We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender for Office 365 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."The technical support is good and quick to resolve issues."
"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."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 helps people to work remotely. It is a secure solution. We don't need to use our company's computers or get VPN connections to the networks. I can control how they share screens and what they send to the devices. It keeps our organizations confidential and sensitive information safe."
"The product is not resource-intensive."
"I would say that 90% of the spam and phishing attack emails get blocked right off the bat."
"The most valuable feature is protection against malicious links, fishing, and impersonation. You can train people to be aware of these threats, but they're not always careful. When they're using their phones between meetings, they click on a link, and it's game over."
"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."
"The initial setup was easy."
"The deployment is very easy. It's quite straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is its email security."
"The most significant aspect is the response filtering concerning attachments and links."
"The feature of Sophos Email that we find most effective for detecting suspicious emails is primarily based on their signatures."
"Sophos Email is in the cloud and integrated with its firewall."
"The tool is a good solution for protecting against email attacks and monitoring networks. It supports our compliance efforts and is easy to use and stable."
"I find the comprehensive features of Sophos Email most valuable."
"I have found Sophos Email to be scalable."
"The UI needs to be more user-friendly."
"There needs to be an improvement in integrating the product to work across multiple operating systems, and to have better support for non-Microsoft file types."
"Configuration requires going to a lot of places rather than just accessing one tab."
"You should be able to deploy Defender for every subscription without the need to add servers."
"One area for improvement is support, in terms of being able to reach them and, especially, technical support for configuration."
"They have moved features from one console to another. Things have been moved around in the interface and it takes me time to find where certain features are."
"The visibility for the weaknesses in the system and unauthorized access can be improved."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 should be more proactive."
"The tool's pricing is expensive. In its future release, the tool should make reporting easier to view."
"A lot of legit emails get quarantined."
"The tool’s stability should be improved."
"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 mail security."
"Sophos Email has few improvements to implement, including the handling of incoming emails in the systems. It needs to add additional feature that helps in enhancing the scanning processes of these emails. While adding these features, it should work towards improving the current features also."
"Sophos Email could improve DLP features."
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is ranked 1st in Email Security with 41 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 10th in Email Security with 28 reviews. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is rated 8.4, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 writes "Allows for easy reporting of problems, valuable anti-phishing, and anti-malware support". 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". Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is most compared with Proofpoint Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Cisco Secure Email and Microsoft Defender for Identity, whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Perception Point Advanced Email Security and Proofpoint Email Protection. See our Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs. Sophos Email report.
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