Palo Alto Networks Traps vs. Sophos EPP Suite

As of June 2019, Palo Alto Networks Traps is ranked 8th in Endpoint Protection for Business with 8 reviews vs Sophos EPP Suite which is ranked 16th in Endpoint Protection for Business with 1 review. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Traps writes "Its multi-layer approach helps my organization with anti-malware, exploit protection, and restrictions". The top reviewer of Sophos EPP Suite writes "The protection is so much better than our use prior to using this solution. ". Palo Alto Networks Traps is most compared with Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), Microsoft Windows Defender and Carbon Black CB Defense. Sophos EPP Suite is most compared with Microsoft Windows Defender, Kaspersky Endpoint Security and Palo Alto Networks Traps.

Palo Alto Networks Traps

Sophos EPP Suite

Palo Alto Networks Traps

Read 8 Palo Alto Networks Traps reviews.

19,749 views|13,265 comparisons

Sophos EPP Suite

Read 1 Sophos EPP Suite review.

14,752 views|8,523 comparisons

Most Helpful Review

Amjad Khan

Information Technology Manager at a hospitality company

Researched Sophos EPP Suite but chose Palo Alto Networks Traps.

After deploying Traps, we saw the performance of the network improve by 65 to 70 percent. There was a drop in the latency rate over the... Read more »

Farasat Imam

Pre-sales Engineer at a tech services company

The protection is so much better than our use prior to using this solution.

The protection is so much better than before, when we did not use this solution. Our company had suspected a breach of information, so we installed... Read more »

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Pros
The one feature of Palo Alto Networks Traps that our organization finds most valuable is the App ID service.It blocks malicious files. It prevents attacks. It doesn't require many updates, it's a very light application.The most valuable features are the fact that it was running in the background and it would intercept any weird stuff, and the fact that it would send things directly to the cloud for sandboxing. It's quite practical.After deploying Traps, we saw the performance of the network improve by 65 to 70 percent.Traps is quite a stable product. Once it was properly deployed and configured, you have nothing to be worried about.If the user leaves our premises or network, Palo Alto Traps will still be on that endpoint and will still apply our policies.The multi-layered approach to the product gives you confidence that it will stop exploits, ransomware, worms, or viruses from compromising endpoints, essentially providing peace of mind.We've had a significant increase in blocking with a decrease in false positives, because it's looking at how the files work, not just a list of files that it's been told to look for. Read more »	It is stable. Read more »
Cons
It automatically detects security issues. It should be able to protect our network devices while operating autonomously.Managing the product should be easier.There are some false positives. What our guys would have liked is that it would have been easier to manipulate as soon as they found a false positive that they knew was a false positive. How to do so was not obvious. Some people complained about it. The interface, the ESM, is not user-friendly.There are some default policies which sometimes affect our applications and cause them to run around. In the hotel industry, we use a different type of data versus Oracle and SQL. By default, there are some policies which stop us from running properly. Because of this, the support level is also not that strong. We have to wait to get a results.Traps doesn't work with McAfee. You need to remove McAfee to install Traps. This is very common, and its nothing that should be an issue. Some antivirus engines recognize Traps as an threat component, so maybe they need to shake hands somewhere.Previously, the endpoint would leave the environment, not being on our VPN, essentially unable to interact with the server to upload files. It was unable to retrieve new file verdicts. It was using a thing called "local analysis" to determine if something was a malicious file or not. There was no dynamic analysis.They have the worst support, as a company, that I have ever worked with, as they are difficult to get a hold of and keep on the phone. They don't know what they are talking about when you get them on the phone. They don't like to respond to messages when you send them to them. They like to "research problems" for weeks on end, then pass you off to somebody else.There is a severe gap in functionality between Windows, Linux, and Mac versions. For example all folder restriction settings are Windows only. Traps 5.0+ does not have SAML / LDAP integration. Read more »	Sometimes there are issues with the antivirus back logs. Read more »

Pricing and Cost Advice

The price was fine.When we first bought it, it was a bit expensive, but it was worth it. The licensing was straightforward.I did PoCs on products called Cylance and CrowdStrike. Although, I consider these products and they were also good, when it come to cost and budgetary factors, Traps has been proven to be better than the other two products. It is quite cost-effective and delivers all the entire solution which we require.It is cost-effective compared to similar solutions. It fits for the small businesses through to the big businesses.The return on investment is from the user side because we have seen the performance of it increase the delivery time of the product if we are using too many web-based and on-premise applications. In indirect ways, we saw the return of investment in terms of performance and user satisfaction increase.It is "expensive" and flexible.Traps pays for itself within the first 16 months of a three-year subscription. This is attributed to OPEX savings, as security teams spent less time trying to identify and isolate malware for analysis as a result of a reduction in malware incidents, false positives, and breach avoidance.We didn't have to pay any additional fee for the cloud instance. It just came with the renewal, which was nice.

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8th out of 56 in Endpoint Protection for Business Views 19,749 Comparisons 13,265 Reviews 9 Average Words per Review 854 Avg. Rating 8.7	16th out of 56 in Endpoint Protection for Business Views 14,752 Comparisons 8,523 Reviews 1 Average Words per Review 287 Avg. Rating 9.0
Top Comparisons
Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) vs. Palo Alto Networks Traps Compared 14% of the time. Microsoft Windows Defender vs. Palo Alto Networks Traps Compared 13% of the time. Carbon Black CB Defense vs. Palo Alto Networks Traps Compared 9% of the time. See more Palo Alto Networks Traps competitors » + Add more products to compare	Microsoft Windows Defender vs. Sophos EPP Suite Compared 31% of the time. Kaspersky Endpoint Security vs. Sophos EPP Suite Compared 7% of the time. Palo Alto Networks Traps vs. Sophos EPP Suite Compared 7% of the time. See more Sophos EPP Suite competitors » + Add more products to compare
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Cyvera	EPP Suite
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Overview
Traps replaces legacy antivirus and secures endpoints with a multi-method prevention approach that blocks malware and exploits, both known and unknown, before they compromise endpoints such as laptops, desktops and servers.	Protect every user and every device from malware, spam, data loss and more with our Enduser Protection bundles. Only Sophos delivers best-of-breed endpoint, mobile, encryption, email and web security solutions licensed per user and backed by the best support in the industry.
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Sample Customers
CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank	EK Services
Top Industries
REVIEWERS Mining And Metals Company25% Media Company13% Hospitality Company13% Healthcare Company13% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Financial Services Firm16% Comms Service Provider13% Legal Firm13% Media Company11%	No Data Available

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