Exabeam vs Sophos Central comparison

Exabeam and Sophos are both solutions in the AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms category. Exabeam is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.4, while Sophos is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.3. Exabeam holds a 2.5% mindshare in AICP, compared to Sophos’s 0.0% mindshare. Additionally, 73% of Exabeam users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Sophos users who would recommend it.

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73% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Exabeam 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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Categories and Ranking

Exabeam

Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms

11th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (21st), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (2nd), Security Incident Response (6th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (13th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (14th)

Sophos Central

Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms

9th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

8.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms category, the mindshare of Exabeam is 2.5%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sophos Central is 0.0%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Stephen-Armstrong

Cyber Security Analyst at Capgemini

The SIEM provides a user-friendly UI experience

When events come into the system, the dashboard categorizes them by the highest risk score, not when they appear on the system. When you've got multiple ongoing incidents you can only see the highest risk score at the top of the list rather than the most recent detection. Exabeam's reporting dashboard could have included a filtering option to filter by the most recent detection.

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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

"The ThreatHunter in Advanced Analytics is the most valuable. It helps analyze compromised assets and provides analysis for any entity within my client's environment."

"It's a very user-friendly product and it's a very comprehensive technology."

"The way it can connect with AWS is very useful, and the integrations are pretty good."

"The user interface and the timelines they use are the most valuable features. The price model is very simple so that one can understand it easily and there are no surprises within it."

"Exabeam Fusion SIEM has a good performance and more advantages than traditional solutions."

"Timeline based analysis; good platform support"

"The Exabeam SIEM has a user friendly UI interface."

"The most valuable feature of Exabeam is the timeline creation based on log sources, which helps in security investigations."

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

"The most valuable feature of Sophos Central is its visibility."

"The product's installation phase was easy."

"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."

"We used to get malicious attacks from mail before using the solution."

"The most important feature is definitely the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) tool. It allows us to track malware and other incidents in our environment."

"One of the standout features is its highly detailed and user-friendly graphical interface."

"The standout feature is its focus on indexing, primarily designed for managing reports and logs from 500 to 1,000 endpoints, including Windows 10 hosts within the network."

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Cons

"We use the on-prem Exabeam product and face limitations using the web UI and administration of custom models and rules."

"Updating the new release of Exabeam Fusion SIEM takes time and slows our performance."

"They should provide detailed information about detecting phishing emails."

"Adding to the number of certifications that they have, for example, ISO 27001, would be helpful."

"The customer service and support are not satisfactory."

"They need to focus on more of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework and coverage. They claim they cover about 70 to 80%. I'm not sure if it's really quite that much, however."

"Exabeam's reporting dashboard could have included a filtering option to filter by the most recent detection."

"I believe if it were more flexible it would be a better product."

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"It's not well-marketed, so many customers don't know about this feature."

"The product needs to improve monitoring since it gives false positives. It needs also to improve pricing."

"Whenever a customer installs a Sophos Central agent on the end-user system, their system becomes slow."

"With the current hybrid work environment and travel requirements, having a mobile solution would greatly improve our ability to access and navigate Sophos Central on the go, enhancing the overall user experience and making it a more portable solution."

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

"One area I would like to see improvement in Sophos Central is the multi-factor authentication process."

"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."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"There is an annual license required to use Exabeam Fusion SIEM. The price of the solution should be reduced."

"Exabeam is not a cheap solution."

"They have a great model for pricing that can be based either on user count or gigabits per day."

"The platform is not extremely expensive compared to its direct competitors; I would rate its pricing around six out of ten."

"Exabeam Fusion SIEM's pricing is reasonable."

"The tool is a little more expensive than other solutions."

"The cost is quite affordable."

"It is rather expensive."

"The pricing of Sophos is quite reasonable and generally cheaper compared to competitors like Fortinet and Check Point."

"When compared to the market, it's relatively more cost-effective."

"The product is not expensive."

"The tool is competitively priced."

"Sophos Central is moderately priced."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

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By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Securonix UEBA, Exabeam, and IBM QRadar?

It mostly depends on your use-cases and environment. Exabeam and Securonix have a stronger UEBA feature set, friendlier GUI and are not licensed based on capacity (amount of logs and information in...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Exabeam Fusion SIEM?

I do not have much information about the pricing. However, I am aware that Exabeam is cheaper than Palo Alto based on discussions in meetings.

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What needs improvement with Exabeam Fusion SIEM?

We use the on-prem Exabeam product and face limitations using the web UI and administration of custom models and rules. I have explored the SaaS version; it offers many new features. We are conside...

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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?

As we get more people, we just add another item or Sophos appliances, and then we are good to go.

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What needs improvement with Sophos Central?

As a user, I suggest improving Sophos Central by addressing some error messages we occasionally encounter that we just do not know what they relate to, even when it says it has resolved them. To im...

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Overview

Exabeam Fusion is a cloud-delivered solution that that enables you to:

-Leverage turnkey threat detection, investigation, and response
-Collect, search and enhance data from anywhere
-Detect threats missed by other tools, using market-leading behavior analytics
-Achieve successful SecOps outcomes with prescriptive, threat-centric use case packages
-Enhance productivity and reduce response times with automation
-Meet regulatory compliance and audit requirements with ease

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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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Hulu, ADP, Safeway, BBCN Bank

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