LuxSci vs. Sophos Email

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LuxSci
Score 6.0 out of 10
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Massachusetts based Lux Scientiae (LuxSci) offers their platform as a HIPAA compliant hosted email messaging service.N/A
Sophos Email
Score 9.2 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
LuxSciSophos Email
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LuxSciSophos Email
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
LuxSciSophos Email
Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
LuxSci
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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
User Ratings
LuxSciSophos Email
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(24 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
1.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
2.8
(11 ratings)
User Testimonials
LuxSciSophos Email
Likelihood to Recommend
Lux Scientiae (LuxSci)
Apparently secure website hosting and email. Perhaps could have some better background on common website features.
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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.
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Pros
Lux Scientiae (LuxSci)
  • Security for email.
  • Some email spam protection.
  • Security for websites.
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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
Lux Scientiae (LuxSci)
  • Unable to provide email script for their servers.
  • Email filtering sometimes false negatives.
  • Sometimes difficulty with tech support.
  • Development requests pending for 2 years now.
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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
Lux Scientiae (LuxSci)
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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
Lux Scientiae (LuxSci)
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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
Lux Scientiae (LuxSci)
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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
Lux Scientiae (LuxSci)
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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
Lux Scientiae (LuxSci)
  • Cost-effective. I manage (poorly) multiple websites myself & with the help of Luxsci tech support.
  • Generally, things work.
  • I wish they had more info on what I think are common issues with websites or email.
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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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