We performed a comparison between Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra and Sophos Intercept X based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: GravityZone Ultra is the winner in this comparison. It is a secure and powerful solution and received higher marks than Sophos in both the deployment and pricing categories. In addition, it has a proven ROI.
"Impressive detection capabilities"
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"This is stable and scalable."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"The stability is very good."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"It is a good anti-malware product that is highly stable."
"The most valuable features are the anti-malware and firewall policies. The runtime scans and execution have been beneficial to our business."
"The cloud management is easy and useful, especially in our case when we have multiple offices in different locations."
"It efficiently investigates security incidents."
"Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra has many features, such as VPN, web filtering, and email filtering. The product has many good reviews, and I like how straightforward it is to implement. It's also easy to access and use."
"The features that are most useful are the simplicity of deploying the package and the cryptosystem for managing all the situations on the computer."
"The most valuable feature of Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra is the ETX and ETM endpoint protection."
"What I have found to be valuable is after every new release of the solution there are more features. At the time that we bought Bitdefender GravityZone, it was their top solution. We went from their Enterprise version to Elite, Elite HD, Ultra, and now there is an Ultra Plus available."
"The stability on offer is fine."
"The security on offer is pretty good. We are happy with it."
"Intercept X's smart prevention it's very good as so are its machine learning capabilities for troubleshooting channels and files."
"It is not just a simple virus scanning product. It handles more advanced needs."
"Since it's cloud-managed, the solution is easy to administer, especially if the person using it is in a different geophysical location."
"The most valuable features are ease of use and the GUI."
"The most valuable features of Sophos Intercept X are the minimal configuration needed for the end user and the central view of all the endpoints. There are plenty of tools to control and manage the endpoints. Additionally, there is the capability of connecting the endpoint to the CLI."
"The performance is good."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"Intelligence aspects need improvement"
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"We would like to see password management integrated into the solution because I don't like having a third-party password management system."
"Application Control should be available on the cloud."
"The product can be improved by identifying errors."
"The product fails to provide guides to its users...I want the tool to offer some guides and hands-on training that can guide users who want to learn more about the product without the vendor's help."
"Areas for improvement would be performance and pricing."
"The on-premises setup for Bitdefender sometimes faces issues with connectivity. Management of Windows Defender is a bit easier compared to Bitdefender."
"I have not had used the EDR portion of the solution to do any custom scripting to allow further advanced operations on the endpoints. From what I understand from reading the comments on reviews is that it is not particularly flexible in this regard."
"They need to improve their encryption capabilities."
"The product defends very well on its own but could possibly use enhancement in giving users more controls."
"They need to focus on their SLA or technical support. They also need to focus on their UI. They should also improve their content filtering tool and update it so that correct categories are there. Sometimes, when I want to block an online gaming website, it is not shown under the correct category. It is shown under another category. They need to review their content filtering tool on a bi-weekly or monthly basis and update the sites and categories. This will be really helpful for them."
"From the management side, we receive detailed information. Sophos has many features, such as Threat Hunting but that comes with the XDR version of the solution. There's Sophos Intercept X and then there's Sophos Intercept X with XDR technology. We bought the XDR and then now the MTR, Managed Threat Response version available too. They have different packages for clients which gives them different options to pick from. If Sophos could combine more features into one package it would be beneficial."
"The majority of our systems are MacBooks and their solution release cycle is slow to endorsing or support the MacBook's latest OS or hardware platform. For example, when Sophos macOS Big Sur version 11 was released, it took them a while to support this version of OS. A similar situation occurred when the MacBook M1 hardware CPU was released. They have not fully supported the native M1 CPU to this day. They need to speed up the solutions release cycle."
"I would like to have a built-in firewall, rather than having to integrate one."
"If Sophos Intercept allows users to restrict website access based on specific needs, such as streaming new videos for business purposes, we would prefer to use that."
"If we can lower the price, it will be fantastic because it will generate more revenue for us."
"The security is good but the feature set is limited."
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR is ranked 14th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 56 reviews while Intercept X Endpoint is ranked 4th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 101 reviews. Bitdefender GravityZone EDR is rated 8.6, while Intercept X Endpoint is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Bitdefender GravityZone EDR writes "High-quality threat intelligence, including encryption and mobile device protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Intercept X Endpoint writes "A standard offering with good threat analysis but reduces machine performance". Bitdefender GravityZone EDR is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), whereas Intercept X Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and ESET Endpoint Protection Platform. See our Bitdefender GravityZone EDR vs. Intercept X Endpoint report.
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