We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Sophos EPP Suite based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"It is stable and scalable."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"The whole bundle of the product, which is similar to other Microsoft products, is valuable. Ten years ago, you had third-party stuff for different things. You had one solution for email archiving and another third-party one for something else. Nowadays, Microsoft Office covers all the stuff that was formerly covered by third-party solutions. It is the same with antivirus. The functionality is just basic. You have the scanning, and then you also have a kind of cloud-based protection and reporting about your environment. With Microsoft Security Center, you have a complete overview of your environment. You know the software inventory, and you have security recommendations. You can not only see that the antivirus is up to date; you can also see where are the vulnerabilities in your system. Microsoft Security Center tells you where you have old, deprecated software and what kind of CVEs are addressed. It's really cool stuff."
"This is not an inventory solution, but it helps you take count of how many workstations you have, as well as what software is installed on each of them."
"The biggest benefit to Windows Defender is that it is built-in to the operating system by Microsoft."
"It shows us the risky sign-ins, and if a user's password has been compromised."
"The solution's main antivirus capabilities are okay. So far, they have kept us safe."
"User-friendly, offering safety and security."
"I am using it for very simple purposes. It is perfect and quite effective. I have been using it for a while, and I have never had any virus infection, data leak, or other security breaches. It works fine for standalone purposes. If you log on to OneDrive, it has ransomware protection."
"Stable endpoint manager, antivirus, and antimalware, with fast technical support and a straightforward setup."
"The setup is very easy, which takes around twenty minutes to set up the cloud setup and the licensing portal."
"It is a stable solution. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"The product interacts well with other Sophos products we have."
"Synchronized security is a great feature. My firewall knows exactly what is happening in my endpoint."
"The solution's setup is straightforward and doesn't take much time to complete."
"It is a scalable platform."
"The product is stable and has a user-friendly dashboard. It has good security features."
"The anti-malware and web filtering are the solutions most valuable aspects."
"Detections could be improved."
"We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"I think cloud security and SASE are areas of concern in the product where improvements are required. The tool's cloud version has to be improved in terms of the security it offers."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"If the solution could be integrated more with Defender for Cloud, to be more unified, that would help. It is good now, but even more integration could be done with Defender for Cloud. We see two different portals. If Defender for Endpoint could be ported to the CSPM, Defender for Cloud, that would make things even easier for us."
"Sometimes, there are different skews. In a basic skew, they should have basic log analysis without the need to integrate with any third-party or SIEM solutions, like Sentinel. This would make it so much easier for users who don't have log collection or log analysis."
"The interface could be improved."
"It would be helpful if they included XDR features, on top of the EDR functionality."
"Microsoft support could be more knowledgeable."
"Its detection is not as quick. There should also be more frequent updates."
"It needs to improve the cybersecurity for lateral movements. For example, when a hacker tries to enter a machine, they try to get the password by doing a lateral movement."
"It's not quite a mature solution just yet. It needs more time to grow and develop."
"The logging issues must be fixed."
"One area for improvement in Sophos EPP Suite is the support response time, particularly of the management team. It could be faster because I only got a response from the manager after a few days. If you open a case directly from the website, the response from the technical support agent may have been faster. I didn't open the request from the website, so that could be the reason why the response time took longer."
"I would like to have the capability to support legacy operating systems because the majority now don't support Windows XP, and Windows 2000."
"Sophos does not currently inform users of potential compatability issues with Windows updates."
"The user interface is not responsive."
"In the future, I would like to see better third-party integration so that it can work in conjunction with our ticket system."
"Deployment and central management need to be improved."
"There could be enhancements made to the DLP."
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked 1st in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 182 reviews while Sophos EPP Suite is ranked 27th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 52 reviews. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is rated 8.0, while Sophos EPP Suite is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint writes "Eliminates the need to look at multiple dashboards by automatically providing one XDR dashboard to show the security score of each subscription". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos EPP Suite writes "The solution provides endpoint detection and response with a nice-looking dashboard". Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is most compared with Symantec Endpoint Security, Intercept X Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Intune, whereas Sophos EPP Suite is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Security, Seqrite Endpoint Security, Coro, Trellix Endpoint Security and Xprotect . See our Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Sophos EPP Suite report.
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