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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is a messaging security option with anti-spam / anti-malware, data loss prevention, large file send, and other features, from UK company Mimecast.N/A

    Sophos Email

    Score9.1 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
    Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat ProtectionSophos Email
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat ProtectionSophos Email
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat ProtectionSophos Email
    Considered Both Products
    Mimecast
    Chose Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    Mimecast Advanced Email Security is FAR superior. Sophos practically gave us the email for free and we still didn't want it. Sophos also does not do both Gateway and API properly. Mimecast Advanced Email Security's AI-Powered net is next level.
    Incentivized
    Chose Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    I have never really used Mimecast or Sophos, which was an on-prem mail filtering tool - Now use 365 Defender services alongside Mimecast.
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    Sophos
    Chose Sophos Email
    I was not part of selecting Sophos for this organization. I would recommend a full POC before landing on this as your decision. Some things that you should test for are targeted credential harvesting sites, impersonation rules processing, and general consistency in the …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    81 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    80 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    85 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    71 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat ProtectionSophos Email
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection and Sophos Email
    Feature
    Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    7.6
    93 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sophos Email
    9.2
    21 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Anti-malware8.089 Ratings9.521 Ratings
    Customizability7.492 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection6.774 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Threat Detection7.987 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Sandboxing8.380 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption7.978 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Management Tools7.289 Ratings9.021 Ratings
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat ProtectionSophos Email
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (106 ratings)
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    1.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (81 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    2.8
    (11 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.9
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat ProtectionSophos Email
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Mimecast
    If you're using the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, Mimecast Email Security CI is a must-have, as it adds an extra layer of email security. With advanced email threat detection capabilities, this tool handles internal threat incidents, ransomware, and phishing, and is effective at scanning attachments and URLs. It is a reliable/effective email security solution for business.
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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
    Mimecast
    • Simplicity: Once set up, Mimecast Advanced Email Security is easy to use, intuitive, and simple. This reduces onboarding time with new employees.
    • Robust Audit Trail: Being able to see what happened with specific emails, why things happened, and who was responsible for them helps to reduce troubleshooting time as well as improving overall email observability.
    • Clean Interface: Mimecast Advanced Email Security is a Swiss-Army-Knife of email security. There are many different configurations and complex rules that can be implemented. To make this manageable Mimecast Advanced Email Security has implemented a simple and clean UI. Being able to favorite commonly used features makes a huge difference in usability.
    • Simple SSO Integration: This seems like a no-brainer, but its odd to see how many SaaS products either don't support SSO, or make it so complicated and convoluted that setup and maintenance becomes a fully time job.
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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
    Mimecast
    • I would like to see some additional improvement around the attachment protection, specifically what may be getting caught and what types of files are attempting to be delivered via email by impersonators.
    • The Targeted Threat Protection is a great product, and I wish there was a dashboard for this service where we could easily see the types of emails and/or links that have been caught as part of the protection module that could be shared with executives.
    • Finally, I feel that the phishing protection is great and honestly don't believe there should be much improvement needed there.
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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
    Mimecast
    There is no question as to the value of the product to the business and the disruption of changing vendors would not be worth any savings possibly achieved by switching.
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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
    Mimecast
    Mimecast advanced email security is an excellent tool, and even better, all the tools can be accessed from a single console. One thing I love about Mimecast is that when you add features to your account, they are automatically added to your console, which you already have experience with. No need to learn a new console.
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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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    Reliability and Availability
    Mimecast
    Overall, it's very good, but I do remember a few times in the past year we have seen some availability issues.
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    Sophos
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Mimecast
    Pages need to consistently load quickly. Sometimes good, sometimes not.
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    Sophos
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Mimecast
    When calling them you get best in the world customer services but as previously mentioned their online community and capabilities are a bit lacking. They want you to log into their portal to see updates on issues (vs. using a public facing service) and I rarely find the answers to my issues in electronic format. Their online presence is only helpful with the simplest of issues.
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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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    In-Person Training
    Mimecast
    We did not have in-person training. All was done through meetings and on phone.
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    Sophos
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Mimecast
    Training was good from Mimecast as well as the Mimecast knowledgebase.
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    Sophos
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Mimecast
    Easy to set up and configure, but did have Mimecast assistance.
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    Sophos
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Mimecast
    Mimecast Advanced Email Security is FAR superior. Sophos practically gave us the email for free and we still didn't want it. Sophos also does not do both Gateway and API properly. Mimecast Advanced Email Security's AI-Powered net is next level.
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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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    Scalability
    Mimecast
    The solution continues to grow and add features.
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    Sophos
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Mimecast
    Professional services for our setup was excellent, quick and knowledgeable.
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    Sophos
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Mimecast
    • Enhanced email security across the business.
    • This product has reduced the risk of being hit by malware/phishing; Mimecast has been holding emails efficiently after reviewing emails.
    • The reporting side is practical, helps create a business case for the product, and shows its worth.
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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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