We performed a comparison between Mimecast Email Security and Sophos Email based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Office 365 Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The piece that is most valuable from the Mimecast standpoint will be the sandboxing feature."
"In the current environment that the world is in, everyone is trying to hack everyone else, so Project+ definitely helps a lot there."
"It's good, it keeps the spam out."
"The solution offers good technical support."
"We like Mimecast's spam filtering. The email signature feature is also a big plus for our users."
"Email security is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"We like the content filtering and secure messaging features."
"What I like about the integration is that it is directly into Microsoft 365, users can use their Microsoft 365 credentials to log into the portal and access their mail."
"The speed and stability were fine."
"Good VIP protection, time of click protection and the Sandstorm feature."
"The feature of Sophos Email that we find most effective for detecting suspicious emails is primarily based on their signatures."
"Sophos Email provides both inbound and outbound filtering."
"It's easy to use and the configuration is straightforward."
"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 best thing about it is the logs."
"While it's quick and easy, the initial setup could be more user-friendly."
"The solution's console interface was recently changed for the admins, but the previous one was much better because we could open tabs on it."
"Its pricing can be improved. It is a bit expensive."
"Their support should be improved. They are notorious for sending you to knowledge-based articles rather than actually talking to you, but that is, unfortunately, kind of becoming a trend with everything. In terms of features, I haven't had any complaints. However, I don't like the fact they moved to a paid training subscription model. They used to have a lot of free webinars for training, but they have started to charge for them in the past year."
"The attachment scanning feature doesn't work properly."
"The detection rates are an area for improvement."
"As a user, the user interface of the management console could be upgraded, for example."
"The solution is complex and not easy to use."
"The security of the solution could improve."
"Their technical support is slow to respond."
"A lot of legit emails get quarantined."
"Servicing and support are areas with shortcomings where the solution needs to improve."
"I would like to see improvements in the initial setup process, ensuring better compatibility with diverse customer infrastructures."
"Sophos Email could better detect fake emails, especially when the domain names are similar. It needs to improve spotting spoofed domains, like when one letter differs in a domain name. It also needs to incorporate AI detection. Barracuda detects suspicious emails better. However, malware scanning is better in Sophos Email."
"Sophos Email can improve security."
"The product could include all the essential features and capabilities, similar to the on-premise, server-based version."
Mimecast Email Security is ranked 5th in Office 365 Protection with 23 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 3rd in Office 365 Protection with 25 reviews. Mimecast Email Security is rated 7.8, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Mimecast Email Security writes "It gives clients peace of mind and helps them educate their users about threats". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Email writes "Ensures that there is maximum security enabled for our communication processes". Mimecast Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Abnormal Security, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and Cisco Secure Email, whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Proofpoint Email Protection and Barracuda Email Security Gateway. See our Mimecast Email Security vs. Sophos Email report.
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