Diladele Web Safety vs NextDNS

Diladele Web Safety is a web filter and secure web gateway for inspecting and filtering internet traffic across a network. It can decrypt, inspect, filter, and re-encrypt incoming and outgoing TLS traffic. Administrators can block sites through more than 50 regularly updated categories and manually recategorize them. The software also supports EasyList ad blocking and download restrictions based on filename, detected contents, MIME type, and file size. Traffic reports cover visited and blocked sites, user activity, bandwidth, and prohibited categories; reports can be saved locally, exported as CSV, or emailed. Proxy users can be grouped by IP address, subnet, username, or Microsoft Active Directory security group. Authentication options include Kerberos, NTLM, Basic LDAP, and Microsoft Entra ID Captive Portal. Deployment options include virtual appliances for VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, Azure, and AWS, or installation on Ubuntu 26.04 hardware, with browser-based administration. The vendor describes home and school filtering uses, including Internet Watch Foundation prevention database support. A free small business license covers up to seven filtered devices or users; paid plans start at €299 a year.

NextDNS filters internet traffic to block security threats, ads, and trackers, and offers controls for supervising children's access across devices and networks. Its listed threat protections include malware, phishing, cryptojacking, DNS rebinding, lookalike domains, typosquatting, domain generation algorithms, and newly registered domains. Parental controls include category blocking, SafeSearch, YouTube Restricted Mode, and blocks for specific sites, apps, and games, plus scheduled Recreation Time. DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS provide encrypted DNS connections. Users can disable logging or choose retention from one hour to two years and select storage in the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, or Switzerland. The free plan costs nothing and includes 300,000 queries per month; after the limit, it continues answering as a non-blocking DNS service. Pro costs £1.79 a month. Business and Education each cost £17.90 a month, for every 50 employees or 250 students respectively. Free and Pro list community support; Business and Education list email support.