SentinelOne vs Sophos Endpoint

SentinelOne

• Behavioral AI and static AI models running on-device to detect ransomware, malware, and zero-day threats
• Autonomous, machine-speed prevention that can kill and quarantine unauthorized processes without waiting on a cloud round-trip
• Patented 1-click rollback to restore an endpoint to its pre-attack state
• Purple AI natural-language threat hunting with AI-generated event summaries
• Singularity Mobile detection for mobile phishing, malware, and zero-day exploits
• Cloud security and identity protection alongside core endpoint protection
• Managed Threat Hunting and Identity Detection & Response on higher tiers

Sophos Endpoint

• 60+ proprietary exploit mitigations enabled by default to block attack techniques rather than specific exploit variants
• Deep learning models that identify known and never-seen-before malware before execution
• CryptoGuard ransomware protection that monitors file contents for malicious encryption, blocks the offending process, and automatically rolls back affected files
• Adaptive Attack Protection that automatically increases defenses across endpoints when an active, coordinated attack is detected
• Optional Sophos EDR (threat hunting) and Sophos XDR (cross-vector investigation with AI-assisted tools) built on the same agent
• Web Control, Application Control, Peripheral Control, and Data Loss Prevention for attack-surface reduction
• Sophos Fusion telemetry integration enabling Synchronized Security across the wider Sophos product stack

SentinelOne

• Behavioral AI and static AI models running on-device to detect ransomware, malware, and zero-day threats
• Autonomous, machine-speed prevention that can kill and quarantine unauthorized processes without waiting on a cloud round-trip
• Patented 1-click rollback to restore an endpoint to its pre-attack state
• Purple AI natural-language threat hunting with AI-generated event summaries
• Singularity Mobile detection for mobile phishing, malware, and zero-day exploits
• Cloud security and identity protection alongside core endpoint protection
• Managed Threat Hunting and Identity Detection & Response on higher tiers

• Listed prices are not final — actual pricing is agreed through an authorized SentinelOne partner
• No free trial disclosed on the pricing page
• The top Singularity Enterprise tier, including its Agentic AI SOC Analyst feature, is quote-only

Sophos Endpoint

• 60+ proprietary exploit mitigations enabled by default to block attack techniques rather than specific exploit variants
• Deep learning models that identify known and never-seen-before malware before execution
• CryptoGuard ransomware protection that monitors file contents for malicious encryption, blocks the offending process, and automatically rolls back affected files
• Adaptive Attack Protection that automatically increases defenses across endpoints when an active, coordinated attack is detected
• Optional Sophos EDR (threat hunting) and Sophos XDR (cross-vector investigation with AI-assisted tools) built on the same agent
• Web Control, Application Control, Peripheral Control, and Data Loss Prevention for attack-surface reduction
• Sophos Fusion telemetry integration enabling Synchronized Security across the wider Sophos product stack

• No public price list on Sophos's own site -- Sophos Endpoint is sold through authorized partners or the AWS Marketplace, with pricing available only by quote
• EDR and XDR threat-hunting capabilities are separate, higher tiers built on top of the base Endpoint agent, not included by default