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Sergio Verardo - PeerSpot reviewer
IT-Systemingenieur at a educational organization with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Apr 3, 2022
Offers good protection, but the technical support could be improved, and it has reached it's end of life
Pros and Cons
  • "It was successful in preventing malware distribution."
  • "There are also issues with the compatibility of the OS. When using Sophos with Windows and devices, most of them work well, but as soon as we work with macOS and Linux, many issues arise that we do not want to have."

What is our primary use case?

We use Sophos EPP Suite to prevent our clients from getting malware.

How has it helped my organization?

It was successful in preventing malware distribution. We have a large number of clients, over 13,000 in total, and we serve the majority of them.

What is most valuable?

Sophos EPP Suite doesn't really have a lot of features.

What needs improvement?

This signature-based malware prevention method is a little out of date. We are currently attempting to migrate to a newer, cloud-based solution in which we not only use signature-based antivirus scanning but also EDR with processes and similar tools to better recognize potential attacks, which is what the actual version cannot do.

It has not been developed in the last few years.

There are also issues with the compatibility of the OS. When using Sophos with Windows and devices, most of them work well, but as soon as we work with macOS and Linux, many issues arise that we do not want to have.

macOS is incompatible.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Sophos EPP Suite for 10 years. It was already in place when I joined the company.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The server has never been as stable as we would have liked. It is one of the reasons why we would like to move away from Sophos and toward a completely new solution.

How are customer service and support?

The support is deteriorating.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We use the previous version, which will be phased out next year, the Sophos Central console. It's Intercept X's on-premises version.

How was the initial setup?

The initial deployment was completed entirely in-house, either through our software distribution, Barramundi or through the use of any custom script.

The infrastructure is currently maintained by myself, a single person, under the current solution. We have a central server console to which all clients connect, but we also have 14 support groups with their own admins for each department, where they manage their own devices.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

In terms of pricing, it's not because I don't care about the cost; I simply tell them what we require, and someone else will obtain the necessary license.

What other advice do I have?

This problem is that it is no longer implementable because, as previously stated, it was out of sale last year and will be obsolete by next year. If they have to go to the new central solution intercept one, which I have only had limited experience with up to now, So there's nothing I could really say to other potential customers.

Keeping in mind our environment, I must say that we have a very complex environment at our university. And from that perspective, I would rate Sophos EPP Suite a five out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Abdelzaher Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Real User
Dec 31, 2023
Scalable platform with a helpful technical support team
Pros and Cons
  • "Our experience with Sophos has been notable; it's database-driven and efficiently integrates to inspect and protect us against biases, malware, and attacks."
  • "There could be more integration included in Sophos EPP Suite."

What is our primary use case?

We use the product to protect our endpoints, including PCs, laptops, and servers, from threats like malware, viruses, and grayware. It is a smart and well-integrated solution. 

What is most valuable?

The most valuable aspect of the product is stability, particularly when properly sized for endpoint use.

What needs improvement?

There could be more integration included in Sophos EPP Suite.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the platform's stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have ten companies as our customers for Sophos EPP Suite. It is a scalable platform.

How are customer service and support?

The technical team is very smart, intelligent, and helpful.

How was the initial setup?

I followed the step-by-step on cloud implementation process mentioned in their technical documentation.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We've explored various vendors like Sophos and Kaspersky, among others, to meet our security needs.

Our experience with Sophos has been notable; it's database-driven and efficiently integrates to inspect and protect us against biases, malware, and attacks. It is a good solution for smaller companies. One key feature is the seamless integration between Sophos EPP Suite and the firewall. When a compromised host is identified, this information is swiftly relayed to the firewall, enabling proactive protection for other endpoints and machines across our network.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Sophos EPP Suite a ten out of ten. It is a useful tool in terms of availability. We can renew or buy new licenses within a minute.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Operations Manager at a educational organization with 1-10 employees
Real User
Nov 15, 2023
A stable solution for protection against intrusions and software
Pros and Cons
  • "The product is stable."
  • "The user interface is not responsive."

What is our primary use case?

Before Sophos, we had a lot of intrusions and software antivirus impressions but we haven't had such issues since we brought in Sophos.

What is most valuable?

Sophos provides an extra layer of protection.

