I like how we can use this to decrease our aws request as it caches reapeated data.It decreases our latency and server cost. We use this to manage websites which can be opened through as blocking social media websites. There is strong community support in Ubuntu Server 18.04 lts if there any issue .

It advanced features are difficult for beginner . It have squid.conf file which is hard to understand.

We have high server cost problem earlier due to repeated request. This have caching features which minimize the request that are made to the server so it decrease our aws bill. Our latency decreases on repeated request. Some websites are blocked like social media .

It is free and it works well. The learning curve is minimal.

It would be nice to have a GUI but it is not all that bad to work with text files.

It provides a way to proxy internet traffic for specific purposes such as having servers (that are blocked from direct internet traffic) use it to get to specific internet sites.

Squid proxy server is the best open-source solution for small or medium organizations. Its user interface with the web is excellent. You can manage it easily its very simple to manage

squid content filter can be better as its not filter properly and if this provide captive portal as well that would be great choice for any IT administrator content filter is basic required

we required for webfilter as hardware firewall is very costly and squid is open source so that not affect company's it budget and thats the major banifits which i guess