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4.3 out of 5 stars

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Sophos Central Pros and Cons: Top 5 Advantages and Disadvantages

Quick AI Summary Based on G2 Reviews

Generated from real user reviews

Users appreciate the ease of use of Sophos Central, enjoying accessibility and monitoring from a single platform. (15 mentions)
Users appreciate the end-to-end security features of Sophos Central, ensuring robust protection for their communications and information. (8 mentions)
Users love the all-in-one solution of Sophos Central for its centralized management and ease of use. (5 mentions)
Users appreciate the easy integration of Sophos Central, allowing seamless management of multiple security modules from one portal. (4 mentions)
Users value the effective management capabilities of Sophos Central, streamlining security across multiple products with ease. (4 mentions)
Users often face update issues that can leave devices unprotected and complicate overall system performance. (5 mentions)
Users express concerns about device limitations, including high resource usage and update installation issues impacting performance. (4 mentions)
Users face access issues, including difficulties switching between products and managing multiple firewall platforms simultaneously. (3 mentions)
Users experience false positives from Sophos Central, which can be frustrating and disrupt normal workflow. (3 mentions)
Users feel the product is expensive compared to alternatives, affecting accessibility and perceived value. (3 mentions)

5 Pros or Advantages of Sophos Central

1. Ease of Use
Users appreciate the ease of use of Sophos Central, enjoying accessibility and monitoring from a single platform.
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Michael S.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Easy to use, just needs a mobile app."

What do you like about Sophos Central?

Centralized platform that is easily accessible to both end users and partners managing on behalf of end users. I like to ability to quickly switch bet

Verified User
A

Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Sophos is a Great AntiVirus for VMware vCenter, ESXi, and Horizon"

What do you like about Sophos Central?

I like the options that Sophos has available. You can install it at the hypervisor level or on each server and desktop. You can also choose to do a co

2. Security Features
Users appreciate the end-to-end security features of Sophos Central, ensuring robust protection for their communications and information.
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Manuel R.
MR

Manuel R.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Excelent solution to maintain safe your company"

What do you like about Sophos Central?

A convergent solution with serious options to protect your company end to end, you have the opportunity to bring network devices or use cloud solution

Scott H.
SH

Scott H.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Sophos is a lifesaver"

What do you like about Sophos Central?

With Windows 11 requirement for TPM we found that we needed better security. Sophos provided that security with endpoint encryption and a more robust

3. All-in-One Solution
Users love the all-in-one solution of Sophos Central for its centralized management and ease of use.
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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Centralized security"

What do you like about Sophos Central?

Great tool, with a simple UI, and a great number of features. You can manage different tools from the same panel: antivirus, firewall, switches. No on

MS

Michael S.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Easy to use, just needs a mobile app."

What do you like about Sophos Central?

Centralized platform that is easily accessible to both end users and partners managing on behalf of end users. I like to ability to quickly switch bet

4. Easy Integration
Users appreciate the easy integration of Sophos Central, allowing seamless management of multiple security modules from one portal.
See 4 mentions

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Nick D.
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Nick D.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3.5/5

"Background application they works as it should"

What do you like about Sophos Central?

Integration with email both online and in app is handy

Jacob Ira A.
JA

Jacob Ira A.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"A single pane of glass for all your sophos products"

What do you like about Sophos Central?

Sophos has a great number of modules. With sophoscentral you can see all of them in a single place. They are constantly releasing new modules and they

5. Effective Management
Users value the effective management capabilities of Sophos Central, streamlining security across multiple products with ease.
See 4 mentions

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Yih How F.
YF

Yih How F.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Sophos Central Provide You One Stop Cloud Solution For You To Manage A Wide Range Of Sophos Solution"

What do you like about Sophos Central?

- Centralize Management Platform For Administrator Can Acces And Manage All Sophos Security Product And Services With A Single Web-Based Console -

Michele G.
MG

Michele G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3.5/5

"Easy to use for managing email"

What do you like about Sophos Central?

I like that I can add emails to a safe senders list so they don't go into a spam folder- it is great for managing all emails and making decisions on h

5 Cons or Disadvantages of Sophos Central

1. Update Issues
Users often face update issues that can leave devices unprotected and complicate overall system performance.
See 5 mentions

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Manuel R.
MR

Manuel R.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Excelent solution to maintain safe your company"

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

In some cases, low-performance machines require more resources. Recently they are working to enhance the compatibility with the updates across operati

JR

Jennifer R.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Sophos Intercept X - Impressed!"

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

Sophos AV for Windows has all of the features while Linux does not. When Sophos requires a reboot, the console does't flag you and the report for thi

2. Device Limitations
Users express concerns about device limitations, including high resource usage and update installation issues impacting performance.
See 4 mentions

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Manuel R.
MR

Manuel R.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Excelent solution to maintain safe your company"

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

In some cases, low-performance machines require more resources. Recently they are working to enhance the compatibility with the updates across operati

Verified User
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Verified User

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3.0/5

"Was very memory intensive"

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

It ate up a lot of memory when we were using it

3. Access Issues
Users face access issues, including difficulties switching between products and managing multiple firewall platforms simultaneously.
See 3 mentions

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AE

Andrew E.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.0/5

"Sophos Central"

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

Firewall adds to central require a unique user for each client. You cannot reuse a user unless you delete from the previous tenant. Makes it harder fo

MS

Michael S.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Easy to use, just needs a mobile app."

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

A little bit clunky to switch from product to product. Takes it's time getting from one page to the next. Would really like the ability to manage mult

4. Alert Issues
Users experience false positives from Sophos Central, which can be frustrating and disrupt normal workflow.
See 3 mentions

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Michele G.
MG

Michele G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3.5/5

"Easy to use for managing email"

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

Sometimes it will not remember that I have authorized a sender and will hold it. I would like to see them make a change to this so when I add an appr

Scott H.
SH

Scott H.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Sophos is a lifesaver"

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

I don't have much to say about Sophos that could be considered unhelpful. I guess some of the false positives for endpoint protection was annoying but

5. Expensive
Users feel the product is expensive compared to alternatives, affecting accessibility and perceived value.
See 3 mentions

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Abis F.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Fully secure, easy to manage and deploy"

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

There are modules that you can add and they are very useful but you must pay for each one

RC

Ramón C.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Transforming Security Management: My Positive Experience with Sophos Central"

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

We may encounter a complex initial setup and limitations in customizing security policies. Users may also experience integration issues with existing

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Verified User in Banking
AB
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Sophos for Protection"
What do you like best about Sophos Central?

Ease of administration and dashboard visibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

Isolation of computers is difficult to remove. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matthew G.
MG
Founder/CEO/Tech Orchestrator
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Sophos Central is a well rounded truly all in one platform for all Sophos products."
What do you like best about Sophos Central?

Management of all clients and services from a single portal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

That you cannot setup SSO for the central portal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
AC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Sophos Intercept X"
What do you like best about Sophos Central?

Functionality to provide remote access of the machine installed with EDR Client Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

Real Time Protection doesnt work upto the expectation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Perfect for the SMB"
What do you like best about Sophos Central?

A true single pane of glass for managing Sophos security products. It saves a huge about of time that was typically wasted on moving between systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sophos Central?

A little lacking in granularity of controls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.