We performed a comparison between Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade 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."Defender for 365 is a comprehensive cloud-based solution. The value of the cloud is that you aren't alone. Threat intelligence and analytics are shared in the cloud. We don't have to find the solution alone. If you face an unknown threat with traditional solutions like Trend Micro and Symantec, you need to open a case and send your information to them to analyze forensically and identify the source of the attack."
"I like its investigation capabilities, as that is what is most important to me. It is fairly simple with a user-friendly interface."
"Defender is a SaaS platform, so it offers more flexibility. Managing the permissions is easier. The solution's automated detection and response features are scalable."
"Does a thorough job of examining email and URLs for malicious content."
"It also gives the vulnerability status according to the versions you have selected. Let's say you have Google Chrome. It mentions the versions it has, and it updates. Within two hours of an update, it is reflected in the dashboard. That's really nice to have."
"The email protection is excellent, especially in terms of anti-phishing policies."
"The risk level notifications are most valuable. We get to know what kind of intrusion or attack is there, and we can fix a problem on time."
"Threat Explorer is one of the features that I very much like because it is a real-time report that allows you to identify, analyze, and trace security attacks."
"This product integrates well and is easy to manage."
"This solution is very efficient."
"This solution helped us lock down and have our infrastructure easier to manage."
"A scalable, stable solution with good technical support."
"Advanced Spam Filtering to identify and block unwanted email messages."
"It's a fairly old solution, however, that has been updated over time to become one of the best manufacturers of security solutions."
"It helped us to achieve process compliance with over 90% effectiveness."
"It has several very good features that form an excellent tool."
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"There are many features that are important, but among those, the spam protection feature is very valuable. It help us to safeguard the email against phishing and ensures that there is maximum security enabled for our communication processes. It has a huge role in protecting our emails from potential threats."
"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."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The most significant aspect is the response filtering concerning attachments and links."
"I found the user interface friendly."
"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."
"The platform is scalable when installed on server-based systems."
"The solution protects users from phishing links and spam."
"There's room for improvement regarding the time frame for retrieving emails."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 could improve by giving customers information on techniques to prevent threats. For example, information about best practices on how to protect their own devices against hackers and scammers, such as educational information or training. This would help others have a better understanding of cyber security. Additionally, there can be more security features added."
"The UI needs to be more user-friendly."
"One area for improvement is integration. For example, when it comes to external SaaS platforms, we were not able to get a lot of information on integrations with such apps for security and authentication."
"You should be able to deploy Defender for every subscription without the need to add servers."
"The custom alerts have to improve a lot."
"Microsoft wants its well-paying customers to finish testing some of its half-baked products, find bugs, and report bugs back to Microsoft's team, which is a little frustrating for those who have to manage it and roll it up to thousands of people across the organization."
"In one of the reports I can get the exact place where a vulnerable file resides. But for that, I need to explicitly go into the device and check. If they could include that file part in the report, without my having to go to the device itself, that would help."
"If you face any configuration problems, Check Point is the only solution."
"The UX/UI could be more friendly."
"It is expensive but worth it."
"A possible improvement for the solution would be to be able to implement artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to improve the accuracy of detecting spam and malicious emails that are constantly arriving."
"The anti-spam features could be upgraded to be able to detect unnoticeable spam."
"The solution's technical support is an area with shortcomings that need to be improved for the better."
"It does not provide for standalone configuration on the security gateway. Instead, you need to have a management server/smart console for managing it."
"One thing which annoys me with the Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is its customer support portal which still lags in service even after so many developments."
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"The installation of Sophos Email could be easier. It's a bit difficult because setting up the email virtually requires some bit of technical knowledge."
"Sophos Email needs to increase the number of promos."
"I would like to see improvements in the initial setup process, ensuring better compatibility with diverse customer infrastructures."
"Lacks visibility into spam emails."
"The product could include all the essential features and capabilities, similar to the on-premise, server-based version."
"It was sometimes hard to find the settings in the solution's interface."
"A lot of legit emails get quarantined."
"The security of the solution could improve."
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Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is ranked 12th in Email Security with 32 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 9th in Email Security with 23 reviews. Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is rated 8.2, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade writes "Effectively secures data centers against various threats, including spam emails and provides policy-based control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Email writes "Ensures that there is maximum security enabled for our communication processes". Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is most compared with Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Abnormal Security, Cisco Secure Email and Fortinet FortiMail, whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Proofpoint Email Protection and Barracuda Email Security Gateway. See our Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade vs. Sophos Email report.
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