We performed a comparison between Sophos SafeGuard and Symantec Endpoint Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, McAfee, Sophos and others in Endpoint Encryption."The Intercept X feature is the most valuable feature. You can't find this feature in other firewalls because Intercept X works as if it has an interaction between the endpoint and the firewall."
"It's easy to use. You have to pay extra for additional, but the basic product is fantastic. It will be a good solution for you, depending on your requirements."
"Policy deployment is easy and quick to do."
"The malware protection and the scanning features are most valuable in this solution."
"The solution has done a fabulous job of protecting us from threats."
"The solution can be easily connected and it is very secure."
"It's a straightforward solution."
"I like that Sophos SafeGuard provides excellent technical support."
"I have found the solution to be very scalable, we have 700 employees using the solution in our organization."
"The solution is very stable."
"Their threat protection is very good. We are managing a good number of users thanks to the solution and we are pretty satisfied with it."
"With a single console, you get control over Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android. This control is most valuable."
"It's customizable, we're able to tune it to work with our products."
"This solution helps in that I can control quite a few computers from our central location, with ease."
"Can detect and prevent attacks that are exploring common software vulnerabilities."
"Stability-wise, it is very good and we have had no trouble."
"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."
"The product's next release could have integration features with different internal and external systems."
"The integration could be a little better."
"Having a DLP integrated with the encryption engine would be very good."
"I would like to see a support-cloud, where Sophos creates a single package that contains all of its products."
"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."
"Technical support could be a bit better."
"Multi-domain policy options for exceptions and global blocks."
"SONAR could be improved. The false/positive rate is a little high."
"If you're not charged with administering the product and you don't do it every day it can sometimes be difficult to remember how to do the simple basic things, so some type of help or guidance for your most regular or frequent tasks would be good."
"The agent shouldn't use up so many resources at the endpoint when scanning and protecting."
"My personal opinion is that Symantec has too many WS.Reputation.1 detections, which could cause important computers to malfunction."
"The solution has become quite complicated since Broadcom acquired Symantec, and we no longer sell it or try not to sell it."
"The solution should have more integration with other platforms."
"More control features can be added, and its performance can also be better. Sometimes, the performance is not good when we access the cloud console. Moving to each tab is slow. The dashboard can be a little bit user-friendly. For some users, it is a bit difficult. If someone is a little bit familiar with it, then it is fine. Otherwise, it is hard to find policies in Symantec."
Sophos SafeGuard is ranked 3rd in Endpoint Encryption with 34 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 139 reviews. Sophos SafeGuard is rated 8.6, while Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Sophos SafeGuard writes "Stable solution that preserves data confidentiality". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Security writes "The solution has given us visibility into compliance within our whole system and helped us ensure everything is updated". Sophos SafeGuard is most compared with Microsoft BitLocker, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, ESET Endpoint Encryption, Cisco Secure Endpoint and McAfee Complete Data Protection, whereas Symantec Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, Trend Micro Deep Security and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business.
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