What needs improvement?

The user interface is not responsive.

For how long have I used the solution?


What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable.

I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

1000 users are using this solution.

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup may be done in a day with the help of one person.

I rate the initial setup a six out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is expensive.

I rate the product’s pricing an eight out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

You need to have your Sophos EPP Suite license, software, and services ready to deploy.

Sophos is a good tool, but it is expensive.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Service delivery senior manager at a retailer with 1-10 employees
Real User
Top 5
Jun 13, 2023
A scalable solution that needs to improve stability and filtering
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution's setup is straightforward and doesn't take much time to complete."
  • "The product's filtering and stability can be better."

What needs improvement?

The product's filtering and stability can be better. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is not stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product's scalability is okay. We have more than 50 users for the product. 

How are customer service and support?

The escalation matrix is slow since the engineers are not knowledgeable about the product. They are not able to troubleshoot the issues. They can only do the standard steps and procedures. 

How was the initial setup?

The solution's setup is straightforward and doesn't take much time to complete. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The tool's licensing costs are yearly and not expensive. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the product a six out of ten. 

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reviewer2201379 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jun 2, 2023
An amazing solution that is affordable and easy to deploy
Pros and Cons
  • "The product’s ease of deployment is its best feature."
  • "The product should improve support and provide more scalable clustering."

What is our primary use case?

I am a managed service provider of the solution.

What is most valuable?

The solution’s price is very attractive for our customers. The product’s ease of deployment is its best feature.

What needs improvement?

The product must consolidate all the consoles. The product should improve support and provide more scalable clustering.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using the solution for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the stability a seven out of ten. Sometimes we face issues because the clustering does not work.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product is scalable. I rate the scalability a seven out of ten. The product has to work on improving the hybrid mode. Our clients are small, medium, and large enterprises.

How are customer service and support?

Support is good. It could be faster.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The solution is easy to install.

What about the implementation team?

The time taken for deployment depends upon the number of users. We can deploy the product in 15 minutes per client. We need one person to deploy the solution and maintain it. We need two hours a week to maintain the solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product’s price is fine. I rate the pricing a five out of ten. The product has a yearly licensing fee. There are no additional costs associated with the product.

What other advice do I have?

The solution is a good choice for people who do not have a budget and want to have a good product. Overall, I rate the product a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Osman Nayan - PeerSpot reviewer
IP/DDOS Senior Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Real User
Jun 1, 2023
Scalable and easy-to-understand solution
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is easy to set up."
  • "The solution could be more stable."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution to reach the company's VPN site and check for security insights.

What is most valuable?

The solution is easy to use and understand.

What needs improvement?

The solution could be more stable.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for one year.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. We have 100 executives using it in our company. Also, we might plan to increase the usage.

How was the initial setup?

The solution is easy to set up and takes ten minutes to complete. It requires five to six executives for deployment and maintenance.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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reviewer2166660 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
MSP
Apr 26, 2023
Good antivirus and endpoint security with an easy setup
Pros and Cons
  • "It's very light on the endpoints."
  • "There could be enhancements made to the DLP."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution in situations where clients need broad security. We use it as a firewall, HA, and as a VPN.

How has it helped my organization?

The solution integrates well with the Sophos Firewall. We have the advantage of better security and blocking capabilities. It can be locked with a firewall even if there's no antivirus. If something is not running, it can still block and quarantine content. 

What is most valuable?

There are a lot of great features.

There is very effective protection.

We can integrate it with other apps. We integrate it ourselves. The integration process is very easy.

The antivirus and endpoint security are good. It enhances protection.

It is not a heavy product. It's very light on the endpoints. 

The solution is stable. 

Technical support is good. 

The setup is easy.

It offers good pricing. 

What needs improvement?

There could be enhancements made to the DLP. It should have similar features that CrowdStrike or SentinelOne. They can protect the endpoint more effectively. Both of these solutions are better than Sophos; however, in our region, the pricing of Sophos is better. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze. I'd rate stability eight out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I don't have many large customers and therefore did not really test the scalability. That said, Sophos has the ability to place the solution in remote sites to provide more security to distant endpoints. 

We do not implement the solution with big customers. 

We have 13 customers using the solution. 

