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Prevent Breaches, Ransomware, and Data Loss with Sophos
Sophos provides comprehensive protection to reduce security incidents, alerts and response time. We also provide the opportunity for organizations to consolidate their cybersecurity spending and reduce their security management burden. Customers choose Sophos over SentinelOne to ensure the best protection, visibility, and security outcomes.
Sophos vs. SentinelOne
| FEATURES | Sophos | SentinelOne |
| Attack Surface, Pre- and Post-Execution | ||
| Attack surface reduction, with multiple technologies for web protection, application control, and device control that eliminate attack vectors and protect against data loss |  | Partially provided |
| Defenses that automatically adapt to human-led attacks | |  |
| Automated Account Health Check to maintain a strong security posture | | |
| Security Heartbeat to share health and threat intelligence information between multiple products | | |
| Behavior-based ransomware protection and rollback | | (Rollback subject to Windows VSS limitations) |
| Remote ransomware blocking and rollback | | |
| Feature parity across Windows, macOS, and Linux | Partially provided | Partially provided |
| Management, Investigation, and Remediation | ||
| Single management console for managing and reporting | | |
| Localized management console | (Nine languages) | Partially provided (Two languages - English and Japanese) |
| Alert triage and assistance | | |
| Extensive threat-hunting and investigation capabilities | | |
| Default telemetry storage period | 90 Days | 14 Days |
| Suitable for customers without an in-house SOC | | |
| Suitable for large enterprise organizations with a full in-house SOC | | |
| Threat Hunting and Response | ||
| Endpoint detection and response (EDR) functionality | | |
| Integrated extended detection and response (XDR) enables analysts to hunt for and respond to threats across your environment, correlate information, and pivot between endpoint, server, network, mobile, email, public cloud, and Microsoft 365 data | | Partially provided |
| MDR service provides 24/7 threat hunting, detection, and unlimited remediation to organizations of all sizes, with support available over the phone or through email | | |
| Remote Incident response included in top MDR tier | (Optional IR Retainer for lower MDR tiers) | Partially provided |
| Integration with third-party security controls to leverage your existing security investments, gain full visibility into your environment, and provide detections and alerts to your team and the MDR team | | Partially provided |
| Monitor and generate detections across your third-party security controls and data sources | | |
| Optional network detection and response (NDR) including encrypted traffic analysis | | |
| Breach protection warranty | (Up to $1,000 per device, max $1M) | (Max $100,000 for <5,000 devices) |
| Independent Third-Party Testing | ||
| Strong protection demonstrated by consistent performance in third-party tests | (Regularly participates) | (Rarely participates) |
| Customer Support | ||
| 24x7 support included | | (Standard support is 9x5) |
Third-party testing helps organizations make informed decisions about their technology stack and security investments. Sophos believes in the informational and transparency value of regular participation in third-party tests. We have received high scores for performance, ease of use, and effectiveness in tests from SE Labs, AV-Test, and other third-party evaluators. SentinelOne rarely participates in third-party testing.
A Unified Security Ecosystem
Consolidate your defenses by integrating your endpoint, server, network, mobile, email, cloud security, and third-party security controls in the Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem and single management console that SentinelOne can't match. All of your Sophos products are continuously optimized with real-time threat intelligence and operational insights from Sophos X-Ops.
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Disclaimer: This document was prepared for informational purposes only based on publicly available data as of August 2025.