McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs Sophos SafeGuard comparison

The compared McAfee and Sophos solutions aren't in the same category. McAfee is ranked #17 in DLP , with an average rating of 7.8, and holds a 1.0% mindshare in the category. Sophos is ranked #2 in EE , with an average rating of 8.9, and holds a 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 76% of McAfee users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Sophos users who would recommend it.

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention and Sophos SafeGuard based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Sophos SafeGuard Report (Updated: March 2020).

Buyer's Guide

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Sophos SafeGuard

March 2020

Download the complete report

Helped 842,592 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare

Mindshare comparison

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Endpoint Encryption

Featured Reviews

Spencer Malmad

Owner at Tech Exchange

It's easy to set up because you point the DNS to it, and it's working in under 15 minutes

Cloudflare is highly scalable. Cloudflare is a system with a web portal that the end users like me see. It's a console where we can adjust the DNS, caching, and security features all in that console. Cloudflare owns thousands of servers across the world that cache the data. It's a powerful solution. When clients sign up for Cloudflare, they're getting this monster content delivery network, security, and a web application firewall in one. It's all rolled into one, and it's massive. Unless you have your website hosted on a massive hosting provider, there's no way that you can deliver the amount of data that Cloudflare can provide to the end users. If you have static content, there's no way that you can ever match what Cloudflare can do. Obviously, there are competitors to Cloudflare that do the same, but I'm saying other types of solutions. Let's say you go with F5. Great, that's on-prem. That's in your colo. You can't deliver as much data to the internet as you can with a CDN. You don't have to spend $20,000 on a net scaler, F5, or whatever Cisco's selling now. You don't have to buy that. You pay them $50 a month or $150 a month. It's totally worth it because even in five years, you'll never get the performance value, not just the actual ROI. You have to consider how much throughput you can get with Cloudflare.

Read full review

VivekGupta7

DGM at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Versatile with good patching and a straightforward setup

There is some fine-tuning needed, even once you define something. We need to do a lot of configuration. It would be easier if they made the configuration simpler, especially in the beginning. They need to give the user more choices and provide more guidance to help avoid problems later on. We'd like some more built-in predictive analytics so we can be prepared for what might happen in the future. We did have some bandwidth issues during setup. If your update fails, you may have stability issues. We find it difficult to reach higher levels of support when we face larger issues.

Read full review

ManelAlvarez

Technical engineer at Devoteam Management Consulting

Protects user data and offers data control and has an easy deployment

The most valuable feature is encryption control. If you have a laptop, it guarantees that the data is not missing or lost. It’s easy to deploy and has a central console where you can see whether the laptops are encrypted, updated, and protected. It protects devices, including USB and other external devices, and guarantees data loss protection. Additionally, with device control, you can ensure that no ransomware is introduced into the network. For me, this is of very high value.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Easier http to https redirect using page rules"

"The technical support is good."

"The solution automatically detects and responds to certain types of traffic based on geolocation."

"From what I've seen so far, there are no negatives to report as of yet"

"Cloudflare is a security SaaS provider that provides security and protects us from any application layer attack."

"Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications."

"I rate its stability a ten out of ten."

"When using services like Heroku, Cloudflare is very useful for CNAME flattening. I also use it for their end-to-end SSL with TLS authentication on nginx for securing servers."

More Cloudflare pros

"The most valuable feature is strong data leak prevention for data protection."

"The initial setup process was easy."

"This solution has a rich set of policies."

"The most valuable feature of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is data loss prevention."

"The stability of the solution can be good. However, the configuration takes a long time for it to be done properly."

"It can scale."

"I am impressed with the tool's firewalls and web protection."

"The overall features of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention are very good."

More McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention pros

"Policy deployment is easy and quick to do."

"The features that I have found most valuable are encryption tools that encrypt the hard disk and the USB sticks."

"For general data protection and GDPR requirements, which are relevant because we work with European companies, SafeGuard helps us stay compliant."

"The user interface is simple, It makes it very easy to use."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the GUI is easy to use."

"The intrusion detection system."

"The most valuable features of the solution are the fact that they are able to encrypt the hard disk and to encrypt USB sticks."

"I like that Sophos SafeGuard provides excellent technical support."

More Sophos SafeGuard pros

Cons

"The timing aspect can lead to it being considered overpriced. This is a particular concern we have with Cloudflare, as they may struggle with accurately detecting the client."

"It would be good if Cloudflare could have more servers for better traffic routing or an increase in the traffic routed. This is what I'd like to improve in Cloudflare."

"There might be helpful if there was some web application firewall feature."

"The analytics, basically the dashboard, doesn't have much to it."

"The integration of LLMs on the dashboard is something that is needed in the tool."

"It would be helpful if the solution could continue evolving to compete with the other solutions on the market."

"Cloudflare doesn't have a reverse lookup. We can only do a DNS lookup to get the IP address from the hostname. It doesn't work if you want to look up the hostname from an IPA address."

"They lack a good way to manage DNS as a company, since everything is relegated to single account logins until you get to the higher levels. They have come out with a paid feature to remedy this, but I have not had a chance to fully review it yet to know if it fixes the access problem."

