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Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center) vs. Sophos Email

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    Cofense Managed PDR

    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Cofense Managed PDR (formerly Phishing Defense Center, or PDC) is a security service designed to relieve security operators of the repetitive tasks needed to qualify, investigate, and document alerts. With it the user can focus on responding to verified threats, instead of spending limited time and resources on data gathering. Cofense aims to take the workload off staff, giving them support qualifying and investigating threats, and understand their severity, so in-house security teams can focus…N/A

    Sophos Email

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASophos Email is presented as Predictive Cloud Email Security Powered by Artificial Intelligence designed to block spam and malware, as well as protect employees and block phishing attempts.N/A
    Pricing
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    Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$40 Custom quotationNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe Cofense Phishing Defense Center is available to all customers of Cofense Triage. The Triage solution is a pre-requisite for Cofense PDC services.—
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    Community Pulse
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    Cofense
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center) and Sophos Email
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    Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)
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    Ratings
    Sophos Email
    9.2
    21 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Anti-malware00 Ratings9.521 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Threat Detection00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Sandboxing00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Management Tools00 Ratings9.021 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cofense Managed PDRSophos Email
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    2.8
    (11 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cofense Managed PDRSophos Email
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cofense
    Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) has saved our team copious amounts of time that we would usually have to spend sifting through all of the hundreds of emails that are reported each day. Having a dedicated team to sort the true positives from the false positives gives ample amount of time to triage the more severe threats that have been reported.
    Incentivized
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    Sophos
    Sophos Email is ideal for protecting business email from advanced threats. It comes with features that make it easy to detect and block email threats, such as spam, phishing, ransomware, and data leaks. In addition, Sophos Email is ideal for email encryption and helps train teams to identify phishing threats.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Cofense
    • Instant detection and elimination of phishing email boxes.
    • Easy to set up.
    • Intuitive and complete GUI interface, being able to create rules, configure exceptions, and generate reports.
    • Optimizes time to eliminate phishing and prevent users from being targeted by internet scams.
    • Good artificial intelligence.
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    Sophos
    • We could customize it to have a certain level of workflow. We manage to enforce certain email (based on key-phrases) to be quarantined before send it to the recipient. And the email needs to be approved (manually) before being released.
    • For certain type (using regex) of email, we will encrypt it if it's sent outside our organization domain.
    • Scalable
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    Cons
    Cofense
    • Better integration with established ticketing systems
    • Ability to determine if there were any other recipients of the same email
    • Technical issues when logging into the tool
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    Sophos
    • I would love to see tips integrated into the user interface from the management side to allow for easier dissection of email headers. This would allow lower level admins that may work at smaller companies to better understand the information presented.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cofense
    No answers on this topic
    Sophos
    It was easy to use and easy to implement. You don't need previous knowledge on the products, after we got this up and running, it took us hours to put everything together. The transition was easy and seamless.
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    Usability
    Cofense
    No answers on this topic
    Sophos
    It's mostly great and for policies and features, it does everything we would ask it to and more. The only thing keeping it from being a 10 is the lack of granularity in the reporting, which is actually an issue within Sophos Central as a whole. The ability to drill down from dashboards into accurate, detailed data would be very helpful at times.
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    Support Rating
    Cofense
    No answers on this topic
    Sophos
    Support is slow to respond. They call back outside of normal business hours despite clearly being advised when they should call. They try to BS you that the platform is working properly although there is hard evidence to the contrary. Once you get to senior level of support they agree that the product is incapable of performing properly in its current iteration.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cofense
    This product just successfully conquers its competitors and alternatives. This is because upgrades and improvement in software play a very important role, as with upgrades, a user feels connected with the platform. No one likes using outdated software, so [...] I find this product to be the best option out of all, as it is continuously in the race [to become] the best. I always see some upgrades [...] which makes me a happy user, unlike other alternatives.
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    Sophos
    Many other solutions are a complicated setup and take a lot of time for the configuration. With Sophos email we were setup and seeing data/emails within an hour. As I have described the ease of use from a high-level for someone like me a Director just peeking into the system or an analyst that can do a deep dive is one of the best users interfaces I have seen for any product.
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    Return on Investment
    Cofense
    • Reduced volume to support teams.
    • Provided in-house resources time to work on other projects.
    • Provides a clean and effective interface with teammates.
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    Sophos
    • AI-powered email threat prevention ensures that no threats reach our email system, preventing data contamination.
    • The BEC defense ensures our business reputation remain in place.
    • URL protection protects our users from clicking on malicious links that would otherwise compromise our email systems.
    • Ability to encrypt emails keeps our email data secure which a plus.
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