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Three Shields, side by side.

Whole-network filtering, SafeSearch, pause and schedules are on every Shield. The difference is how finely you can aim the rules, and what else the box does.

Every Shield includes

Ads, trackers, adult content and phishing blocked
For every device on the network — computers, phones, tablets, TVs and smart devices.
SafeSearch for the whole house
Google, Bing, YouTube and other major search engines.
App blocking for the whole house, and it holds
Social media, games and streaming — 130+ apps by name. Apps built to stay online, TikTok and Meta's among them, are closed on their main route and their backup routes, at the network. We re-test the popular apps every month. How, and the one-take proof →
TrustStream: Shorts and Reels out, the rest kept
TrustStream takes the Shorts and Reels sections out of YouTube, Instagram and Facebook in Safari and other supported browsers, on the devices you choose. Ordinary videos and normal posts stay. It runs inside the Shield in your house, opens nothing else, and keeps no record of what anyone watched. How TrustStream works →
Pause and internet schedules per device
Pause one device's internet or its filtering, or set its bedtime and school-night hours.
Private lookups
At home your Shield looks websites up itself; on borrowed Wi-Fi (travel, on Edge and Vault), lookups are encrypted to a provider you choose (Cloudflare unless you change it). Your internet provider still sees which sites you connect to.
Common ways around the filter blocked
A device's own DNS settings, common encrypted-DNS routes and Apple Private Relay are blocked at the network, and attempts show up on your dashboard. A determined user on a managed device can still use a VPN to tunnel out.
We never see your browsing
No telemetry, no query logs and no browsing history sent to WOMBATS.
No cloud login, no activation server
The dashboard lives on the Shield, on your own network — nothing for us to switch off.
Works with the modems in most Australian homes
About fifteen minutes with the modem's admin login, and Guided Setup walks you through any modem it can't set up by itself. Starlink, eero and other routers you can only set up in a phone app are the exception — talk to us about those before ordering.
Network health and speed tests
Is it the Shield, the modem or the internet?

Where the three differ

Rules for each device

Filtering, SafeSearch and app blocking per device

Different rules for each child's device, including app schedules. Pause and internet schedules per device come with every Shield.

Core: Not included
Edge: Included
Vault: Included

Storage and streaming

Family storage

Photos, videos and files every device in the house can open (SMB).

Core: Not included
Edge: Included
Vault: Included

Streaming to your TV

Movies, music and photos, even to older TVs (Jellyfin, DLNA).

Core: Not included
Edge: Included
Vault: Included

Storage space

Media and file sharing use a USB drive you supply. Vault's built-in drive can be encrypted: encryption switched on when you first set up the drive.

Core: Not included
Edge: Your own USB drive
Vault: 256 GB built in; 1, 2 or 4 TB optional

Mac backups (Time Machine)

Every Mac in the house backs up automatically.

Core: Not included
Edge: Not included
Vault: Included

Travel and away from home

Travel Wi-Fi with a cable

Plug into the accommodation's router and your own filtered Wi-Fi appears.

Core: Not included
Edge: Included
Vault: Included

Travel Wi-Fi without a cable

Joins the hotel or Airbnb Wi-Fi — even networks with a login page. On Edge, with a small USB Wi-Fi adapter as a paid add-on.

Core: Not included
Edge: Add-on ($65 AUD, inc GST), coming soon
Vault: Included

Follow-Me Filtering

Your rules on the kids' phones away from home, through a free app. The phone's owner can switch it off, and it depends on your home internet. On Edge, as a paid add-on with the same per-device rules.

How this works

Most phones connect straight back to your Shield. If your internet connection has no public IP address (Starlink, many 5G and mobile broadband plans, hotel Wi-Fi), the phone connects through our relay in Australia instead — it only routes the connection, it's end-to-end encrypted, it can see a phone's IP address and when it is connected (which we don't log), and there's no subscription.

Core: Not included
Edge: Add-on ($110 AUD, inc GST), coming soon
Vault: Included

Back to Shield

Your dashboard and the family's files from a phone or laptop away from home, through the same free app: pause a device, change a rule, open, copy and save files.

How this works

It runs at your home internet's upload speed: copying files is fine, editing a document live over the connection is slow, and playing video from away isn't supported yet.

Core: Not included
Edge: Not included
Vault: Included

TrustStream

Shorts and Reels out, in supported browsers

Core switches TrustStream on for the house, and it works on every device you add your Shield's certificate to. Edge and Vault switch it on device by device, for the children's devices you choose.

Core: One switch for the house
Edge: Per device
Vault: Per device

The Shorts feed out of the YouTube app on iPhone and iPad (experimental)

In the YouTube app itself, not only the browser. Still experimental: the Shorts feed and scrolling are blocked, but a single clip may still play. The Android app isn't covered.

Core: Not included
Edge: Included
Vault: Included

Content filtering inside TrustStream (best effort)

Looking at what a clip is, not only where it sits. Coming to Vault; it will be best effort.

