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Sophos EPP Suite vs Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise comparison

Sophos and Broadcom are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. Sophos is ranked #23 with an average rating of 8.3, while Broadcom is ranked #22 with an average rating of 8.3. Sophos holds a 1.0% mindshare in EPP, compared to Broadcom’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Sophos users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.
Sophos EPP Suite
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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Sophos EPP Suite and Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise compete in the endpoint security space. Symantec holds an edge with its advanced threat protection and comprehensive features.

Features: Sophos EPP Suite offers strong malware detection, lightweight performance, and ease of use. Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise provides advanced threat protection, comprehensive reporting tools, and a broader feature set.

Room for Improvement: Sophos EPP Suite needs better Mac support, enhanced mobile protection, and more detailed reporting. Symantec requires a less complicated setup, reduced resource consumption, and user-friendly interfaces.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Sophos EPP Suite is praised for quick deployment and responsive customer service. Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise has mixed reviews on deployment but also well-regarded customer support.

Pricing and ROI: Sophos EPP Suite is considered cost-effective with satisfactory ROI. Symantec users note higher initial costs but recognize the value of its comprehensive features. Symantec represents a substantial investment with potential for higher long-term ROI.

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Sophos EPP Suite vs. Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise
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Review summaries and opinions

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ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Sophos EPP Suite boosts ROI in 12-16 months, enhancing productivity, protection, and compliance while ensuring customer satisfaction.
Sentiment score
4.1
Symantec Endpoint Security's robust protection minimizes ransomware impact, ensuring data security and ROI for manufacturing firms against cyber threats.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.9
User reviews of Sophos EPP Suite support highlight responsiveness and expertise, though some experience delays and ineffective resolutions.
Sentiment score
5.5
Symantec Endpoint Security's technical support is mixed, with responsive service overall but variations in speed and costlier advanced support.
I rate Sophos support as excellent, giving it a ten out of ten.
They have introduced a dedicated role called Technical Account Manager (TAM) for every partner.
The Sophos people here in South Africa are very helpful.
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The support site for accessing new software is complicated, despite necessary multi-factor authentication.
I rate the technical support from Symantec as eight out of ten because they have comprehensive and clear documentation that can be easily found on search engines if someone knows how to search.
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Sabbir Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
9.0
Sophos EPP Suite offers scalable solutions for diverse organizations, accommodating growth and simplifying cloud deployments, despite third-party integration limits.
Sentiment score
8.0
Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise scales well for all business sizes, though costly and affected by network configuration challenges.
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Regarding scalability, since Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise is a cloud solution, it is very scalable.
In my experience supporting approximately 10 different companies with up to 100 workstations each, scalability has never been a concern with Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise.
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Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Sophos EPP Suite is generally stable but has minor glitches; some users seek other solutions for better stability.
Sentiment score
8.9
Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise is praised for reliability but has occasional issues, mainly with Windows updates and scans.
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I rate the stability of Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise as excellent, giving it a nine for all the new possibilities and features that can be implemented.
The solution is exceptionally stable.
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Room For Improvement

Sophos EPP Suite needs improvements in migration, resource usage, integration, support, and user interface for better performance and compatibility.
Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise needs user-friendliness upgrades, better Mac compatibility, and improved pricing, threat notifications, and support services.
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.
The enterprise integration is very poor, requiring a lot of manual work.
I think there should be templates in place so I do not have to make everything from scratch; having templates for NATing, de-NATing, and LAN to WAN rules would save us time.
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Many customers are seeking modern protection features such as MDR (managed detection and response).
The centralized management console is intuitive, but the threat intelligence aspect could be more incorporated and developed, especially with AI integration and news directly in the platform.
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Sabbir Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
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Setup Cost

Sophos EPP Suite offers competitive, often affordable pricing, with discounts for longer licenses, despite varying costs by features and users.
Symantec's pricing is seen as reasonable by some but expensive by others, particularly when upgrading to EDR.
The cost is reasonable and cheaper than other alternatives.
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Valuable Features

