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Sophos Intercept X

Overview

What is Sophos Intercept X?

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.

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Sophos Intercept X - Good Value and Great For SMBs

Rating: 8 out of 10
April 30, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Intercept X as part of our MDR/MTR Solution. It is the primary endpoint Security Solution that all Sophos is built on. We required endpoint security that would integr...
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Verified user
Administrator
Sophos Intercept X10 years of experience

Sophos Intercept X quick review and facts

Rating: 8 out of 10
April 30, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We wish a unified security approach on our endpoints supporting threat hunting and XDR across them.
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Manager
Sophos Intercept X5 years of experience

Sophos Intercept X allows you to sleep at night.

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 9, 2025
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We use Sophos Intercept X as our XDR and it works extremely well with seeing and blocking PUAs, blocking sites, and following rules we have set it place. The main issue we run...
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Verified user
Professional
Sophos Intercept X23 years of experience

Seems to work well.

Rating: 7 out of 10
April 4, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Intercept X is installed on all of our PCs and laptops, as well as some MacBooks.
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Peter England BA MBCS CITP
Manager - Information Technology
Head of IT Services
Trinity School of John Whitgift
Sophos Intercept X5 years of experience

Sophos Intercept X user experience

Rating: 8 out of 10
April 4, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We are using Sophos Intercept X to protect part of our Windows client, Windows servers and mobiles into our organization. Even though it can provide protection against attacks...
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Verified user
Manager
Sophos Intercept X4 years of experience
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Pricing

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Intercept X Advanced

$28

On Premise
per year per user

Intercept X Advanced with XDR

$48

On Premise
per year per user

Sophos Managed Threat Response

$79

On Premise
per year per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.sophos.com/en…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $28 per year per user
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Product Demos

CVE-2017-11826 0day exploit vs months old Sophos Intercept X

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How WannaCry ransomware works

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Features

Endpoint Security

Endpoint security software protects enterprise connected devices from malware and cyber attacks.

8.1
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is Sophos Intercept X?

Built to stop the widest range of attacks, Sophos Intercept X has been proven to prevent even the most advanced ransomware and malware by leveraging a unique combination of next-generation techniques. This includes the ability to detect never-before-seen malware with deep learning, stop ransomware with Sophos anti-ransomware technology, and deny attacker tools with signatureless exploit prevention. Intercept X also includes root cause analysis to provide insight into threats, and instant malware removal to ensure no attack remnants remain.

Sophos Intercept X Features

Endpoint Security Features

  • Supported: Anti-Exploit Technology
  • Supported: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
  • Supported: Centralized Management
  • Supported: Infection Remediation
  • Supported: Malware Detection

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Sophos Intercept X Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Sophos Intercept X starts at $28.

Symantec Endpoint Security and Kaspersky Endpoint Security are common alternatives for Sophos Intercept X.

Reviewers rate Anti-Exploit Technology highest, with a score of 8.6.

The most common users of Sophos Intercept X are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

(1-5 of 20)

Sophos Packs a Punch

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
May 31, 2018
PL
Paul Li
Senior Associate
Stir Architecture (Architecture & Planning, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sophos Intercept X
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
In October of last year, our then IT consultants advised our Los Angeles office to switch from AVG to Sophos Endpoint protection. We were told that Sophos Endpoint Protection is a superior virus protection program. AVG had given us a number of problems by frequently detecting false positives and quarantining programs we use quite often in our organization. So AVG along with Malwarebytes were both uninstalled from all our workstations & our servers replaced by the single protection program Sophos Endpoint Protection.
Pros
  • Sophos Endpoint Protection provides a web portal for the administrator to login. Here the administrator can examine and track which computer devices are being protected from virus attacks.
  • The Sophos Endpoint Protection web portal provides a dashboard entry page that shows a summary of what viruses may have been detected and quarantined. In addition this dashboard landing page shows a summary of alert messages sent from the protected computers like when a reboot is needed from a server after software updates.
  • From the Sophos Endpoint Protection web portal various agents like for workstations as well as for servers can be downloaded for deployment. Here you can quickly find and install the agent for the Windows OS, Mac OS and even how to proceed with mobile device protections.
Cons
  • Though the Sophos Endpoint Protection agent for workstations is fairly competitive in cost, especially when with one agent we're protected from both viruses & malware intrusions, the agent to protect our servers are doubled in price. In order for Sophos Endpoint protection to compete with other comparable products, the price for server protection should be lowered.
  • Though Sophos Endpoint Protection is supposed to be a superior antivirus protection program, we did encounter slowness specifically when attempting to open PDFs using the Adobe Acrobat program. Further research did show that Adobe Acrobat with "Protected Mode" enabled may cause this problem. The solution was to switch to other PDF applications and the problem was resolved.
  • Unfortunately, Sophos is just not as well known as some of its competitors like AVG & Symantec. Perhaps more marketing from the company would help make this very powerful virus protection program become more of a household name.
Likelihood to Recommend
Sophos Endpoint Protection is more well suited for larger organizations where they require protection from serious attacks, especially on the server side. With their robust high powered agent specifically designed for the server, large corporations would have no problems in paying a more heftier price to protect their servers compared to their workstations.

