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Sophos

Sophos Email

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

7.6 /10

23 Reviews Write a Review

What is Sophos Email?

Our purpose-built secure email gateway is an all-in-one solution for email encryption, DLP, anti-spam and threat protection. It provides advanced protection from today’s sophisticated spear phishing attacks and gives you full control over data leaving your organization via email.

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Sophos Email Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

85 Plan to Renew

9
Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Sophos Email?

6% Negative

3% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Acts with Integrity
Transparent
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Hosted Email Support

Email Retention and Archiving

Anti Malware Signature Detection

Reporting Components

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection

End User Spam Visibility and Controls

URL and Malware Detection

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection

Encryption and Decryption

Data Loss Prevention

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Sophos Email Reviews

Nhut T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Easy to use and very intuitive interface

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Sophos Email from other similar products?

I have used a lot of email protection software and Sophos is very easy to use compared to others

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Very configurable and easy to administrate

What do you dislike most about this product?

Tech support is kinda spotty

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If Sophos has a trail version, you should give it a try. It's worthy your time & money

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Fair
Acts with Integrity

Cons

Less Efficient Service

Ihsan M.

Role: Finance
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Best Tool For Email Gateway Protection

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Sophos Email from other similar products?

What makes Sophos Email different is affordability. It's highly effective and keeps email system secure

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Using Sophos Email is easy It offers amazing security features and keep our emails protect It's affordable

What do you dislike most about this product?

I haven't had any disregards for Sophos Email

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend Sophos Email because it keeps our emails safe and secure

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

John Paulo E.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

One of the most sophisticated security software

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Sophos Email from other similar products?

Sophos has a total solution which can be integrated for more security.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

can be integrated with more solutions

What do you dislike most about this product?

a bit pricey

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is a good product when it comes to security and control

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Sophos Email Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

85 Plan to Renew

9 Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Sophos Email?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Hosted Email Support Integration and support capabilities with third-party hosted email providers.

Email Retention and Archiving Inbound and outbound logging capabilities.

Anti Malware Signature Detection Comprehensive signature malware detection capabilities through threat intelligence sourcing.

Reporting Components Lightweight controls and components that are easily embeddable and reusable. Integration with common apps such as Word, Excel, etc.

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection Active code detection and execution.

End User Spam Visibility and Controls End-user email digest release capability and client integration for fine tuning.

URL and Malware Detection Live detection and following of URL embedded links and execution of active content.

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing Heuristic detection techniques that recognize common characteristics of phishing attacks.

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection Basic inbound blocking using multitude of triggers: IP address, content, header, and other reputation-based identifiers.

Encryption and Decryption Advanced capabilities to encode data and information with visibility and controls.

Data Loss Prevention Outbound content filtering based on policy configuration with notification or redactive functions.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Sophos Email Reviews

Nhut T.

Easy to use and very intuitive interface

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Ihsan M.

Best Tool For Email Gateway Protection

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

John Paulo E.

One of the most sophisticated security software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Hosted Email Support

Email Retention and Archiving

Anti Malware Signature Detection

Reporting Components

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection

End User Spam Visibility and Controls

URL and Malware Detection

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection

Encryption and Decryption

Data Loss Prevention

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement