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OpenText Core Endpoint Protection​ vs Sophos Endpoint comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 19, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

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
115
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (4th), Ransomware Protection (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
OpenText Core Endpoint Prot...
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
35th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
31
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 August 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.9%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Core Endpoint Protection​ is 1.7%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sophos Endpoint is 1.4%, up from 0.9% 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 Networks3.9%
Sophos Endpoint1.4%
OpenText Core Endpoint Protection​1.7%
Other93.0%
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.
reviewer2584380 - PeerSpot reviewer
vCIO At Grove Networks Inc. at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Improving threat detection is critical for enhanced protection
We use Webroot Business Endpoint Protection as a NextGen antivirus solution for our clients. It's included in the contract we have with our clients as a cost-effective option for antivirus protection Webroot Business Endpoint Protection is cost-effective for rolling it out to all of our clients,…
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.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Its ability to react to cyber data attacks is awesome. That is pretty much the use of it. What blows your mind is the ability to access your assets remotely and see what is actually going on with them. You can not only see them in a console. You can also react very rapidly to your assets that are compromised."
"My advice for others looking into using Cortex is that it is very easy to use and very useful for the customer environment, whether it's a public or private one."
"WildFire AI is the best option for this product."
"The interface is easy to use and it is more up to date than our previous solution."
"The tool is easy to use."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Its interface and pricing are most valuable, and it is better than other vendors in terms of security."
"The stability is pretty good except for one or two cases, and based on the performance, it's been okay with pretty high performance, no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze."
"It monitors traffic and keeps us from getting ransomware or other viruses."
"Low performance requirements."
"This is a great solution - it helped us a lot without business and improved the security we're offering to our customers."
"It is an easy-to-use and easy-to-configure product."
"We no longer have to worry about running scans as it is so lightweight and there is no user impact."
"Webroot's tech support is pretty good; they've given me some pointers."
"The Webroot cloud console is very powerful."
"Probably, compared to other antivirus programs, what we like about it is it is lightweight."
"The solution's setup is straightforward and doesn't take much time to complete."
"The AI and EDR features are the most effective for threat detection and security."
"What I like best about Sophos EPP Suite is that it's a good product. What's nice about it is that after I installed it on my computer, the tool detects and eliminates most of the problems, malware, and vulnerabilities. It works very well and is very efficient because it doesn't use up many resources from my computer. For me, Sophos EPP Suite is the best security and antivirus solution. In terms of its endpoint capabilities, I'm unable to comment on other Sophos security devices, but it seems Sophos EPP Suite has a next-generation firewall feature, though I didn't use it, and it may not be comparable to other next-generation firewalls. My current firewall is a next-generation firewall from Fortinet, and it's the best firewall for me in terms of cost and security, but for endpoint protection, I use Sophos EPP Suite, and it has the best security for my device. The tool is also good for organizations. It's the best tool."
"Endpoint protection is stable, easy to use, and scalable from deployment, management, and reporting perspectives."
"It is a scalable platform."
"The solution is very stable, with no significant bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze."
"It is doing its job. We use it for standard antivirus purposes and for making sure that people aren't downloading infected attachments. Because we use the cloud version, it is easy to maintain. We don't have to do anything to really maintain it. It gets updated automatically."
"The protection is so much better than before, when we did not use this solution."
 

Cons

"Fine-tuning the detection policy requires experience because the policy is very complex in Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, and we get high false positive alerts."
"It would be better if they could educate the customers more. Some sort of seminars and roadshows will help educate the customers and show what the product can do. The price could be better. It would also help if they had a team for deployment and support."
"A potential area of improvement for Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is the cost."
"Every 30 or 40 days, there's a new version and we need to go and make sure our customer's laptops are upgraded."
"The solution lacks real-time, on-demand antivirus."
"I have faced some issues with Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks; there is room for improvement in the sense that certain options prevent us from seeing and segregating data."
"We would also like to have advanced tech protection and email scanning."
"They have the worst support, as a company, that I have ever worked with, as they are difficult to get a hold of and keep on the phone. They don't know what they are talking about when you get them on the phone. They don't like to respond to messages when you send them to them. They like to "research problems" for weeks on end, then pass you off to somebody else."
"Webroot Business Endpoint Protection needs to improve its ability to detect threats."
"There should be a Webroot Business Endpoint Protection mobile app."
"An updated UI would be nice, but is not hardly used."
"I did notice that my OS slowed down, but I don't know if that's due to Webroot."
"This product has room for improvement to display a more detailed representation of the problem when a virus is or isn't stopped."
"There needs to be more advanced analytics. It would make it a more powerful antivirus solution within the marketplace."
"We need more control over when upgrades to the app are rolled out."
"Webroot is very reactionary. It waits until the threat is active within memory to try and detect it. They need better pre-execution detection and prevention."
"Sophos does not currently inform users of potential compatability issues with Windows updates."
"Pricing is a consideration for us; for the Indian market, it is slightly expensive."
"Configuring notifications is lagging a bit behind the curve as the product should be able to direct exactly where any notification type is sent."
"Scalability is a bit limited. There are times you are supposed to open up the APIs for other vendors or developers to plug in their product information; however, currently, Sophos integrates well only with its own products."
"The management console need improvement."
"Technical support could be improved - quicker and better. Support is the bad side of Sophos."
"We have to use additional third-party solutions to fill the gaps in the capabilities of Sophos EPP Suite, such as using a mobility scanner. It would be helpful to add this feature."
"The logging issues must be fixed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I feel it is fairly priced."
"When we first bought it, it was a bit expensive, but it was worth it. The licensing was straightforward."
"It has a yearly renewal."
"Our customers have expressed that the price is high."
"It has reasonable pricing for the use cases it provides to the company."
"This is an expensive solution."
"It's way too expensive, but security is expensive. You pay for your licensing, and then you pay for someone to monitor the stuff."
"The price of the solution is high for the license and in general."
"The solution is very cost-effective."
"From a pricing standpoint, I would rate it a four out of five."
"We evaluate other options using multiple choices, best value, management and functionality."
"It is relatively cheap."
"The pricing is high."
"The solution doesn't cost too much. It's about 30 Euros a year for each endpoint. It's pretty affordable for us and for many other companies."
"Get a trial, then a multi-year license."
"Webroot is less expensive than SentinelOne."
"Willing to discount when you are switching from another product. Upgrading services will end up costing more, as expected."
"The solution's cost is reasonable."
"From my perspective, it is not the most expensive, it is aligned with the market."
"I rate the price of Sophos EPP Suite a four out of five."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."
"Pricing and licensing are good and affordable."
"The platform is expensive but worth it."
"I would rate the price seven out of ten, for its cost-effectiveness."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise54
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business35
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business45
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Webroot Business Endpoint Protection?
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What is your primary use case for Webroot Business Endpoint Protection?
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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
Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection
EPP Suite
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank
Mytech Partners
EK Services
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