We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiMail Cloud and Sophos Email based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Email solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The scanners with FortiMail are valuable."
"FortiMail Cloud is very fast."
"The product's initial setup is straightforward and simple, making it an easy-to-use tool."
"This is a solid email monitoring and security system that learns and maintains a two-way dialog with email system administrators."
"If there is a problem somewhere Fortinet can act on it immediately. That is very important."
"I am impressed with the tool's ability to setup rules and destinations. It also helps to monitor suspicious items."
"The most valuable features are filtering and sandboxing."
"The encryption features are most valuable to us."
"It's easy to use and the configuration is straightforward."
"The most significant aspect is the response filtering concerning attachments and links."
"Sophos Email offers encryption and malware protection, provides visibility into emails, has 99% accuracy in catching spam, enhances organizational safety, integrates with various vendors like Microsoft, is deployable with any email service, prevents data loss, features authentication rules, synchronizes with Active Directory and Azure, and includes a self-service portal. The product is very flexible."
"Sophos Email is in the cloud and integrated with its firewall."
"Sophos Email provides both inbound and outbound filtering."
"The deployment is very easy. It's quite straightforward."
"The best thing about it is the logs."
"Good VIP protection, time of click protection and the Sandstorm feature."
"The downside of this solution is that it is difficult to implement policies on FortiMail."
"It is slightly difficult to configure FortiMail in the cloud with Exchange on-premise, especially the quarantine mailbox access for end-users."
"Networking should be simplified."
"The setup of the rules can be improved. I think it should be simplified and would be the best improvement in the system."
"The product could be improved by extending reporting tools and adding options for notification."
"This solution is slow and it should be made faster."
"The tool's UI can be simple since it's cluttered now and you can't understand where you are going. It's not obvious to find out the menus or things that you are looking to find."
"They could look at strengthening anti-spam with the newly observed domains."
"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."
"Lacks visibility into spam emails."
"The tool's pricing is expensive. In its future release, the tool should make reporting easier to view."
"The security of the solution could improve."
"I would like to see improvements in the initial setup process, ensuring better compatibility with diverse customer infrastructures."
"The product could include all the essential features and capabilities, similar to the on-premise, server-based version."
"Servicing and support are areas with shortcomings where the solution needs to improve."
"A lot of legit emails get quarantined."
Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is ranked 6th in Cloud Email with 18 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 11th in Email Security with 28 reviews. Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is rated 8.2, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiMail Cloud writes "A reliable email security solution with deep integration capabilities and exceptionally strong 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". Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiMail, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Perception Point Advanced Email Security. See our Fortinet FortiMail Cloud vs. Sophos Email report.
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