Compare Cylance vs. Sophos Intercept X
Cylance is ranked 4th in Endpoint Protection (EPP) for Business with 11 reviews while Sophos Intercept X is ranked 18th in Endpoint Protection (EPP) for Business with 10 reviews. Cylance is rated 8.0, while Sophos Intercept X is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cylance writes "Intelligent intrusion detection and response for small and medium enterprise clients at a reasonable cost". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Intercept X writes "Provides dependable, intelligent attack defenses and is easy to manage and work with". Cylance is most compared with CrowdStrike, Carbon Black CB Defense and SentinelOne, whereas Sophos Intercept X is most compared with CrowdStrike, SentinelOne and Bitdefender GravityZone. See our Cylance vs. Sophos Intercept X report.
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Has good RAM capacity for the power I need Cylance is not a signature-based protection solution and instead works proactively using AI and ML models to patrol for malicious behavior. Two or three years ago when the WannaCry virus struck, the people that were on Cylance were the ones that weren't affected. It is a bit early in our evaluation process to give proper feedback, although so far, the overall feedback is good. The most valuable feature is the ability to respond to zero-day and unknown threats. The Application Guard and ByteGuard are useful features. The solution is extremely scalable. It's got the hybrid functionality, it's got the system functionality and cloud functionality as well. On the management side, we liked the way it displays things. | The forensics within the solution are quite good. The ransomware mitigation is also impressive. The most valuable features are the range and restriction. After that, the client switched to Sophos to get the protection they lacked. It either works or it doesn’t and Sophos works. All of the features are very important for anyone who is supporting a large number of computers. It is a practically maintenance free intelligent system that independently protects environments from malicious attacks. A valuable feature offered by Sophos is called Naked Security, and it entails the control managed by the firewall on the site regarding the desktop client interfacing with our cloud client. The most valuable feature is the supervisory side of it where we can watch the throughputs, and even the loading of the device, to see how much traffic is happening. We most value the price and interface quality with Sophos Intercept X. We focus on solution quality. |
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It should have better support for Windows and Mac. Too many false positives are reported. I would like to see them fix the alerting system so that the endpoint reporting is a bit more streamlined. The detection component is something that they have to work on. Our customers would like to see more automation with respect to how threats are handled once they have been detected. The OPTICS component could be made more user-friendly with respect to giving people more information. I would say one thing that they might need to bring in is protection for mobile devices. It should provide more details about the events that they have detected. | To be a perfect product, the price would have to be a bit better. They might want to offer an MSP model for licensing, to offer the solution as a software as a service. The price of this solution can be improved. The product defends very well on its own but could possibly use enhancement in giving users more controls. The initial setup was not very user-friendly. In terms of the site-to-site VPN elements, they tend to concentrate. It's quite simple when there are Meraki devices at both ends of the VPN but if there is another user at one end, on another device, it can be a bit tricky. So they could really simplify that process a bit. Sophos needs to create a YouTube channel with educational material for technicians or engineers. They should work on the logs and events. Sophos Intercept X needs to increase the interface test so that it can export to a live event. |
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We pay for the number of endpoints we have and that is about it. On a monthly basis, the licensing cost is $55 per user. The monthly fee is $55 USD per user. I think that the price we are paying is good for what it is. We would just add more if there are new users, but right now you just need one license for per user. Our licensing cost for the solution is around $4,000 for six months. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. | The price is pretty good. We renew the license for one year at $10,000. |
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| Intercept X | |
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| Cylance | Sophos |
Overview | |
Cylance® is revolutionizing cybersecurity with products and services that proactively prevent, rather than reactively detect the execution of advanced persistent threats and malware. Our technology is deployed on over four million endpoints and protects hundreds of enterprise clients worldwide including Fortune 100 organizations and government institutions. | Sophos Intercept X stops the widest range of attacks with a unique combination of deep learning malware detection, exploit prevention, anti-ransomware, and more. |
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Learn more about Cylance | Learn more about Sophos Intercept X |
Sample Customers | |
| Panasonic, Noble Energy, Apria Healthcare Group Inc., Charles River Laboratories, Rovi Corporation, Toyota, Kiewit | Flexible Systems |
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Software R&D Company23% Comms Service Provider10% Manufacturing Company6% Media Company6% | Software R&D Company32% Comms Service Provider11% University6% Media Company6% |
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