FortiClient vs. Sophos Intercept X

FortiClient

Sophos Intercept X

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
FortiClient	Score 7.6 out of 10	N/A	Fortinet offers FortiClient, their endpoint security system emphasizing automated advanced threat protection, security fabric integration, secure remote access, endpoint quarantine, and a comprehensive reporting dashboard.	N/A
Sophos Intercept X	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	Sophos Endpoint Protection (Sophos EPP) with Intercept X is an endpoint security product providing an antivirus / antimalware solution that when upgraded with Intercept X or Intercept X Advanced provides advanced threat detection and EDR capabilities.	$28 per year per user

Pricing

FortiClient

Sophos Intercept X

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Intercept X Advanced: $28
per year per user
Intercept X Advanced with XDR: $48
per year per user
Sophos Managed Threat Response: $79
per year per user

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
FortiClient	Sophos Intercept X
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Specific pricing details for FortiClient services vary depending on the number of endpoints, the duration of the subscription, and the specific features included.

Pricing is for a 3-year commitment. Government and Education pricing available.

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Community Pulse
	FortiClient	Sophos Intercept X
Considered Both Products	FortiClient Dipak Ugale System Integration Consultant Chose FortiClient My current organization is using FortiClient and they decided to use it since longer period. The main advantages is we are using it for connect RDP and and access private URL. But main reason is one time configuration is help us to connect it any time from anywhere. It's … Incentivized Helpful? PT Pratik Tarmale Network Engineer Chose FortiClient We evaluated both Ivanti Connect Secure and FortiClient but we decided to go with FortiClient due to better pricing, advanced features and reliability. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient From the very beginning it has showed more effective and efficient features, from almost any point of view, at a price not this greater than the previous one Incentivized Helpful? Pankaj Choudhary Freelancer Android Developer Chose FortiClient The service and memory consumption were too much when I was using those apps, And because of high memory consumption, my system was heating, Slow in operations, and the battery was also draining. For the above reasons, I moved to Forticlient. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient Simply put, the deployment with Forticlient is a lot simpler and generally takes less time, consumes fewer system resources, and is easier to manage centrally. The VPN client included with the endpoint protection gives us a lot of confidence that our end users are protected … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient Cisco AnyConnect and OpenVPN Access Server Incentivized Helpful? Mxolisi Vusumuzi Gamede IT Technician Chose FortiClient Endpoint protection which can be installed in all operating systems and devices including Linux OS, MAC OS, Andriod, Windows. In devices you use laptop, desktop and smartphones. I select FortiClient because it is more reliable, stable connection, more features, user-friendly, … Incentivized Helpful? SA Scott Anderson IT Administrator Chose FortiClient Meraki MX has a much more basic set of features compared to FortClient and the Fortinet ecosystem of devices and software. Setting up a FortiGate with FortiClient can take a little more time, but the feature set is much richer. We use Meraki MX is a few offices, but are now … Incentivized Helpful? JF John Fitzgerald Medical Director Chose FortiClient FortiClient was selected by our CEO/CFO and administration staff. Compared to Cisco product, from my point of view as a user, it is incredibly inefficient and unreliable. Incentivized Helpful? RS Rene Sabillon IT Manager Chose FortiClient We use FortiClient because we use Fortinet products in our office. Compared to other endpoint security software we've used in the past, FortiClient does everything else others do. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient FortiClient is more secure and it is more stable than VPN Clients. The previous VPN was crashing a lot during the day. Incentivized Helpful? SS Saira Sandoval Especialista en Redes Chose FortiClient Web filtering, WAN optimization, application firewall and antivirus /antimalware functionality for laptops, PCs and mobile devices. Incentivized Helpful? Charlie Eich Network Engineer Chose FortiClient AnyConnect would disconnect randomly. One of the main reasons for switching was a vulnerability in the client that Cisco had no plans on patching. We would have to constantly address the vulnerability once a quarter after our vulnerability scans. