Sophos Intercept X vs. Sophos Virtualization Security

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sophos Intercept X
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Sophos Endpoint Protection (Sophos EPP) with Intercept X is an endpoint security product providing an antivirus / antimalware solution that when upgraded with Intercept X or Intercept X Advanced provides advanced threat detection and EDR capabilities.
$28
per year per user
Sophos Virtualization Security
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Sophos for Virtual Environments is a solution designed to provide central threat protection for virtual machines in a VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V environment.N/A
Pricing
Sophos Intercept XSophos Virtualization Security
Editions & Modules
Intercept X Advanced
$28
per year per user
Intercept X Advanced with XDR
$48
per year per user
Sophos Managed Threat Response
$79
per year per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Sophos Intercept XSophos Virtualization Security
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is for a 3-year commitment. Government and Education pricing available.
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Community Pulse
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Features
Sophos Intercept XSophos Virtualization Security
Endpoint Security
Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Product A and Product B
Sophos Intercept X
9.2
19 Ratings
8% above category average
Sophos Virtualization Security
-
Ratings
Anti-Exploit Technology8.619 Ratings00 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)9.619 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized Management10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Infection Remediation9.819 Ratings00 Ratings
Vulnerability Management8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware Detection9.819 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.1 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne Singularity
Score 9.1 out of 10
Trend Micro Cloud One - Workload Security
Trend Micro Cloud One - Workload Security
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Enterprises
BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management
BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management
Score 8.7 out of 10

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User Ratings
Sophos Intercept XSophos Virtualization Security
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(36 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Sophos Intercept XSophos Virtualization Security
Likelihood to Recommend
Sophos
To be frank, this product is fairly expensive. So I would recommend this to companies that are mid-sized or larger to condone the cost of the purchase. It does save me a significant amount of time in my day - being able to glance at the dashboard and see if there are any outstanding issues that require my attention, as not much digging must be done to accomplish this. So for our company, with a short-staffed IT department, it's incredibly helpful to us. We also qualify for Educational pricing which brings the cost down - which helps tremendously
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Sophos
For our small and medium-sized businesses Sophos Virtualization Security has been a perfect fit. I barely recognize it is even in place as an end user, and as a manager my team never complains - it just works and works very well. If you want an easy to use and seamless solution, this is it.
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Pros
Sophos
  • Sophos Intercept X is great at preventing malware infections and rolling back their effects. I have seen this happen hundreds of times since we installed it
  • When combined with Sophos Central, you have an easy to use dashboard where you can manage all installations from a single pane of glass.
  • It's easy to deploy on machines and stays updated.
  • Good reporting features including alerts sent to the admin if there's ever something wrong with it.
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Sophos
  • Antivirus is old hat for Sophos - we haven't had a single breach since its implementation
  • Managing and deploying Sophos was very seamless
  • Its non-intrusive nature to the end user has been better than any of our prior options.
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Cons
Sophos
  • Sophos OOTB policies are very strict and they don't offer anything less strict without you creating new custom policies. I'm sure this is deliberate because the product starts you out in the safest way possible but it means that you will have lots of calls to your tech support desk when you first deploy it unless you do somewhat extensive testing beforehand.
  • Sophos Intercept X is currently broken (at least the DLP component) by having secure boot turned on in the UEFI/BIOS. If any user wants to be able to write data to a USB drive or floppy from their PC (yes we still have a couple users who need to use floppies) we have to turn off secure boot on their PC, even if the DLP policy for that user/PC combination specifies that the user and PC are allowed to write to USB/floppy. This would be a very serious problem if it weren't for the fact that we have very few users who need to write files to USB. For us it's OK but I bet it would be a deal-breaker for others.
  • I don't see a whole lot of evidence that Intercept X is any different than any other anti-virus, so maybe their admin alerts just don't clearly identify when they have identified a zero-day threat or maybe we just haven't had any zero-day threats.
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Sophos
  • Instead of automatically installing our previous solution, we had to manually do it, but it may have been that solution that caused the issue.
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Likelihood to Renew
Sophos
We have gotten a great product for the price. Easy to maintain and set up on new devices. Support is great and easy to work with and understand.
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Usability
Sophos
Very easy to use
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Support Rating
Sophos
Most of the support reps are fantastic. There have been a few though that have had to be escalated via Account Manager when they haven't followed up but this is a rare instance, and often followed up by the Support Manager for APAC.
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Implementation Rating
Sophos
Best thing was the help pushing out via group policy and was able to get instructions for that on sophos site
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Sophos
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Alternatives Considered
Sophos
Webroot Endpoint Protection is not even in the same league as Sophos Intercept-X. I have tested and compared both sides by side, run simulations and it's not even close. Plus the Sophos central management is so much better. Easier to view user activities and apply policies and remediate threats. Sophos is the clear winner between these two products.
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Sophos
Sophos Virtualization Security has the brand recognition and the customer support that really sold us on the solution. The pricing was also very competetive and Sophos came highly suggested from our vendor and references.
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Return on Investment
Sophos
  • Once our technical and commercial areas got certified, the ROI over the time spent, is great. Actual customers, and/or new ones with other tools, feel safe and advised, once they get in touch with us.
  • When Sophos EndPoint is being compared against Web Management Tools (competitors), we have failed to deliver, nevertheless, there is a version of Sophos Central (Cloud) which achieves this requirement at 100% and more, since is Cloud Based (on AWS).
  • We are grateful to be on Sophos "Radar" as a Platinum Partner, and "The Americas" valued partner, we have seen our business grow, thanks to this kind of technology, throughout the years.
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Sophos
  • Security is like life insurance - you can spend as much as you want and still not be fully covered... but with Sophos, you don't have to overly spend to feel covered.
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