We performed a comparison between Rapid7 MDR and Sophos MDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"Among the valuable features are the agent, continuous reporting, and dashboard. It has all the features we need and we haven't had to customize it, other than turning on certain features that we wanted."
"The speed at which their services are reactive is valuable. Nowadays, when a threat hits an endpoint, you've got minutes, not hours or days. Their average response time is about four minutes on an alert. For anything that needs to be sent to us, it's about fourteen minutes, which is pretty good. They're the third SOC that I've used in fifteen years. By far, they are the quickest ones to act. When you're looking at prevention, that's a key factor."
"With Binary Defense, we don't just get an alert, but also a detailed rundown of why they're alerting us on it. They tell us what was executed, or the username, script, or IP. That way, we're not wasting time investigating."
"The case interface is Binary Defense MDR's most valuable feature."
"Binary Defense has a human service department that provides live monitoring for our systems."
"The most valuable feature is reviewing tickets and the notes added by technicians."
"Binary Defense's most valuable feature is the 24/7 monitoring and threat hunting. Their team checks the latest breaches and how they're done."
"The biggest aspect for us is that they are able to conform to our environment and utilize our tools. That way, we still maintain ownership of all the data and access to the applications, and we never lose control of the ability to run the solution ourselves if we need to."
"The product allows us to customize our alerts."
"We've filled in crucial gaps we had with our previous solution. This was a key factor in choosing Rapid7 during the selection process. The ROI is already starting to show, too."
"The product’s most valuable feature is rapid response."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The solution is stable."
"The user doesn't need a technician; it offers 24/7 support to identify and manage your infrastructure and take complete care of any technological incidents."
"There is a feature called XDR Central. With this, Sophos can connect to third-party security solutions."
"The product gives us good visibility into what is happening inside the company."
"Sophos MTR will stop the threat as it is happening. Intercept X, which is a part of it, has the ability to roll back, so the attack is undone. And then the advanced edition of MTR lets me handle the threat by talking on the phone. I don't have to deal with it. I don't have to just go through emails back and forth. We don't have to pay extra for Rapid Response services. If something is happening, they're right on top of it."
"It is stable and scalable. It has good technical support."
"It's hard to think of anything that they need to improve on, but just to point out something, I would like to see them provide advanced XDR."
"The most significant area for improvement is in support for non-English speakers; we're a global organization, so many of our users are not English speakers, which can make interacting with them a challenge. There's no Chinese language support, so we must rely on what we can do with the internet. We don't expect Binary Defense to build a language staff, but details can get lost in translation when we assume the whole world speaks English."
"We found that an earlier version of the agent had high memory usage and that was a bit concerning, but we raised the concern with their support team and they immediately replied that they had noticed the same thing and had a candidate fix already available... it totally fixed the issue."
"I would like to see more frequent check-ins with our security status."
"It's sometimes difficult to know when to engage Binary Defense or TrustedSec, their sister company. TrustedSec is more focused on offensive security, as opposed to the defensive security that the MDR solution provides. It would be awesome if there were a better bridge between that relationship for when we need to get more proactive services or when we need to do a penetration test."
"I would like to get more reports from Binary Defense about what they're blocking."
"The only area I see for improvement with Binary Defense is their service portal. It could benefit from some enhancements."
"Binary Defense MDR could be even better with additional features, like automatic scans and file quarantine."
"The product should provide full transparency in security operations."
"There are potential improvements in reports and dashboards."
"The product's pricing could be less expensive."
"Sophos MDR’s pricing is the biggest factor that needs improvement per customers and technical professionals."
"The reports should be more comprehensive and easier to organize."
"Once in a great while, an update fails."
"The technical team for Sophos MDR is not so good since they take a long time, like a week, to provide a solution to a simple case or problem we face in our company."
"There is room for improvement in performance and upgrades."
"Its technical support could be better."
"Multitenancy features of Sophos Managed Threat Response should be improved. You cannot use the solution for multiple clients."
Rapid7 MDR is ranked 16th in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 2 reviews while Sophos MDR is ranked 6th in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 20 reviews. Rapid7 MDR is rated 8.6, while Sophos MDR is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Rapid7 MDR writes "Offers good integrations , very scalable and flexible and we can send as many logs as we want". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos MDR writes "Proactive protection, scalability, and cloud-based efficiency". Rapid7 MDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR, Red Canary MDR, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and Blackpoint Cyber MDR, whereas Sophos MDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, SentinelOne Vigilance, Trend Micro Managed XDR, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and Blackpoint Cyber MDR. See our Rapid7 MDR vs. Sophos MDR report.
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