Sophos EPP Suite offers seamless integration, advanced threat detection, centralized management, and user-friendly features for comprehensive security solutions.
Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise offers proactive threat protection, ease of use, scalability, and cost-effective basic security with frequent updates.
Key features for comprehensive detection and prevention include advanced threat prevention, ransomware protections, exploit prevention, and AI-powered detections.
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.
With the reseller management, I can manage multiple clients without having to log in to each client.
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Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise is highly compatible and rarely causes disruptions in production.
What I appreciate the most about Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise is the integration with the workstations and the around-the-clock monitoring.
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Sabbir Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
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Categories and Ranking

Sophos EPP Suite
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
23rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
61
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Symantec Endpoint Security ...
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
22nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Sophos EPP Suite is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise0.5%
Sophos EPP Suite1.0%
Other98.5%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

Sabbir Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Experience significant threat prevention advancements with user-friendly deployment
The feature is called relay server, and some people refer to it as a cache server. The Sophos EPP Suite is scalable. Some customers in banks typically have 5,000 to 7,000 users. One customer started with 1,000 users and has now extended to 4,000 users. Some customers are using up to 8,000 users without any issues. Regarding AI elements in the Sophos EPP Suite, firewalls have already introduced AI features. They have integrated AI models similar to ChatGPT in firewalls. These AI features should be introduced in endpoint XDR as well. Key features for comprehensive detection and prevention include advanced threat prevention, ransomware protections, exploit prevention, and AI-powered detections. Extended visibility and data analysis include cross-product data correlations. They have a data lake, live discover, and threat graphs. They also offer AI case summary and AI common analysis, accessible from Sophos Central, which is the management portal for Sophos XDR. Sophos Central serves as one central management portal for managing firewalls, endpoint, Sophos encryption, and mobile device management solutions. This centralized management is particularly appealing to customers.
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Intekhab Ahmad. - PeerSpot reviewer
A product that offers good threat detection capabilities to its users
The product has improved my company through its area of threat detection. The other applications use the same engine as Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise. Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise does not have a set of 100 percent useful things in the tool. Sometimes, a user may know that a file system does not contain any viruses, but it is labeled as a virus by Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise, making it an issue for users. The aforementioned problem prompts me to contact the product support team via email so that my company can get some help dealing with such problems. I would say that my experience with deploying the product across multiple devices in my company is not tough and can be easy, especially if you have domain environments. The feature of the product that is the most effective for threat prevention stems from the fact that the tool provides updates. The main problem with the solution is that a user has to do the updates manually, so at times, the product is not useful, especially when the machine has to be shut down for updates when new viruses are introduced on the market. I rate the solution's ease of use and administration a seven and a half out of ten. I suggest that those who plan to buy the solution periodically update the product, especially in the area of the virus engine. I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Educational Organization
10%
Performing Arts
6%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business44
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Sophos EPP Suite?
Sophos EPP Suite is a powerful antivirus.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sophos EPP Suite?
The price of Sophos EPP Suite is reasonable.
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What needs improvement with Sophos EPP Suite?
To make Sophos EPP Suite better, some features could be added, but currently, whatever I require is available, and the interface is good. I think there should be templates in place so I do not have...
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What do you like most about Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise?
The tool is a secure and stable workstation for checking antivirus. The alerting feature helps us see alerts and is easy to control. The main benefit we derive from using Symantec Endpoint Security...
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What needs improvement with Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise?
I have not experienced integrated threat intelligence benefits with Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise. Many customers are seeking modern protection features such as MDR (managed detection and r...
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What is your primary use case for Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise?
The primary use case for Symantec Endpoint Security Enterprise for my clients is basic antivirus protection.
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Sophos EPP Suite
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Overview

Protect every user and every device from malware, spam, data loss and more with our Enduser Protection bundles. Only Sophos delivers best-of-breed endpoint, mobile, encryption, email and web security solutions licensed per user and backed by the best support in the industry.
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Endpoint Security Enterprise focuses on advanced prevention for traditional endpoints and modern mobile devices. To include attack surface reduction capabilities and detection and response technologies, check out Endpoint Security Complete.

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