Quad9 Reviews

Quad9 is a DNS filter, so it filters unwanted malware. It's one of the five layers of protection I use. I have a router with a firewall enabled plus DNS filtering. Each device has Norton 360 installed. 

We've had performance problems with Quad9. It isn't responding fast enough. 

I was using a different DNS filter, and I switched to Quad9 a year and a half ago. I stopped using it because it slowed down and froze on some of the requests. I switched to OpenDNS and had no more issues. 

I have experience with Quad9 and most other filtering solutions. Quad9 was working well initially, but it started slowing, so I switched to OpenDNS. I recently checked Tom's Hardware, an IT review site, and read a review of seven DNS filters. Open DNS was ranked the fastest, and Quad9 was second. Google was on there too, but they said it didn't filter enough. 

Setting up Quad9 is straightforward if you know what you're doing, and it's easy to use overall. 

I rate Quad9 five out of 10. It used to work fine for all the devices, but it started to slow and become non-responsive. I would have to reload the page two or three times before all the pages loaded. With OpenDNS, I only need to load the page once. 

Ensure the platform is stable where you are. It might work fine elsewhere. It could be something to do with the servers or load balancing in Canada, but I'm not getting fast responses to my query. 

We were using Quad9 to prevent our users from accidentally landing on suspicious websites.

There's no reporting, but we're hoping that our users have been able to avoid malicious websites.

The most valuable feature of Quad9 is that it is a free solution.

Quad9 could improve by having any reporting.

I have been using Quad9 for over a year.

Quad9 is stable.

We have approximately 700 people using the solution. The solution is being used throughout our company. 

Quad9's website is functional enough to retrieve the information needed for what we use it for in the free service.

We've used Cisco content filtering, but it's not the same; Cisco is just a content filter by category, not an immediate threat filter.

The initial setup of Quad9 was simple and can be done within minutes.

We did the implementation of Quad9 in-house. The solution does not require any maintenance.

Quad9 is a free solution, therefore we have seen a return on investment.

The price of Quad9 is free.

We evaluated other solutions before selecting Quad9, such as OpenDNS. OpenDNS was bought by Cisco and turned into another solution called Cisco Umbrella, which is now a premium service. We chose Quad9 over it because it's free.

If you need reporting, you'll need a premium service.