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient We have used Trend Micro and Kaspersky in the past and currently also use Cb Defense. We were looking for a next-gen AV product with visibility into what was actually happening on our end points when we found Cb Defense. FortiClient seems more like Trend or Kaspersky in not … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient FortiClient is a more sophisticated solution that offered us additional features that we could not get from the Netgear device we were using. The added VPN aspect also made FortiClient as better solution. NetGear does offer more sophisticated products, but our IT partner … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient We still use Bitdefender GravityZone on all of our endpoints in the office, but now we use Forticlient on the end users personal PC/laptops to allow remote access to our network. They work well together, both have their purpose for our end users. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient We selected FortiClient because the price is very good. Also, the solution features are perfect for our business. We like FortiClient and we recommend with trust. If you are a small company FortiClient is perfect for you. Assure security of your information. The VPN is working … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient FortiClient has a physical desktop client that is not loaded through the browser. This makes life a lot easier because your VPN connection is always sitting right where you need it, and not behind a certain IP address that changes from time to time. FortiClient's interface and … Incentivized Helpful? Eliz Marvic Melicio Carvajal Coordinador de desarrollo de software Chose FortiClient FortiClient is easier to use and configure and offers security according to market standards. My position within the company is just to use the program, it was not my decision to choose it, but I think they made a good decision. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient I have not used any other products like FortiClient, yet. Incentivized Helpful? Horacio Carcamo Product Development Asst. Chose FortiClient What stands out from the other competitors is that Forticlient guarantees a great performance and also provides a big level of security for all the data that you will be managing using this software. It's really worth it, and the price is not that expensive if we compare it to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient Overally, FortiClient has less vulnerabilities than the two other products. The price is comparable to Citrix Gateway, but significantly less than Cisco AnyConnect. Much of the benefits of the FortiClient come with its ability to integrate with other Fortinet solutions. Without … Incentivized Helpful? PS Pawel Sokol IT Administrator Chose FortiClient Mikrotik VPN operates on open standard solutions like OpenVPN, newer Wireguard, and older much less secure: PPTP and L2TP. FortiClient is available as an app on all platforms (IOS, Android, Windows) and there is no problem with migration and installation. Incentivized Helpful? BB Baladas Bhoir Warehouse Executive Chose FortiClient We selected FortiClient as it is reliable and popular security solution than Ivanti connect secure. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose FortiClient FortiClient helps protect computers, whether laptops or mobile devices, so we can have secure access. SonicWall Analytics helps monitor network traffic, detect risk patterns, and detect network anomalies. Incentivized Helpful?	Sophos Intercept X Verified User Anonymous Chose Sophos Intercept X Bitdefender was garbage, and it did not work well for non-persistent VDI desktops. Even though we bought it we dumped it after a month and bought Sophos instead. The difference was like night and day. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Sophos Intercept X Sophos Intercept X is one of the industry leaders for a reason. Apart from integration issues, Sophos Intercept X stands above the rest when it comes to protection and usability. I have used at least 30 different antiviruses, antimalware, and antiransomeware programs and none … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Sophos Intercept X They have almost the same features but we ended up with a better offer for Sophos. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Sophos Intercept X Sophos Intercept X offers a far more comprehensive and stable product when pitted up against Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection and Watchguard Endpoint Security - both of which we offer as low cost alternatives for customers who are adamant about not paying for Sophos … Incentivized Helpful? IR Ian Reger IT Specialist Chose Sophos Intercept X Sophos Intercept X is easy to manage and deploy under your business. I think it is comparable to BitDefend with the ability to send out deployment via email or directly add it to the computer. I have noticed that Bitdefender seems to eat a lot of resources during its scans … Incentivized Helpful? William Scott Coates IT Support Specialist Chose Sophos Intercept X Webroot endpoint protection is not even in the same league as Sophos Intercept-X. I have tested and compared both sides by side, run simulations and it's not even close. Plus the Sophos central management is so much better. Easier to view user activities and apply policies and … Incentivized Helpful? AP Ash Patel Director of IT and Facilities Chose Sophos Intercept X I personally found Sophos Intercept X GUI to be easy to use. The agent is easy to deploy on client machines and runs in the background silently. It has a very good virus, malware scan engine that picks out a high percentage of malicious software. The price was also very … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Sophos Intercept X Sophos is much more user friendly and scalable for partners who wish to [centralize] all security across the IT industry, from email security, server security, phish threat management and more. Incentivized Helpful? Beau Sorensen COO Chose Sophos Intercept X We have used Avast, AVG, Panda, Sophos' original antivirus product, and Symantec before and it is better than each of them. The cloud console is the star of the show and it dramatically reduces the cost and effort needed to install the product. Other products were only … Incentivized Helpful? Reginald Johnson Managing Consultant - DevOps Chose Sophos Intercept X It is one of the only products that will scan all code in memory and arbitrary data for malicious behaviors. Incentivized Helpful? Shawn Umansky Network Engineer Chose Sophos Intercept X We have been using this product for a number of years, which shows that it has worked well for us. I don't recall the other products we reviewed. Incentivized Helpful? Ramon Vazquez IT Director Chose Sophos Intercept X It provides more features for the same price. These added features differentiate Sophos from the rest of the pack, making it a better solution. Also, the ability to integrate with your Sophos firewall if you have one adds another level of integration and protection. This … Incentivized Helpful? Sarah Urbani IT Chose Sophos Intercept X Sophos Intercept X is just easier to implement and manage. Incentivized Helpful? Steven Hiersche, Jr. Director Of Information Technology Chose Sophos Intercept X We didn’t evaluate any other products. I used Sophos at a previous company and when I started here, they were using the on-prem version. We immediately migrated to central and haven’t looked back. I am aware of the competitors, but once you are comfortable with a quality … Incentivized Helpful? BC Ben Coppard IT Manager Chose Sophos Intercept X Sophos offered better value for money whilst beating the above products on detection and prevention. The GUI is fantastic and easy to use and works seamlessly on top of other features like DLP, application control and web monitoring. I would recommend getting the XG firewall as … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Sophos Intercept X Sophos Intercept-X gave us a more well-rounded solution. Incentivized Helpful? Jane Updegraff Senior Systems Administrator Chose Sophos Intercept X Sophos Intercept X is a little less expensive than the comparable package from Trend Micro and a little more expensive than a comparable package from Symantec, but in my opinion, it's easier to operate and it's got better centralized controls than both of the others. But the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Sophos Intercept X Trend Micro offered similar protection, however at the time did not offer EDR as a solution. The big benefit to Trend Micro was the capability to push out the installation of the agent to assets within the Trend Micro console, eliminating the need for a GPO or deployment … Incentivized Helpful? Thayer Ramahi Director, IMIT Chose Sophos Intercept X We found Sophos is a full suit in one, easy to deploy, manage and very effective. Incentivized Helpful? Neil Taylor Trade Floor Infrastructure Manager Chose Sophos Intercept X Sophos is by far the simplest of the products to setup and going in a very short period of time at a very similar price point. Trend is overly complex and relied on an appliance for each ESX node meaning you lose one appliance and then you lose protection across multiple … Incentivized Helpful? Eric V. Zarghami Deputy CIO Chose Sophos Intercept X Besides legacy malware protection, Sophos is doing a good job in protecting against ransomware, thanks to their Intercept X and its behavioral analytics that would stop ransomware that was never seen in wild. Incentivized Helpful? Alex Farling Managing Partner Chose Sophos Intercept X Best in class... PERIOD... Bit Defender is a good AV product by itself, but it lacks in Next Gen Heuristic detection. It has allowed malware to get past it in our client environments, even with Admin permissions restricted. Sophos is hands down a superior product when paired … Incentivized Helpful? Ryhlen Schoeberl Server Administrator Chose Sophos Intercept X Sophos I feel is a better product upon installation we had a few systems that reported threats that ESET did not catch. Sophos also has multiple other products that we were able to bundle together and still have one interface to do. Intercept X, Endpoint Protection, and … Incentivized Helpful? Jon Shurtliff Vice President of Information Technology Chose Sophos Intercept X In our analysis we discovered that for the price and feature set, Sophos was able to rise above the rest. Pricing is always a large consideration, however it isn't the only consideration - the feature set that Sophos Endpoint Protection provided over its competitors made the … Incentivized Helpful? Matt Rogers Information Technology and Web Support Specialist Chose Sophos Intercept X We used to use Symantec Endpoint Protection. At the time we were using it (it may very well be different by now), it required a bit more maintenance and we were constantly having issues with definitions not being downloaded as well as issues updating the software itself. We … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

