The company's services monitor student activity online, filter content, and alert school officials to possible suicidal or self-harm ideation.

[2] Its feature set includes computer filtering, tracking, monitoring, and management, as well as usage analytics, activity flagging, and theft recovery for ChromeOS devices.

[5] In January 2015, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) chose GoGuardian to support their 1:1 device rollout program.

[13][14] GoGuardian products allow teachers and administrators to view and snapshot students' computer screens, close and open browser tabs, and see running applications.

American School Counselor Association ethics chair Carolyn Stone said that GoGuardian's ability to track web searches conducted at home is "intrusive" and is "conditioning children to accept constant monitoring" as normal.

The EFF has presented problems with GoGuardian Beacon being used to replace social workers and other mental health professionals in a school landscape.