We performed a comparison between AppRiver Email Security and Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Cisco, TitanHQ and others in Email Security."The email protection is excellent, especially in terms of anti-phishing policies."
"Defender for Office 365 has helped eliminate having to look at multiple dashboards and that is the aspect I like most about it. It is simpler, effective, and convenient. The users like the process efficiency."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is the ease of use."
"Defender for 365 is a comprehensive cloud-based solution. The value of the cloud is that you aren't alone. Threat intelligence and analytics are shared in the cloud. We don't have to find the solution alone. If you face an unknown threat with traditional solutions like Trend Micro and Symantec, you need to open a case and send your information to them to analyze forensically and identify the source of the attack."
"Does a thorough job of examining email and URLs for malicious content."
"Safe attachments, safe links, policies, and the ability to protect from zero-day threats are the most valuable features."
"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."
"They are very easy to use."
"It's easy to use and user-friendly. Users can also easily release spam emails."
"The interface makes it really easy to administer and configure."
"This is a stable, scalable product that provides a reliable email protection layer."
"The most valuable feature is the URL relay protection because it protects users from phishing attacks."
"The filtering aspect is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The ease of use and the security offered by the solution are its most valuable features. It also offers good information protection."
"The solution is very easy to use, especially the cloud version which is very, very simple. There are some good templates already built-in, so we can just select the template, and you will get all the necessary functionality. The only one thing you have to do is point all your traffic in the cloud."
"Email encryption, because it fulfills our business needs."
"We need to be able to whitelist data at the backend."
"Too many false positives and lacks an accurate capability to detect malicious SharePoint sites."
"This product's effectiveness could be improved, in terms of detecting unwanted spam or even malware between the emails, compared to other products."
"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."
"The GUI is sometimes slow to fetch the device report and could be improved."
"The UI needs to be more user-friendly."
"The phishing and spam filters could use some improvement."
"One area for improvement is support, in terms of being able to reach them and, especially, technical support for configuration."
"Email security checks contain a small number of false positives."
"It needs to make sure that the application is up to date with new attacks. They should also send us the demo or introductions for their new incoming features."
"Reporting could have more options for users to customize desired results."
"The reporting functionality is in major need of improvement."
"There aren't enough advanced settings. They should offer more advanced options."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see more user awareness, such as information about phishing email attacks that have been prevented."
"In the advanced version, you have DLP, Data Loss Prevention, but when you buy the standard version, you don't have it."
"There are a few issues with integration that need to be addressed; this would help make deployment easier for new users."
"More things need to be integrated into this device, like DLP, so we can have a complete solution in one box."
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AppRiver Email Security is ranked 23rd in Email Security with 2 reviews while Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Email Security. AppRiver Email Security is rated 9.0, while Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of AppRiver Email Security writes "Pricing that is competitive, excellent technical support, and email security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] writes "An easy to use solution with reasonable pricing and good stability". AppRiver Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Avanan, Proofpoint Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security and IRONSCALES, whereas Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] is most compared with .
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