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Symantec Email Threat Detection and Response vs. Sophos Email

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Symantec Email Threat Detection and Response

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ASymantec email threat detection and response, from Broadcom, is a software solution designed to protect against the most sophisticated email threats and gain comprehensive insights into targeted & advanced email attacks.N/A

    Sophos Email

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ASophos Email is presented as Predictive Cloud Email Security Powered by Artificial Intelligence designed to block spam and malware, as well as protect employees and block phishing attempts.N/A
    Pricing
    Symantec Email Threat Detection and ResponseSophos Email
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Symantec Email Threat Detection and ResponseSophos Email
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Symantec Email Threat Detection and ResponseSophos Email
    Considered Both Products
    Broadcom
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    Sophos
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    89%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    Features
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    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Symantec Email Threat Detection and Response and Sophos Email
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    Symantec Email Threat Detection and Response
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    Ratings
    Sophos Email
    7.3
    19 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Anti-malware00 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings7.219 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection00 Ratings7.516 Ratings
    Threat Detection00 Ratings7.118 Ratings
    Sandboxing00 Ratings7.814 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings7.416 Ratings
    Management Tools00 Ratings6.719 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Symantec Email Threat Detection and ResponseSophos Email
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    7.5
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.8
    (11 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Symantec Email Threat Detection and ResponseSophos Email
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Broadcom
    I have had a suitation where the company domain was being blasted by tons of spam emails and the Symantec Email Threat Detection stood to the test and block all these harmful email from entering our users mailbox, for a less appropriate scenario would be the frequency of the false positives that are reported that I have to train the tool how to allow these traffic to pass.
    Incentivized
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    Sophos
    The Sophos email solution is a good fit for my organization which is a mid-size resort with 200 users. Sophos email has revealed unwanted emails that were getting through our built in Microsoft email security scanning and policies so having this extra layer was a no brainier. With that we were able to focus on the bad stuff and even tweak our products with this information from Sophos email.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Broadcom
    • Scans computers for viruses
    • Notifies admins of infections
    • Good licensing process
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    Sophos
    • We could customize it to have a certain level of workflow. We manage to enforce certain email (based on key-phrases) to be quarantined before send it to the recipient. And the email needs to be approved (manually) before being released.
    • For certain type (using regex) of email, we will encrypt it if it's sent outside our organization domain.
    • Scalable
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Broadcom
    • Adding malicious sources taking time
    • Reporting function is very basic
    • Symantec ATP has no integration with Symantec ETDAD.
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    Sophos
    • I would love to see tips integrated into the user interface from the management side to allow for easier dissection of email headers. This would allow lower level admins that may work at smaller companies to better understand the information presented.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Sophos
    It was easy to use and easy to implement. You don't need previous knowledge on the products, after we got this up and running, it took us hours to put everything together. The transition was easy and seamless.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Broadcom
    Symantec Email Threat Detection and Response is a treadsetter, it has great features and works well overall
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    Sophos
    It's mostly great and for policies and features, it does everything we would ask it to and more. The only thing keeping it from being a 10 is the lack of granularity in the reporting, which is actually an issue within Sophos Central as a whole. The ability to drill down from dashboards into accurate, detailed data would be very helpful at times.
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    Support Rating
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Sophos
    Support is slow to respond. They call back outside of normal business hours despite clearly being advised when they should call. They try to BS you that the platform is working properly although there is hard evidence to the contrary. Once you get to senior level of support they agree that the product is incapable of performing properly in its current iteration.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Broadcom
    We are making a migration from Symantec to SentinelOne in the near future for easier deployment, better EDR and management functionality.
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    Sophos
    I have only tried Sophos Email, and I find it to be a very useful tool, as it protects against information leakage such as fraudulent emails, cloud sandboxing and quarantine, which are essential functions and the product works excellent.
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    Return on Investment
    Broadcom
    • Integration with ETDAD will make Symantec ATP more powerful for future AD threats
    • Implemeting Symantec ATP was easy and took little time
    Incentivized
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    Sophos
    • Sophos Email has been protecting our users, including the administrative branch, who are the target of attacks most frequently.
    • Every month Sophos Email stops about 100,000 malicious emails. We calculate that if these attacks have saved the company time, it prevents us from having a lot of support staff to attend to the cases.
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