We performed a comparison between Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Sophos Intercept X based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Sophos Intercept X has a slight edge over Kaspersky Endpoint Security in this comparison, since it is a more lightweight solution.
"The ease of deployment and configuration is valuable. It's very easy compared to other vendors like Sophos. Sophos' configuration is complex. Fortinet is a lot easier to understand. You don't need a lot of admin knowledge to do the configuration."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"It is quite scalable. You can always add more users. I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten."
"We most value the price and interface quality with Sophos Intercept X. We focus on solution quality."
"The pricing is fair. It's not too costly for our small organization."
"One of the best features of Sophos Intercept is that it repairs without slowing down the system."
"Malware protection and application blocking are absolutely great. The DLP and malware features are very helpful. It is also very user-friendly, reliable, and scalable. It is easy to set up. We are also happy with its price and support."
"There are products that are technically stronger. However, this product has everything in one solution, which makes it a strong endpoint option."
"The most valuable features are the cloud administration and the strength of the ransomware protection."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is less hash-based than competitors."
"The product is quite scalable."
"The solution is very easy to use. It's an extremely user-friendly product."
"We have had no troubles installing, maintaining, or deploying the product for our clients."
"This solution is stable."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the daily updates and protection from virus attacks."
"We use the solution for endpoint protection, virus detection, and centralized administration."
"Antivirus, including anti-spam, trojan, and worm detection and prevention. Kaspersky has a comprehensive virus definition update which is very helpful for threat prevention."
"Kaspersky Endpoint Security protects against viruses and dangerous software, and it's also great because it has a component that is useful for the deployment of software versions to the end user's computer."
"The solution is not stable."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"The support needs improvement."
"Detections could be improved."
"Integration with Azure and SaaS provisioning tools could improve Fortinet FortiEDR."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"It consumes a lot of resources, and something needs to be done for that."
"Intercept X Endpoint is a very heavy solution that consumes a lot of RAM and should be made lighter."
"It's a challenge to do system maintenance work on a notebook. You always have to disable Sophos first."
"There is some issue with the reporting and refreshing information on resources that have been eliminated."
"They might want to offer an MSP model for licensing, to offer the solution as a software as a service."
"Features that should be improved in the upgrade involve the excessive consumption of the the solution's processor, RAM and resources."
"The initial setup can be difficult if you don't come in with at least some knowledge about the product."
"The ADR functionalities feel like they aren't mature enough. It hasn't been a long time since Sophos has offered reproduction. Due to the fact that it's so young, it has fewer functionalities than other and more mature ADR solutions."
"The product must improve its price to suit small and mid-size enterprises."
"The cloud needs to be more robust. We have 1,500 users and Kaspersky has issues handling them. It's a problem."
"The GUI of the product is too basic, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The solution could use better reporting."
"A big improvement would be allowing us to reconfigure the agents and change what to whitelist for a specific user. If the user is not happy with the configuration and is being blocked from certain sites, we should be able to reconfigure the monitoring mechanics to make it more flexible."
"Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business’s interface could be easier to understand when displaying the activities during configuration processes."
"The process for upgrades is very slow."
"Malware protection for Kaspersky should be revolutionized, where they no longer work with signatures, but with more advanced ways of detecting malware, such as Cylance or Traps from Palo Alto."
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Intercept X Endpoint is ranked 7th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 101 reviews while Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is ranked 12th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 111 reviews. Intercept X Endpoint is rated 8.4, while Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Intercept X Endpoint writes "A standard offering with good threat analysis but reduces machine performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business writes "Easy to setup, stable and good security use cases". Intercept X Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Fortinet FortiClient and Trend Micro Apex One, whereas Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Fortinet FortiClient, ESET Endpoint Protection Platform and Trend Micro Apex One. See our Intercept X Endpoint vs. Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business report.
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