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Sophos Email vs. Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ATrend Micro offers the InterScan Messaging Security secure email gateway with anti-spam, advanced threat & data loss prevention, and encryption capability.N/A
    Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    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
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    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
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    Features
    Sophos EmailTrend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Sophos Email and Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    Feature
    Sophos Email
    7.3
    19 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    7.5
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Anti-malware7.519 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Customizability7.219 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection7.516 Ratings6.73 Ratings
    Threat Detection7.118 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Sandboxing7.814 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption7.416 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Management Tools6.719 Ratings6.42 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Sophos EmailTrend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (22 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.8
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Sophos EmailTrend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    Trend Micro
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is well suited for bigger companies with huge numbers of incoming and outgoing emails. It is really easy to configure, and once setup, there is not much to be done. So this requires minimal administration efforts. However, as the reporting is weak, if this is essential for a company, then it would be better to look into other alternatives.
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    Pros
    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
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    Trend Micro
    • Deep Discovery analyzer provides sandboxing and deep threat analyses
    • DLP capabilities are also good. It has a number of pre defined DLP templates
    • Works very well against targeted attacks
    • Lowers impact at the email gateway as it filters away the email in the cloud
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    Cons
    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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    Trend Micro
    • Higher false positive rate for Spam detection.
    • Logging can be difficult to search.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
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    Trend Micro
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    Usability
    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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    Trend Micro
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Trend Micro
    Easy to use, easy to pull data, easy to see what is going on in our specific environment.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Trend Micro
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is much cheaper than Kasprsky Security for Email Server. Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is easier to install and the maintenance effort required is much less than this required by Kasprsky Security for Email Server. However Kasprsky Security for Email Server does have a better GUI and does indeed offer a better protection degree. However, taking into account that both were tested behind a firewall, most of the threats had already been eliminated there...
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Trend Micro
    • We have been able to see threats more easily now than before and have become more aware towards them
    • The IT infra footprint has become more secure and controlled
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