More Cloudflare cons

"The support from McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is good. However, if they provided 24 hours a day seven days a week support that would be a helpful addition."

"We faced many issues with the solution's customer support, and it should be made customer-friendly and more responsive."

"We need to do a lot of configuration."

"The solution needs an easier integration in heterogeneous and dynamic environments."

"Our client is not very happy with the lack of support, the skills, and the effectiveness of the tool."

"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention needs to improve the resources it uses for CPU and RAM."

"The pricing is high for licensing and support and the GUI interface is good but could use updating."

"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention could improve by making the customer aware of the benefits of the solution which would increase the adoption. Additionally, if there were features to suit multi-cloud environments it would be helpful. If the solution can intelligently identify which is important data for the organization and should not be released from the organization without authorization would be a benefit."

More McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention cons

"Sophos SafeGuard is a German product. Sophos isn't really active in Europe. The Middle East, Africa, South Africa works with Sophos but their primary users aren't in Europe. They should market and push this solution to the European market."

"The product is not cheap."

"It would be ideal if the solution had different features within one agent."

"The solution is not using other features like booting encryption, because it causes very heavy processing of the workstation. If they could find some way to handle the encryption and decryption to be lighter on the workstation it would be better."

"You have to pay extra for some additional features, like data extraction. It would be nice if everything was available in one bundle."

"SafeGuard's user interface is ugly and doesn't provide reports, so we have to go into the database and get information from there by creating queries."

"It just needs a little bit more on the reporting side. Its reporting can be improved a little bit in terms of being able to know that things are in the right status. I should be able to pull a report to make sure that everything is all right. It could also have cloud integration. At the time I was using it, it wasn't a cloud product."

"Sophos should conduct some seminars to teach people how to use it and also to inform the users about what they should do in case of problems."

More Sophos SafeGuard cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the free version."

"The cost primarily depends on the size of the organization."

"I believe their performance has improved, but I'd like to refrain from discussing the pricing aspect related to the cloud. The pricing, in my opinion, could be simplified, and I think they should consider reevaluating the pricing for support, as it can be quite high. At times, this cost can make it challenging to choose CARFAGuard or opt for the support."

"The price of the solution is expensive."

"The solution is expensive when compared to other products but offers unlimited bandwidth."

"In terms of licensing costs, we don't pay for licensing for Cloudflare. We only establish communication, then for peering, Cloudflare takes care of the cross-connection in different data centers."

"So far I use free tier and happy with it. You can subscribe to business package if needed."

"The tool is a premium product, so it is very expensive."

More Cloudflare pricing and cost advice

"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is an expensive solution."

"The price of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is expensive. It is not the most expensive solution but it is typically 15 to 20 percent higher than other solutions. There is no additional cost to using McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention."

"It's not a cheap option."

"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is expensive."

"I'm paying the license for McAfee Total Protection yearly. It could be cheaper, but it's fine."

"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."

"The price of the solution could improve."

"The price is high for this type of product."

More McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention pricing and cost advice

"We used it for three years. It costs about 1000 ZAR. Maintenance was part of it, so we don't have extra cost. On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the solution's pricing a three."

"I rate Sophos SafeGuard's pricing a five out of ten."

"The pricing is good and now they offer three year and five year plans. After that if one lokes the service they can choose the lifetime service."

"The platform is reasonably priced considering its functionality and adaptability. It is subscription-based."

"We have a yearly license with Sophos which is around $1000-$1200 or so per annum. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"I rate the pricing two or three on a scale of one to ten, where one is expensive, and ten is cheap."

"Pricing for Sophos SafeGuard could be improved because it could reach a thousand dollars depending on the product, edition, and software key purchased."

More Sophos SafeGuard pricing and cost advice

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

842,592 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

21%

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Retailer

Non Profit

Financial Services Firm

14%

Healthcare Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?

Cloudflare. We are moving from Akamai prolexic to Cloudflare. Cloudflare anycast network outperforms Akamai static GR...

See all answers

Which would you choose - Cloudflare DNS or Quad9?

Cloudflare DNS is a very fast, very reliable public DNS resolver. It is an enterprise-grade authoritative DNS service...

See all answers

What do you like most about Cloudflare?

Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications.

See all answers

What do you like most about McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?

The tool focuses on endpoints rather than networks. Endpoints cover everything. It wouldn't be possible to steal conf...

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is expensive.

See all answers

What needs improvement with McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?

The product’s pricing could be cheaper.

See all answers

What do you like most about Sophos SafeGuard?

The product is easy to use.

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sophos SafeGuard?

I cannot compare prices precisely, so I would give it a five out of ten rating. I am uncertain. Sophos is slightly mo...

See all answers

What needs improvement with Sophos SafeGuard?

I cannot think of any improvements right now.