Core: Not included
Edge: Not included
Vault: Coming soon

Where Shield Core, Shield Edge and Shield Vault differ
Feature	Shield Core	Shield Edge	Shield Vault
Rules for each device	Core	Edge	Vault
Filtering, SafeSearch and app blocking per deviceDifferent rules for each child's device, including app schedules. Pause and internet schedules per device come with every Shield.	Not included	Included	Included
Storage and streaming	Core	Edge	Vault
Family storagePhotos, videos and files every device in the house can open (SMB).	Not included	Included	Included
Streaming to your TVMovies, music and photos, even to older TVs (Jellyfin, DLNA).	Not included	Included	Included
Storage spaceMedia and file sharing use a USB drive you supply. Vault's built-in drive can be encrypted: encryption switched on when you first set up the drive.	Not included	Your own USB drive	256 GB built in; 1, 2 or 4 TB optional
Mac backups (Time Machine)Every Mac in the house backs up automatically.	Not included	Not included	Included
Travel and away from home	Core	Edge	Vault
Travel Wi-Fi with a cablePlug into the accommodation's router and your own filtered Wi-Fi appears.	Not included	Included	Included
Travel Wi-Fi without a cableJoins the hotel or Airbnb Wi-Fi — even networks with a login page. On Edge, with a small USB Wi-Fi adapter as a paid add-on.	Not included	Add-on ($65 AUD, inc GST), coming soon	Included
Follow-Me FilteringYour rules on the kids' phones away from home, through a free app. The phone's owner can switch it off, and it depends on your home internet. On Edge, as a paid add-on with the same per-device rules. How this works Most phones connect straight back to your Shield. If your internet connection has no public IP address (Starlink, many 5G and mobile broadband plans, hotel Wi-Fi), the phone connects through our relay in Australia instead — it only routes the connection, it's end-to-end encrypted, it can see a phone's IP address and when it is connected (which we don't log), and there's no subscription.	Not included	Add-on ($110 AUD, inc GST), coming soon	Included
Back to ShieldYour dashboard and the family's files from a phone or laptop away from home, through the same free app: pause a device, change a rule, open, copy and save files. How this works It runs at your home internet's upload speed: copying files is fine, editing a document live over the connection is slow, and playing video from away isn't supported yet.	Not included	Not included	Included
TrustStream	Core	Edge	Vault
Shorts and Reels out, in supported browsersCore switches TrustStream on for the house, and it works on every device you add your Shield's certificate to. Edge and Vault switch it on device by device, for the children's devices you choose.	One switch for the house	Per device	Per device
The Shorts feed out of the YouTube app on iPhone and iPad (experimental)In the YouTube app itself, not only the browser. Still experimental: the Shorts feed and scrolling are blocked, but a single clip may still play. The Android app isn't covered.	Not included	Included	Included
Content filtering inside TrustStream (best effort)Looking at what a clip is, not only where it sits. Coming to Vault; it will be best effort.	Not included	Not included	Coming soon

“If WOMBATS ceased to exist tomorrow, your Shield would keep working.”— Founder, WOMBATS Shield

Now the prices.

For protection, pause and schedules

Shield Core

Whole-house filtering, with pause and bedtime hours per device

$424AUD, inc GST

Founding price

Standard price from unit 21: $574 plus $25 delivery

Pay in 4From $106.00 a fortnight with Afterpay or PayPal, interest-free — or Zip, with weekly, fortnightly or monthly repayments on Zip's terms.

Same total either way — $424 — and nothing recurring from WOMBATS. Offered at checkout to Australian and New Zealand accounts.

Ads, trackers, adult content and phishing blocked for every device
SafeSearch and app blocking for the whole house
Pause and bedtime hours per device
TrustStream: Shorts and Reels out of YouTube, Instagram and Facebook in supported browsers, with one switch for the house
Security updates until at least 31 December 2029

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For per-child app and SafeSearch rules, and your own media

Shield Edge

Adds rules for each child's device

$524AUD, inc GST

Founding price

Standard price from unit 21: $664 plus $25 delivery

Pay in 4From $131.00 a fortnight with Afterpay or PayPal, interest-free — or Zip, with weekly, fortnightly or monthly repayments on Zip's terms.

Same total either way — $524 — and nothing recurring from WOMBATS. Offered at checkout to Australian and New Zealand accounts.

Everything in Core
Filtering, SafeSearch and app blocking per device
File sharing and a media library, on a USB drive you supply
Travel Wi-Fi over a cable
TrustStream device by device, and the Shorts feed out of the YouTube app on iPhone and iPad (experimental)
Security updates until at least 31 December 2029

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The Flagship

For kids' phones away from home, backups and travel

Shield Vault

Adds built-in storage, cable-free travel Wi-Fi and Follow-Me

$724AUD, inc GST

Founding price

Standard price from unit 21: $914 plus $25 delivery

Pay in 4From $181.00 a fortnight with Afterpay or PayPal, interest-free — or Zip, with weekly, fortnightly or monthly repayments on Zip's terms.

Same total either way — $724 — and nothing recurring from WOMBATS. Offered at checkout to Australian and New Zealand accounts.

Everything in Edge
A free 256 GB internal SSD, a backup drive for any computer (Time Machine for Macs) — paid upgrades to 1 TB, 2 TB or 4 TB
Cable-free travel Wi-Fi
Follow-Me Filtering: your rules on the kids' phones away from home, through a free app
Back to Shield: your dashboard and the family's files from your phone or laptop, away from home
Security updates until at least 31 December 2029

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30-day home trial, worldwide · 12-month warranty plus Australian Consumer Law · Security updates until at least 31 December 2029 · Free AU/NZ dispatch during the founding batch · export orders: no Australian GST, Express courier from $89.

Founding Edition

Whichever Shield, the founding price stays with you for life.

All three models are in the founding batch of 20 numbered Shields. What “locked in for life” means. Free AU/NZ dispatch during the founding batch; export orders: no Australian GST, Express courier from $89.

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