Cisco XDR vs. Sophos XDR
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Cisco XDR | Score9.2 out of 10 | N/A | A solution to uncover sophisticated attacks and leverage machine learning to prioritize incidents across multiple security controls based on risk score and asset value. Streamlines incident response by simplifying preparation, detection, analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery, which can involve anything from adding a worknote to implementing an automated response. | N/A |
Sophos XDR | N/A | N/A | Sophos XDR (Extended Detection and Response) is a security platform designed to detect and mitigate multi-vector attacks by unifying visibility across an organization's IT infrastructure. The system is intended for Security Analysts and IT Operations teams to investigate threats that may bypass traditional preventive measures. The platform provides Data Ingestion and Correlation capabilities, aggregating telemetry from Endpoints, Firewalls, Email, and Cloud… | N/A |
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| Additional Details | There are three License tiers in which Cisco XDR is available: Essentials, Advantage, and Premier (licensed per user). Cisco XDR Essentials delivers the full XDR features and integrates across the Cisco Security portfolio, with a few exceptions. Cisco XDR Advantage builds upon the capabilities delivered in Essentials by adding Cisco-curated integrations with select third-party security tools. Cisco XDR Premier delivers the full Advantage capabilities as a Managed Service provided by Cisco security experts and includes security validation through penetration testing and select Cisco Talos Incident Response services. Data retention: A data retention period of 90 days is included by default. Customers can purchase additional retention periods of 180 or 365 days. Data ingestion: Each tier includes a data ingestion limit of 2GB per user per month. Customers can purchase additional GBs beyond the 2GB default, measured in units of GB per user per month. | — | ||||||||||||||
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | No answer on this topic |
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| Would buy again | ||
83% Would buy again 5 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
| Delivers good value for the price | ||
100% Delivers good value for the price 6 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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83% Happy with the feature set 5 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 6 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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100% Implementation went as expected 6 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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| Small Businesses | Microsoft Defender XDR Score8.7 out of 10 | Microsoft Defender XDR Score8.7 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | ![]() InsightIDR Score8.6 out of 10 | ![]() InsightIDR Score8.6 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | Microsoft Defender XDR Score8.7 out of 10 | Microsoft Defender XDR Score8.7 out of 10 |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 7.5 | - |
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