FortiClient

Sophos Intercept X

Endpoint Security

Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Product A and Product B
	FortiClient 7.7 Ratings 11% below category average	Sophos Intercept X 8.9 Ratings 4% above category average
Anti-Exploit Technology	7.50 Ratings	7.10 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)	7.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Centralized Management	8.50 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support	6.50 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Infection Remediation	8.50 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Vulnerability Management	7.50 Ratings	8.40 Ratings
Malware Detection	8.50 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	FortiClient	Sophos Intercept X
Likelihood to Recommend	6.5 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.1 (0 ratings)	8.1 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	FortiClient	Sophos Intercept X
Likelihood to Recommend	Forticlient works well for us as a component of Fortinet's overall security fabric. We use Forticlient alongside Fortigate and FortiAnalyser to create our endpoint security posture. We found deploying Forticlient simplistic, and our end users respond well to any application notifications and make use of the VPN client with little training. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Sophos Intercept-X is well suited for any environment big or small. There is even a home version that is free that I highly recommend for anyone at home. If you are looking for endpoint protection that is centrally managed, catches everything, and has many features this is the product for you. Incentivized William Scott Coates IT Support Specialist Read full review
Pros	[FortiClient] splits the traffic very well. For example, when users connect a VPN to the office they are connecting to the internal system which uses VPN traffic. If users access the public internet they use the internet traffic, but [Fortinet] does not route this traffic back to the office. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Sophos is a little too good at DLP. But it is indeed very good at not allowing our data to leave our endpoints without strict adherence to policy. Sophos is very good at protecting endpoints against viruses and other malware. Sopho is really good at informing us of what is happening on our endpoints. OOTB reporting is way better than expected. Incentivized Jane Updegraff Senior Systems Administrator Read full review
Cons	font way too small on login, unable to select an option, for example, to see each letter of password as typed promotes errors at login login errors and failure rate extremely high as [reported] by all our physicians and other providers: not infrequently one will have to return to office after hours in order to complete charts or access charts to answer patient after hours questions frequent disconnects in spite of excellent internet signal unacceptable interruptions in patient care JF John Fitzgerald Medical Director Read full review	The migration from on-prem sophos to cloud sophos, could have been a little more seamless Would love to get more insight on what was blocked or flagged and what it was trying to do Better and more granular feature management from group policies Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Because the software is very simple and easy to use, very efficient, and has a stable connection that allows the user to perform tasks without problems. Also, this software does not need to be configured by IT technicians, since it comes with a very developed and understandable set up guide. Incentivized Horacio Carcamo Product Development Asst. Read full review	We have gotten a great product for the price. Easy to maintain and set up on new devices. Support is great and easy to work with and understand. Incentivized Ryhlen Schoeberl Server Administrator Read full review
Usability	The FortiClient is a piece of software that works super well once it is on a stable version and does not receive multiple updates. However, it will pickup mysterious bugs in newer versions that are tough to diagnose without simply rolling back. The update process is easy, but it requires EMS exposed to the internet to use the built-in functionality. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The usability has never been a problem. Sophos Intercept X is a program you can install and let protect your company without much intervention. Apart from a few policies, Sophos will keep you protected better than most any product on the market. Sophos Intercept X works quite well when you are looking to "tighten your grip" on user's access to websites, programs, and add-ons. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	FortiClient is a security suite with which we can keep our equipment well-protected. And it is that in a system like Windows, which is always the target of all kinds of attacks, it is not enough to have a simple antivirus. Incentivized SS Saira Sandoval Especialista en Redes Read full review	Most of the support reps are fantastic. There have been a few though that have had to be escalated via Account Manager when they haven't followed up but this is a rare instance, and often followed up by the Support Manager for APAC. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	Best thing was the help pushing out via group policy and was able to get instructions for that on sophos site Incentivized Ryhlen Schoeberl Server Administrator Read full review
Alternatives Considered	The service and memory consumption were too much when I was using those apps, And because of high memory consumption, my system was heating, Slow in operations, and the battery was also draining. For the above reasons, I moved to Forticlient. Incentivized Pankaj Choudhary Freelancer Android Developer Read full review	I don't feel it's fair to compare Sophos Intercept X with the versions of Symantec and AVG that I have used in the past - as that was such a long time ago. I'm sure those other companies have released far more features than I used all those years ago Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	I have more flexibility in working remotely, knowing that I have a reliable and secure way of accessing files on my work network. This increased flexibility has led to better productivity, more freedom to work when and how I want, and confidence in knowing I can access what I need to when I need to. Working with employees on the other side of the world, I have confidence in sharing my files with them by simply working on my local network. This increases collaboration, speed, and efficiency. Incentivized Evan Jaffe Sr. Product Designer Read full review	Before we had Intercept X, we had several infections of ransomware. Since that time it has stopped at least 10 attempts, saving us thousands of man-hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars. By decreasing the time needed for malware remediation, it has saved us the cost of .25 FTE in the IT department. Initial setup was cumbersome and cost us .1 FTE in additional costs the first year. Incentivized Beau Sorensen COO Read full review
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