See all answers

Comparisons

Quad9 vs Cloudflare

Compared 50% of the time

Akamai vs Cloudflare

Compared 4% of the time

Azure Front Door vs Cloudflare

Compared 4% of the time

Azure DNS vs Cloudflare

Compared 4% of the time

Amazon Route 53 vs Cloudflare

Compared 2% of the time

More Cloudflare Competitors

HP Wolf Security vs McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Compared 81% of the time

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention vs McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Compared 6% of the time

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Compared 4% of the time

Symantec Data Loss Prevention vs McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Compared 3% of the time

Digital Guardian vs McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Compared 2% of the time

More McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention Competitors

Microsoft BitLocker vs Sophos SafeGuard

Compared 39% of the time

ESET Endpoint Encryption vs Sophos SafeGuard

Compared 32% of the time

Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption vs Sophos SafeGuard

Compared 30% of the time

More Sophos SafeGuard Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Cloudflare

March 2025

Download Cloudflare product report

Buyer's Guide

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

March 2025

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention report

Download McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention product report

Buyer's Guide

Sophos SafeGuard

March 2025

Download Sophos SafeGuard product report

Also Known As

Cloudflare DNS

McAfee Total Protection for Data, McAfee Total Protection for DLP, Total Protection for Data, Intel Security Total Protection for Data

SafeGuard, SafeGuard Encryption

Overview

Cloudflare is a highly-regarded Content Delivery Network (CDN) and a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) protection solution. The robust global connectivity cloud platform that is Cloudflare ensures users are able to connect to the Internet quickly, securely, and reliably. Cloudflare is one of the world's largest networks in the marketplace today. Using Cloudflare, businesses, educational entities, NGOs, vloggers, bloggers, and anyone else with an internet presence can experience more secure, faster websites and applications.

Currently, there are millions of Internet locations on Cloudflare, and the Cloudflare network
continues to grow every day by the thousands. The solution is able to fulfill the requests for
millions of websites seamlessly and serves on average 45 million HTTP requests per second.

Cloudflare has safe, secure data centers in close to 300 cities worldwide to ensure every
client request is filled as quickly as possible. It is Cloudflare’s edge network that makes this
possible by keeping content and other services as close to each client as possible, so the
information requests are always only seconds away.

Many organizations that work in democracy, civil society, human rights, or the arts are able to
access Cloudflare's highest levels of protection for free via Project Galileo. Additionally, official
election websites can be secured from hacking and fraud through Cloudflare’s Project
Athenian, also at no additional cost.

Cloudflare can also help organizations of all sizes develop a robust zero-trust strategy to
ensure the highest levels of productivity and profitability. Employees, stakeholders, and end users have a greater level of satisfaction and overall improved user experience, which can, in
turn, result in higher revenues and overall ROI. Zero-trust and BYOD (bring your own device)
access ensure end users and employees always have the best resources and technology
available to them at all times.

Cloudflare benefits

Cloudflare has many benefits. Some of its most valuable benefits include:

- Faster load times

- Robust DNS security

- Intuitive cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF)

- Free universal SSL

- Image enhancement

- Automatic browser caching

- Next-generation cloud load balancer

- Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)

- Rate limiting

- Minification

- Zero-trust capabilities

- Cost-effective

- Reduced carbon footprint

Reviews from real users

“Many websites require an SSL certificate because they sell stuff and want SSL. Cloudflare
comes with an SSL certificate built in. It's automatic. You sign yourself up for Cloudflare, and
an SSL certificate automatically protects your website. If you have a connection between your
website and your host, the server, Cloudflare, and the host, you don't necessarily need a
certificate.” Spencer M., Owner at Tech Exchange

“What I like best about Cloudflare is that my company can use it to trace and manage
applications and monitor traffic. The solution tells you if there's a spike in traffic. Cloudflare
also sends you a link to check your equipment and deployment and track it through peering,
so it's a valuable tool.” Daniel P., Network Engineer at Ufinet

“The most valuable feature of Cloudflare is the GUI. You are able to control the solution very
well through the interface. There is a lot of functionality that is embedded in the service.” PeerSpot user, Competence Center Manager at a tech services company

Cloudflare

McAfee Total Protection for Data solution suite protects your data using a combination of powerful encryption, access control, and user-behavior monitoring.

McAfee

Protect your confidential information and comply with regulatory mandates safely and securely with SafeGuard Enterprise, Utimaco's comprehensive modular information protection platform. SafeGuard Enterprise is a modular information protection control platform that enforces policy-based security for PCs and mobile devices across mixed environments. SafeGuard Enterprise offers full transparency to end-users and is easy to administer from a single central console.

Sophos

Sample Customers

Trusted by over 9,000,000 Internet Applications and APIs, including Nasdaq, Zendesk, Crunchbase, Steve Madden, OkCupid, Cisco, Quizlet, Discord and more.

Kleberg Bank

Rushmoor Borough Council

Buyer's Guide

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Sophos SafeGuard

March 2020

Free Report: McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Sophos SafeGuard

Find out what your peers are saying about McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Sophos SafeGuard and other solutions. Updated: March 2020.

DOWNLOAD NOW

842,592 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. Sophos SafeGuard report.

We monitor all Data Loss Prevention (DLP) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.