We performed a comparison between ESET Endpoint Security and Sophos Intercept X based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Of the two products, ESET Endpoint Security has more favorable reviews. The solution has very effective threat protection, is reasonably priced, and has great service and support.
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"The stability is very good."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The most valuable feature in ESET Endpoint Security is the game mode to restrict notifications."
"I have found ESET Endpoint Antivirus is light on system resources compared with other antivirus solutions that tend to be very heavy on the computers system resources. Additionally, the solution is very secure."
"ESET Endpoint Security is stable, I did not have any issues with it."
"The solution has very useful MDM features."
"ESET Endpoint Security is stable. When comparing the solution to competitors it is more stable."
"It is absolutely invisible once running."
"In terms of the current global landscape, it is a great solution."
"The most valuable features of this solution are, of course, the IPS/IDS, Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Detection, and Antivirus."
"Sophos Intercept X has a host of valuable features, including its anti-malware feature, which we considered key."
"The most valuable feature is the behavioral, non-signature-based threat detection."
"The solution is overall quite good, the services are performing well. It is very good for those who are using standard PC configurations. It does not block their system up by taking up a lot of resources."
"It is quite scalable. You can always add more users. I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten."
"We use Sophos Intercept X for Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) in our organization."
"The key factor that attracted me to Sophos Intercept X was the multi-platform. I have multiple clients that have mixed environments of Mac and Windows. I am able to deliver a standard solution, regardless of the platform."
"The solution has very good usability."
"There do not seem to be any limitations to the scalability of this product."
"FortiEDR could add a separate scanning dashboard. In incident management, we prefer to remove the endpoint system from the environment and scan the system. We typically use Symantec for that, but if we want to use FortiEDR for that, then we need a scanning tab to clarify things."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"Detections could be improved."
"The security should be strong for the cloud. Some applications are on-prem and some are on the cloud. Fortinet should also have strong security for the cloud. There should be more security for the cloud."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"The support needs improvement."
"It would be great to have VIP functions added to the solution in a future release."
"In terms of what is lacking in ESET, it really would need more features for the users when they are working outside of the corporate network."
"I am a MAC user and my asset cybersecurity is continuously displaying warnings that I am not using their firewall."
"We do get false positives."
"There are some new antivirus technologies that rely on AI, artificial intelligence. ESET does not have this technology right now."
"We'd like the solution to be a next generation antivirus with some sort of artificial intelligence or machine learning angle."
"ESET Endpoint Security lacks some advanced functionalities and features which would be useful to be interconnected with the solutions we use, such as Microsoft 365."
"The tool needs to explore security possibilities to secure iOS and Mac devices."
"We would like more application control in order to be able to schedule times and access."
"Better protection in the endpoint, server, and mobile is needed."
"Installing Sophos Intercept X was not as straightforward, as we had to ask support and had to work with an integrator, though the process didn't take much time, e.g. it was completed within one hour."
"The ADR functionalities feel like they aren't mature enough. It hasn't been a long time since Sophos has offered reproduction. Due to the fact that it's so young, it has fewer functionalities than other and more mature ADR solutions."
"The detection and the AI capabilities should be improved upon."
"The price of this solution can be improved."
"It would be a value-add if they can include integration with other technologies or solutions, like Fortinet, Blue Coat, etc."
"It would be beneficial if you could expand support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 without charging an additional fee."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 9th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 96 reviews while Intercept X Endpoint is ranked 7th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 101 reviews. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2, while Intercept X Endpoint is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Intercept X Endpoint writes "A standard offering with good threat analysis but reduces machine performance". ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Panda Adaptive Defense 360, whereas Intercept X Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Seqrite Endpoint Security. See our ESET Endpoint Protection Platform vs. Intercept X Endpoint report.
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