ESET vs Sophos

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ESET
Based on 127 reviews.
Sophos
Based on 762 reviews.
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Overview
ESET is an IT security company headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia that was founded in 1992 by the merger of two private companies. ESET offers anti-virus and firewall products such as ESET NOD32 and competes in the antivirus industry. The company was founded in 1992 when Miroslav Trnka and Peter Pako, authors of antivirus software NOD, partnered up with Rudolf Hrub. They adopted the name of the Egyptian goddess of health, marriage and love as the company name. In 1998 NOD received the VB100 award of Virus Bulletin, which helped the company establish subsidiaries in the USA, Argentina and Singapore, and development facilities in Poland and Czech Republic.
Sophos is a developer and vendor of computer security software and hardware, providing communication endpoint, encryption, network security, email security and mobile security as well as unified threat management products. Sophos is largely focused on providing security to organisations and businesses. SophosLabs is the company's global network of threat analysis centres. Sophos has won several awards for its consumer-facing Naked Security blog.
Sample Customers
ESET Endpoint Protection Platform
ERSTE Group Bank, Miller Solutions, Wesleyan University, The Hospital Center of Luxembourg, Deer Valley USD, SPAR, Industrial Federal Credit Union, Honda, City Hall of Palmela, Hays CISD, Lester B Pearson School Board
ESET Endpoint Encryption
CCS Media Limited, Mercury Engineering, Unigarant, Pinewood Healthcare
ESET Inspect
Mitsubishi Motors, Allianz Suisse, Cannon, T-Mobile
ESET EDR/XDR
Mitsubishi Motors, Canon
Sophos SafeGuard
Rushmoor Borough Council
Sophos Email
Del Monte Foods, Terra Verde, spicerhaart, RIVERLITE, Dataprise, SureBridge, Reed's School, Sayfol International School
Sophos EPP Suite
EK Services
Intercept X Endpoint
Flexible Systems
Sophos Virtualization Security
UK National Health Service
Sophos Home
1. Acer 2. Adidas 3. Aetna 4. Aflac 5. Airbus 6. AIG 7. Amazon 8. American Express 9. American Airlines 10. Amex 11. Apple 12. AT&T 13. Audi 14. Avaya 15. Bank of America 16. Barclays 17. Bayer 18. Ben & Jerry's 19. BMW 20. Boeing 21. Bristol-Myers Squibb 22. Cadbury 23. Campbell Soup 24. Capital One 25. Caterpillar 26. Cisco 27. Coca-Cola 28. Comcast 29. ConocoPhillips 30. Dell 31. Disney 32. Dominion Energy 33. DuPont 34. eBay 35. ExxonMobil 36. FedEx 37. Ford 38. General Electric 39. General Motors 40. Google 42. Halliburton 43. Home Depot 44. Honda 45. Intel 46. Johnson & Johnson 47. JPMorgan Chase 48. Kellogg's 49. KeyCorp 50. Kraft Heinz 52. L'Oréal 53. Lockheed Martin 54. McDonald's 55. Merck 56. Microsoft 57. Morgan Stanley 58. Nike 59. PepsiCo 60. Pfizer 61. Qualcomm 62. RBC 63. Red Bull 64. Reebok 65. Siemens 66. Tesla 67. Toyota 68. Visa 69. Wells Fargo 70. Xerox 71. Yum! Brands
HitmanPro.Alert by Sophos
1. Acer 2. Adobe 3. AIG 4. Airbus 5. Amazon 6. American Express 7. Aon 8. Apple 9. AT&T 10. Autodesk 11. Bank of America 12. Barclays 13. Bayer 14. BlackRock 15. Boeing 16. BNP Paribas 17. Cisco 18. Coca-Cola 19. Comcast 20. Dell 21. Deutsche Bank 22. eBay 23. ExxonMobil 24. FedEx 25. Ford 26. Google 27. HP 28. IBM 29. Intel 30. JPMorgan Chase 31. Kraft Heinz 32. Lockheed Martin 33. McDonald's 34. Merck 35. Microsoft 36. Morgan Stanley 37. Nike 38. Oracle 39. Pfizer 40. Procter & Gamble 41. SAP 42. Walmart 43. Wells Fargo 44. World Bank
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Top Industries
Comms Service Provider
18%
Computer Software Company
17%
Construction Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Comms Service Provider
17%
Computer Software Company
17%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
5%
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