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CrowdStrike Falcon vs Sophos EPP Suite comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 24, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.5
CrowdStrike Falcon enhances efficiency, reduces costs and resources, boosts security, and increases ROI by preventing breaches and downtime.
Sentiment score
7.7
Sophos EPP Suite enhances productivity and security, offering ROI within 12-16 months through integration, encryption, and effective response times.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
CrowdStrike Falcon's customer service is praised for expertise and promptness but varies in responsiveness outside regular hours.
Sentiment score
7.6
Sophos EPP Suite support is mixed; some praise responsiveness and expertise, others cite delays and lack of communication.
The Sophos people here in South Africa are very helpful.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
CrowdStrike Falcon offers scalable, cloud-based security, easily handling thousands of endpoints with efficient growth management and platform flexibility.
Sentiment score
8.5
Sophos EPP Suite offers excellent scalability with seamless expansion, especially for cloud deployments, but integrates mainly with Sophos products.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
CrowdStrike Falcon is praised for stability and efficiency, with minor issues swiftly resolved, earning high user ratings.
Sentiment score
8.5
Sophos EPP Suite is rated highly for stability, with minor issues like resource consumption and occasional system lags.
 

Room For Improvement

Users desire improved integration, expanded features, user-friendliness, enhanced support, and competitive pricing for CrowdStrike Falcon.
Sophos EPP Suite needs improvements in migration ease, resource usage, support efficiency, console usability, performance, and integration.
False positive reductions are needed.
The enterprise integration is very poor, requiring a lot of manual work.
 

Setup Cost

CrowdStrike Falcon is viewed as expensive, yet justifiable for its strong security and flexible licensing options.
Sophos EPP Suite offers competitive pricing with three-year discounts, often cheaper than others, especially with annual payment options.
 

Valuable Features

CrowdStrike Falcon excels in threat detection, minimal system impact, continuous updates, and user-friendly features for seamless workflow.
Sophos EPP Suite offers strong virus protection, seamless integration, centralized management, ransomware rollback, and advanced threat detection with AI.
CrowdStrike provides a lot of visibility in their tool.
With the reseller management, I can manage multiple clients without having to log in to each client.
 

Categories and Ranking

CrowdStrike Falcon
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
123
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (6th), Identity Management (IM) (6th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (2nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (1st), Active Directory Management (2nd), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (1st), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (1st), Ransomware Protection (1st), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (3rd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
Sophos EPP Suite
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
27th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of CrowdStrike Falcon is 11.1%, up from 8.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sophos EPP Suite is 0.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

Chintan-Vyas - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to set up with good behavior-based analysis but needs a single-click recovery option
Most organizations are currently looking for a scheduled scan to meet their compliance needs. Other players like Symantec and Trend Micro, FireEye, et cetera, are still providing the signature-based regular scheduled scans also, which is not available in CrowdStrike. That is one parameter that we feel should be there in CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is only working on the dynamic or the files under execution. CrowdStrike is not scanning the static files. The product could be more accurate in terms of performance. We'd like to have a single-click recovery option. With some machines getting corrupted by malware, we need an easy way to start with a blank slate if things happen. That one feature should be there in the EDR.
Kiarash Heydari - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrates well, useful client auditing, and beneficial reporting
If you use an appliance, it can be challenging to scale. However, we can use solutions, such as Software-Defined Networking (SDN) for cloud-based services or private cloud-based services with Kubernetes and Calico. Additionally, we can use a firewall for managing traffic on the internet or LAN and internal networks. We can integrate Sophos EPP Suite with enterprise solutions, such as Cisco ACI for managing role policies, among other things. We have around 400 to 500 users who are clients for our service on our internal network. Additionally, in our IDC we have thousands of clients who receive services from us.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Comparing CrowdStrike Falcon to Cortex XDR (Palo Alto)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto vs. CrowdStrike Falcon Both Cortex XDR and Crowd Strike Falcon offer cloud-based solutions that are very scalable, secure, and user-friendly. Cortex XDR by Palo Alto offers ...
How does Crowdstrike Falcon compare with Darktrace?
Both of these products perform similarly and have many outstanding attributes. CrowdStrike Falcon offers an amazing user interface that makes setup easy and seamless. CrowdStrike Falcon offers a cl...
How does Microsoft Defender for Endpoint compare with Crowdstrike Falcon?
The CrowdStrike solution delivers a lot of information about incidents. It has a very light sensor that will never push your machine hardware to "test", you don't have the usual "scan now" feature ...
What do you like most about Sophos EPP Suite?
Sophos EPP Suite is a powerful antivirus.
What needs improvement with Sophos EPP Suite?
The automation side of the setup is a pain. I have to run the installers manually. The enterprise integration is very poor, requiring a lot of manual work. I need an on-premises Active Directory th...
 

Also Known As

CrowdStrike Falcon, CrowdStrike Falcon XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Threat Intelligence, CrowdStrike Identity Protection, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface
EPP Suite
 

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