What is Sophos used for?

Sophos is a security vendor offering endpoint protection, firewalls, XDR and managed detection and response for businesses of different sizes. It is a good fit for outsourcing threat monitoring to a managed service; and consolidating endpoint, firewall and email security.

How much does Sophos cost?

Sophos doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.

Is Sophos open source?

No. Sophos is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to Sophos include Wazuh, OPNsense and OSSEC.

What are some alternatives to Sophos?

Sophos competes with CrowdStrike, SentinelOne and Fortinet. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Sophos alternatives.

Sophos: features, pricing and alternatives

About Sophos

Sophos is a commercial cybersecurity company selling to organizations that want protection across endpoints, networks, email and cloud. It describes its approach as cybersecurity as a service, combining its technology with human expertise, and it targets businesses and the partners that resell and manage security for them.

The product range includes endpoint protection and EDR, server and mobile security, XDR and a next-gen SIEM, identity threat detection and response, next-gen firewalls, network detection and response, switches and wireless access points, backup and recovery, zero trust network access, DNS protection, email security with awareness training, and cloud workload protection. Sophos Fusion and its integrations marketplace tie these together.

Services include managed detection and response, incident response, managed risk for vulnerability management and professional services. Sophos is proprietary and sold by subscription, offers a free trial, and also maintains a Sophos Home consumer product alongside a partner portal.

Key features

Endpoint protection and EDR
XDR and next-gen SIEM
Next-gen firewalls and network detection
Email security with phishing protection
Managed detection and response service
Incident response and managed risk services

Good fit for

→Outsourcing threat monitoring to a managed service
→Consolidating endpoint, firewall and email security

Tags: security; endpoint-protection; edr; xdr; mdr; firewall; email-security

Sophos: questions and answers

What is Sophos used for?: Sophos is a security vendor offering endpoint protection, firewalls, XDR and managed detection and response for businesses of different sizes. It is a good fit for outsourcing threat monitoring to a managed service; and consolidating endpoint, firewall and email security.
How much does Sophos cost?: Sophos doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.
Is Sophos open source?: No. Sophos is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to Sophos include Wazuh, OPNsense and OSSEC.
What are some alternatives to Sophos?: Sophos competes with CrowdStrike, SentinelOne and Fortinet. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Sophos alternatives.