filtered properly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from London Sarabia of Lightspeed Filter [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/lightspeed-filter-review-866381/official_response/edit) Thank you so much for your review and partnership! Glad we've been able to help. Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Lightspeed Filter? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Lightspeed Filter ](https://www.g2.com/products/lightspeed-filter/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is Lightspeed Filter used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-lightspeed-filter-used-for) ![Jeffrey M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jeffrey M.") JM Jeffrey Messersmith • Last activity almost 6 years ago How can I filter BYOD using relay? 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/31512-how-can-i-filter-byod-using-relay) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/lightspeed-filter/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 24 months ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/lightspeed-filter/pricing) Lightspeed Filter Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_87a30a731f66559d94927636250d7f85/goguardian-teacher.jpg "Product Avatar Image") GoGuardian Teacher 4.7/5(101) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/goguardian-teacher-vs-lightspeed-filter) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_6299dc8494f270a7381c5fa538fcd8ff/lanschool.png "Product Avatar Image") LanSchool 4.2/5(116) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/lanschool-vs-lightspeed-filter) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_4679b1997201e5f035c349f3c8ed80e8/dyknow-classroom.png "Product Avatar Image") Dyknow Classroom 4.6/5(517) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/dyknow-classroom-vs-lightspeed-filter) ##### ##### Lightspeed Filter Features Platform Features Remote Computer Monitoring Website & Application Blocking Teacher/Student Screensharing [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/lightspeed-filter/features) ##### Categories on G2 [School Management](https://www.g2.com/categories/school-management-software)[Classroom Management](https://www.g2.com/categories/classroom-management)[Secure Web Gateways](https://www.g2.com/categories/secure-web-gateways) ##### Explore More [Which box office and ticketing systems are best for live entertainment venues?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-box-office-and-ticketing-systems-are-best-for-live-entertainment-venues)[What's the best software for improving sales team performance](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-s-the-best-software-for-improving-sales-team-performance)[Which newsroom management platforms offer real-time collaboration features for distributed communications teams?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-newsroom-management-platforms-offer-real-time-collaboration-features-for-distributed-communications-teams) [What platform integrates PDF editing with cloud storage systems?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-platform-integrates-pdf-editing-with-cloud-storage-systems)[What's the best security compliance solution for my tech firm](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-s-the-best-security-compliance-solution-for-a-tech-firm)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/lightspeed-filter/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)