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 solution's performance is good."
"The interface of this solution is very easy to navigate and user-friendly. There is no delivery in email and other communications, making it reliable. The configuration is relatively easy."
"We like the content filtering and secure messaging features."
"The setup was easy."
"We like Mimecast's spam filtering. The email signature feature is also a big plus for our users."
"The piece that is most valuable from the Mimecast standpoint will be the sandboxing feature."
"It offers an easy initial setup."
"The product is good. To date, we have not faced any challenges."
"The anti-malware, risk scanning has been pretty spot on."
"The best thing about it is the logs."
"When you say email security, it's about everything, incoming email, outgoing email, spam, phishing emails, unwanted marketing emails. You can set rules, but the main feature of Sophos Email is to make sure you don't get hacked. 95% of people who are hacked do not get hacked by typing the router password. They are hacked from the inside out, which means they send you a document that is a zero-day attack, you open it, nothing happens, but technically the attack is running in the background of your computer. This is how they gain access to your PC."
"The deployment is very easy. It's quite straightforward."
"It's easy to use and the configuration is straightforward."
"I have found Sophos Email to be scalable."
"The most significant aspect is the response filtering concerning attachments and links."
"The platform is scalable when installed on server-based systems."
"The price could be better, it should be reduced."
"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."
"While it's quick and easy, the initial setup could be more user-friendly."
"The installation is not so straightforward."
"The detection rates are an area for improvement."
"The attachment scanning feature doesn't work properly."
"As a user, the user interface of the management console could be upgraded, for example."
"The solution should include more AI features instead of Mimecast's more general static configuration tooling."
"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 solution should be able to support the cloud environment."
"The product could include all the essential features and capabilities, similar to the on-premise, server-based version."
"A lot of legit emails get quarantined."
"Sophos Email needs to increase the number of promos."
"The solution's sandboxing and spam control features could be improved."
"The solution's technical support is slow and unresponsive. You need to book time in order to get support."
"Their technical support is slow to respond."
Mimecast Email Security is ranked 5th in Office 365 Protection with 23 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 3rd in Office 365 Protection with 26 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 "Provides good identity proxy features, but sandboxing and spam control features could be improved". 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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