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

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cofense Managed PDR
Score 8.1 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
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Sophos 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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Editions & Modules
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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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Features
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Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)
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Ratings
Sophos Email
7.1
19 Ratings
16% below category average
Anti-malware00 Ratings7.019 Ratings
Customizability00 Ratings6.719 Ratings
Data Loss Protection00 Ratings7.516 Ratings
Threat Detection00 Ratings6.718 Ratings
Sandboxing00 Ratings7.714 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings7.416 Ratings
Management Tools00 Ratings6.419 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)Sophos Email
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(6 ratings)
7.1
(22 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
1.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
2.8
(11 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)Sophos 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.
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Sophos
The Sophos email solution is a good fit for my organization which is a mid-size resort with 200 users. Sophos email has revealed unwanted emails that were getting through our built in Microsoft email security scanning and policies so having this extra layer was a no brainier. With that we were able to focus on the bad stuff and even tweak our products with this information from Sophos email.
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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
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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
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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
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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
I have only tried Sophos Email, and I find it to be a very useful tool, as it protects against information leakage such as fraudulent emails, cloud sandboxing and quarantine, which are essential functions and the product works excellent.
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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
  • Sophos Email has been protecting our users, including the administrative branch, who are the target of attacks most frequently.
  • Every month Sophos Email stops about 100,000 malicious emails. We calculate that if these attacks have saved the company time, it prevents us from having a lot of support staff to attend to the cases.
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