Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MX Layer
Score 9.0 out of 10
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MX Layer is an enterprise security company based in the United States, focusing on providing cloud-based solutions for email security, business continuity, data loss prevention and email archiving services. MX Layer aims to ensure that their comprehensive email security platform protects company's critical communications at all times. Its web-based interface is used to control inbound and outbound email traffic, protecting employees and customers from ever-evolving threats such as spam,…
$0.10
per month per user
Sophos Email
Score 9.1 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
VIPRE Email Security
Score 7.8 out of 10
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VIPRE Email Security from J2 Global replaces FuseMail, and provides capabilities such as email encryption, phishing protection, and attachment sandboxing.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details- Essentials (free): For professionals or companies looking for a convenient and easy to use security solution. - Pro (30 days free trial): For small and medium size businesses with less than 100 employees with outbound features. - Business (30 days free trial): For organizations need advanced security and management features with outbound.
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Features
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Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
MX Layer
9.4
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Sophos Email
9.2
21 Ratings
9% above category average
VIPRE Email Security
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Ratings
Anti-malware10.01 Ratings9.521 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability10.01 Ratings9.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Loss Protection8.01 Ratings9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Detection10.01 Ratings10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Sandboxing10.01 Ratings9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption10.01 Ratings9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tools8.01 Ratings9.021 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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7.5
(22 ratings)
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Likelihood to Renew
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1.1
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Usability
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8.2
(9 ratings)
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Support Rating
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2.8
(11 ratings)
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
MX Layer
Its modules predominantly function via the cloud, rendering it exceptionally convenient for users. Its design based on the cloud liberates us from the burden of upkeeping the infrastructure.
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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
MX Layer
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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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Ziff Davis Inc
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Cons
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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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Ziff Davis Inc
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Likelihood to Renew
MX Layer
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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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Ziff Davis Inc
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Usability
MX Layer
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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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Ziff Davis Inc
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Support Rating
MX Layer
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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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Ziff Davis Inc
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Alternatives Considered
MX Layer
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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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Ziff Davis Inc
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Return on Investment
MX Layer
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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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Ziff Davis Inc
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