We performed a comparison between Security Onion and Sophos Central based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two AWS Marketplace solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Security Onion is the most mature solution in the market."
"We use Security Onion for internal vulnerability assessment."
"The most valuable feature of Security Onion for security monitoring is its ability to find infected ports."
"Sophos Central is cloud-based, which allows the administrator to control everything from anywhere. It is free for most of the products except the firewall."
"The most important feature is definitely the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) tool. It allows us to track malware and other incidents in our environment."
"What I find most valuable in Sophos Central is its clear and detailed threat visibility on the dashboard."
"Sophos Central is a good and easy-to-manage product."
"The tool enables me to see the security of my customers’ PCs at a glance."
"One of the most valuable features of Sophos Central is its Synchronized Security."
"It is easy to manage and configure."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy and user-friendly."
"The initial setup of the solution is a little bit difficult."
"The product is not easy to learn."
"Security Onion's user interface could be improved."
"I would like to see improvements in the password recovery process within the Sophos Central solution."
"Additionally, Sophos Central can be resource-intensive, demanding servers with a minimum of eight gigabytes of RAM, which may pose considerations for larger organizations dealing with legacy applications tied to specific OS and hardware configurations."
"There could be more integration included in the product."
"The product's firewall servers and dashboard need improvement."
"Integration with third party applications should be improved."
"The product does not have a dedicated MFA."
"The user interface could be more intuitive and user-friendly."
"The product must be made a little bit quicker."
Security Onion is ranked 1st in AWS Marketplace with 3 reviews while Sophos Central is ranked 2nd in AWS Marketplace with 33 reviews. Security Onion is rated 7.6, while Sophos Central is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Security Onion writes "A mature and affordable solution that is easy to install and easy to update". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Central writes "Scalable product, integration of artificial intelligence improves security posture but not easy to push global policies and support needs improvement". Security Onion is most compared with Wazuh, Elastic Stack, TheHive, Splunk Enterprise Security and Graylog, whereas Sophos Central is most compared with . See our Security Onion vs. Sophos Central report.
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