We performed a comparison between Crowdstrike Falcon and Sophos Intercept X based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, the two products are very similar. Crowdstrike Falcon comes out ahead in this comparison simply because it is easier to deploy than Sophos Intercept X.
"I like that it's stable. It's been stable for a long time, and Microsoft Defender has done a good job there."
"The EDR and the way it automatically responds to ransomware and other attacks are valuable features."
"The common and advanced security policies for threat hunting and blocking attacks are valuable."
"The visibility into threats that 365 Defender provides is really good. You get a full review of your security system and what can be improved. In the Microsoft 365 Defender portal the first page gives you a really big summary of which security policies you are following and what can be improved."
"All of the security components are valuable including, antiphishing, antispam, and stage three antivirus."
"The ability to integrate and observe a more cohesive narrative across the products is crucial."
"Microsoft 365 Defender is simple to upgrade."
"A crucial aspect for our team is the inclusion of identity and access management tools from the vendor."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon for me is its unified sensor, applicable across all models."
"The most valuable features of CrowdStrike Falcon are the AI in detecting and real-time detections."
"Because it is security product and acts like an AIML smart product, not merely based on daily/weekly updates and signatures."
"It provides very good protection and the ability to crosscheck environments."
"Regarding features, I appreciate its integration capabilities with identity providers...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It seems to do a pretty good job of protecting the host. It offers good insights that it gives you when it has a detection. It's pretty incredible."
"It has an extremely low footprint, so it has got minimum impact on the user end points in terms of CPU and memory usage."
"The UI is simple and self-explanatory. Everything is easy to understand."
"It is very easy to set up and easy to use. It is also not resource-intensive."
"The solution's initial setup process was straightforward."
"The patches on offer are very helpful."
"The pricing is fair. It's not too costly for our small organization."
"We most value the price and interface quality with Sophos Intercept X. We focus on solution quality."
"There do not seem to be any limitations to the scalability of this product."
"Everything in Intercept X Endpoints is much centralised which makes it easy for our team to work with. The functions are in a single portal."
"The most valuable features are ease of use and the GUI."
"The advanced threat-hunting capabilities are phenomenal, and the security copilot enhances that, but some data elements could be better or have more context inside of the advanced tables themselves. The schemas feel a little limited to what they're building into the product. It's probably just a maturity thing. I imagine we'll see the features I want in the next year."
"The data recovery and backup could be improved."
"It would be beneficial to have a more seamless experience with everything consolidated in one place, particularly when dealing with aspects related to the Exchange console."
"I'd like to see a wider solution that includes not only desktop devices but also other devices, such as servers, storage cabinets, switching equipment, et cetera."
"One of the biggest downsides of Microsoft products, in general, is that the menus are often difficult to find, as they tend to move from place to place between versions."
"My client would like the solution to be more customizable without using code. You can only build on the default console, but we're not allowed to change it."
"Stability could be improved by avoiding frequent changes to the interface."
"The support team is not competent or responsive."
"We can do a threat analysis of any machine at any time, but that threat analysis is very limited."
"CrowdStrike Falcon needs to improve their host management system."
"Basically, they don't cover legacy OS or applications. That's the only issue we're concerned about"
"I would like to see the machine learning feature enhanced."
"CrowdStrike Suites and the way that it bundles things can be a bit challenging. It should be easier to integrate with the other stuff that they sell or be included with what they sell. We have one piece, then they are talking about another piece on vulnerability management all of the sudden, and we don't own that piece. We can see it in the console, but nothing shows up. It simply appears within the tool as an option, but we can't use it without purchasing it."
"The technical support team often just replies to an issue with a link to an article rather than actually calling back and talking to someone and making sure the problem is solved. To me, that's kind of weak."
"The dashboard does not have the facility to export the reports in a PDF format, which I can quickly share with internal stakeholders."
"Unfortunately, native applications are not supported."
"It could be a bit easier to implement."
"Features that should be improved in the upgrade involve the excessive consumption of the the solution's processor, RAM and resources."
"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."
"It would be a value-add if they can include integration with other technologies or solutions, like Fortinet, Blue Coat, etc."
"The solution is expensive, and it could be made cheaper."
"It's a challenge to do system maintenance work on a notebook. You always have to disable Sophos first."
"The endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology has room for improvement because the information that it gives us to resolve our problems is poor nowadays."
"I am not very satisfied with the product's reporting overall, and it needs improvement in this area."
CrowdStrike Falcon is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 106 reviews while Intercept X Endpoint is ranked 7th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 101 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon is rated 8.8, while Intercept X Endpoint is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon writes "Easy to set up with good behavior-based analysis but needs a single-click recovery option". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Intercept X Endpoint writes "A standard offering with good threat analysis but reduces machine performance". CrowdStrike Falcon is most compared with Darktrace, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Deep Security, Trend Vision One and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas Intercept X Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Fortinet FortiClient and Fortinet FortiEDR. See our CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Intercept X Endpoint report.
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