GoGuardian

Name

GoGuardian

Legal name

Liminex, Inc.

Website

https://goguardian.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Education Technology Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

School IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity for K–12 (Network, Identity, SSO) (EDAJAMAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Curriculum, Lesson Planning & Instructional Content Platforms (EDAJAMAD), Learning Device Ecosystems & 1:1 Program Solutions (Devices, MDM, Charging) (EDAJAMAL)

Keywords

• K-12 education software
• Student safety monitoring
• Classroom management tools
• Web filtering services
• Educational technology platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription licensing: GoGuardian generates revenue primarily through annual and multi-year subscription licenses for its K-12 education software suite. Pricing is customized based on enrollment size, contract length, and product bundling. Multi-year commitments are incentivized with discounted rates versus single-year pricing. The company reached $147M ARR in 2024, up from $14.7M in 2017.
2. Professional Services: GoGuardian offers professional services including training, implementation, and consulting support for districts deploying their platform

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

GoGuardian sells a subscription suite of AI-powered K-12 education software covering web filtering and digital safety (Admin), classroom management (Teacher), student self-harm and violence monitoring (Beacon), digital hall pass management (Hall Pass), edtech compliance and risk management (Discover), and AI-embedded instructional tools from lesson planning to assessment (Pear Deck Learning). The products are sold primarily to U.S. K-12 public and private school districts on annual or multi-year subscription contracts.

Product overview

GoGuardian is a K-12 education technology company offering a unified suite of products designed to create safer schools and improve learning outcomes. The portfolio includes core products: GoGuardian Admin (web filtering), GoGuardian Teacher (classroom management), GoGuardian Beacon (student safety monitoring), GoGuardian Hall Pass (digital hall pass management), and GoGuardian Discover (compliance/risk management). The company also owns Pear Deck Learning, which provides AI-powered instructional tools from lesson planning to assessment. The products share a common data architecture processing 2.4B+ daily browsing events and are designed to work across ChromeOS, Windows, macOS, and iPadOS. The platform serves over 25 million students across 10,000 schools nationwide, representing approximately 50% of all K-12 learners in the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GoGuardian Admin: The #1 choice for K-12 web filtering on any OS, with AI-powered threat detection and granular control over filtering policies.
• GoGuardian Teacher
• GoGuardian Beacon
• GoGuardian Hall Pass
• GoGuardian Discover
• Pear Deck Learning
• GoGuardian Parent App

Products and services

• GoGuardian Admin AI-powered K-12 web filtering and digital safety product that provides threat detection, granular filtering policy controls, proactive alerts, and centralized compliance reporting across ChromeOS, Windows, macOS, and iPadOS. It is sold to K-12 school districts and supports 2.4B+ daily browsing events and blocks 18x more proxies than alternatives.
• GoGuardian Teacher Classroom management software that lets K-12 teachers keep students on task, personalize lessons, communicate privately via 1:1 chat, and reclaim instructional time. Used by 2M+ educators and supports 15.3M students.
• GoGuardian Beacon Proactive AI student safety monitoring product that scans student text content (chats, searches, emails, chatbot conversations) for warning signs of self-harm or violence and alerts school staff. Includes customizable alerts, escalation paths, and parent notification through the Parent App. Estimated to have helped prevent 18,623 students from physical harm since March 2020.
• GoGuardian Hall Pass AI-powered digital hall pass management system for K-12 schools that replaces paper passes with automated approvals, real-time oversight, behavioral pattern tracking, Emergency Mode lockdown, and Smart Reports natural-language analytics. Integrates with Google, Microsoft, Clever, and ClassLink.
• GoGuardian Discover Compliance and risk management platform for K-12 district technology leaders that monitors apps against privacy certifications, flags vendor policy changes, identifies shadow IT, and detects unused licenses to optimize edtech spending. Provides a unified view of edtech tool usage, compliance risk, and budget.
• Pear Deck Learning AI-embedded K-12 instructional platform covering lesson planning, live instruction, formative assessment, and practice. Includes Pear Deck, Pear Assessment, Pear Practice, and Pear Start; supports over 8.4 million students and adds real-time translation and read-aloud for ELL students.