Sophos Endpoint - An essential component in a modern antimalware/security platform.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
December 13, 2018
AF
Alex Farling
Managing Partner
Delaware Micro-Computer (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Reseller
Sophos Intercept X
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Sophos Endpoint Protection on our internal equipment, as well as client computers/servers. The product enables us to manage AntiVirus, Encryption, and Next Gen AntiMalware in a single portal with a single agent. The protection we get from this combo is second to none, and that's where the real value of this product comes through - tight integration to the entire platform...
Pros
  • Simple Installation.
  • Clean reporting.
  • Single pane of glass management with other Sophos products.
Cons
  • Client can occasionally be more resource intensive than we would like...
Likelihood to Recommend
We use it everywhere, including mixed environments / Mac and Linux deployments. Where it may not be well suited is for extremely budget-conscious customers who are not willing to adopt the whole solution stack - that said, you get what you pay for and Sophos is cost competitive against other solutions.

Superb ransomware detection and analysis!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
October 23, 2019
BC
Ben Coppard
IT Manager
Pancreatic Cancer UK (Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sophos Intercept X
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Intercept-X is used across the whole organization and on-top of Sophos' excellent EndPoint protection, it primarily addresses the increased threat that ransomware is presenting to our Charity. After running a number of ransomware tests against Sophos Intercept-X, it outperforms a number of market leaders and helps me get to sleep at night knowing our AV product is protecting us.
Pros
  • Identifies ransomware
  • Gives in-depth analysis on current and detected threats
  • Very easy to configure on top of existing products
Cons
  • GUI not very simple
  • Information regarding threats often unclear and hard to decipher at basic level
  • False positives on occassion
Likelihood to Recommend
Small/Medium businesses that are email heavy can rest easy knowing they're getting great value product with extremely good protection. It catches a wide range of ransomware variants.

Large businesses with a large number of devices may struggle, as there's a lot of detail captured with individual threats and troubleshooting is often time consuming.

Best in its class

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
May 30, 2018
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sophos Intercept X
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Sophos Endpoint Protection is one of the industry leaders in providing information security services for enterprises. They offer a whole range of security features for an enterprise. We use their client end protection as well as more advanced firewall security. It offers real time protection for our IT resources including web, mail and all sorts of malware protection.
Pros
  • The company offers one stop service for all security related needs.
  • Excellent Malware protection and recovery.
  • Deployment and configuration is a breeze using the consolidated web management console.
Cons
  • Software can get bloated at times and consume lots of resources on machines, especially while performing incremental updates.
  • Some emails and attachments are incorrectly flagged as dangerous.
  • We had some issues while integrating Digital Guardian with Sophos, since it kept on blocking OS updates on the machines.
Likelihood to Recommend
I think it's an excellent all in one antivirus protection software. It filters out malware and flags potentially dangerous websites as well.

We went with the cloud version of the software suite instead of hosting it on premises. It has an extremely simple all in one web management console. Sophos End Point Protection suite comes with a very well designed and comprehensive web management console. It is the single point of access for numerous services.

Fantastic Product Which Pays for Itself

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 04, 2025
Verified User
General Manager in Corporate
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Reseller
Sophos Intercept X
8 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Sophos Intercept X (Advanced, specifically) across the whole of our customer base. We find it to be the best ‘one size, fits all’ anti-virus product on the market, which allows to have uniformity among all of our clients. As an overall, we find the product to be very well priced, lightweight on system resources, easy to manage and, most important of all, a solid anti-virus product that we trust implicitly - even on our own systems.
Pros
  • Ransomware protection
  • Well priced
  • Great knowledge base
  • Great support from distribution
  • Lightweight product
Cons
  • Better account management from Sophos Intercept X direct
  • Better competitor comparison matrix
  • Easier opportunity portal
Likelihood to Recommend
At our IT support company, we look after clients of varying sizes; from one all the way through to the hundreds and we find that Sophos Intercept X (specifically Sophos Intercept X Advanced) is suitable for the vast majority of these. It’s one pane management from the the cloud portal makes it easy as an MSP to manage all of these clients, too. It is maybe less appropriate for those customers who are particularly at risk of targeted malware. We supply these customers a higher level of Sophos product.
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