Qustodio vs. Untangle NG Firewall

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Qustodio
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Qustodio helps schools and families keep children safe online. It is cloud-based software that filters apps and websites automatically, offers reporting, and works on platforms including Mac, Windows, Chromebook, iOS, Kindle and Android.N/A
Untangle NG Firewall
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Untangle NG Firewall is an open-source firewall and gateway security platform. It offers a free core firewall platform with paid add-ons, and a cloud-based management platform with a variety of deployment options for smaller teams.
$0
free under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
Pricing
QustodioUntangle NG Firewall
Editions & Modules
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Open Source Firewall
$0.00
free under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
NG Firewall Complete
$25.00
per month
z4 appliance
$299
one-time purchase
z4w appliance
$329
one-time purchase
z4 Plus appliance
$399.00
one-time purchase
z6 appliance
$1199.00
one-time purchase
z12 appliance
$1999.00
one-time purchase
z20 appliance
$3499.00
one-time purchase
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
QustodioUntangle NG Firewall
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
QustodioUntangle NG Firewall
Considered Both Products
Qustodio
Chose Qustodio
Qustodio stacks up well against other products like Norton Family, Kaspersky Safe Kids, and Net Nanny in terms of its features and capabilities. All of these products offer similar features like website filtering, app management, and monitoring of internet activities. However, …
Chose Qustodio
Qustodio is a great product. We reviewed many products in our search for a communication and browser management tool and ultimately arrived at the conclusion that Qustodio was the application for us. It has a clean interface and is easy to use! We are able to customize our …
Untangle NG Firewall
Chose Untangle NG Firewall
Untangle is easier to use and a bit more reliable. Plus the support is very good.
Chose Untangle NG Firewall
I could never come close with these two products to the level of functionality and security I have with Untangle. Simply put, there is absolutely no contest. In addition, the cost of these other solutions was many thousands more than the academic cost for Untangle.
Many times …
Chose Untangle NG Firewall
pfSense and Fortinet FortiGate
Chose Untangle NG Firewall
Simple GUI interface and can run on your hardware a.k.a. old servers with 2 or more NIC's.
Chose Untangle NG Firewall
Untangle NG Firewall has a partnership with third parties to provide an amazing suite of applications. You pay for those. With free software, you have to wait for it to be updated. With Unifi, the hardware was too underpowered to do anything meaningful. I don't mind the monthly …
Chose Untangle NG Firewall
NG Firewall was much more friendly in terms of layout and ease of use, the apps section is familiar to anyone and the config while in a sort of odd order is very clearly laid out. I also appreciate Untangle's endless educational videos and the support can't be beat. Overall …
Chose Untangle NG Firewall
We selected untangle NG due to the flexibility, and the rack based architecture. Period.
Chose Untangle NG Firewall
The Untangle NG Firewall is way more intuitive but the last barracuda I used was almost 8 years ago.
Chose Untangle NG Firewall
We looked at Sonicwall Web Content Filtering Services that can be added to our SonicWall firewall by purchasing a license. Untangle offered more functionality that solved a few of our problems at a cheaper price. Untangle offers a non-profit discount for 501c3 organizations …
Features
QustodioUntangle NG Firewall
Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
Qustodio
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Ratings
Untangle NG Firewall
8.2
Ratings
5% below category average
Identification Technologies00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Visualization Tools00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Content Inspection00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Policy-based Controls00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Firewall Management Console00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Reporting and Logging00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
VPN00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
High Availability00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Stateful Inspection00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Proxy Server00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
QustodioUntangle NG Firewall
Small Businesses

No answers on this topic

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pfSense
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
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Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways
Score 9.6 out of 10
Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
QustodioUntangle NG Firewall
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
QustodioUntangle NG Firewall
Likelihood to Recommend
Qustodio is a great product that has brought our organization's compliance ecosystem to the next level. It allows our firm to ensure safety and appropriate channels of communication both internally and externally, making sure that our employees are abiding by the high standards that are set by the industry. It is well suited for managing risk and maintaining proper communication channels throughout the firm
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Midsized business is where I have used it. Have used it to connect to other Untangle boxes across town and in other countries with NO issues and works with MS Domains across these VPN connections. Probably less appropriate for small home networks or large businesses.
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Pros
  • Have a greate layout
  • Easy to manage
  • Just works great
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  • The firewall is easy to set up and manage.
  • The open VPN while not as feature rich as some other options is rock solid and consistently needs nothing
  • The web filter app is great, it's easy to block broad categories or specific things as well as white list whatever is needed.
  • Support is responsive and accurate.
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Cons
  • Great tool for families, perhaps requires some additional functionality for businesses
  • User interface
  • Monitoring outside of messaging and web content
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  • The UI could be a little flashier.
  • Getting your license file moved from one firewall to another can be tough at times... but support is great if you need it.
  • Ability to upload reports to a portal versus getting them emailed would be best (some reports can get 100+ Mb depending on all the bells and whistles).
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Likelihood to Renew
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Service renewal is in Feb 2021. We will be renewing!
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Usability
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Generally works well but seeing more and more bugs with the OpenVPN app.
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Support Rating
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The phone support reps are highly competent and native-English speakers. big plus vs some other vendors with difficult to understand or less knowledgable support engineers.
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Alternatives Considered
Qustodio stacks up well against other products like Norton Family, Kaspersky Safe Kids, and Net Nanny in terms of its features and capabilities. All of these products offer similar features like website filtering, app management, and monitoring of internet activities. However, Qustodio stands out for its ease of use and user-friendly interface. It also offers more granular controls for setting time limits and restrictions, and the alerts it sends are more detailed and informative. Additionally, Qustodio's customer support is also very responsive and helpful.We selected Qustodio over the other products because it offered the best balance of features, ease of use, and customer support. It was also more cost-effective than some of the other options. Overall, Qustodio has proven to be a reliable and effective solution for our organization's internet usage management needs.
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I could never come close with these two products to the level of functionality and security I have with Untangle. Simply put, there is absolutely no contest. In addition, the cost of these other solutions was many thousands more than the academic cost for Untangle. Many times have I experienced threats and inappropriate content passing through these other products. All of that was stopped the moment I implemented Untangle, even before I started to customize the settings.
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Return on Investment
  • Has added a better sense of customizable security to some of our users that want it.
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  • Easy setup and implementation made ROI easy to achieve. An Untangle HA solution is 1/2-1/3 the cost of a comparable Cisco/Checkpoint/Palo Alto solution.
  • non-business internet usage has nearly ground to a halt.
  • SD-WAN integration made it easy to connect branch offices quickly without complicated IPSEC configuration.
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