Check Point Infinity vs Sophos Central comparison

Check Point Software Technologies and Sophos are both solutions in the AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms category. Check Point Software Technologies is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.4, while Sophos is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.4. Check Point Software Technologies holds a 0.6% mindshare in AICP, compared to Sophos’s 0.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Check Point Software Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Sophos users who would recommend it.

Check Point Infinity

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100% willing to recommend

Sophos Central

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94% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Check Point Infinity and Sophos Central based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Check Point Infinity vs. Sophos Central

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point Infinity

Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (12th)

Sophos Central

Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms category, the mindshare of Check Point Infinity is 0.6%. The mindshare of Sophos Central is 0.0%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Sophos Central	0.0%
Check Point Infinity	0.6%
Other	99.4%

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Featured Reviews

Luis Diego Alvarado Diaz

Lider Soporte Cloud at a security firm with 51-200 employees

Has centralized cloud security tasks through an intuitive portal and simplified policy management processes

The best feature Check Point Infinity offers is Cloud Security Management. In this area, I use Quantum Security Management for excellent topics, Smart-1 Cloud. I have a good experience with Smart-1 Cloud and Quantum Security Management because Infinity Portal is an easy and better portal. The central features of Check Point Infinity in one portal are for me, the best topic about the Infinity Portal. Check Point Infinity has impacted my organization positively because it is easier to control and change VPNs and other features. I use this portal and Cloud One for management, security management in any location. It is more efficient because the portal is very intuitive. The policies in the gateway are easy to control, change, and create new policies. For us, it is the best part.

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Sandeepraj Gatla

SOC Analyst at Wydur

Cost-effective security management with a user-friendly interface, efficient resource utilization, and rapid response capabilities

While Sophos Central has demonstrated commendable functionality, there is room for improvement in the realm of automation. Specifically, addressing ransomware attacks often requires leveraging external tools, deploying virtual machines, and utilizing supplementary tools like Caliper Analytics for operations and security communication. The integration of these essential functionalities directly into the software would represent a significant enhancement, streamlining the incident response process and bolstering the platform's comprehensive threat mitigation capabilities. Furthermore, a valuable addition to future releases could involve augmenting the new screen component with advanced capabilities such as XML utilization and rule integration. This enhancement, especially pertinent to tools involved in sandboxing and virtual machines within the investigation process, would greatly streamline the analysis of logs and reports. This would prove particularly beneficial in the context of email analysis, spam attack detection, and other critical security aspects. By incorporating these features, Sophos Central could further elevate its utility in facilitating in-depth security analyses and response strategies.

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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

"Infinity has come to give us total protection."

"The initial implementation was accomplished easily and without deployment problems."

"It has come to reinforce the security architecture of the organization since it covers all the necessary pieces of security."

"I recommend Check Point Infinity to other customers due to its notable benefits and positive experiences with a major financial institution."

"The Infinity portal combines all Check Point solutions in one place, including the endpoint, SASE, and the SMP."

"We have full control over what our employees can do with the devices we provide them, to provide a secure and reliable network infrastructure."

"The detection and reaction rates are good."

"The sandblast threat emulation is great."

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"Sophos Central is a good and easy-to-manage product."

"The primary benefits include complete control over hardware devices and the valuable assistance provided in log shipment."

"It is very useful to deploy policies centrally and monitor the status of our appliances, especially given that we are the main branches. With Sophos Central, you can centrally manage and deploy security policies and updates, saving time and eliminating the need for the technical team to travel to each branch individually."

"The product has valuable rules and policies and user-friendly dashboard features."

"It is easy to save time using the Sophos Central centralized dashboard. It's definitely easier because you're in one place with all the products."

"Sophos Central is cloud-based, which allows the administrator to control everything from anywhere. It is free for most of the products except the firewall."

"It's highly valuable as it ensures that no unauthorized installations occur without the IT team's permission, maintaining a secure environment."

