Choose eSentire or Sophos
Choose eSentire if
- Organizations wanting a provider that publicly reports 15-minute containment with true active remediation
- Mid-market and enterprise with complex multi-vendor security stacks needing 300+ integrations
- Companies wanting unlimited incident response included in MDR (verify scope with vendor)
Choose Sophos if
- Existing Sophos endpoint or firewall customers adding managed services on their existing platform
- SMBs and mid-market with diverse security stacks needing broad integration support (350+ tools)
- Organizations wanting all-in MDR pricing with full IR and $1M breach warranty (MDR Complete)
- Breach warranty matters to you (Sophos offers one, eSentire does not)
What’s actually different
Buyer brief
Updated 2026-04-09
Fit. eSentire publishes a contractual 15-minute Mean Time to Contain. Sophos MDR Complete publishes a 60-minute contractual SLA for 90% of high-severity cases. If speed-to-containment with contractual backing matters to your evaluation, that gap is significant.
Response. eSentire is technology-agnostic, supporting 300+ integrations and bring-your-own EDR for CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne and Carbon Black. Sophos requires its own agent for full MDR, though 350+ integrations provide telemetry enrichment. Both include incident response. Sophos adds a $1M breach warranty (single-claim) on MDR Complete. eSentire does not offer a warranty.
Cost and scope. Sophos scored 100% detection across all adversary sub-steps in the 2025 MITRE ATT&CK evaluation. eSentire has not participated in MITRE evaluations. eSentire publishes a 99.3% first-host isolation rate and 99% noise reduction, but these are vendor-sourced numbers without independent validation. eSentire pricing has been reported in community and third-party buyer data, but quote scope varies by deployment size and coverage. Sophos doesn't publish pricing but uses per-user and per-server tiers. eSentire's SOC coverage spans North America and Europe, with limited APAC support through a regional partnership. Sophos operates across 26 worldwide locations.
FAQ
What is the main difference between eSentire and Sophos?
eSentire is a Pure-play MDR that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). Sophos is a Platform vendor that is platform-native (requires their own security stack). SLA commitments differ: eSentire offers Not disclosed, Sophos offers ≤1 hour.
How do eSentire and Sophos differ in response capabilities?
eSentire supports 6 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, process termination, network containment, account disable, file quarantine, custom playbooks) and approval is configurable. Sophos supports 6 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, process termination, network containment, account disable, file quarantine, custom playbooks) and approval is configurable.
How does eSentire pricing compare to Sophos?
eSentire pricing: Third-party buyer data reports eSentire MDR endpoint-focused pricing around $60-100/endpoint/year for 50-200 endpoints, $40-80/endpoint/year for 200-1,000 endpoints, and $30-60/endpoint/year for 1,000+ endpoints. Older community reports cite $10-25/endpoint/month depending on tier.. Sophos pricing: Custom quote required. Tiered pricing bands based on organization size. Starting price not publicly disclosed.. Watch for with eSentire: Tier differences are significant. Essentials may lack key response and advisory capabilities available in Advanced/Complete.; BYOL pricing differs from bundled Atlas Agent pricing. Custom pricing for 5,000+ endpoints.. Watch for with Sophos: MDR Essentials does NOT include full incident response or breach warranty, requires MDR Complete upgrade; Linux server protection requires separate Sophos Workload Protection subscription.