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."What I like about the integration is that it is directly into Microsoft 365, users can use their Microsoft 365 credentials to log into the portal and access their mail."
"URL inspection works pretty well."
"Its administration console is very easy to use. The administration console is absolutely important because you interact with the platform through it."
"The interface of this solution is very easy to navigate and user-friendly. There is no delivery in email and other communications, making it reliable. The configuration is relatively easy."
"It does a good job for us, and its admin console is easy to use."
"The solution offers good technical support."
"Due to our specialized use case, that HIPAA dictionary really comes in handy."
"The product is good. To date, we have not faced any challenges."
"The anti-malware, risk scanning has been pretty spot on."
"Good VIP protection, time of click protection and the Sandstorm feature."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Email is the sandbox. We're able to scan the file, isolate it, and look at it before it is delivered. It is highly effective."
"I find the comprehensive features of Sophos Email most valuable."
"The best thing about it is the logs."
"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."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"It's easy to use and the configuration is straightforward."
"The platform's cost-effectiveness could be improved."
"They should improve the cookies management feature."
"The solution is complex and not easy to use."
"The feature that should be included is to remove the block on the encrypted files."
"The price could be better, it should be reduced."
"Its pricing can be improved. It is a bit expensive."
"External security features need improvement."
"The reaction time between a new threat being identified and Mimecast picking it up needs to be narrowed a bit."
"Their technical support is slow to respond."
"A lot of legit emails get quarantined."
"The main drawback is regarding the technical support."
"Sophos Email could better detect fake emails, especially when the domain names are similar. It needs to improve spotting spoofed domains, like when one letter differs in a domain name. It also needs to incorporate AI detection. Barracuda detects suspicious emails better. However, malware scanning is better in Sophos Email."
"The solution has not found a way to block certain kinds of phishing emails."
"The security of the solution could improve."
"The solution's technical support is slow and unresponsive. You need to book time in order to get support."
"I would like to see improvements in the initial setup process, ensuring better compatibility with diverse customer infrastructures."
Mimecast Email Security is ranked 5th in Office 365 Protection with 25 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 4th in Office 365 Protection with 28 reviews. Mimecast Email Security is rated 8.0, 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, Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Perception Point Advanced Email Security. See our Mimecast Email Security vs. Sophos Email report.
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