We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon Complete and Sophos MDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The speed at which their services are reactive is valuable. Nowadays, when a threat hits an endpoint, you've got minutes, not hours or days. Their average response time is about four minutes on an alert. For anything that needs to be sent to us, it's about fourteen minutes, which is pretty good. They're the third SOC that I've used in fifteen years. By far, they are the quickest ones to act. When you're looking at prevention, that's a key factor."
"Binary Defense has a human service department that provides live monitoring for our systems."
"The customization has been the most valuable aspect and was really the reason we ended up selecting Binary Defense. They worked with us to provide exactly the level of support, features, response, and collaboration we needed."
"The case interface is Binary Defense MDR's most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is reviewing tickets and the notes added by technicians."
"The best part about Binary Defense MDR is that it runs on everything, and they keep an eye on things 24/7."
"Binary Defense's most valuable feature is the 24/7 monitoring and threat hunting. Their team checks the latest breaches and how they're done."
"With Binary Defense, we don't just get an alert, but also a detailed rundown of why they're alerting us on it. They tell us what was executed, or the username, script, or IP. That way, we're not wasting time investigating."
"I am not a CrowdStrike fanboy, but as an IT leader, they make my life easy. I like proactive monitoring and remediation, so I do not have to guess or run around. They are doing everything for me."
"If there is something wrong or not normal in the endpoint CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is very responsive."
"CrowdStrike side, Falcon is the Endpoint Detection, Overwatch is the service that sits behind it. From a human point of view looks at the anomalies that normal AI and machine learning couldn't catch. So it is the combination of the two that really works well."
"The solution is easy to deploy and manage."
"The continuous improvement in detections and response times is valuable. They are more focused on threats that come from the cloud, not only that we see."
"Falcon's threat intel is strong, and the solution allows our customers to automate their site intelligence. We can integrate Falcon X with the other platforms we use, like FireEye, Insight, Cybertech, and Kaspersky."
"The system is valuable as it is a fully managed endpoint protection service designed to stop breaches, detect threats, and respond to incidents effectively."
"What I found most valuable in CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is that it has a lot of monitoring dashboards and use cases, and I saw that it's a very good product, but my company has only tested it, so it's not been used for real use cases. My company hasn't tested the complete license for CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, so the team hasn't checked the open fiber rooms for zero-day attacks, IOAs and IOCs, or any indicators of fraudulent activities. I was also amazed at the solution and its licensing. My company did a competitive analysis of many EDR solutions, but it went with CrowdStrike Falcon Complete. It's one of the top-rated solutions on CyberRatings as well."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to integrate multiple functions into a single dashboard regardless of the vendors being integrated."
"The product’s most valuable features are integration and endpoint protection."
"The most valuable feature is threat hunting."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is the ability to interact with the firewall and workstations seamlessly to shut down the threats. Additionally, you are able to control the workstations remotely."
"The product gives us good visibility into what is happening inside the company."
"There is a feature called XDR Central. With this, Sophos can connect to third-party security solutions."
"It is stable and scalable. It has good technical support."
"The product’s most valuable feature is rapid response."
"The only area I see for improvement with Binary Defense is their service portal. It could benefit from some enhancements."
"We found that an earlier version of the agent had high memory usage and that was a bit concerning, but we raised the concern with their support team and they immediately replied that they had noticed the same thing and had a candidate fix already available... it totally fixed the issue."
"It's sometimes difficult to know when to engage Binary Defense or TrustedSec, their sister company. TrustedSec is more focused on offensive security, as opposed to the defensive security that the MDR solution provides. It would be awesome if there were a better bridge between that relationship for when we need to get more proactive services or when we need to do a penetration test."
"We should be able to isolate devices faster. They should shorten the time between clicking on a device to contain it and carrying out the action. That would be a welcome improvement."
"It's hard to think of anything that they need to improve on, but just to point out something, I would like to see them provide advanced XDR."
"If I were shopping for an MDR solution today, I would not only look for a company that has the ability to alert, detect, and remediate, but also the ability to integrate vulnerability management. That's a big thing that they're lacking today."
"We found a couple of bugs in the user interface."
"The current reporting system could benefit from improvement."
"We're a small organization. I'm not sure how it would fare if you were larger and had more and more users and added complexity."
"Their endpoint solution is excellent. But I would like to see them improve their HDR, as well as their DLP (Data Loss Prevention)."
"CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is not providing application control. This is a very useful feature in any endpoint security because if you want to block any malicious activity of any particular application, you can not block it in this solution. However, you are able to block hashes, but not executable files or processes. Additionally, this solution does not provide a user risk score. These are two areas that CrowdStrike Falcon Complete can improve on in the future."
"It really is an expensive product in the South African market. And they need people in our country. Their partner program isn't yet where it should be. They need a lot of work and there's a lot of improvement needed."
"I want better integration with other security solutions; integrating with third-party apps wasn't as seamless as I expected."
"CrowdStrike Falcon Complete could improve by having advanced features, such as SOC, and HDR. There would have been a lot of processes involved."
"The solution is costlier compared to other solutions, which may be a concern for price-sensitive customers."
"I would like to see CrowdStrike Falcon Complete XDR integrate more effectively with other technologies."
"It could be more secure."
"The technical team for Sophos MDR is not so good since they take a long time, like a week, to provide a solution to a simple case or problem we face in our company."
"Multitenancy features of Sophos Managed Threat Response should be improved. You cannot use the solution for multiple clients."
"Its technical support could be better."
"Sophos MDR lacks integration with MDM solutions."
"The product's pricing could be less expensive."
"Sophos MDR’s pricing is the biggest factor that needs improvement per customers and technical professionals."
"Endpoint protection is very slow."
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is ranked 1st in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 74 reviews while Sophos MDR is ranked 6th in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 20 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is rated 8.6, while Sophos MDR is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete writes "Great next-generation antivirus with breach warranty and good intrusion protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos MDR writes "Proactive protection, scalability, and cloud-based efficiency". CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is most compared with Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Blackpoint Cyber MDR, Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR, Red Canary MDR and Huntress, whereas Sophos MDR is most compared with SentinelOne Vigilance, Trend Micro Managed XDR, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Bitdefender MDR and Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting. See our CrowdStrike Falcon Complete vs. Sophos MDR report.
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