Hāpara Filter vs LanSchool
Compare two web filters offered by K-12 education companies.
Overview
School districts have several web filter options. Hāpara and LanSchool both offer web filters that use artificial intelligence (AI) to block content. Their set-up and AI abilities are not the same, though.
This page will compare Hāpara Filter and the LanSchools DNSFilter to help you decide which product can best protect learners across your school district.
What does Hāpara do as a LanSchool alternative?
Hāpara offers a comprehensive suite of K-12 tools that make remote and in-person learning on Chromebooks easier and more effective.
What does LanSchool do?
LanSchool is a Lenovo product that offers a classroom management tool plus student safety and content filtering tools through partners.
An overview of Hāpara Filter
Hāpara Filter is a LanSchool alternative and web filter built for K-12 schools and districts. It’s powered by real-time AI and understands context across student online activity. Hāpara Filter also takes a pedagogical approach by supporting digital citizenship.
An overview of DNSFilter
LanSchool partnered with DNSFilter to bring schools a web filter that uses AI to block categories of content and URLs. It also keeps school networks safe from malware, phishing, viruses and other threats.
How they compare
Features
Hāpara Filter
LanSchool’s DNSFilter
Devices
Hāpara Filter works across devices for in-person and remote learning when students are logged in to their school Google accounts.
DNSFilter works across devices on Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android and ChromeOS.
Technology administrator management
Technology administrators can set up Hāpara Filter within a few minutes. Once set up, the web filter begins safeguarding students.
Technology administrators need to set up content filtering policies by website category or any number of individual URLs.
Teacher management
With Hāpara Filter, teachers can approve websites while learning is happening. They don’t need to ask technology administrators to approve sites.
DNSFilter doesn’t offer a teacher management option.
YouTube
School districts don’t have to block YouTube when using Hāpara Filter. It works in real-time to understand which content has educational value. The web filter blurs inappropriate parts and mutes audio when necessary so that students can safely use YouTube for class.
With DNSFilter, technology administrators can block specific YouTube URLs when they set up their content policies.
Video, audio, images and text
Hāpara Filter intelligently blurs video, images and text, while also muting audio that is harmful or inappropriate across learners’ online activity. The web filter also works during remote Zoom or Google Meet class sessions.
LanSchool offers a free tool called Image Removal that uses AI to block inappropriate images.
Google games and games on Google Sites
Hāpara Filter blocks Google games and games on Google Sites. Other web filters aren’t able to recognize them as games, so they don’t block them.
With DNSFilter, technology administrators can block individual Google Site or game URLs.
Ads and tracking
Hāpara Filter blocks tracking and ads, while also anonymizing student Google searches.
DNSFilter doesn’t specifically anonymize Google searches or block ads and tracking.
Student Privacy Pledge signatory
Hāpara is a signatory of the Student Privacy Pledge. Read here about how they protect student data.
LanSchool is not currently a Student Privacy Pledge signatory.
Mental health detection
Hāpara Filter’s Wellness Module detects signs of student wellness issues across online activity and sends administrators mental health alerts.
LanSchool offers Bark, a mental health alert tool, for free to schools and districts.
How they compare
Hāpara Filter
Devices
Hāpara Filter works across devices for in-person and remote learning when students are logged in to their school Google accounts.
Technology administrator management
Technology administrators can set up Hāpara Filter within a few minutes. Once set up, the web filter begins safeguarding students.
Teacher management
With Hāpara Filter, teachers can approve websites while learning is happening. They don’t need to ask technology administrators to approve sites.
YouTube
School districts don’t have to block YouTube when using Hāpara Filter. It works in real-time to understand which content has educational value. The web filter blurs inappropriate parts and mutes audio when necessary so that students can safely use YouTube for class.
Video, audio, images and text
Hāpara Filter intelligently blurs video, images and text, while also muting audio that is harmful or inappropriate across learners’ online activity. The web filter also works during remote Zoom or Google Meet class sessions.
Zoom and Google Meet
Hāpara Filter blurs out any inappropriate text or images during remote video class meetings. Because the web filter works in real-time, teachers can focus on instruction.
Google games and games on Google Sites
Hāpara Filter blocks Google games and games on Google Sites. Other web filters aren’t able to recognize them as games, so they don’t block them.
Ads and tracking
Hāpara Filter blocks tracking and ads, while also anonymizing student Google searches.
Student Privacy Pledge signatory
Hāpara is a signatory of the Student Privacy Pledge. Read here about how they protect student data.
Mental health detection
Hāpara Filter’s Wellness Module detects signs of student wellness issues across online activity and sends administrators mental health alerts.
LanSchool’s DNSFilter
Devices
DNSFilter works across devices on Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android and ChromeOS.
Technology administrator management
Technology administrators need to set up content filtering policies by website category or any number of individual URLs.
Teacher management
DNSFilter doesn’t offer a teacher management option.
YouTube
With DNSFilter, technology administrators can block specific YouTube URLs when they set up their content policies.
Video, audio, images and text
LanSchool offers a free tool called Image Removal that uses AI to block inappropriate images.
Google games and games on Google Sites
With DNSFilter, technology administrators can block individual Google Site or game URLs.
Ads and tracking
LanSchool is not currently a Student Privacy Pledge signatory.
Mental health detection
LanSchool offers Bark, a mental health alert tool, for free to schools and districts.