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Kaspersky Small Office Security vs Sophos Endpoint comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 9, 2026

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
4.7
Cortex XDR reduces operational costs, offers better value than Microsoft Defender, and enhances ROI via automation and integration.
Sentiment score
1.0
Kaspersky Total Security enhances data protection, passing audits, with up to 250% ROI and 60% reduced expenses annually.
Sentiment score
5.5
Sophos Endpoint boosts ROI within 12-16 months through improved productivity, robust protection, and customer satisfaction, enhancing data security.
They appreciate the rich telemetry data from the solution, as it provides in-depth threat identification.
Cyber Security Manager at Welab bank
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks helps to reduce my total cost of ownership significantly.
Detection and Response Consultant at Inovasys
In Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, most of the remediation is automated and the accuracy is quite good.
Network Security Engineer at Cyberwell Solution
Kaspersky Total Security provides a good return on investment by improving data security and reducing costs by sixty percent with its robust security features.
System Engineer at Kenera International Trading PLC
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Cortex XDR support is praised for expertise and responsiveness, but faces inconsistency and regional communication issues. Ratings: 8-9/10.
Sentiment score
6.0
Kaspersky Total Security's support is efficient, rating 6-9/10, with users satisfied despite minimal need for assistance.
Sentiment score
8.2
Sophos Endpoint user experiences vary widely, with inconsistent support interactions ranging from excellent service to unresponsiveness.
The technical support from Palo Alto deserves a mark of ten because they reach out within an hour whenever assistance is needed.
Head of data centers at a non-profit with 10,001+ employees
There is no back and forth, and they know what we are asking for and come up with the best resolution for a solution.
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
If any of these services are missed, it becomes a problem in terms of support tickets, follow-up, or special configuration that needs to be done in the system.
Chief of IT Architecture at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I rate them an eight out of ten for their support in deploying Total Security.
System Engineer at Kenera International Trading PLC
I rate Sophos support as excellent, giving it a ten out of ten.
Assistant Manager, Information Technology at Swades Foundation
I would give customer support a rating of 10 out of 10 because they resolve my problems as soon as possible, and I receive very good, quick support from Sophos.
Project Engineer at IT Solution
They have introduced a dedicated role called Technical Account Manager (TAM) for every partner.
Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Cortex XDR efficiently manages extensive workloads across company sizes, praised for scalability, cloud capabilities, and high user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.3
Kaspersky Total Security is scalable, highly rated, and adaptable from small to large enterprises, though pricing increases with use.
Sentiment score
8.1
Sophos Endpoint offers seamless scalability and efficient management, praised for adapting to diverse infrastructures and organizational growth.
You can onboard 10,000 endpoints in just hours, which demonstrates the excellent scalability of this product.
Assistant Security Architect at Cloudnomics
Activating the newly purchased licenses is instantaneous, allowing installations without adjustments since it's cloud-based.
Junior Security Analyst at ITSEC Asia
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks can be expanded anytime by purchasing another license without any issues related to scalability.
Head of data centers at a non-profit with 10,001+ employees
If we are using 300 machines and suddenly 10 more people are joining our organization, I will just raise a ticket on Sophos Endpoint and they will increase my 10 endpoint licenses.
Project Engineer at IT Solution
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Cortex XDR is praised for reliable stability and improved performance, despite rare lag during high-stress data loads.
Sentiment score
7.6
Kaspersky Total Security is rated highly stable and reliable, effectively meeting user needs despite minor operational issues.
Sentiment score
8.4
Sophos Endpoint is stable and reliable, but occasionally resource-intensive, with varying stability ratings and rare performance concerns.
Cortex remains fast and responsive, even with increasing data and alerts.
Final Year Student at Gitam University
The thresholds we've seen on our firewall boxes at some instances reached 80% to 85%, but even at that level of utilization, we don't observe any latency or any issues reported with respect to accessing the application.
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Cortex XDR is stable, offering high quality and reliable performance.
Cyber Security Manager at Welab bank
We have not experienced any issues with Kaspersky Total Security as we manage their entire IT infrastructure.
Owner at Maxpro Technologies
Sophos Endpoint is stable in my experience for the past two years.
Project Engineer at IT Solution
 

Room For Improvement

Cortex XDR needs better integration, pricing, UI, feature parity, and automation, while reducing resource use and false positives.
Kaspersky Total Security users face challenges with encryption, performance, high pricing, and complex interface, seeking improved features and usability.
Sophos Endpoint users seek improved resource management, integration, and support, with requests for Linux support and better security features.
Improving reporting and dashboard customization, along with the addition of real-time and exportable reports, would help SOC teams greatly.
Final Year Student at Gitam University
The inclusion of this feature would allow the application of DLP policies alongside antivirus policies via a single agent and console, making it more competitive as other OEMs often offer DLP solutions as part of their antivirus products.
Pre Sales Architect at network techlab
If the per GB data could be provided at a certain level free of cost or at the same cost which the customer is taking for the entire bundle, that would be better.
Cyber Security Information Security Specialist at MHM Holding GmbH
The only area for improvement is the price, which is slightly high.
Proprietario at IL COMPUTER snc
The system can be demanding on resources, making devices busy when running the client application.
System Engineer at Kenera International Trading PLC
Sophos Endpoint should include the Linux endpoint agent and should provide a solution for Linux endpoints as well, because the server license is costly and nobody wants to use the server license on an endpoint machine.
Project Engineer at IT Solution
The enterprise integration is very poor, requiring a lot of manual work.
IT Consultant at Inception
Users have noted that daily upload limits per device, overall data lake storage capacity tied to licenses, and daily API query limits can be restrictive.
Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd
 

