Kaspersky Security for Mail Server vs. Sophos Email

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kaspersky Security for Mail Server
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Kaspersky Labs headquartered in Moscow offers email server and antimalware for email via the company's Kaspersky Security for Mail Server software product.N/A
Sophos Email
Score 7.5 out of 10
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Sophos 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
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Kaspersky Security for Mail Server
9.1
Ratings
9% above category average
Sophos Email
7.3
Ratings
13% below category average
Anti-malware8.90 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Customizability9.20 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Data Loss Protection10.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Threat Detection8.20 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Sandboxing9.20 Ratings7.80 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption9.40 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Management Tools8.90 Ratings6.70 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
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7.5
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Likelihood to Renew
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1.1
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Usability
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8.2
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Support Rating
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2.8
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Kaspersky Security for Mail Server reduced almost 60% of email threats that help us to reduce the manual effort on filtering the spam and phishing emails.This enable us to utilized our manpower in different sectors and improve the productivity of our company. The gives cloud based and on premises security solution under the same license and provides fist class of cyber security and threats protection
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I strongly believe that if you are looking for a product that does what it says on the box and has the capacity to keep your company safe, you should look at Sophos. They have consistently been at the top of their game and continue to provide a product that meets the ever-changing needs of the threat landscape.
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Pros
  • Neural network based anti-phishing and anti-spam for multilayered security.
  • Scalable resources according to business growth.
  • Flexible to use in almost all devices.
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  • 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
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Cons
  • False positives.
  • Integration can be fiddly.
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  • Reporting could be more granular, it's the most glaring weakness of the product.
  • The ability to drill down into data from the dashboard would be very helpful for reporting as well.
  • Reverse AD sync so when active directory users are removed, they are removed from Sophos as well would be helpful.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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.
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Usability
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The solution is very scalable, with a possibility to be customized; which means that Sophos Email can be configured depending on our own situation and context not on a general way. On the other hand, Sophos Email has a broad feature set; I mean, along with core spam and malware protection, Sophos offers advanced features such as real-time
link following, threat isolation, spoof protection, etc.
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Support Rating
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I have always found the answers I have needed in the documentation or online, and have not needed to contact Sophos Secure Email Gateways' support team. This, I think, bodes well for how their software is easy to use and has good documentation when you cannot find what you need in the basic interface.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is very easy to set up and has way fewer false positives than Kaspersky Security for Mail Server. It has virtually the same features as the Kaspersky alternative and it is extremely easy to set up. It feels like Microsoft Exchange Online Protection gives slightly more transparency about its conclusions, which allows users to make an informed decision about certain messages.
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Many other solutions are a complicated setup and take a lot of time for the configuration. With Sophos email we were setup and seeing data/emails within an hour. As I have described the ease of use from a high-level for someone like me a Director just peeking into the system or an analyst that can do a deep dive is one of the best users interfaces I have seen for any product.
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Return on Investment
  • Reduced number of attacks on staff.
  • Increased number of false positives.
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  • We have prevented several cases of employees tried to steal organization's information; this has a great effect on the ROI not only in dollars but also in our reputation.
  • We have used it for more than 4 years, which is more than typical technology adoption we usually do; and this is the result of the above causes (prevention of internal fraud).
  • Need to have an expert of regex to accommodate more advanced DLP function/requirements
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