We performed a comparison between Mimecast Email Security and Sophos Email based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Office 365 Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Its administration console is very easy to use. The administration console is absolutely important because you interact with the platform through it."
"It's really quite user-friendly. In terms of technical superiority and the product itself, there are no complaints. It is really cutting edge."
"Email security is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"The product's most valuable features are impersonation protection and phishing countermeasures."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The solution's performance is good."
"The solution is scalable."
"It's good, it keeps the spam out."
"The most significant aspect is the response filtering concerning attachments and links."
"The speed and stability were fine."
"The anti-malware, risk scanning has been pretty spot on."
"The most valuable feature is its email security."
"Sophos Email is a stable solution."
"The deployment is very easy. It's quite straightforward."
"The platform is scalable when installed on server-based systems."
"It has enhanced our approach to tackling malware and spam. It is a reliable product with a good user interface."
"The feature that should be included is to remove the block on the encrypted files."
"As a user, the user interface of the management console could be upgraded, for example."
"The detection rates are an area for improvement."
"The filtering needs more flexibility."
"I'd like to have better support from the product in the future."
"I did have a problem with Mimecast. That is why I was looking for an alternative solution because their sender IP address gets poorly rated by Microsoft."
"Their support should be improved. They are notorious for sending you to knowledge-based articles rather than actually talking to you, but that is, unfortunately, kind of becoming a trend with everything. In terms of features, I haven't had any complaints. However, I don't like the fact they moved to a paid training subscription model. They used to have a lot of free webinars for training, but they have started to charge for them in the past year."
"While it's quick and easy, the initial setup could be more user-friendly."
"Sophos Email can improve security."
"The solution has not found a way to block certain kinds of phishing emails."
"I would like to see improvements in the initial setup process, ensuring better compatibility with diverse customer infrastructures."
"Their technical support is slow to respond."
"The solution's technical support is slow and unresponsive. You need to book time in order to get support."
"It was sometimes hard to find the settings in the solution's interface."
"The security of the solution could improve."
"The tool's integration becomes an issue when the internet connection is weak."
Mimecast Email Security is ranked 5th in Office 365 Protection with 23 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 3rd in Office 365 Protection with 26 reviews. Mimecast Email Security is rated 7.8, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Mimecast Email Security writes "It gives clients peace of mind and helps them educate their users about threats". 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". Mimecast Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Abnormal Security, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and Cisco Secure Email, whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Proofpoint Email Protection and Barracuda Email Security Gateway. See our Mimecast Email Security vs. Sophos Email report.
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