Sophos Cloud Optix Reviews

Name: Sophos Cloud Optix
Brand: Sophos
Rating: 4.0 (3 reviews)

4.0 out of 5

3 reviews
100% willing to recommend

What is Sophos Cloud Optix?

Easily identify cloud resource vulnerabilities, ensure compliance, and respond to threats faster.

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Sophos Cloud Optix is the #30 ranked solution in top Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solutions. PeerSpot users give Sophos Cloud Optix an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. Sophos Cloud Optix is most commonly compared to Wiz: Sophos Cloud Optix vs Wiz. Sophos Cloud Optix is popular among the small business segment, accounting for 44% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 17% of all views.

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Jean Desir

Sr Network Engineer at Raptor Trading

The dashboard and the process for applying policies could be more intuitive. Cloud Optix isn't that difficult once you get the hang of it, but the IT folks managing this want it to be more user-friendly. Deploying the agents could be more seamless, too. Ideally, Cloud Optix would automate adding agents into your environment by integrating with Active Directory or some policy.

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TunjiGbola

It manager at MMA2

There are times when the devices are at maximum capacity, and it takes a while before the device is updated. For example, if the device has a virus, and it's not aligned to connect to the network, even after you've scanned the device, and cleaned out the virus, once the management clears the system to allow it back on the network it takes some time. It can be frustrating when you have your line manager or in management affected trying to access the network.

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W.Quincy Bevans

Lead IT Technician at a maritime company with 501-1,000 employees

I guess that customer training is an area that needs improvement. What I've noticed is that we are not best trained for the software we might purchase, where you might discover later, "you could do that" after buying tools or software to do the same thing you could do with just one tool or software. The major issue that I would notice and know is that we are not always as best possibly trained for the software that we may purchase. So, after a while and after some digging, you may find out that software or tools could actually do something else. Then, you may end up buying two pieces of software to do the same thing that one could do. It's not a problem with Sophos but an issue across other pieces of software, including Veeam, which I would say is a rudimentary backup that you just use as a backup for virtual machines. You have alternative backups where you would only be backing up versions of what may have been updated, accounting for faster and more precise backups. In the future, I would like to see email integration to deal with phishing and spam.

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Sophos Cloud Optix mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of Sophos Cloud Optix in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category stands at 0.5%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Last updated Nov 21, 2024

Valuable Features

Users highlight Sophos Cloud Optix's automatic identification of security risks, detailed compliance reports, and cost-saving opportunities. They appreciate the ease of configuration and integration with various cloud environments, especially AWS, Azure, and GCP. Advanced threat detection and visualization tools for network traffic and configurations are also praised.

"The most valuable feature for me would be the solution's endpoint protection."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cloud Optix is the simple way to manage my devices on the network. Additionally, it is easy to navigate and has a user-friendly interface."
"DLP is a valuable feature that we use a lot for info audits."

Room for Improvement

"The setup was a little bit complex."
"There are times when the devices are at maximum capacity, and it takes a while before the device is updated. For example, if the device has a virus, and it's not aligned to connect to the network, even after you've scanned the device, and cleaned out the virus, once the management clears the system to allow it back on the network it takes some time. It can be frustrating when you have your line manager or in management affected trying to access the network."
"The dashboard and the process for applying policies could be more intuitive. Cloud Optix isn't that difficult once you get the hang of it, but the IT folks managing this want it to be more user-friendly."