Quantifiable outcome

• 18x more proxies blocked compared to alternatives
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability10 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• TutorMecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 August 2024GoGuardian acquired TutorMe for $55 million as part of its strategy to expand tutoring and online learning capabilities. The acquisition was one of the notable deals in the EdTech industry between 2015-2022.
• EdulasticcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 June 2021GoGuardian acquired Edulastic in June 2021 to integrate Edulastic's online assessment capabilities into its digital learning platform. The acquisition aimed to strengthen GoGuardian's offerings for educators and students by expanding its assessment tools.
• ClevercoreTechnology or IntegrationGoGuardian products integrate with Clever Single Sign-On (SSO) and directory systems, enabling seamless authentication and student association for schools using Clever as their identity provider. This integration is part of GoGuardian's multi-platform strategy.
• ClassLinkcoreTechnology or IntegrationGoGuardian products integrate with ClassLink SSO and roster sync capabilities, allowing districts to automatically provision accounts and manage student-device associations through ClassLink's platform.
• GooglecoreTechnology or IntegrationGoGuardian integrates with Google Workspace for Education, including Google Classroom, and supports Google-managed school accounts. The platform collects student Google Profile IDs, images, and organizational units for account association. Google Workspace API usage is limited and not used for generalized AI model training.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationGoGuardian integrates with Microsoft 365 Education and Azure Active Directory, supporting Microsoft Profile IDs and organizational units for account management in Windows and Microsoft-centric school environments.
• Channel PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGoGuardian operates a Channel Partner Program with authorized resellers and integrators who deploy and sell GoGuardian products to K-12 districts. Partners receive access to the Channel Partner Portal and may have additional contractual terms with GoGuardian.
• Vishal Gupta (Chief Technology and Product Officer)coreOthersVishal Gupta joined GoGuardian as CTO and Product Officer in October 2025, bringing over two decades of experience in technology, cybersecurity, and AI from Lexmark International and Unisys Corporation. He leads GoGuardian's technology strategy and innovation.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nearpod: Nearpod provides K-12 interactive instructional and lesson delivery tools, overlapping with Pear Deck Learning's live instruction and formative assessment capabilities.
• Lightspeed Systems: Lightspeed Systems provides K-12 web filtering, mobile device management, and classroom management software to school districts. It competes head-to-head with GoGuardian Admin and Teacher across device ecosystems and district contracts.
• Linewize: Linewize (part of Family Zone) provides K-12 web filtering, classroom management, and student wellbeing tools. It competes with GoGuardian Admin and Beacon, particularly in districts seeking integrated wellbeing analytics.
• Hapara: Hapara focuses on Google Workspace classroom management and student monitoring for K-12, directly competing with GoGuardian Teacher and portions of Admin in Chromebook-centric districts.
• Bark Technologies: Bark offers AI-driven student safety monitoring for schools, including content scanning for self-harm, violence, and cyberbullying. It directly overlaps with GoGuardian Beacon's core use case of detecting student safety signals across district devices.
• Impero Software: Impero offers classroom management, network monitoring, and student safety tools for K-12 schools, overlapping with GoGuardian's filtering, monitoring, and classroom management capabilities.
• Securly: Securly is the most direct competitor to GoGuardian in K-12 web filtering, student safety monitoring, and classroom management. It targets the same U.S. school districts with overlapping products around AI-driven safety and 1:1 device oversight.

Broad incumbents

• iboss: iboss is a broader network security vendor with K-12 cloud-based web filtering offerings. It competes in the same filtering RFPs as GoGuardian Admin but serves a wider enterprise customer base beyond education.

Others

• Clever: Clever is a K-12 identity and SSO platform that integrates with GoGuardian. While not a direct competitor, it is a critical partner in the district stack and an ecosystem participant in how K-12 data and access flow.

Emerging players

• ManagedMethods: ManagedMethods delivers cloud security and student safety monitoring for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 in K-12, overlapping with GoGuardian Admin and Discover around SaaS shadow IT and compliance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A3 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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