Automox vs Sophos EPP Suite comparison

Automox and Sophos are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. Automox is ranked #60, while Sophos is ranked #24 with an average rating of 8.4. Automox holds a 0.3% mindshare in EPP, compared to Sophos’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Automox users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of Sophos users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Sophos EPP Suite and Automox are competing solutions in endpoint protection and management. Based on user reviews, Sophos has the upper hand in support and pricing, while Automox excels in its feature set, making it worth its higher price.

Features: Sophos EPP Suite is known for advanced threat detection, ease of use, and rich reporting features. Automox is recognized for automated patch management, cross-platform support, and streamlined workflows.

Room for Improvement: Sophos should focus on reducing system performance impact and improving mobile device management. Automox users recommend enhancing scalability and expanding third-party integrations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Sophos EPP Suite deployment is straightforward but time-consuming, with reliable customer service. Automox offers quick deployment and high marks for support.

Pricing and ROI: Sophos EPP Suite is competitively priced, offering a satisfactory ROI for smaller businesses. Automox is pricier but provides excellent ROI through automation and time savings.

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Categories and Ranking

Automox

Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

60th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (50th), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (20th), Patch Management (18th)

Sophos EPP Suite

Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

24th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Automox is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sophos EPP Suite is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

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Jack Leung

EMEA Senior Systems Engineer at Quaker Chemical Corporation

Easy to use and deploy agents but needs more stability

We just need to deploy the agent to the endpoints. We don't need to set up anything. For a single agent, it takes one or two minutes. However, we deployed globally, and you need to take into consideration the time it will take to deploy across each endpoint. It's very simple to deploy. We had three or four engineers take care of the implementation.

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Sabbir Ahmed

Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd

Experience significant threat prevention advancements with user-friendly deployment

The feature is called relay server, and some people refer to it as a cache server. The Sophos EPP Suite is scalable. Some customers in banks typically have 5,000 to 7,000 users. One customer started with 1,000 users and has now extended to 4,000 users. Some customers are using up to 8,000 users without any issues. Regarding AI elements in the Sophos EPP Suite, firewalls have already introduced AI features. They have integrated AI models similar to ChatGPT in firewalls. These AI features should be introduced in endpoint XDR as well. Key features for comprehensive detection and prevention include advanced threat prevention, ransomware protections, exploit prevention, and AI-powered detections. Extended visibility and data analysis include cross-product data correlations. They have a data lake, live discover, and threat graphs. They also offer AI case summary and AI common analysis, accessible from Sophos Central, which is the management portal for Sophos XDR. Sophos Central serves as one central management portal for managing firewalls, endpoint, Sophos encryption, and mobile device management solutions. This centralized management is particularly appealing to customers.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Among the most valuable features are its ease of use and the Worklets. Both of them are time-savers. Worklets enable us to customize things for a given environment. It's something like when Apple lets other people create applications. Other peoples' Worklets can be used in our environment and in our customers' environments. That saves a lot of time, and it's really cool."

"Coming from prior solutions that were a lot more effort, Automox's patch management abilities are transformational. When I took over patching at my company, they were using on-premise architecture to patch. As the workforce shifted from being in the office into their home offices, I was able to lift and shift with no effort other than deploying the new agent out into the environment."

"Its flexibility is most valuable."

"The biggest improvement to our organization involves the reduction in its man hours... We've probably saved hundreds of hours."

"It's easy to deploy agents to endpoints."

"Previously, we would run a report, scan it, and compare it. We were spending 15 to 30 minutes a month on each machine on this stuff because you would find stuff that wasn't up to date, then you had to fix it. This solution takes that time down to minutes. Automox saves us easily many hours a month."

"They've been adding some new features lately, which I'm not nearly as familiar with, but the ability to just deploy patches and exempt certain machines from certain patches is helpful. For instance, for our servers, we may not want to roll out zero-day patches. We are able to exempt those and make sure that they don't get those policies. We've got certain servers that have to run a particular version of Java, and being able to exempt those servers from receiving Java updates is pretty fantastic."

"The fact that it's just one product that can patch multiple operating systems is really great."

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"The central management of the anti-virus features for our end user is a very valuable aspect of the solutions."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"I never face any issues with stability with the Sophos EPP Suite."

"The performance and scalability are impressive. We can install it on various computers."

"So easy to deploy and use that you really don't even need their technical support."

"The most valuable feature is endpoint detection and response."

"It is stable."

"It is doing its job. We use it for standard antivirus purposes and for making sure that people aren't downloading infected attachments. Because we use the cloud version, it is easy to maintain. We don't have to do anything to really maintain it. It gets updated automatically."

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Cons

"It should have integrated workstation access. So, there should be a remote desktop feature."

"There should be better inventory capabilities. Right now, they only allow you to have insight into software out-of-the-box. It would be nice to also extend that into custom inventory that can be modified and managed by the practitioner."

