Despite having a higher price than the other products in this review, Cyber Patrol 4.0 has a significantly higher Value for Money score, thanks to its wider range of features, including application monitoring and time-restricted Internet usage. Where other applications simply act as content filters, using ratings systems like RSACi, Cyber Patrol has been designed with a wider view, and we found it an effective method of monitoring and filtering not only Internet content, but also email clients, chat rooms and word processors. As we've discussed, both Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator have ratings-based filtering tools built in, so you might not feel any further protection is necessary. But the above graph demonstrates that, if you want to be sure that your children are being protected, Cyber Patrol 4.0 is the best choice. This chart shows our assessment of the relative value for money for each of the products in this review.
Longer bars represent better value for money.
Products are sorted by price, with the highest price at the top. Where products have the same price, they are shown in alphabetical order. The resulting raw VFM scores are then made relative to the lowest-scoring product. To use the graph, first see which products fall within your chosen price range, by looking at the column of prices on the right. The best value product within that range is then the one with the longest bar.