We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender for Office 365 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 Office 365 has helped eliminate having to look at multiple dashboards and that is the aspect I like most about it. It is simpler, effective, and convenient. The users like the process efficiency."
"The product is not resource-intensive."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365's most valuable features are safe attachments and safe links."
"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."
"It gives us visibility into threats and, for endpoints, it helps us to prioritize threats. We used to have a lack of visibility, but now our time to detect and respond has decreased."
"Microsoft Defender has a feature to protect each and every attachment. Even if it's an encrypted attachment, it will check for any potential threats."
"Some of the valuable features on the email side are anti-phishing, anti-malware, and Safe Links."
"Safe attachments, safe links, policies, and the ability to protect from zero-day threats are the most valuable features."
"Sophos Email provides both inbound and outbound filtering."
"The feature of Sophos Email that we find most effective for detecting suspicious emails is primarily based on their signatures."
"Sophos Email is a stable solution."
"It has enhanced our approach to tackling malware and spam. It is a reliable product with a good user interface."
"I find the comprehensive features of Sophos Email most valuable."
"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 best thing about it is the logs."
"The platform is scalable when installed on server-based systems."
"There is room for improvement in terms of reporting."
"Microsoft security solutions work as expected. They are constantly updating the solutions to make them better. At the same time, the changes can impact a customer's environment, and we need to adjust settings. Sometimes we aren't aware of the changes, and nothing is pushed from the backend automatically."
"The pre-sales cost calculations could be more transparent."
"Microsoft should provide more documentation for users so they can self-educate. I would like to see more documentation for advanced security features."
"The product must provide better malware detection."
"There needs to be an improvement in integrating the product to work across multiple operating systems, and to have better support for non-Microsoft file types."
"Configuration requires going to a lot of places rather than just accessing one tab."
"It would be better if it were more scalable. It depends on the architecture, but we would like to make it more scalable for both data centers."
"Sophos Email could improve DLP features."
"I would like to see improvements in the initial setup process, ensuring better compatibility with diverse customer infrastructures."
"There have been some issues with compatibility and effectiveness, particularly when integrating it with our firewall. The main challenge has been email protection, especially due to compatibility issues and difficulties with log access and email relay configuration."
"The product could include all the essential features and capabilities, similar to the on-premise, server-based version."
"Their technical support is slow to respond."
"The solution's technical support is slow and unresponsive. You need to book time in order to get support."
"The tool's integration becomes an issue when the internet connection is weak."
"Servicing and support are areas with shortcomings where the solution needs to improve."
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is ranked 1st in Email Security with 41 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 10th in Email Security with 25 reviews. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is rated 8.4, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 writes "Allows for easy reporting of problems, valuable anti-phishing, and anti-malware support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Email writes "Ensures that there is maximum security enabled for our communication processes". Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is most compared with Proofpoint Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Avanan, whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Proofpoint Email Protection, Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Perception Point Advanced Email Security. See our Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs. Sophos Email report.
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