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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84 Likeliness to Recommend
84 Plan to Renew
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85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+83 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?
Pros
- Transparent
- Trustworthy
- Saves Time
- Acts with Integrity
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Hosted Email Support
Email Retention and Archiving
Anti Malware Signature Detection
URL and Malware Detection
Reporting Components
Anti Malware Behavioral Detection
End User Spam Visibility and Controls
Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing
Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection
Encryption and Decryption
Data Loss Prevention
Vendor Capability Ratings
Business Value Created
Ease of Customization
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of Implementation
Breadth of Features
Vendor Support
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of IT Administration
Availability and Quality of Training
Quality of Features
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Sophos Email Reviews
Nhut T.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2024
Easy to use and very intuitive interface
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Sophos Email from other similar products?
I have used a lot of email protection software and Sophos is very easy to use compared to others
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Very configurable and easy to administrate
What do you dislike most about this product?
Tech support is kinda spotty
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If Sophos has a trail version, you should give it a try. It's worthy your time & money
Pros
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Fair
- Acts with Integrity
Cons
- Less Efficient Service
Setu Bandhan S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jan 2026
Sophos is a good and secure email security product
Likeliness to Recommend
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
Jeremy C.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2026
Sophos email works well and is easy to manage
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Sophos Email from other similar products?
I really like the security banners at the top of the email with the capability to block and report the email as spam for each user. It also allows users to see if a sender is trusted or not. Then when smart hosting out through Sophos it strips the banner out and will not be seen to the the outside world. I cannot stand O365 banners that repeat many times in an email chain. This is one of the best features.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The ease of use, setting up DKIM and other security features took 5 minutes and support was amazing. We were online and filtering emails in no time and the end users loved the 3 spam digests a day that we setup. People would only get one with our previous tool and they would have to wait to the next day to see something got held.
What do you dislike most about this product?
They are not FedRAMP and we require that for our industry, even with how great this software platform is we will be moving away from it soon.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Vet all the features, make sure it will do what you need and comply with your situation. NIST 800-171 was easy but CMMC and other added requirements make this platform limited for us. Make sure you have a good Sysadmin to setup the platform or get their pro services. Even if your Sysadmin is good, I would recommend the pro services as they were super helpful and had knowledge the KB articles did not.
Pros
- Reliable
- Caring
- Saves Time
- Respectful
