Impulse Point SafeConnect vs Sophos Network Access Control comparison

Impulse Point and Sophos are both solutions in the Network Access Control (NAC) category. Impulse Point is ranked #17, while Sophos is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.2. Impulse Point holds a 0.5% mindshare in NAC, compared to Sophos’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Impulse Point users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Sophos users who would recommend it.

Impulse Point SafeConnect

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100% willing to recommend

Sophos Network Access Control

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Impulse Point SafeConnect and Sophos Network Access Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Impulse Point SafeConnect

Ranking in Network Access Control (NAC)

17th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Sophos Network Access Control

Ranking in Network Access Control (NAC)

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Network Access Control (NAC) category, the mindshare of Impulse Point SafeConnect is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sophos Network Access Control is 1.8%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Access Control (NAC) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Sophos Network Access Control	1.8%
Impulse Point SafeConnect	0.5%
Other	97.7%

Network Access Control (NAC)

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Chong Dan

Director of Computer Information Services at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

Easy to scale, enforces policies well, and has responsive technical support

A lot of campuses use SafeConnect. It gives us good visibility and enforces policies. It helps enforce network security by scanning devices, making sure they have current and valid antivirus solutions with up-to-date antivirus definitions, and steers our end users by enforcing policy groups and steering them to the right access. Technical support is responsive. The stability is pretty good. It is very easy to scale the product.

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Vishal Deshwal

technical associate at seamlessinfotech.com

Technical support excels but hardware enhancements are needed for faster processing

The best features in Sophos Network Access Control are fewer than FortiNAC and Cisco ISE, but when discussing budget and customer support, different vendors have different perspectives. Cisco is better in support, FortiNAC is better in security, and different vendors maintain different perspectives. I utilized the device quarantine feature around eight months ago. It is specifically for when any malicious or harmful file comes to the system. Through NAC, we can put it in quarantine, and if anything comes or goes from this system, it will be monitored continuously. We can define these parameters as needed. The role-based access controls feature of Sophos Network Access Control allows persons at different positions in an organization to have different types of roles. We can give them full access as an administrator, provide some network access, or give users only read-only access. This depends on the user's requirements and the position they hold within the organization, allowing us to grant roles according to their post. The integration capabilities of Sophos Network Access Control are good, as it can easily integrate with other solutions and vendors.

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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

"It is very easy to scale the product."

"Web protection, URL filtering, and application filtering are the most valuable features of Sophos Network Access Control."

"The most valuable features of Sophos Network Access Control are the quick response times to threats and reliable security."

"We have had interactions with the technical support team through the Xnet platform. It's good."

"The platform's most valuable features include robust reporting and analytics capabilities, which provide deep insights into our sales performance and customer behavior."

"The scalability of the system and the performance of the system and the solution's most valuable features."

"The wifi control is fantastic and makes it very easy to administer."

"Sophos Network Access Control has a useful interface, and I like its dashboard, which is very useful for us to check everything."

"I am very satisfied with this solution overall. All of the features that we use have been working successfully."

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Cons

"The solution would be much better if it offered self-service onboarding."

"I would like to see mobile administration capabilities in the next release so that we can administer the device from a mobile device."

"I would like more details on the incoming connection, like what is the download speed and how it fluctuates. If Sophos can give that information, it would be really good."

"Users are not controlled by role-based access; it's basically device-based control. The definition of role-based control is a little vague here because on the cloud level, it regulates access rather than tasks."

"An area that could be improved is the information about licensing, which is fairly confusing at present."

"What needs to be improved on is the fact that Sophos consumes a lot of processor resources and, once it starts scanning, the RAM utilization is very high."

"The difficult thing was finding the metrics."

"I would like to be able to fully customize the reports."

"In order to provide better management, it would be ideal with they offered better plugins for their firewall."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"For our tier group, for one year, the cost is probably around $10,000 for the license. If you do multi-year, you could get two years, and you could get it for about $8,000 per year. If you do three years, you get it around $7,000 a year."

"I rate the price of Sophos Network Access Control a five out of ten."

"Sophos Network Access Control is costly but has a similar price range as CrowdStrike and Check Point. The product can get more market share if Sophos can play around with Sophos Network Access Control pricing and improve it."

"It provides a moderate pricing option for all of its features and benefits."

"It is quite expensive."

"Sophos Network Access Control is an expensive solution."

"Sophos Network Access Control is very cheap compared to other solutions like Cisco, Barracuda, and Palo Alto."

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	2

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What do you like most about Sophos Network Access Control?

Sophos Network Access Control has a useful interface, and I like its dashboard, which is very useful for us to check everything.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sophos Network Access Control?

I am not able to say much on the financial specifics as it pertains to the sales unit.

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What needs improvement with Sophos Network Access Control?

A point for improvement for Sophos Network Access Control would be to implement a SIEM tool functionality. For example, CrowdStrike is direct competition to Sophos Network Access Control, not even ...

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Also Known As

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Overview

SafeConnect provides the ability to automate the enforcement of security compliance and network access control policies (based on identity, device type, location, and ownership), and gathers a wealth of real-time and historical context-aware device data so you can make more informed and intelligent decisions.

Impulse Point

Sophos NAC Provides comprehensive, easy-to-deploy network access control that protects enterprise networks from the threats posed by non-compliant, compromised, or misconfigured endpoint computers. The software solution is vendor-neutral and works with existing network infrastructure and security applications. Computers are permitted or denied access to the network, based on a centrally defined, policy-driven assessment - and isolated, quarantined for remediation, automatically remediated, or sent alerts. Administrators can define and manage policies uniquely for managed and guest computers, including checking their security status and ensuring that no unwanted applications are run.

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