"Sophos Central is good. It's also free for all those firewalls because, from Sophos Central, we manage the firewalls and push the policies to the firewall."

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Cons

"I think that the pricing for the Check Point products should be reconsidered, as we found it to be quite expensive to purchase and to maintain."

"We need improvement around the Smart-1 cloud solution."

"Check Point Infinity price could improve."

"If Check Point continues reforms of AI and takes more information from different origins, not only from its database but also from other brands, it can complete this information and make it stronger."

"The tool's technical support lags."

"I would recommend having more comprehensive documentation, including a guide for installation and configuration of Check Point Infinity."

"In terms of pricing, I find Check Point Infinity to be an expensive product. In fact, we are evaluating even the spam filter for emails from Check Point, but it was prohibitively costly, so we dropped it and are using Microsoft Defender."

"The updates could be less frequent."

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"SSID authentication has to be improved."

"The current service level is not as efficient as desired, but we acknowledge that it presents an area for improvement, particularly in terms of support concentration."

"It would be beneficial to incorporate automation."

"Sophos Central is not available in small packages in Indonesia."

"The product must be made a little bit quicker."

"The program slows down when you try to control or visualize multiple systems."

"Integration with third party applications should be improved."

"The tool is slow in the Middle East region. It should also integrate custom reporting."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the product's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"The pricing of Check Point Infinity could be better. There is a license needed to use the solution and we pay annually."

"The solution's price is quite high, and the licensing model requires extra licenses for various features like SD-WAN."

"The product has good pricing considering the features and a global approach."

"Check Point should provide an enterprise-wide license where the organization should be provided free hand of using any license or services for an agreed period of time (EULA)."

"The flexibility in pricing is advantageous, and being a special partner allows for negotiating special rates based on the project requirements."

"When it comes to price, the paramount consideration is the strength of the security. If the security measures provided by the product, such as Check Point Infinity, are robust and meet our requirements, price becomes a secondary concern."

"Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall."

"Pricing is on a device basis."

"It is rather expensive."

"It is an affordable solution."

"It's not considered a cheap solution and falls more in the moderate pricing category."

"The product is inexpensive."

"There is a one-time fee for the hardware and an annual subscription fee, which is pretty good because we can get free updates."

"The product's pricing was somewhat high. We paid Rs. 1500 INR per license, approximately equivalent to 20 USD."

"The price is relatively affordable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	10

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Check Point Infinity?

Check Point Infinity's threat prevention capabilities benefitted our organization.

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What needs improvement with Check Point Infinity?

Something that should be better in Check Point Infinity is the customization, though I don't have any specific suggestions at this time.

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What is your primary use case for Check Point Infinity?

The most common use case for Check Point Infinity is for managing all my gateways in one place and deploying everything from one place.

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What do you like most about Sophos Central?

One of the significant advantages of Sophos is its affordability compared to other technologies like Check Point and Fortinet.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sophos Central?

My thoughts on the pricing or licensing with Sophos Central are that it is very good.

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What needs improvement with Sophos Central?

I have read some information a few months ago about the machine learning features in Sophos Central, and I saw that they added an AI tool, AI feature in the Sophos Central console. However, I haven...

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Also Known As

R80, Infinity

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Overview

Check Point Infinity is the only fully consolidated cyber security architecture that provides unprecedented protection against Gen V mega-cyber attacks as well as future cyber threats across all networks, endpoint, cloud and mobile. The architecture is designed to resolve the complexities of growing connectivity and inefficient security. Learn more about Check Point Infinity

Check Point Software Technologies

Sophos Central allows you to manage our award-winning Synchronized Security platform. Advanced attacks are more coordinated than ever before. Now, your defenses are too. Our revolutionary Security Heartbeat™ ensures your endpoint protection and firewall are talking to each other. It’s a simple yet effective idea that means you get better protection against advanced threats and spend less time responding to incidents. It’s so simple, it makes you wonder why nobody did it before.

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Check Point Infinity vs. Sophos Central

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