Hey, not sure if this is the right community, but looking for some information.

I’ve seen many people strongly recommend AdGuard Home for network-wide ad-blocking either in isolation, or in direct comparison to Pihole. But I can’t really find why there is such a strong recommendation. The only clear reason I’ve seen is that AdGuard is easier to set-up.

However, I already have Pihole set-up on all of my networks on separate Raspberry Pis at each location. I have it running as the DNS server so that every device that connects to the network automatically gets ad-blocking. I have a few groups set-up within Pihole for slightly nuanced blocking — i.e. some of my family still want to use Facebook etc. (on a separate subnet).

So my question is, considering I already have Pihole set-up, am I missing some key benefit that AdGuard Home would provide?

  • Solar Bear@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    I’ve used both, each for a long stretch of time; they are fundamentally extremely similar and you’ll be fine with either. I switched to AdGuard Home entirely because I could run it directly from my OPNSense router instead of a second machine. There isn’t really anything else major I’ve noticed different between them, but my usage is fairly basic. AdGuard’s interface felt a bit more mature and clean, but that’s it.

    If you’re happy with your PiHole, there’s no reason I’m aware of to switch.

  • Qazwsxedcrfv000@lemmy.unknownsys.com
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    1 year ago

    The only edge Adguard Home has over PiHole I can think of is its out-of-box support of encrypted DNS upstream and downstream queries (e.g. DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS).

  • oleorun@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been using a pihole exclusively for years on my Ubiquiti network at home. Combined with Wireguard, it’s a stable, easy ad-blocking solution. I’ve never even considered moving from it, seeing how well pihole Just Works.