We performed a comparison between Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Sophos Email based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Email Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a stable solution."
"I like its investigation capabilities, as that is what is most important to me. It is fairly simple with a user-friendly interface."
"The risk level notifications are most valuable. We get to know what kind of intrusion or attack is there, and we can fix a problem on time."
"The initial setup was easy."
"Defender enables us to secure all 365-related activity from a single place. It gives us visibility into everything happening in Outlook, protecting us against phishing and other email-based threats. Defender helps us detect any suspicious behaviors."
"Microsoft Defender has a feature to protect each and every attachment. Even if it's an encrypted attachment, it will check for any potential threats."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has improved my organization's security. It makes it easier to manage the infrastructure without the help of third-party applications."
"There are several features that I consider valuable."
"The initial setup is just a standard process."
"The product's most valuable feature is third-party integrations."
"What I like most about Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is its integration with Windows, so we have one central view for all alerts and incidents."
"In general, my company is happy with Microsoft support...My company hasn't faced any stability issues with the solution."
"You can use the product to create special accounts."
"Microsoft Exchange Online Protection has features like DLP (data loss protection), Safe Attachment, and Safe Links."
"The pre-set policies and configuration analyzer are the most valuable features."
"It provides security to both on-premises and Azure infrastructures."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Email is the sandbox. We're able to scan the file, isolate it, and look at it before it is delivered. It is highly effective."
"Good VIP protection, time of click protection and the Sandstorm feature."
"The tool is a good solution for protecting against email attacks and monitoring networks. It supports our compliance efforts and is easy to use and stable."
"The feature of Sophos Email that we find most effective for detecting suspicious emails is primarily based on their signatures."
"The anti-malware, risk scanning has been pretty spot on."
"The most significant aspect is the response filtering concerning attachments and links."
"It's easy to use and the configuration is straightforward."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the anti-spam detection filter. Its threat email intelligence features help to identify email data."
"We are always looking for others tools to increase automation on tasks. There can be better integration with other solutions, such as PowerPoint and email."
"One area for improvement is support, in terms of being able to reach them and, especially, technical support for configuration."
"The company should focus on adding threats that the solution is currently unable to detect."
"There is room for improvement with the UI."
"Microsoft wants its well-paying customers to finish testing some of its half-baked products, find bugs, and report bugs back to Microsoft's team, which is a little frustrating for those who have to manage it and roll it up to thousands of people across the organization."
"There is room for improvement in terms of reporting."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 must improve the overall management style, including the GUI. It also needs to change the filters so that it is easy to whitelist and blacklist data."
"We noticed that from time to time, Microsoft's stability does have problems. Sometimes the service goes up and down. Sometimes they change without prior notice."
"Some features, like encryption, are not available."
"The management interface of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) could be intuitive."
"The tool's classification for bulk email is cumbersome."
"Online Protection has an issue in that it doesn't provide an option to stop impersonation."
"The solution lacks to elaborate on its spam policies."
"Our company faces difficulty with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) because it's too big, clunky, and difficult for a small client to implement quickly and easily."
"When you're using a Microsoft product solution, you can scale it, but if you're not, there are limitations."
"It wasn't easy or intuitive enough for me to start using it. So, the reason was that the solution changed."
"Sophos Email needs to increase the number of promos."
"The solution should be able to support the cloud environment."
"The security of the solution could improve."
"Lacks visibility into spam emails."
"The solution's sandboxing and spam control features could be improved."
"The tool's integration becomes an issue when the internet connection is weak."
"The tool’s stability should be improved."
"The main drawback is regarding the technical support."
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Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is ranked 3rd in Email Security with 34 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 10th in Email Security with 28 reviews. Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is rated 8.2, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) writes "An effective email security solution that provides DLP, Safe Attachment, and Safe Links". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Email writes "Provides good identity proxy features, but sandboxing and spam control features could be improved". Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is most compared with Proofpoint Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Fortinet FortiMail, Mimecast Email Security and Abnormal Security, whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Fortinet FortiMail, Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Perception Point Advanced Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection and Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection. See our Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) vs. Sophos Email report.
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