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Microsoft Defender XDR vs. Sophos Endpoint

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricMicrosoft Defender XDR

by Microsoft

Sophos Endpoint

by Sophos

Overall rating4.54.6
Review count288836
Ease of use9.09.4
Ease of setup8.79.4
Quality of support8.99.1
Meets requirements9.09.5
NPS68.26568379.974811
Small Business23.6%18.6%
Mid-Market37.2%63.1%
Enterprise39.2%18.3%
Total page views4163,061
Total LLM citations4,95511,907

Microsoft Defender XDR

Microsoft Defender XDR is a unified pre- and post-breach enterprise defense suite that natively coordinates detection, prevention, investigation, and response across endpoints, identities, email, and applications to provide integrated protection against sophisticated attacks.

Pros

  • Automation
  • Deployment Ease
  • Detection Efficiency
  • Features
  • Remediation Automation
  • Ease of Use

Sophos Endpoint

Sophos Endpoint is the world’s most comprehensive endpoint protection solution. Built to stop the widest range of attacks, Sophos Endpoint has been proven to prevent even the most advanced ransomware and malware by leveraging a unique combination of next-generation techniques. This includes the ability to detect never-before-seen malware with deep learning, stop ransomware with Sophos anti-ransomware technology, and deny attacker tools with signatureless exploit prevention.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Protection
  • Security
  • Threat Detection
  • Easy Management
  • Centralized Management