We performed a comparison between Avanan and Sophos Email based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Email Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."At the moment we are satisfied with this product. It's a stable, scalable, and resilient solution for us."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has improved my organization's security. It makes it easier to manage the infrastructure without the help of third-party applications."
"The solution is very easy to use. All you have to do is to assign the license to the end-user and it's done. The customer will only have the feature activated, and the solution will monitor the emails to determine if they are a threat or not."
"The benefit that stands out to me is the ability for multiple individuals to collaborate simultaneously within the same document. Additionally, there is the option to save the document directly in the integrated OneDrive or SharePoint."
"Safe attachments, safe links, policies, and the ability to protect from zero-day threats are the most valuable features."
"The good part is that you don't have to configure it, which is very convenient."
"Our customers are satisfied with Defender for 365 because Microsoft products are easy to use and customize to meet the client's needs. Everything is in one place, so we can adjust policies as needed for phishing, DLP, ATP, or any other security features that our clients want to apply."
"It also gives me good visibility because, with Defender, I'm using a Microsoft product to defend Microsoft products. The integration was really seamless and I have wide visibility because it picks up almost everything. Literally, I can see almost every activity that happens, from the e-mail to the workstation itself."
"The threat detection tools enable us to ascertain malware and phishing messages across the email network infrastructure."
"Spam protection is the most valuable feature."
"It can retract unsafe emails and remove them from the entire communication channel."
"The ease of installation and the AI capacity of the product are valuable."
"The customizable rules allow you to change aspects."
"The program has reduced the dangers related to phishing, malware, ransomware, and other vulnerabilities."
"I highly recommend this solution to any prospective buyer."
"This technology is one of Check Point's acquisitions, and it is currently a powerful tool that provides all the protection that is not found in other tools."
"The platform is scalable when installed on server-based systems."
"Good VIP protection, time of click protection and the Sandstorm feature."
"It has enhanced our approach to tackling malware and spam. It is a reliable product with a good user interface."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the anti-spam detection filter. Its threat email intelligence features help to identify email data."
"The solution's identity proxy feature is very good and reliable."
"When you say email security, it's about everything, incoming email, outgoing email, spam, phishing emails, unwanted marketing emails. You can set rules, but the main feature of Sophos Email is to make sure you don't get hacked. 95% of people who are hacked do not get hacked by typing the router password. They are hacked from the inside out, which means they send you a document that is a zero-day attack, you open it, nothing happens, but technically the attack is running in the background of your computer. This is how they gain access to your PC."
"The speed and stability were fine."
"The solution protects users from phishing links and spam."
"Configuration requires going to a lot of places rather than just accessing one tab."
"We need to be able to whitelist data at the backend."
"The company should focus on adding threats that the solution is currently unable to detect."
"The custom alerts have to improve a lot."
"In some situations, it has not been able to pick impersonated emails having no attachments. Technical support definitely has a scope for improvement."
"We need a separate license and we don't know how to get the license that is required."
"There's room for improvement regarding the time frame for retrieving emails."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 should improve the troubleshooting tools. It's unclear whether the device is blocked at the firewall level or at the device itself. The granularity needed for troubleshooting is currently lacking. From my perspective, Microsoft should address this issue to benefit many users who likely share the same sentiment."
"Avanan doesn't cover certain tool segments."
"When sending bulky emails, the system slows down and takes a long time before it responds effectively to our requests."
"The overall user interface is not attractive. It needs some improvement."
"It should also offer a quick backup in case any email is wrongly quarantined or deleted to ensure no data loss."
"The system could be designed to give corporate emails first priority due to demands."
"The unified dashboard that it displays needs some improvements in terms of the KPIs that they have."
"There are times when we have false positives."
"The system response in a slow computing device affects performance when sending and receiving emails."
"The solution's technical support is slow and unresponsive. You need to book time in order to get support."
"Enhancing rule creation and customization features would provide users with greater control over their email security settings."
"The tool's integration becomes an issue when the internet connection is weak."
"Lacks visibility into spam emails."
"The security of the solution could improve."
"The solution's sandboxing and spam control features could be improved."
"Sophos Email can improve mail security."
"Their technical support is slow to respond."
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Avanan is ranked 6th in Email Security with 21 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 10th in Email Security with 26 reviews. Avanan is rated 9.2, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Avanan writes "We've noticed a significant decline from people accidentally or intentionally clicking on things". 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". Avanan is most compared with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Perception Point Advanced Email Security, Abnormal Security and Barracuda Email Security Gateway, whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Proofpoint Email Protection, Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Kaspersky Security for Mail Server. See our Avanan vs. Sophos Email report.
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