Try our new research platform with insights from 80,000+ expert users

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR vs Sophos MDR comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.5
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR is valued for effective threat prevention, cost savings, and enhanced security management across locations.
Sentiment score
6.4
Sophos MDR offers cost-efficient security management, reducing staffing needs and protecting against real-time threats, enhancing ROI for businesses.
It allows them to have access to a SOC-like service without the associated costs.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR support is highly praised for speed and expertise, with some suggestions for improved personalization and response times.
Sentiment score
6.9
Sophos MDR support is broadly positive with excellent assistance, though some users experience slow response times and communication issues.
The L1 engineer should be more technical to improve the support.
it could be quicker
Sophos offers different support levels depending on the severity of the issues, which ensures timely assistance.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR seamlessly scales and integrates across businesses, offering flexible licensing for diverse organizational growth.
Sentiment score
7.9
Sophos MDR is scalable and easily integrates across industries, though it may have limitations compared to competitors like Cisco.
Once all objectives were met, the solution proved to be fully scalable.
I can deploy a number of clients without impact as long as there are a sufficient number of licenses.
It is easy to scale with the support of CrowdStrike.
Sophos MDR seems to have no limitations on scalability.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR is highly stable, reliable, and efficient, with minimal resource consumption and consistently high user ratings.
Sentiment score
7.9
Sophos MDR is rated highly for stability, with most users satisfied despite occasional update issues and room for improvement.
The solution is stable, like Falcon, and does not cause any problems for the agent to work with minimal memory.
I find that it is very stable; however, there is always room for improvement.
I would rate the stability as very reliable.
 

Room For Improvement

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR needs better reporting, integration, and user interface, while performance and costs are key concerns.
Sophos MDR needs improvement in performance, integration, pricing, automation, language communication, and customer service for better user experience.
Areas that should be improved include noise reduction, prioritization, real-time delivery, and advanced threat coverage.
Patch management in vulnerabilities needs improvement.
For UI/UX, it is good, but I think they should keep up with the times.
 

Setup Cost

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR pricing is reasonable and justified by value, though sometimes pricier than Cisco AMP and SentinelOne.
Sophos MDR provides competitive pricing, often cheaper than major competitors, with negotiable terms tailored for specific industries' needs.
From an enterprise level perspective, it should be reduced by approximately 20 to 25%.
The solution is cost-efficient, especially for small customers who cannot justify the expense of setting up an internal SOC.
 

Valuable Features

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR offers AI-driven security with seamless integration, easy management, and rapid incident response for proactive cybersecurity.
Sophos MDR offers real-time threat hunting, centralized management, automated detection, and third-party integration for comprehensive cybersecurity solutions.
We have achieved 100% success in detection with our clients and have no need for reclamation.
I find the automated response capabilities particularly helpful.
The solution offers seamless SOC extension, zero-day protection, advanced threat intelligence, and rapid incident containment.
The most valuable feature of Sophos MDR is that it offers a monitoring service directly from the OEM, which is beneficial for SMB customers who cannot afford a SOC.
 

Categories and Ranking

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete...
Ranking in Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
80
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sophos MDR
Ranking in Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) category, the mindshare of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR is 10.8%, down from 16.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sophos MDR is 6.0%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR10.8%
Sophos MDR6.0%
Other83.2%
Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
 

Featured Reviews

Muhammad  Fahad - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced security team efficiency and proactive threat management with room to improve alert management and cost-efficiency
There are several issues we are facing with CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR, including data overload, noise, and false positive alerts. We experience alert fatigue, contextual gaps, integration complexity, and timeliness of intelligence challenges in our environment. Areas that should be improved include noise reduction, prioritization, real-time delivery, and advanced threat coverage. The filtering algorithm should be improved to address these concerns.
Shaun Gordon - PeerSpot reviewer
Extensive data lake, ease of use is great and you can really get started very quickly
Sophos MDR is a service. MDR is managed detection and response. It's a managed security service. So instead of having an anti-malware, which in Sophos' case would be Intercept X, with MDR, they add human-led threat hunting. It's a managed service. So it's not a product that you sell the client per se. You're selling them a service, which is almost like an SLA, and that includes Cloud MDR. MDR is not a product. It's a service. The reality is that when it comes to the likes of SentinelOne, McAfee, CrowdStrike, ESET, and all the other players out there, they're single-product security companies. CrowdStrike is an anti-malware. That's one thing. ESET, same thing. But if you look at the other vendors, within the appliances, you're looking at Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Checkpoint. They only sell firewalls. That's all they do. When you deal with Sophos, they are the entire product suite. They sell firewalls. They sell Intercept X, which is their anti-malware, Intercept X for Server with anti-malware, email protection with ties into Office 365, and Sophos Plus encryption. All of these security products pull telemetry. So every time somebody hits a firewall, it's called, for argument's sake, that goes into their central data lake. All the firewalls around the world add that information to a data lake. Now, when you're dealing with Sophos, because of their exposure, because they've got so many different products, their data lake is a lot more extensive than competing vendors because they're not relying on one threat factor. They're not relying on one area of expertise. They're a global company. So, I can't compare their telemetry, for instance, to the likes of CrowdStrike. If CrowdStrike has probably started doing appliances, then the users will get that benefit as well. Sophos is the only vendor that does do that. It's like hiring a security team. Sophos do things differently in that they've got more telemetry and more insight into a network because they offer a variety of products. The other part about it is Sophos MDR; the service, unlike other vendors like CrowdStrike, is not limited to their products. If you are running CrowdStrike in your company, for instance, you can get their integration packs, in which case Sophos will manage your CrowdStrike system for you. Whereas with CrowdStrike, it's only CrowdStrike. You are locked into that vendor. So Sophos offers that flexibility. It's a multi-vendor service as opposed to SentinelOne or CrowdStrike, which is a single-vendor service. For instance, if I'm running Sophos, I would like to go with CrowdStrike MDR. I would have to remove my entire security investment, in this case, Sophos, and reinstall CrowdStrike in order to use their service. Sophos doesn't have that problem. If you've got CrowdStrike and you've already invested in CrowdStrike, cool. You stay on CrowdStrike. They will still manage it for you.
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solutions are best for your needs.
866,956 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
Retailer
6%
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business35
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise30
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CrowdStrike Falcon Complete?
It is a cloud-based solution. You can easily scale it.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CrowdStrike Falcon Complete?
CrowdStrike has a reasonable price. It's a good price, but if CrowdStrike offered coupons or discounts on a monthly or quarterly basis, it would be more beneficial for smaller vendors trying to imp...
What needs improvement with CrowdStrike Falcon Complete?
I am comfortable with the way it is working right now. From a pricing perspective, I am not really involved, so I do not know. For UI/UX, it is good, but I think they should keep up with the times....
What do you like most about Sophos MDR?
The user doesn't need a technician; it offers 24/7 support to identify and manage your infrastructure and take complete care of any technological incidents.
What needs improvement with Sophos MDR?
I don't have many suggestions for improvement in Sophos MDR as it performs quite well. It would be beneficial to have the ability to pull a report of all incident responses within a tenant, with ca...
What advice do you have for others considering Sophos MDR?
I believe Sophos MDR pricing is reasonable for my customers. I would recommend those planning to use Sophos MDR to consider what financial impact a compromise could have on their organization and c...
 

Also Known As

Falcon Complete
Sophos Managed Threat Response
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Palm Beach State College, Mercedes-AMG, Pokemon, Telstra, Goldman Sachs, Zebra
Information Not Available
Find out what your peers are saying about CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR vs. Sophos MDR and other solutions. Updated: July 2025.
866,956 professionals have used our research since 2012.