Bitdefender VS Sophos

 

Bitdefender offers award-winning prevention, protection, detection and response capabilities that surpasses Sophos with a lightweight footprint and low false positives.

Best-In-Class Security 
for Organization of All Sizes

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Powerful Risk Assessment Included​

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Includes powerful prevention tools like system, app, and user behavior risk assessment

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Lacks risk assessment leaving organizations blind to potential threats

Minimal Performance Impact on Systems

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A consistent top performer in independent tests*, excelling in protection, low false positives, and minimal performance impact

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Plagued by poor performance impact as reflected by independent tests*

Superior XDR Capabilities

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XDR provides activity correlation across extensive attack surface with broad remediation capabilities

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Lack of advanced XDR capabilities and automated response actions leaves critical systems vulnerable

Greater Attack Surface Coverage

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XDR covers a broad attack surface, including systems, productivity apps, networks, cloud workloads, business applications, and identity platforms

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XDR lacks visibility into identity platforms and business applications leaving important attack surfaces uncovered

More Core Features

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More core features included such as device control, risk management, and content control provide better security for less

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Costs more to get the same functionality that Bitdefender offers inherently

Trusted. Always.

Bitdefender Recognized as a Visionary in Endpoint Protection

Bitdefender was named a Visionary in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) and was recognized for its strong product strategy and commitment to protection efficacy.

 

Bitdefender’s flagship solution, GravityZone, combines advanced EPP capabilities with email security, cloud security, human risk analytics, and extended detection and response (XDR). In our opinion, these capabilities reflect a unified, forward-looking approach to endpoint protection.

 

In the report, Gartner notes Bitdefender’s recent enhancements, including unified incident management for EDR and XDR, extended patch management to macOS, and the integration of mobile threat defense into its XDR suite. 

 

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Named a Strong Performer by Forrester

Bitdefender was named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Extended Detection And Response Platforms, Q2 2024 report. See how Forrester evaluated the top XDR vendors and learn why Bitdefender’s GravityZone XDR is “...an easy-to-use, reliable XDR focused on detection and response.

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A Customers' Choice in Gartner Peer Insights

Bitdefender is named a Customers’ Choice in EMEA in the 2024 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Endpoint Protection Platforms and is recommended by 95% of Bitdefender customers worldwide1.

Security that’s consistently recognized across independent evaluations

Most #1 Placements in AV-Comparatives Enterprise Tests

Based on results in Real-world Protection Test, Malware Protection Test, Advanced Threat Protection Test, Endpoint Protection and Response Test
(Jan 2021 – Jan 2025).

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Best Protection. Best Performance for Business Users

Bitdefender GravityZone Endpoint Security received the AV-TEST Award 2023 for Best Protection and Best Performance in the business users category.

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High Threat Visibility, Minimal Noise

Bitdefender achieved 100% analytical coverage for both Linux and macOS, with zero False Positives (FPs) in both cases.

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Trusted by customers, MSPs, and technology partners

Paul Jobson

Director of IT Strategy
Bruce Automotive Group

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By adding GravityZone XDR Network Sensors, we can consolidate cues across our network and endpoints to gain a more complete view of risks and respond to threats quickly

Daniel Crofts

Cybersecurity Lead
Cora Systems

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Bitdefender MDR experts have the skill sets to interpret if a process needs to be shut down while the rest of us are sleeping

Diederik Twickler

CEO
Campai BV

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Combining Bitdefender EDR and XDR Sensors with MDR Foundations gives our customers access to a 24x7 SOC that is staffed with Bitdefender experts

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Proven. Unsurpassed Cybersecurity Effectiveness.

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