How are customer service and support?

Sophos' support is good. We haven't had issues when dealing with them.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I'm also familiar with CrowdStrike and SentinelOne, which are more expensive even though they have more useful features. 

We had used SonicWall as well. However, the pricing was not ideal, and the support was not good. The appliance of SonicWall does not have too much processing power either. It did not meet our needs. Sophos has a smaller footprint. We can use a smaller Sophos appliance compared to SonicWall. This made it cheaper while offering more processing power. 

How was the initial setup?

The deployment in a company of my size takes less than one day. 

The management console is in the cloud, which makes it very easy to access. 

There were approximately seven people involved in the deployment. They found it to be very simple and straightforward. 

What about the implementation team?

My team handled the initial implementation. We did the setup in-house. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is pretty decent. It's a good price. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. 

We do not sell this solution at a regular frequency, and therefore I can't speak to the exact pricing. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We only really have three options in our region based on price constraints. We've tried SentinelOne or Palo Alto. However, the pricing makes it very difficult. Companies can't invest too much in devices such as these. 

What other advice do I have?

We sell Sophos, among other solutions. 

Sophos is a good solution. We have had very few issues. It's stable and offers good cost-benefit.

The firewall is very secure, and we like that the console is on the cloud. There are a lot of really good points when looking at Sophos. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

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Founder Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Sep 29, 2022
A very scalable solution with great tech support and valuable web and application control features
Pros and Cons
  • "The web control and the application control are two good features."
  • "From our enrollment perspective, I would say maybe it could be a little lighter in terms of agent usage so that there is less computer utilization."

What is our primary use case?

I use this solution to protect my endpoints from malware, ransomware, and viruses. My company also implements this solution for some of our customers. 

What is most valuable?

The web control and the application control are two good features. 

What needs improvement?

My use case is very, very simple. The solution gives me protection from the latest attacks, and visibility into the cloud. I don't have any integration use cases, so from our enrollment perspective, I would say maybe it could be a little lighter in terms of agent usage so that there is less computer utilization.

For how long have I used the solution?

I started using this solution recently, about four or five months ago. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a stable product. So far, I haven't had any issues from an endpoint perspective with it blocking something that I'm trying to use, or anything of that sort. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Around 10 people are using this solution in my company. It's definitely scalable. I know people who are using it for over 500,000 users.

I don't plan to increase its capacity because my number of users won't be increasing much, so I would rather look at moving from endpoint protection to VDR. Then I would have the basic protection, and on top of that I would get the Zero-day endpoint protection and advanced protection for user-less attacks.

How are customer service and support?

If we require any support for integration, performance, or product-related issues, we reach out to technical support. We have been surprised that they have continued to improve their services in terms of response time and everything else.

I would rate the support as a five out of five. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I used McAfee before I switched to this solution. I wanted to use this product to get our team used to it since we give it to our customers. Our renewal for McAfee came up, and I started looking for something we could install and manage centrally because previously, we were working with single-user legacies and standalone endpoints. I wanted something that was corporate-friendly and manageable.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was very straightforward. First, you need to have an account, and then you just install the agents, and communication between the cloud and the agents happens.

What about the implementation team?

I'm the technical person, so I did the implementation. It took me about a day. I would rate the setup as a four out of five because there is always room for improvement. 

Since it is a cloud product, updates happen automatically. The only thing is that from time to time, an update happens, and the agent does not automatically restart, so it requires a restart.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

If you compare this to other solutions from a pricing perspective, the enterprise version of Sophos turns out to be cost-effective. For example, if you currently have endpoint protection from Felix, Sophos would be comparatively cost-effective. In terms of the difference, I would say around 15% to 20%. I would rate the pricing as a four out of five. 

What other advice do I have?

My advice to those considering this solution would be to look for compatibility with the operating system. If you have a heterogeneous environment like Linux or Aqua, make sure they're compatible in terms of version support and everything. Nowadays, endpoint protection is quite mature for almost all of the ends, so the only thing you need to look at is the compatibility. Otherwise, it's simple because most of the time the server management is the most difficult thing, but it's all taken care of in the cloud version, so you don't have to do anything. You just install the license and push the policies on the central server. 

I would rate this solution as a nine out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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