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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, minimizes downtime, and optimizes security, offering significant resource savings and risk mitigation.
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
7.1
CrowdStrike Falcon support is knowledgeable and helpful, but some report slow responses and less personal engagement during weekends.
Sentiment score
7.6
Sophos EPP Suite support is mixed; some praise responsiveness and expertise, others cite delays and lack of communication.
The CrowdStrike team is very efficient; I would rate them ten out of ten.
The Sophos people here in South Africa are very helpful.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
CrowdStrike Falcon's cloud-based design ensures seamless scalability, flexible deployments, and high user satisfaction, despite potential cost concerns.
Sentiment score
8.5
Sophos EPP Suite offers excellent scalability with seamless expansion, especially for cloud deployments, but integrates mainly with Sophos products.
It has adequate coverage and is easy to deploy.
When it comes to scalability, it is entirely based on premium models according to demand.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
CrowdStrike Falcon is reliable with minimal issues, occasional minor update challenges, and overall strong stability and efficiency.
Sentiment score
8.5
Sophos EPP Suite is rated highly for stability, with minor issues like resource consumption and occasional system lags.
We are following N-1 versions across our environment, which is stable.
I have never seen instability in the CrowdStrike tool.
 

Room For Improvement

Users desire improved CrowdStrike Falcon dashboards, compatibility, machine learning, false positives, GUI, scanning, forensic capabilities, interfaces, and threat analysis.
Sophos EPP Suite needs improvements in migration ease, resource usage, support efficiency, console usability, performance, and integration.
Another concern is CrowdStrike's GUI. It changes annually, making it hard to work and find options.
Simplifying the querying process, such as using double quote queries or directly obtaining logs based on IP addresses or usernames, would be beneficial.
False positive reductions are needed.
The enterprise integration is very poor, requiring a lot of manual work.
 

Setup Cost

CrowdStrike Falcon offers robust security with premium pricing, ranging from $30-$100 per user annually, suited for larger businesses.
Sophos EPP Suite offers competitive pricing with three-year discounts, often cheaper than others, especially with annual payment options.
It is expensive compared to SentinelOne, but as the market leader, it is worth it.
 

Valuable Features

CrowdStrike Falcon offers efficient, lightweight endpoint security with AI-driven analysis, real-time monitoring, and seamless integration for distributed teams.
Sophos EPP Suite offers strong virus protection, seamless integration, centralized management, ransomware rollback, and advanced threat detection with AI.
I can investigate by accessing the customer's host based on the RTR environment and utilize host search to know details for the past seven days, including logins, processes, file installations, malicious processes, and network connections.
The moment the user clicked on the file, it was quarantined thanks to CrowdStrike.
The machine learning behavior for anomaly detection is a valuable feature.
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
126
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)
26th
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 March 2025, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of CrowdStrike Falcon is 11.2%, up from 8.8% 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.
Sherwin De Claro - PeerSpot reviewer
The solution provides endpoint detection and response with a nice-looking dashboard
The solution is easily scalable because it's in the cloud and we can push the agents using our Cafea solution. We can even deploy the applications to our remote branches easily. We currently have four people using the solution and if the number of computers increases we can scale up by increasing the number of licenses.
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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
20%
Financial Services Firm
11%
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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