Setup Cost

Cortex XDR offers competitive pricing between $55-$90, though setup costs are high, with flexible licensing for cloud and on-prem use.
Kaspersky Total Security offers competitive pricing for enterprises, covering five devices, with users finding it affordable and valuable.
Sophos Endpoint is cost-effective, especially with long-term licenses, while offering flexible payment options and value-added services.
The pricing on SentinelOne is far more reasonable and cheaper than Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks.
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would say it is definitely not a cheap product, considering how mature it is and how scalable all Palo Alto products are together.
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Cortex XDR is perceived as expensive by some customers, yet offers dynamic pricing.
Cyber Security Manager at Welab bank
The pricing for Kaspersky Total Security is quite affordable.
System Engineer at Kenera International Trading PLC
The cost is reasonable and cheaper than other alternatives.
Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd
It is quite affordable; I think the pricing and licensing are reasonable.
IT Leader at Die Ambulanten - Home Care GmbH
The pricing is slightly increased, but it is good because Sophos Endpoint has a lot of features.
Project Engineer at IT Solution
 

Valuable Features

Cortex XDR offers advanced AI-driven analytics, multi-layered security, and automation, enhancing threat detection and incident response efficiency.
Kaspersky Total Security provides efficient, lightweight antivirus protection with advanced features, ensuring comprehensive security without system slowdown.
Sophos Endpoint provides AI-driven threat detection, centralized management, ransomware protection, and user-friendly deployment, ensuring robust security.
It incorporates AI for normal behavior detection, distinguishing unusual operations.
Cyber Security Manager at Welab bank
The product provides automation responses in case of a threat attack, severity assessments, centralized manageability, and comprehensive compliance features, resulting in reduced costs.
Pre Sales Architect at network techlab
It includes machine learning to easily analyze data and detect complex threats across endpoints, networks, or clouds.
Final Year Student at Gitam University
The solution offers endpoint protection by scanning and alerting to viruses in the organization without physical inspection, increasing efficiency by stopping unwanted applications running in the background.
System Engineer at Kenera International Trading PLC
Kaspersky Total Security is a lightweight solution that does not slow down Windows.
Proprietario at IL COMPUTER snc
Key features for comprehensive detection and prevention include advanced threat prevention, ransomware protections, exploit prevention, and AI-powered detections.
Director at Infosonik Systems Ltd
Web filtering helps provide protection by allowing me to block unwanted and unauthorized websites from Sophos EPP Suite, which helps prevent unauthorized intrusion, thus keeping our organization servers secure.
Assistant Manager, Information Technology at Swades Foundation
With the reseller management, I can manage multiple clients without having to log in to each client.
IT Consultant at Inception
 

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...
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Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (6th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (4th), Ransomware Protection (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
Kaspersky Small Office Secu...
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
33rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sophos Endpoint
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
19th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.7%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kaspersky Small Office Security is 1.2%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sophos Endpoint is 1.4%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks3.7%
Sophos Endpoint1.4%
Kaspersky Small Office Security1.2%
Other93.7%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration
Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.
Alessandro Spiandore - PeerSpot reviewer
Proprietario at IL COMPUTER snc
Long-term licensing has provided reliable lightweight protection for commercial customers and maintains strong performance without disrupting existing security tools
Kaspersky Total Security is a lightweight solution that does not slow down Windows. In many years of use for my customers, I have not had any broken software or other problems. Safe Money technology is available in the product, but I do not use it because my customers have other security solutions that intercept malware before Kaspersky on the firewall and networking firewall of LAN. I sell the various solutions of next generation, Optimum, and Advanced through MCP licensing.
Ashutosh Jha - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Engineer at IT Solution
Endpoint protection has strengthened malware defense and simplifies web and peripheral control
I would give Sophos Endpoint a rating of nine out of ten because it is working very well. I have cut one point because it has no solution for on-premises. Additionally, it has no solution for any Linux-based system endpoints. I have to install the server protection on Linux machines, which is why I am cutting one point for Sophos Endpoint. Sophos Endpoint should include the Linux endpoint agent and should provide a solution for Linux endpoints as well, because the server license is costly and nobody wants to use the server license on an endpoint machine. Sophos Endpoint should have a Linux endpoint independent agent as well.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business47
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise51
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

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How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kaspersky Total Security?
The pricing for Kaspersky Total Security is quite affordable, rated at eight out of ten, and all necessary licensing ...
What needs improvement with Kaspersky Total Security?
Kaspersky Total Security is perfect. The only area for improvement is the price, which is slightly high.
What is your primary use case for Kaspersky Total Security?
Kaspersky Total Security is used by my commercial customers for security purposes. I do not use parental control beca...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sophos EPP Suite?
The setup cost is good and licensing is good. The pricing is slightly increased, but it is good because Sophos Endpoi...
What needs improvement with Sophos EPP Suite?
For endpoint protection, I do not see many weaknesses. The weakest point from Sophos is that in many cases, it is not...
What is your primary use case for Sophos EPP Suite?
I am conducting an information search to understand what other firewall solutions are doing rather than looking for a...
 

Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank
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