"Asset management would be a great feature to add to Automox. We would run easier scripts or more out of the box scripts that would help us in audits. \"

"As concerns the patching concepts, there's a bit of a learning curve in terms of working out how Automox wants you to work within the console, not only splitting up everything into groups, but then having the various policies assigned."

"We would like to see additional detailed reporting for Service providers like us. We had to build our own reports via their APIs to meet our needs."

"The only thing that we've ever truly wanted is an onsite repository. Currently, all updates are provided directly from the internet. So, if you have 1,000 devices, all 1,000 devices go directly out to the internet. We would love the option of being able to put the updates on local storage so that we're not consuming as much bandwidth. That is literally the only thing that we've ever wanted."

"The stability has come a long way from what it was like when it started and now it's really good."

"When we bring on a new client, we need to go into that client and manually set up my account, my chief engineer's account, three technicians' accounts, and a billing person's account all over again, which is annoying. We have probably up to 15 or 16 of our clients on Automox now. For every single one of those, we have had to go in and set this up. Then, if anything changes, we have to remember to go to Automox and change it 15 or 16 times. So, we just want inheritable permissions, and that is it. We have talked to them about this, and they are like, "Yeah, we hear a lot of complaints about it." I am thinking, "Guys, I have been complaining about this for a year and a half. When are you going to do it?" It must be some tricky thing or not an easy fix, because I can only assume if it were easy, then they would have done it by now."

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"The solution could be improved in terms of the performance of the appliances. Sometimes the appliances in the market can be quite large. Additionally, in comparison to other appliances, such as FortiGate, Cisco Firepower, or ASA, it could be improved in terms of package processing or traffic handling."

"The solution lacks technical support."

"Sophos does not currently inform users of potential compatability issues with Windows updates."

"The product's filtering and stability can be better."

"If we could bypass the first couple of levels of support when we have a problem then it would be easier and quicker when we need an issue resolved."

"The product's resource utilization is a concern, especially regarding memory usage on systems with older specifications such as lower memory and less powerful processors."

"Configuring notifications is lagging a bit behind the curve as the product should be able to direct exactly where any notification type is sent."

"The automation side of the setup is a pain. I have to run the installers manually."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Automox just charges us a set amount per user, per month, for using the product. That is very important to us. Because it's a cloud-native solution, you're saving on the cost of hosting an on-premises solution on your servers."

"The cost is very reasonable compared to the competition."

"We're doing it annually directly through Automox. It is per endpoint. It is $2 and some change per endpoint, but I believe the cost is right around $28,000. Everything is covered in this fee."

"The product is a great value."

"The pricing and licensing costs have been great for us... My advice to others who are evaluating or thinking of implementing Automox is to give it a shot. If a free trial is still available, definitely use it, because it makes life a lot easier."

"There are no additional costs in addition to the extended licensing fees with Automox. You get your support and your per endpoint license with what you purchased."

"For all these software tools, it is usually a subscription model. There is a monthly charge that we need to pass along to our clients because we are doing all this for their benefit. It is only a couple of bucks a month per computer, and that is a low enough price point where our clients, without exception, have accepted it, and said, "This is great. We will pay that. It sounds like a worthwhile thing.""

"Its licensing for a year was nine grand. There was no additional fee."

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"The solution's cost is reasonable."

"I would rate the price seven out of ten, for its cost-effectiveness."

"If you compare this to other solutions from a pricing perspective, the enterprise version of Sophos turns out to be cost-effective."

"The price of Sophos EPP Suite is reasonable."

"There is an annual license to use the solution."

"Price-wise, it is cheap. We need to pay 1,500 to 2,000 INR per user...On a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive, I rate the pricing a three out of ten."

"The solution for an enterprise license costs around 13 million Philippine pesos."

"The pricing is reasonable."

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What do you like most about Sophos EPP Suite?

Sophos EPP Suite is a powerful antivirus.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sophos EPP Suite?

For Bangladesh, the price of the Sophos EPP Suite is reasonable. We recently won a deal when compared with CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Palo Alto, and Checkpoint. The deal was won based purely on comm...

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The Sophos EPP Suite should work on key areas, especially in data management, specifically the data retention part. The data lake storage has certain limits. Users have noted that daily upload limi...

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Overview

Facing growing threats and a rapidly expanding attack surface, understaffed and alert-fatigued organizations need more efficient ways to eliminate their exposure to vulnerabilities. Automox is a modern cyber hygiene platform that closes the aperture of attack by more than 80% with just half the effort of traditional solutions.

Cloud-based and globally available, Automox enforces OS & third-party patch management, security configurations, and custom scripting across Windows, Mac, and Linux from a single intuitive console. IT and SecOps can quickly gain control and share visibility of on-prem, remote and virtual endpoints without the need to deploy costly infrastructure.

Automox dramatically reduces corporate risk while raising operational efficiency to deliver best-in-class security outcomes, faster and with fewer resources.

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