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What is Lightspeed Filter?

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. Granular YouTube Controls: SmartPlay™ takes control of YouTube. Allow educational videos and block inappropriate content, thumbnails and time-wasters—in just a click.

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Product Description

No hardware. No hassles. Relay is a whole new way to filter.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Lightspeed Filter, Lightspeed Analytics, Lightspeed MDM, Lightspeed Classroom Management, and Lightspeed Alert empower schools and IT teams to protect their students on and off-campus.


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Year Founded
1999
HQ Location
Austin, TX
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@lightspeedsys
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5.0 out of 5
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Support is great. Logs easy to traverse for problem diagnosis.
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"I am rather new at this job and Lightspeed has been pretty helpful for the most part."
I like that they have a chat feature. The chat feature has been helpful in some basic questions. I like that if that doesn't help, you can then get...
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5.0 out of 5
"Works great for all of our needs"
The dashboard is laid out great. It is easy to use and see.
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Lightspeed Filter Demo - Protect Students with CIPA-compliant content filtering
Lightspeed Filter is the only content filtering software on the market that employs all four key components of accurate, consistent protections: a comprehensive database for effective filtering, always-on web crawling, advanced machine learning, and in-house data scientists.
Lightspeed Filter Demo - Teach and browse YouTube safely
With our proprietary SmartPlay™ technology, Lightspeed Filter makes YouTube a safe and reliable instructional tool.
Lightspeed Filter Demo - Advanced controls for maximum customization
Lightspeed Filter’s advanced controls prevent students from bypassing restrictions. Control policies that allow or deny access based on individuals or groups—from educators to IT administrators to district officials.
Lightspeed Filter Demo - Empower parents with student activity insights
The Lightspeed Parent Portal™ enhances guardian communication by allowing visibility into their child’s internet activity at home to keep them safe, focused, and observing healthy screen time allowances.
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John S.
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter?

Relay is a unified dashboard that allows me to monitor and filter all of our Chrome devices in one place. No more going to 5 different places for filtering, controlling videos, looking where students have been on the internet, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter?

While it's not really a downside, with everything in one place, there is a lot to learn. The tutorials help but the level of granulation available for the various settings means you have to get your hands dirty for a while before you can take full advantage of all the features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lightspeed Filter:

Great product. Streamlines many processes in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Most importantly, we can see concerns about students without needing to know that we need to go in and look. We have been able to get students help for emotional issues and potential self harm issues because the alerts let us know of potential problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nate M.
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What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter?

Lightspeed is miles ahead in its ease of integration and interface navigation. Extremely convenient and fast across all of our devices. Compared to other solutions, Relay also has some of the best and more robust reporting options, with the activity log being very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter?

Group switching is still a little slow compared to other solutions, and iOS filtering still needs some more developement, sepecifically in search query reporting. A smartPAC file solution would be nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lightspeed Filter:

Consider all options and take the time to research thoroughly! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lightspeed has helped us keep internet safety compliance while also being a unified platofrom that makes deployment and management easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jamie R.
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Director of Technology
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Director of IT
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What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter?

The ease of use for IT Admin and Teachers, ability to manage Youtube, and confidence of being able to leave it and forget for the most part and know it's doing its job. On the teacher's side of the coin, the rich features that are available in the classroom side such as view student screens, closing tabs, and sending comments to students through the interface were very useful especially during the time of COVID. Not only could the teachers monitor that their students were on task at home but they were able to assist them with any problems they ran into from a distance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter?

There is nothing I can think of besides extra features, the product has a lot of features already and Lightspeed is always working on more. But more features are always nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lightspeed Filter:

I would recommend Relay to anybody that is looking for a solid solution to push out to their schools to protect students and support teachers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are able to solve student filtering issues with ease as well as student safety. I have used or demo'd many other filters like GoGuardian and Securly but neither one of these comes close to what Relay offers and delivers on. With GoGuardian and Securly the Youtube filter was not as robust as Relays, most schools feel as though it is impossible to filter and manage Youtube without blocking the site outright. With Relay this is not an issue and we are able to allow the rich and educational content of Youtube for students to discover without having a 3rd party product allow these videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joshua B.
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What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter?

The dashboard is laid out great. It is easy to use and see. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter?

Breaking kids into individual schools is challenging without a third party SIS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use filtering and it has made things a lot easier. We can block students from accessing things the teachers wouldn't want to be blocked from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jared L.
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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.

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What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter?

I love how easy the product is to use. I don't have an extensive background in computers, and I was able to read the product directions and roll this product out on our school devices with ease. Relay and Mobile Manager have given us peace of mind and allowed us to have eyes on our student's internet activity. The ability to block specific sites and phrases on student devices has made all the difference in cutting back on internet-related discipline issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter?

I have no significant issues with Lightspeed. I have run into problems when I have updated the OS on student Macbooks, and Lightspeed has not adjusted their product specs to match the OS update. However this is usually resolved quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lightspeed Filter:

It is an excellent product for schools of all sizes and has been especially good for our small school. It has allowed us to stay connected to our student devices, contain security threats, and give insight into our student's state of mind. It is a great tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Monitoring student devices. Device security. Limiting student access to system settings on devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter?

I like that they have a chat feature. The chat feature has been helpful in some basic questions. I like that if that doesn't help, you can then get help from a tech. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter?

There is a delay in response time when I call with a problem. It can take a day or two for someone to get back to me which can be frustrating when I want to get something fixed right away. I could use more hands-on training on filtering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have had some questions about filtering specific sites and making sure that they are categorized correctly.

I like the ease of the dashboard and how I can view things quickly and then investigate issues deeper if necessary. I feel confident using this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anthony C.
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What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter?

Easy to deploy to Chromebooks, very robust dashboard, and easy to apply custom Allow/Deny lists. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter?

The 500 entry list is extremely limiting, I would really like to see this bumped up to at least 1000. Preferably unlimited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Removing the option for our students to go to websites that are harmful, or denied for our domain. Maintain safety and verify safety for students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kevin O.
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What do you like best about Lightspeed Filter?

I love the streamline flow of light speed and the amount of granularity that can be achieved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Filter?

There is a lot of work on the front end for setting up and pushing out the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lightspeed Filter:

Make sure that you understand how to push information through Google admin Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightspeed Filter solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has worked quite well as a filter/ monitoring system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.