Capsule8, now part of Sophos vs. Snort

Capsule8, now part of Sophos

1 Reviews and Ratings

Snort

27 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Capsule8, now part of Sophos	Score10 out of 10	N/A	Capsule8 from Sophos (acquired 2021) provides attack protection for enterprise Linux -- whether containerized, virtualized, or bare metal. It is an EDR solution the vendor presents as performant and purpose built Linux detection that protects against threats, provides consistent visibility and ensures availability for production infrastructure in hybrid muti-cloud environments regardless of workload.	N/A
Snort	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Sourcefire developed Snort, an open source intrusion prevention system capable of real-time traffic analysis and packet logging. Snort was acquired (and is now supported) by Cisco in 2013.	N/A

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Pricing Offerings
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Best Alternatives
	Capsule8, now part of Sophos	Snort
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Snort Score9 out of 10	Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention Score8.5 out of 10
Enterprises	Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection Score8.3 out of 10	Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection Score8.3 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Capsule8, now part of Sophos	Snort
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	8.1 (5 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Capsule8, now part of Sophos	Snort
Likelihood to Recommend	Sophos No answers on this topic	Cisco If a colleague was looking to tighten down their network I can easily recommend Snort to them. It gives you some more peace of mind knowing that its always scanning traffic for malicious looking code. Even things your major firewalls and security hardware might miss, Snort has picked up. Its an easy recommendation for me. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Pros	Sophos No answers on this topic	Cisco IPS detection. DoS detection. Packet logging. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Cons	Sophos No answers on this topic	Cisco At times can be unstable with Cisco bugs, require frequent upgrading. FTD images that are being pushed for ASAs are less efficient from an administration standpoint, no CLI. Incentivized Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP Senior Network Security Engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Sophos No answers on this topic	Cisco For our organization, the Cisco defense in depth concept works the best. While Cisco can be made to work with other vendors, we have found the best in depth protection by integrating Cisco products for maximum visibility. We had a Barracuda Web Filter, but it was difficult to maintain when you had limited scope on what you could block, so we created a whitelist only setup which required a lot of additional manpower. This wouldn't have covered new threats with DNS spoofing and the like. Sourcefire also integrated with our anti-malware platform (Cisco AMP) for even better visibility on what may be happening on the end users workstation. We are planning on adding in Cisco ISE to complete the approach and possibly stealthwatch to cover our bases in the future. The Palo Alto gear was interesting, but it was priced far out of our range. Incentivized David Myers Network Administrator Read full review
Return on Investment	Sophos No answers on this topic	Cisco Being open source, ROI on free is hard to beat for something that works. I believe it greatly enhances the security of my network. Curt Dickman Owner Read full review
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