Sophos XDR comparisons
Sophos XDR is compared head-to-head with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity XDR and FortiXDR and more: 7 head-to-heads in Extended Detection and Response Platforms, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Sophos XDR head-to-head
- Sophos XDR vs Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
- Sophos XDR vs SentinelOne Singularity XDR
- Sophos XDR vs FortiXDR
- Sophos XDR vs Secureworks Taegis XDR
- Sophos XDR vs Check Point XDR
- Sophos XDR vs Elastic Security
- Sophos XDR vs Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform
Sophos XDR vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Telemetry sources | Managed XDR option | Open XDR support | Threat hunting | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sophos XDR | No | — | Endpoint, identity, email, cloud, network, business applications, and Sophos products | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.2 |
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR | No | — | — | — | — | — | 9.3 |
| 3 | SentinelOne Singularity XDR | No | $179.99/device/yr | — | — | — | — | 9.1 |
| 4 | FortiXDR | No | — | Cloud security; web application security; email security; network security; LAN/WAN/WLAN; identity services; endpoint security; IoT security; SIEM | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 5 | Secureworks Taegis XDR | No | — | Endpoint agents, cloud data sources, syslog sources, network telemetry, authentication, DNS, process, file modification, Windows/Linux logs, and third-party security products | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.9 |
| 6 | Check Point XDR | No | — | Check Point Quantum Security Gateway; Smart-1 Cloud; CloudGuard Network; Harmony Endpoint; Harmony Email and Collaboration; Microsoft 365 Defender for Endpoint; Fortinet FortiGate; Palo Alto Networks Firewall; CrowdStrike Falcon; SentinelOne Singularity; Trend Vision One; Cisco Firepower; Okta | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 7 | Elastic Security | Yes | $0.09/GB usage-based | — | — | — | — | 8.7 |
| 8 | Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform | — | — | network, email, cloud, endpoint, identity, operational technology (OT), SaaS applications | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.6 |
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