We performed a comparison between Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection and Sophos Email based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Email Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Defender for Office 365 has helped eliminate having to look at multiple dashboards and that is the aspect I like most about it. It is simpler, effective, and convenient. The users like the process efficiency."
"The risk level notifications are most valuable. We get to know what kind of intrusion or attack is there, and we can fix a problem on time."
"The deployment capability is a great feature."
"The initial setup was easy."
"Threat Explorer is one of the features that I very much like because it is a real-time report that allows you to identify, analyze, and trace security attacks."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has improved my organization's security. It makes it easier to manage the infrastructure without the help of third-party applications."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365's most valuable features are safe attachments and safe links."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a stable solution."
"I have a lot of control over spam and phishing emails."
"Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection is an easy-to-use solution."
"The best part is, I rarely have to access the portal as everything is set up and tweaked the way I wanted it. But the feature set is incredibly granular and allows for deep levels of customization."
"The deployment is very easy. It's quite straightforward."
"Good VIP protection, time of click protection and the Sandstorm feature."
"The most valuable feature is its email security."
"Sophos Email provides both inbound and outbound filtering."
"The feature of Sophos Email that we find most effective for detecting suspicious emails is primarily based on their signatures."
"I have found Sophos Email to be scalable."
"The solution protects users from phishing links and spam."
"The most significant aspect is the response filtering concerning attachments and links."
"Microsoft sometimes has downtime, and we'll get several incidents coming in back to back. We have a huge backlog of notifications, many of which may be false positives. However, there might be serious alerts, so we can't risk dismissing all of them at once."
"In some situations, it has not been able to pick impersonated emails having no attachments. Technical support definitely has a scope for improvement."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 should improve the troubleshooting tools. It's unclear whether the device is blocked at the firewall level or at the device itself. The granularity needed for troubleshooting is currently lacking. From my perspective, Microsoft should address this issue to benefit many users who likely share the same sentiment."
"We noticed that from time to time, Microsoft's stability does have problems. Sometimes the service goes up and down. Sometimes they change without prior notice."
"One area for improvement is integration. For example, when it comes to external SaaS platforms, we were not able to get a lot of information on integrations with such apps for security and authentication."
"This product's effectiveness could be improved, in terms of detecting unwanted spam or even malware between the emails, compared to other products."
"You should be able to deploy Defender for every subscription without the need to add servers."
"The pre-sales cost calculations could be more transparent."
"The pricing is a little high compared to other products."
"The solution’s pricing is not reasonable."
"I guess I would say maybe quick access to training material for end-users. I know partners have access to this but I as an end-user do not have immediate access to new update information."
"Sophos Email could improve DLP features."
"It was sometimes hard to find the settings in the solution's interface."
"The tool's pricing is expensive. In its future release, the tool should make reporting easier to view."
"I would like to see improvements in the initial setup process, ensuring better compatibility with diverse customer infrastructures."
"Enhancing rule creation and customization features would provide users with greater control over their email security settings."
"Lacks visibility into spam emails."
"Sophos Email can improve security."
"Sophos Email needs to increase the number of promos."
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Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection is ranked 25th in Email Security with 3 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 10th in Email Security with 28 reviews. Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection is rated 9.0, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection writes "A stable product that provides security and control over spam and phishing emails". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Email writes "Provides good identity proxy features, but sandboxing and spam control features could be improved". Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Proofpoint Email Protection, Perception Point Advanced Email Security and Trend Micro Email Security. See our Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection vs. Sophos Email report.
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