Smoothwall Agents and Extensions overview – Smoothwall Help Centre

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. We also recommend adding Filter Backstop to your licence to filter Windows devices.

The table below outlines the differences in the features available on each.

Product area	Feature	Smoothwall Browser	Android Filter App	Cloud Filter Extension	Filter Backstop
Filtering	Filter other apps	Not built in - install the Content Filter Plugin.	Yes, but limited, using Mode 1 for Apps.	Only the browser with the Extension is filtered unless you also use Filter Backstop.	Yes, filter apps and legacy or alternative browsers to Chrome and Edge.
	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.	No
	URL and domain filtering	Yes
	Real-time content filtering	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Search term filtering	Yes			No
	Video filtering	On all versions: Videos are blocked when the full URL is used. Videos are blocked on YouTube. Videos can be accessed through Google using the video ID.	On all versions: Videos are blocked when the full URL is used. Videos can be accessed through YouTube using search or the video ID. Videos can be accessed through Google using search or the video ID.	Yes (version 3.1.0 or higher)	No
	URL Patterns and File Types in Custom Categories	Can’t be set up in Cloud Filter, and are ignored by Cloud Filter when synced from On-Premise Appliance. Can be used when filtering using On-Premise Appliance.
	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: Block for Smoothwall Browser, Cloud Filter Extension and Filter Backstop. Allow for Android Filter App. Do Not Filter is treated as Allow. Limit to Quota is: Allow for Smoothwall Browser and Android Filter App. Ignored by Cloud Filter Extension and Filter Backstop.
	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: Remove QUIC Header SafeSearch via CONNECT header Snapchat URL Rewrite YouTube - Restricted mode via CONNECT header YouTube - Restricted mode via HTTP header	Content Modification is not supported.
	Block page	Yes, the Cloud Filter Block page shows on devices when access is blocked because of a Web Filter Policy.			Yes, the Filter Backstop Block Page shows.
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.	Yes. You can’t report on activity without a Cloud Reporting licence.
Reporting	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.	Any activity on the device can generate 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	No - categories show as allowed, even when blocked on devices.
	Diagnostics	Yes, this page can be accessed and used on all devices.			In a browser not filtered by Cloud Filter Extension, go to 127.0.0.1:5770
	Real Time Filtering Log Viewer	Yes, this page can be accessed and used on all devices.			Filter Backstop filtering is not included in the Real Time Filtering Log Viewer.
	Secret Knock	No - see Option 1 in the Secret Knock article.	Yes	Yes	Secret Knock is done through the Cloud Filter Extension.
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.