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Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] vs Sophos Endpoint comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...
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Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
122
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (4th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (3rd), Ransomware Protection (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
Dell Data Protection - Endp...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sophos Endpoint
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (17th)
 

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration
Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.
Mohammad Shahabuddin Anwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Health Care Integration Engineer at RamSoft
Confident backups have enabled reliable rollbacks and supported multi-cloud growth
Central management is one of the main use cases of Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL]. Comprehensive workload coverage in Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] helps us back up our data. Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] has positively impacted our organization because we were able to test and implement changes confidently, knowing that if something goes wrong, we can roll back the changes. This confidence in our recovery capabilities helped us grow and conduct more research and development. Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] offers very fast recovery time capabilities.
Ashutosh Jha - PeerSpot reviewer
Project engineer at IT Solution india private limited
Endpoint protection has strengthened malware defense and simplifies web and peripheral control
I would give Sophos Endpoint a rating of nine out of ten because it is working very well. I have cut one point because it has no solution for on-premises. Additionally, it has no solution for any Linux-based system endpoints. I have to install the server protection on Linux machines, which is why I am cutting one point for Sophos Endpoint. Sophos Endpoint should include the Linux endpoint agent and should provide a solution for Linux endpoints as well, because the server license is costly and nobody wants to use the server license on an endpoint machine. Sophos Endpoint should have a Linux endpoint independent agent as well.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Cortex XDR's most valuable feature is its intelligence-based dashboards."
"There has been a significant reduction of approximately 70% to 80% in our internal MTTR and MTTD metrics, now around five to eight minutes whereas previously it was hours, which has helped tremendously."
"We switched because there were a lot of added features with Palo Alto that Check Point didn't have, and it was an upgrade for us."
"WildFire AI is the best option for this product."
"Cortex XDR lets us manage several clients from the same console, and its endpoint defense is more advanced than traditional antivirus."
"The positive impacts I see from Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks include a complete 360-degree view of our security posture altogether, being a uniform platform where we are ingesting logs from multiple resources."
"When the pandemic started, Palo Alto came up with many solutions, which helped with the quick shift from on-premises to the cloud."
"We use it for malicious connections from malicious websites, to identify payloads that might be inside the traffic, to identify malicious processes or bugs that are running on the network, and any activities that tend to lead to data infiltration."
"The security engine is effective at catching potential threats."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its speed, backup speed, and restore speed."
"There's a really they have a really nice way to test it first. Before you adopt it. And so I would suggest trying to they they create a test site for you, and they give you a link to it, and you can basically try out all the features on your own for I think we did it for a month."
"Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL] has positively impacted our organization because we were able to test and implement changes confidently, knowing that if something goes wrong, we can roll back the changes."
"Technical support is excellent."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is a stable solution. Our company faces no problems with the backup system…The initial setup wasn't complex."
"Dell Data Protection has a decent service and integrates well with users' active directories."
"The rest of the Sophos product and the technology and utility of the suite is beautiful."
"The product is stable."
"This product is quite stable and there are no problems with it."
"The most valuable feature is data loss prevention."
"Sophos EPP Suite has the capability to stop infections from spreading around the internal network even after the problems have infiltrated it."
"The product’s selling point is its ability to protect against zero-day threats and its integration with the firewall."
"The most valuable features of Sophos EPP Suite are the synchronized threat and ransomware protection."
"It was successful in preventing malware distribution."
 

Cons

"If he is using a smaller company, he can depend on some other tools because Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a bit expensive."
"There are some third-party solutions that are difficult to integrate with, which is something that can be improved."
"I don't like that they have different types of licenses. For example, if users select a license, they think they will have all the platforms they need to improve their network or security. But after some time, Palo Alto Networks changed their licensing, and some of the features that, for example, were free at the beginning now have a cost. I think the integration can be improved. For example, a lot of tools are just integrated through APIs."
"The installation should be easier and the Palo Alto pre-sales and sales teams should have more information on the product because they don't know what they are selling."
"On the pricing aspect, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks needs to have a more reasonable rate, particularly for customers in Sri Lanka and Asian countries."
"The technical support is not very good. I find the process difficult."
"The server sometimes stops continuously to check things so it would be helpful to receive access updates or technical reasons."
"Basically, they don't provide customer support tools just to investigate the logs."
"Whenever we talk about reporting, I have a chance to look at the reporting, and in my opinion, it's not user-friendly."
"The backup speed and deduplication are the most valuable features."
"Deployment complexity is higher in Dell Data Protection - Endpoint Security Suite [EOL], and the user interface could be improved significantly."
"Implementation in a beta environment is necessary before rollout to the larger community."
"The solution’s user interface should be made more user-friendly."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"I consider the product pretty expensive, so from an improvement perspective, I would like the pricing to be better."
"The restore feed needs improvement."
"I would like to see more integration with different platforms."
"The update part is a bit tricky in the solution...The support is not that good."
"The product is not secured and doesn't offer a fast connection."
"In the future, I would like to see better third-party integration so that it can work in conjunction with our ticket system."
"Scalability is a bit limited. There are times you are supposed to open up the APIs for other vendors or developers to plug in their product information; however, currently, Sophos integrates well only with its own products."
"Technical support could be improved - quicker and better. Support is the bad side of Sophos."
"Sophos is lacking in the granularity of optimization, so having more control would be better."
"The user interface is not responsive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay about $50,000 USD per year for a bundle that includes Cortex XDR."
"Cortex XDR’s pricing is very reasonable."
"I don't like that they have different types of licenses."
"Our license will require renewal in August, after which the maintenance will continue as usual."
"Every customer has to pay for a license because it doesn't work with what you get from a managed services provider."
"The price of the solution is high for the license and in general."
"The solution has one subscription for endpoint protection and one subscription for detection and response. The two licenses combined give you the BRO version."
"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is an expensive solution."
"You'll need to pay more than the product's original price for the support."
"It is more expensive than one of its competitors."
"It is an expensive solution."
"We purchased a three-year license, which gave us a large discount."
"There are licenses to use this solution and we are on a three-year license."
"The tool’s price is the same as its competitors."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."
"The pricing for this solution is ok."
"When compared to Fortinet, the renewal and subscription is quite expensive."
"Willing to discount when you are switching from another product. Upgrading services will end up costing more, as expected."
"My company has a yearly license agreement with Sophos EPP Suite."
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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider
14%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
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Outsourcing Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business50
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise57
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Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business44
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise15
 

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
DDP, ESS
EPP Suite
 

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