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We performed a comparison between McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention and Sophos SafeGuard based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Sophos SafeGuard Report (Updated: March 2020).
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Pros
"The product provides us with an excellent, dependable solution to recommend to clients for their security needs.""The tool focuses on endpoints rather than networks. Endpoints cover everything. It wouldn't be possible to steal confidential information from endpoints.""The overall features of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention are very good.""The most valuable features of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention are the DLP. The DLP, data loss prevention is the most important feature right now that users are looking for.""The solution is stable.""The most valuable feature is the ability to control access to USB drives and other external devices.""Offers some good protection features.""This solution has a rich set of policies."

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"It is seamless and easy to install. We haven't encountered any recent issues.""The user interface is simple, It makes it very easy to use.""With Sophos, I only need to generate the password and give that to a user to be able to allow them to login to the admin page of the Endpoint and do whatever they need to do. The user cannot go ahead and uninstall it. It's kept us much more secure because of this. Should any event happen on a particular system, I'm given the username and the system IP address. I get notifications and can deal with issues right away.""What I love most about Sophos SafeGuard is its user-friendly interface. My company has another software with a complex user interface versus Sophos SafeGuard, which is extremely easy to use.""SafeGuard's best feature is its stability.""The solution has done a fabulous job of protecting us from threats.""It's a straightforward solution.""Security-wise, it's one of the best."

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Cons
"In my experience, it's not really user-friendly for me, in terms of how I navigate with the ePolicy Orchestrator. They need to upgrade their management console.""The user interface is messy and could be simplified.""McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention could improve by having artificial intelligence.""Our client is not very happy with the lack of support, the skills, and the effectiveness of the tool.""The product uses a lot of resources and because of this it is not always a good solution for every situation.""There needs to be support for blocking the sending of files by email because even if you block or remove an external disk, the files are not protected.""The solution needs an easier integration in heterogeneous and dynamic environments.""McAfee needs to clarify its rules."

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"The solution's ability to integrate with other solutions, such as a DLP, should be addressed.""The lack of need for the patch for an extra password is a shortcoming. It will be a great improvement if the patch requires an extra password so that they can find out how to synchronize your Windows password with the same password for Sophos SafeGuard.""When you have the PPM chipset, you can have the power-on authentication, when you boot up your machine, you can set the six-digit passcode. As of right now, SafeGuard can't manage the six-digit passcode in terms of the expiration, and I need that added as a feature.""The solution lacks direct connectivity to Azure AD.""It just needs a little bit more on the reporting side. Its reporting can be improved a little bit in terms of being able to know that things are in the right status. I should be able to pull a report to make sure that everything is all right. It could also have cloud integration. At the time I was using it, it wasn't a cloud product.""If it's possible, they should make all the features available because it's got a lot of features on offer, but you have to buy the license in order to add those features to the normal Endpoint. If they could make all those features available and/or offer a bundling option it would be better.""There are times that this solution takes up too much memory that needs to be resolved. If it is not fixed it will definitely create issues in the future.""I would like to see a support-cloud, where Sophos creates a single package that contains all of its products."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing seems expensive both for the license and the support."
  • "The price is high for this type of product."
  • "If the client purchases the entire suite of McAfee Endpoint, the license is included."
  • "Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
  • "There is an annual license to use this solution."
  • "It's not a cheap option."
  • "I'm paying the license for McAfee Total Protection yearly. It could be cheaper, but it's fine."
  • "The price of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is expensive. It is not the most expensive solution but it is typically 15 to 20 percent higher than other solutions. There is no additional cost to using McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention."
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  • "The licensing costs depend on the series. For example, XG 85 can be around $200. If you go to ACC or to a four or five-year enterprise solution, you will find these devices can cost $10,000. It depends on the series."
  • "Licensing for this solution is on a yearly basis."
  • "The licenses are dependant on the number of users and computers you have to protect."
  • "We have a yearly license with Sophos which is around $1000-$1200 or so per annum. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
  • "Licensing is on a yearly basis and the pricing could be better."
  • "It would be great if the price of the solution was lower than the current price. If we are to sell this particular solution to smaller businesses and not just enterprise businesses it needs to be lower."
  • "We pay around $10 a year for each endpoint, including support."
  • "Pricing for Sophos SafeGuard could be improved because it could reach a thousand dollars depending on the product, edition, and software key purchased."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The tool focuses on endpoints rather than networks. Endpoints cover everything. It wouldn't be possible to steal confidential information from endpoints.
    Top Answer:McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is expensive.
    Top Answer:It is one of the best products when it comes to stability.
    Top Answer:As a tool, Sophos SafeGuard is not optimized. I suggest that Sophos SafeGuard should be optimized so that it takes less time to provide encryption features to users. I want Sophos SafeGuard to… more »
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    Also Known As
    McAfee Total Protection for Data, McAfee Total Protection for DLP, Total Protection for Data, Intel Security Total Protection for Data
    SafeGuard, SafeGuard Encryption
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    Overview
    McAfee Total Protection for Data solution suite protects your data using a combination of powerful encryption, access control, and user-behavior monitoring.
    Protect your confidential information and comply with regulatory mandates safely and securely with SafeGuard Enterprise, Utimaco's comprehensive modular information protection platform. SafeGuard Enterprise is a modular information protection control platform that enforces policy-based security for PCs and mobile devices across mixed environments. SafeGuard Enterprise offers full transparency to end-users and is easy to administer from a single central console.
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    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise52%
    Buyer's Guide
    McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Sophos SafeGuard
    March 2020
    Find out what your peers are saying about McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Sophos SafeGuard and other solutions. Updated: March 2020.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is ranked 9th in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 29 reviews while Sophos SafeGuard is ranked 6th in Endpoint Encryption with 33 reviews. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is rated 7.4, while Sophos SafeGuard is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention writes "Highly beneficial DLP functionality, full system protection, and useful file scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos SafeGuard writes "Stable solution that preserves data confidentiality". McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Cisco Secure Endpoint, Trend Micro Integrated Data Loss Prevention, HP Wolf Security and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, whereas Sophos SafeGuard is most compared with Microsoft BitLocker, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, ESET Endpoint Encryption, Symantec Endpoint Encryption and Cisco Secure Endpoint. See our McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Sophos SafeGuard report.

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