For cafés, offices, waiting rooms and rentals

Guest Wi‑Fi you're happy to hand anyone.

Adult sites, malware and scams never load on your Wi‑Fi, on any phone or laptop that joins it. One setting on your router, nothing to install, and a sign in the window so customers know.

  • Any router
  • Live in ten minutes
  • No credit card
Made for
  • Cafés and restaurants
  • Medical and dental offices
  • Offices and small teams
  • Rentals and Airbnb hosts
Who it's for

Anywhere strangers borrow your Wi‑Fi.

If your Wi‑Fi password is on a chalkboard, a receipt or a card by the door, you're responsible for what loads on it. Sheepdog Filter keeps it clean without getting in anyone's way.

  • Cafés, restaurants and shops

    Nobody at the next table sees something they shouldn't. Parents let kids use your Wi‑Fi without a second thought.

  • Medical, dental and therapy offices

    Waiting rooms full of kids and families stay safe, and phishing sites are blocked for the front desk too.

  • Offices and small teams

    Scam, phishing and malware sites are stopped for staff and visitors, the cheapest security upgrade you'll ever make.

  • Gyms, salons and studios

    Members and their kids are on your Wi‑Fi all day. Keep it a place you're proud of.

  • Vacation rentals and Airbnb hosts

    Families with kids book your place. Filtered Wi‑Fi is one more reason to pick yours, and to leave a good review.

  • Dorms, group homes and boarding houses

    Safe Wi‑Fi for residents, with a separate, lighter setting for staff.

How it works

Ten minutes, start to finish.

No box to buy and nothing on anyone's phone. Sheepdog Filter works at the internet's "phone book" (DNS), so blocked sites simply never load on your network.

  1. Create your business account

    Guest Wi‑Fi rules are on from the first minute: adult sites, malware, scams, gambling and the VPN tricks people use to get around filters.

  2. Change one router setting

    Paste one address into your router's DNS setting. We walk you through every popular brand, and a real person helps if you get stuck.

  3. Put up your sign

    Print a "Safe Wi‑Fi" sign for your window, counter or rental binder, so customers know you looked after them.

What it stops

The sites no business wants on its Wi‑Fi.

Over 3,500,000 harmful sites on our lists, and new scam and malware sites added every hour. You never have to manage a list.

  • Adult content

    Pornography and explicit sites, blocked on every device on your guest Wi‑Fi.

  • Phishing and scams

    Fake bank, shipping and login pages, blocked before anyone types a password. New ones are added every hour.

  • Malware

    Sites that spread viruses and ransomware, kept off your network and away from your own computers.

  • Gambling

    Online casinos and betting sites, off by default. Switch it back on in one tap if you like.

  • VPNs and proxies

    The usual ways around a filter, stopped, so your rules actually stick.

  • SafeSearch

    Explicit images stay out of Google and Bing results on your Wi‑Fi.

Our promise

Protection, not snooping.

No reading screens

We never see messages, passwords or what's on a page. We only refuse to look up harmful sites.

Staff get their own setting

Your team's devices get a lighter "Staff" setting, so nothing gets in the way of work.

You keep control

Choose how long activity is kept, from 24 hours to two years. Delete everything any time.

Fast and reliable

Runs on Cloudflare's global network. Lookups take a few milliseconds, so your Wi‑Fi feels the same.

Your customers

A small thing customers notice.

Your sign tells guests the Wi‑Fi is safe, and its QR code lets parents set up the same protection at home, free. You see how many families joined through you.

  • A printable "Safe Wi‑Fi" sign with your business's name
  • Your own link for your newsletter, receipts or website
  • Families' activity stays private to them, always

Recommended by Main Street Dental

Protect your family's internet, free.

  • 1Create a free account
  • 2Add your kids and their devices
  • 3Adult sites, scams and VPN tricks blocked at home too
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FAQ

Questions business owners ask.

Something else? Email hello@sheepdogfilter.com and a real person will answer.

Will it work with our router?

Almost certainly. Nearly every router lets you change its DNS setting, including eero, TP-Link, Netgear, Ubiquiti, Meraki and the boxes from internet companies. Our guest Wi‑Fi guide walks through it.

Will it slow down our Wi‑Fi?

No. Lookups take a few milliseconds on Cloudflare's network, often faster than your internet company's.

Will it block our card reader, booking or office software?

No. We only block harmful categories like adult sites, malware, scams and gambling. If anything you need is ever caught, allow it in one tap.

We have a separate staff network.

Great. Point it at your "Staff" setting instead: adult sites, scams and malware blocked, everything else open.

Can guests get around it?

We block the common tricks: VPN apps, web proxies and the encrypted-DNS settings some apps use to sneak past a filter.

We have more than one location.

Add each location that has its own internet connection. Each one can have its own rules.

What does it cost?

It's free to start, with every feature included. If a very busy location ever outgrows the free plan, we'll tell you in your dashboard first.

Safe Wi‑Fi, without an IT department.

Free to start. One router setting.

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