You can install one of three Smoothwall Agents or Extensions on devices to apply filtering both on-site and off-site (when not using your organisation’s network):
- Smoothwall Browser for iPadOS devices (iPads)
- Android Filter App
- Cloud Filter Extension for Windows, ChromeOS or macOS devices
The table below outlines the differences in the features available on each.
| Product area | Feature | Smoothwall Browser | Android Filter App | Cloud Filter Extension |
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| Filtering | Filter other apps | Not built in - install the Content Filter Plugin. | Yes, but limited, using Mode 1 for Apps. | No, only the browser with the Extension is filtered. |
| Image and Video Blurring | No | No | Yes, in the browsers that the Cloud Filter Extension filters. For Windows and ChromeOS, not for macOS, Android, iOS or iPadOS. Install the Image and Video Blurring Extension. |
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| URL and domain filtering | Yes | |||
| Real-time content filtering | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Search term filtering | Yes | |||
| Video filtering |
On all versions:
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On all versions:
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Yes (version 3.1.0 or higher) | |
| URL Patterns and File Types in Custom Categories |
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| Allow or Block Web Filter Policies | Yes, these can be created in Cloud Filter or synced from On-Premise Appliance. | |||
| Do Not Filter, Soft Block and Limit to Quota Web Filter Policies |
Can’t be set up in Cloud Filter, but are synced from On-Premise Appliance. Soft Block is treated as:
Do Not Filter and Limit to Quota are treated as Allow. |
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| Web Filter Policies for individual usernames | Yes. These can’t be set up in Cloud Filter, but are synced from On-Premise Appliance. | |||
| Content Modification | Smoothwall Browser supports the Force SafeSearch Content Modification only. | Content Modification is not supported. |
All Content Modifications relevant to Cloud, excluding:
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| Block page | Yes, the Cloud Filter Block page shows on devices when access is blocked because of a Web Filter Policy. | |||
| Reporting | Data used in Cloud Reporting |
Only activity within Smoothwall Browser is logged. You can’t report on activity without a Cloud Reporting licence. |
All activity on the device is logged. You can’t report on activity without a Cloud Reporting licence. |
Only activity within the browser with Cloud Filter Extension installed is logged. If you don’t have a Cloud Reporting licence, you can report on activity in On-Premise Appliance. |
| Safeguarding Alerts | Only activity within Smoothwall Browser generates Safeguarding Alerts. | Any activity on the device can generate Safeguarding Alerts. | Only activity within the browser with Cloud Filter Extension installed generates Safeguarding Alerts. | |
| Device management | Test page | No - categories show as allowed, even when blocked on devices. | No - categories show as allowed, even when blocked on devices. | Yes |
| Diagnostics | Yes, this page can be accessed and used on all devices. | |||
| Real Time Filtering Log Viewer | Yes, this page can be accessed and used on all devices. | |||
| Secret Knock | No - see Option 1 in the Secret Knock article. | Yes | Yes | |
| Other Qoria products | Monitor, including Cloud Scan | Yes - installing Smoothwall Browser also installs Monitor. | No - Monitor can’t be used on Android devices. | No - install the Monitor Extension. |