Sophos Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights

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Email Security

Sophos PureMessage (Legacy)

Sophos Email

Sophos

Manager, IT Security and Risk Management

Hemos utilizado Sophos Email para reforzar la seguridad del correo corporativo y la experiencia ha sido satisfactoria. una de las áreas donde mas valor hemos visto es en la reducción de correos sospechosos que llegan a los usuarios finales, especialmente internos de phishing y mensajes con enlaces potencialmente maliciosos. La administración diaria resulta sencilla y la visibilidad sobre los eventos facilita el seguimiento cuando es necesario revisar algún incidente relacionado con correo electronico.

We've used Sophos Email to strengthen the security of our corporate email, and the experience has been very positive. One of the areas where we've seen the most value is in reducing suspicious emails reaching end users, especially internal phishing emails and messages with potentially malicious links. Daily administration is simple, and the visibility into events makes it easy to track any email-related incidents.

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Sr. Software Architect

We use the email protection suite. The log-in probably is the same for all services. The log-in screen defeats password managers, making it really cumbersome to log in. It starts off showing only the user name. That means a password manager cannot be used until I remember which user name I used for this particular service. And I might not because I'm using hundreds of services with different user names and passwords - to stay nice and secure. Password managers help us stay secure and this tool defeats the purpose.  
  
Half the time the interface fails to load its words for things, so we're looking at placeholder codes where descriptive words should have been. It's always a guess whether the interface will be usable or not. 

MANAGER OF IT SERVICES

Sophos Email has delivered an amazing experience as our email security solution. Advanced phishing detection, spam filtering, URL analysis, and attachment inspection work exceptionally well at blocking threats before they reach users. Quarantine management is intuitive, and the integration with Sophos Central provides great visibility. Overall, it's a reliable, high performing solution that gives us strong protection with low maintenance. 

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Sophos is a global provider of advanced cybersecurity solutions. Their main focus is the delivery of an extensive range of security technologies including Managed Detection and Response (MDR), incident response services, as well as endpoint, network, email, and cloud security systems. These products and services are designed to help organizations combat various cyber threats such as active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, and malware. The company offers fully-managed, turnkey security solutions, providing cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations worldwide. Moreover, Sophos hosts a cloud-based management console, known as Sophos Central, and supports the Sophos X-Ops, a cross-domain threat intelligence unit. The unit enriches the Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem by optimizing its centralized data lake with a powerful set of open APIs. Sophos' operations are globally distributed and the company's headquarters are in Oxford, U.K.

Cybersecurity as a Service.

Sophos is a worldwide leader and innovator of advanced cybersecurity solutions, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies that help organizations defeat cyberattacks. 

As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 500,000 organizations and more than 100 million users globally from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. 

Sophos‚Äô services and products connect through‚ÄØits‚ÄØcloud-based Sophos Central management console and are powered by‚ÄØSophos X-Ops, the company‚Äôs cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. 

Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully-managed, turnkey security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos‚Äô security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos‚Äô services, including threat hunting and remediation. 

Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. 

Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com

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Advanced threat protection stands out, with minor reporting limitations

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UX has room for improvement

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