We performed a comparison between Sophos Intercept X and Trend Micro Apex One based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Trend Micro Apex One comes out on top in this comparison. According to its reviewers, it is the more lightweight solution and easy to set up. In addition, many of its reviewers feel that it is reasonably priced.
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"The stability is very good."
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers."
"The most valuable feature is the anti-ransomware capability. It's been helpful because we have been seeing a lot of information around what the ransomware hit."
"The security on offer is pretty good. We are happy with it."
"There are products that are technically stronger. However, this product has everything in one solution, which makes it a strong endpoint option."
"The EDR (Enhanced Data Detection and Response) and the DLP (Data Loss Prevention) components are valuable assets."
"The most valuable features are ease of use and the GUI."
"One of the best features of Sophos Intercept is that it repairs without slowing down the system."
"The pricing is fair. It's not too costly for our small organization."
"The most valuable feature is the behavioral, non-signature-based threat detection."
"The ransomware protection and behavior monitoring features of Trend Micro Apex One are actually good."
"Apex One is effective at catching malicious activity. It has multiple modules that improve threat prevention across hundreds of networks."
"Technical support is quite knowledgeable and helpful."
"The initial setup was very straightforward."
"It provides comprehensive visibility into all client logs and seamlessly integrates with other products, such as CM."
"The XDR feature which provides us with real visibility into our environment is the most valuable."
"I have found Trend Micro Apex One to be secure."
"Its threat-hunting capabilities and the information about the known threats are the most available features. It can easily catch any threat in our environment."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"The security should be strong for the cloud. Some applications are on-prem and some are on the cloud. Fortinet should also have strong security for the cloud. There should be more security for the cloud."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"Detections could be improved."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"It could be a bit easier to implement."
"The integration has room for improvement, especially with Mac OS."
"Stability-wise, we had issues with some clients which had to be dealt with manually. The issue was with that installation part."
"When I use a proxy, I can bypass Sophos, which is an area that needs improvement."
"I'm not clear on what features need improvement. Everything is mostly fine."
"The price of this solution can be improved."
"The detection and the AI capabilities should be improved upon."
"The cloud management console could be a little more user-friendly."
"Trend Micro Apex One can improve its vulnerability assessment and monitoring tools."
"There is room for improvement in the behavior filtering and control of Trend Micro."
"If certain alerts could be translated into day-to-day English with some action plans, a few points, what to do, and how to do it, that would help me personally as IT Manager. They have some recommendations regarding the vulnerability of the endpoint. They take you to some very technical information and if you are not a security engineer or security-trained you might not understand what they're talking about. We are a small company and it would benefit if things were explained better, we cannot afford a dedicated Trend Micro Apex One engineer."
"The solution could improve by making the interface less confusing, it needs to be simplified."
"The UI has room for improvement."
"The solution could use signatureless detection."
"They could improve the integration with Active Directory."
"The application and web controls have room for improvement."
Intercept X Endpoint is ranked 7th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 101 reviews while Trend Micro Apex One is ranked 6th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 124 reviews. Intercept X Endpoint is rated 8.4, while Trend Micro Apex One is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Intercept X Endpoint writes "A standard offering with good threat analysis but reduces machine performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro Apex One writes "Good monitoring and server protection with helpful machine learning". Intercept X Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Trend Micro Apex One is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Security, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike Falcon and Seqrite Endpoint Security. See our Intercept X Endpoint vs. Trend Micro Apex One report.
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