Sophos

Sophos Email

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

7.6 /10

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What is Sophos Email?

Our purpose-built secure email gateway is an all-in-one solution for email encryption, DLP, anti-spam and threat protection. It provides advanced protection from today’s sophisticated spear phishing attacks and gives you full control over data leaving your organization via email.

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Sophos Email Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

85 Plan to Renew

9
Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Sophos Email?

6% Negative

3% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Acts with Integrity
Transparent
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Hosted Email Support

Email Retention and Archiving

Anti Malware Signature Detection

Reporting Components

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection

End User Spam Visibility and Controls

URL and Malware Detection

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection

Encryption and Decryption

Data Loss Prevention

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Sophos Email Reviews

Swathy P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Communications
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Sep 2024

Awesome feature and amazing product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Sophos Email from other similar products?

Data security and privacy

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Data integrity and highly easy to use

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don't dislike anything of this product

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you want easy to keep your data secure go for it

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Sushil S. D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2026

i have work with sophos email security av and othe

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Sophos Email from other similar products?

It is easy to configure for both the organization and end users. Self-service has also been enabled in Sophos, allowing users to manage certain email settings independently. Apart from this, the remaining product configurations and management are handled by the SysAdmin or IT team.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

product and training provided by sophoe team

What do you dislike most about this product?

sophos need to work on pricing also on marketing for the product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

all product was good but i dont have idea about the price

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Setu Bandhan S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2026

Sophos is a good and secure email security product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Sophos Email from other similar products?

user friendly administration

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

admin center GUI is easy to navigate and self explanatory

What do you dislike most about this product?

i think it is stil needs to work with the integration piece. Compare to its competetor like ironport, sophos still needs some work to do. But i believe they are on the right track

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

probably its cost effective

Pros

Client Friendly Policies
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

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Sophos Email Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

85 Plan to Renew

9 Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Sophos Email?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Hosted Email Support Integration and support capabilities with third-party hosted email providers.

Email Retention and Archiving Inbound and outbound logging capabilities.

Anti Malware Signature Detection Comprehensive signature malware detection capabilities through threat intelligence sourcing.

Reporting Components Lightweight controls and components that are easily embeddable and reusable. Integration with common apps such as Word, Excel, etc.

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection Active code detection and execution.

End User Spam Visibility and Controls End-user email digest release capability and client integration for fine tuning.

URL and Malware Detection Live detection and following of URL embedded links and execution of active content.

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing Heuristic detection techniques that recognize common characteristics of phishing attacks.

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection Basic inbound blocking using multitude of triggers: IP address, content, header, and other reputation-based identifiers.

Encryption and Decryption Advanced capabilities to encode data and information with visibility and controls.

Data Loss Prevention Outbound content filtering based on policy configuration with notification or redactive functions.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Sophos Email Reviews

Swathy P.

Awesome feature and amazing product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sushil S. D.

i have work with sophos email security av and othe

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Setu Bandhan S.

Sophos is a good and secure email security product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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