Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Sophos Intercept X

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

222 Reviews and Ratings

Sophos Intercept X

210 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) is a holistic, cloud delivered endpoint security solution that includes risk-based vulnerability management and assessment, attack surface reduction, behavioral based and cloud-powered next generation protection, endpoint detection and response (EDR), automatic investigation and remediation, managed hunting services, rich APIs, and unified security management.	$2.50 per user/per month
Sophos Intercept X	Score9 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

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Sophos Intercept X

Academic: $2.50
per user/per month
Standalone: $5.20
per user/per month

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

Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Sophos Intercept X
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Sophos Intercept X
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Shital Ulagadde Senior Cyber Security Consultant in Information Technology at LTIMindtree (Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint CrowdStrike Falcon is also a good solution for endpoint protection which offer EDR Soultion, threat hunting and AI driven threat protection. Sophos Intercept X combines next-gen antivirus with advanced EDR capabilities with its deep learning technology, exploit prevention, and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint The fact it is integrated into the Microsoft 365 licensing our customers already purchase makes it an easy choice. Incentivized Helpful? Danny Nagdev Founder in Corporate at LetsReflect (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint As Microsoft Defender for Endpoint easily integrated with our Office 365 setup, it was more beneficial as compared to other products Incentivized Helpful?	Sophos Thayer Ramahi Director, IMIT in Information Technology at Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network (Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees) Chose Sophos Intercept X We found Sophos is a full suit in one, easy to deploy, manage and very effective. Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Sophos Intercept X

Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Sophos Intercept X
Feature	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 8.3 56 Ratings	Sophos Intercept X 8.9 18 Ratings
Anti-Exploit Technology	7.753 Ratings	7.118 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)	9.155 Ratings	9.018 Ratings
Centralized Management	8.955 Ratings	10.018 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support	7.110 Ratings	8.03 Ratings
Infection Remediation	9.454 Ratings	10.018 Ratings
Vulnerability Management	7.352 Ratings	8.44 Ratings
Malware Detection	8.855 Ratings	10.018 Ratings

User Ratings
	Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Sophos Intercept X
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (99 ratings)	9.0 (35 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.4 (8 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (5 ratings)	8.1 (12 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)