{"id":21168,"date":"2018-05-07T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/blog\/why-schools-choose-lightspeed-systems-over-goguardian\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T14:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:47:58","slug":"why-schools-choose-lightspeed-systems-over-goguardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/pt\/blog\/why-schools-choose-lightspeed-systems-over-goguardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Por que as escolas escolhem os sistemas Lightspeed\u2122 em vez do GoGuardian, Securly e ContentKeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why schools choose Lightspeed Systems<\/h2>\n

As the needs of your district evolve, it\u2019s critical to find a web filter that adapts to your needs and the emerging K-12 technologies you need to integrate. After all, your school\u2019s filter is about more than being CIPA-compliant: it\u2019s about protecting your students wherever they go online.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Lightspeed\u2019s filter comes in. Lightspeed Filter\u2122<\/a> (formerly Relay) combines decades of web filtering experience and AI-learning with a trained support specializing\u202fin meeting\u202fthe needs of your school, district, or hybrid learning environment.<\/p>\n

To\u202fhelp you select the best web filter\u202ffor your school or district, we examine eight ways our filter outclasses the competition. While there are many good filters in the market, the others fall short of Lightspeed Filter on both price and features.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re comparing\u202fLightspeed Systems\u202fto GoGuardian, Securly, ContentKeeper, or any other filter<\/a>, read on to see what sets Lightspeed apart from the pack.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1. Lightspeed Filter covers every device, everywhere<\/h2>\n

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Built exclusively for K-12 and backed by 20 years of web indexing and machine learning, Lightspeed Filter ensures CIPA-compliance on every device, app, browser, and operating system in any learning environment.<\/strong> The Lightspeed Platform is a hardware-free, cloud-based integrated suite of solutions that offers filtering, monitoring, management, and more for all your devices.<\/p>\n

Some filters can filter on any OS\u2014but only when the device is on\u202fyour school network. Other products can filter devices anywhere students take them\u2014but are only compatible with one or two operating systems. Lightspeed Filter\u2019s advanced AI-powered agents expand student safety to the cloud on Chrome, Windows, Mac, and iOS, meaning\u202fall your school-owned devices are filtered, everywhere\u202fthey go.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what one of our satisfied customers, Randy Kelch of Georgia-Cumberland Academy, had to say. \u201cWith remote learning, students had the same content filter at home that they have at school. This gives us confidence that content on school-owned devices is filtered.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2. Lightspeed is\u202fbetter at filtering<\/h2>\n

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No other solution has a database like ours.\u202fWe\u2019ve built the most mature and comprehensive database in the industry from 20 years of web-crawling to automatically block millions of inappropriate, distracting, and harmful URLs.<\/p>\n

Other solutions allow inappropriate content, block good content, and force you to make manual adjustments. Unlike other filters that over-block, Lightspeed can differentiate between similar but crucially different types of sites, such as between adult gaming and educational gaming.<\/p>\n

In fact, in a recent study assessing CIPA compliance,<\/a> Lightspeed Filter was the only solution to successfully block 100% of pornographic content.<\/strong> The other filters allowed up to 60% of harmful content through.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce we moved to Lightspeed Filter,\u201d said John Lenhart of Dallastown Area School District, \u201cwe started saving hours a week\u2014every week\u2014and the difference was immediately obvious. The filter blocks sites only when necessary, and we\u2019ve definitely seen a performance increase from the students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jason Horsman of Central Unified School District added, \u201cWe were using GoGuardian but found that Lightspeed gave us similar features at a better price.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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3. Lightspeed Filter lets you teach and browse YouTube safely<\/h2>\n

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With our proprietary SmartPlay\u2122 technology,\u202fLightspeed Filter\u202fmakes YouTube a safe and reliable instructional tool.<\/a><\/p>\n

Granular controls for YouTube allow access to educational channels or videos, while blocking:<\/p>\n