Sophos vs Rapid7 | Feature Comparison

Prevent, detect, and respond as one system

Sophos combines multiple native controls in one coordinated cyber defense system. Rapid7 focuses primarily on exposure management, leaving core preventive controls to other vendors.

Open across your security environment

Sophos XDR and MDR connect native controls with 500+ third-party integrations at no extra cost, helping organizations protect existing investments while consolidating over time.

Managed response and proactive risk reduction

Sophos MDR delivers threat remediation 24/7. Add Sophos Managed Risk for expert-led vulnerability prioritization and remediation guidance—bringing proactive risk reduction and threat response together.

WHY SOPHOS

Broader Protection. One Coordinated Defense.

Sophos Fusion is the industry’s most complete cyber defense system. It sees everything, connects everything, and enables your defenses to respond as one.

Sophos includes native endpoint protection and XDR, backed by first-party controls across network, email, identity, and more.
Sophos MDR is a fully managed service with expert analysts actively monitoring, hunting, investigating, and taking response actions on customers’ behalf.
Sophos protects 625,000+ organizations, creating compounding intelligence that continuously improves detections and response playbooks.

See all Sophos awards and recognition

Rated a "Customers' Choice" for MDR, XDR, Endpoint, Email, and Firewall

A Leader in IDC MarketScape assessments – Worldwide endpoint security for enterprises 2026 and worldwide MDR for midmarket 2026

Won three awards at the SE Labs Awards 2026: Enterprise Endpoint (Windows), Small Business Endpoint (Windows), and Small Business Security Development

BEYOND EXPOSURE BEYOND DETECTION BEYOND SECURITY SILOS

A Broader Cyber Defense System for Today’s Threats

See how Sophos and Rapid7 compare across the capabilities needed to prevent attacks, reduce exposure, respond to incidents, and improve cyber resilience.

Capability	Sophos MDR	Rapid7
PORTFOLIO BREADTH	Prevention, detection, and response Sophos provides native endpoint, firewall, email, identity, network, XDR, SIEM, MDR, managed risk, and incident response capabilities through one coordinated portfolio.	Focused on exposure and security operations Rapid7 centers on exposure management, SIEM, and managed services. It does not provide native firewall, email security, secure access, wireless, or switching products.
CYBER DEFENSE SYSTEM	Sophos Fusion Sophos Fusion connects native controls, third-party telemetry, threat intelligence, AI, and human experts so detections can drive coordinated action across the environment.	No equivalent cyber defense system Rapid7’s platform centers on exposure management but lacks Sophos’ comparable cyber defense architecture and breadth of native preventive controls.
NATIVE ENDPOINT PROTECTION AND XDR	Prevention is the foundation Sophos XDR combines endpoint protection, EDR, cross-product telemetry, investigation, and response in one system. Endpoint, firewall, email, NDR, identity, cloud, and third-party data can be investigated together.	Partial - XDR capabilities limited to the highest tier Incident Command is Rapid7’s SIEM and SecOps platform. Only the Ultimate tier adds XDR capabilities, including EDR and NDR; Essential and Advanced provide just endpoint telemetry.
MANAGED DETECTION AND RESPONSE	Prevention and response included Sophos MDR includes Sophos Endpoint and 500+ third-party integrations at no extra cost, with broad hands-on-keyboard response across native and third-party controls.	Partial - Capabilities vary by tier Unlike Sophos MDR, which includes Sophos Endpoint, Rapid7 charges extra for managed AV across all MDR tiers. Its separately listed ransomware prevention and DFIR capabilities are included only with their topmost tier.
AI USE SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE	Visibility and control for AI use Sophos AI Defense is designed to discover sanctioned, unsanctioned, and shadow AI use and apply governance controls across AI apps and tools through the Sophos cyber defense system.	No equivalent product Rapid7 lacks a dedicated product equivalent to Sophos AI Defense for discovering and governing employee use of generative AI tools.
IDENTITY THREAT DETECTION AND RESPONSE	Dedicated identity protection and response Sophos ITDR identifies identity misconfigurations and compromised credentials, detects identity-based attacks, and enables Sophos MDR analysts to lock compromised accounts.	No ITDR product Rapid7 offers identity-related detections and credential-leak monitoring, but does not provide a dedicated ITDR solution equivalent to Sophos ITDR.
SIEM DATA RETENTION	13 months included as standard Sophos Next-Gen SIEM add-on includes 13 months of searchable data retention as standard, supporting longer investigations and compliance needs.	Partial - Shorter standard log retention Rapid7 Incident Command supports 90 days of log retention for Essential and 180 days for Advanced and Ultimate bundles, with additional retention offered as an add-on.
THIRD-PARTY INTEGRATIONS	500+ integrations included Sophos MDR and XDR connect to 500+ third-party technologies, with all integrations included at no extra cost. This supports existing tools while enabling coordinated response.	Partial - Coverage varies by MDR tier Rapid7 MDR supports third-party alert monitoring for 14 products. Advanced includes monitoring for 2 products; Ultimate, 4. Both offer additional monitoring at extra cost. Essential requires a paid add-on for third-party monitoring.

Capability

Sophos MDR

Rapid7

PORTFOLIO BREADTH

Prevention, detection, and response

Sophos provides native endpoint, firewall, email, identity, network, XDR, SIEM, MDR, managed risk, and incident response capabilities through one coordinated portfolio.

Focused on exposure and security operations

Rapid7 centers on exposure management, SIEM, and managed services. It does not provide native firewall, email security, secure access, wireless, or switching products.

CYBER DEFENSE SYSTEM

Sophos Fusion

Sophos Fusion connects native controls, third-party telemetry, threat intelligence, AI, and human experts so detections can drive coordinated action across the environment.

No equivalent cyber defense system

Rapid7’s platform centers on exposure management but lacks Sophos’ comparable cyber defense architecture and breadth of native preventive controls.

NATIVE ENDPOINT PROTECTION AND XDR

Prevention is the foundation

Sophos XDR combines endpoint protection, EDR, cross-product telemetry, investigation, and response in one system. Endpoint, firewall, email, NDR, identity, cloud, and third-party data can be investigated together.

Partial - XDR capabilities limited to the highest tier

Incident Command is Rapid7’s SIEM and SecOps platform. Only the Ultimate tier adds XDR capabilities, including EDR and NDR; Essential and Advanced provide just endpoint telemetry.

MANAGED DETECTION AND RESPONSE

Prevention and response included

Sophos MDR includes Sophos Endpoint and 500+ third-party integrations at no extra cost, with broad hands-on-keyboard response across native and third-party controls.

Partial - Capabilities vary by tier

Unlike Sophos MDR, which includes Sophos Endpoint, Rapid7 charges extra for managed AV across all MDR tiers. Its separately listed ransomware prevention and DFIR capabilities are included only with their topmost tier.

AI USE SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE

Visibility and control for AI use

Sophos AI Defense is designed to discover sanctioned, unsanctioned, and shadow AI use and apply governance controls across AI apps and tools through the Sophos cyber defense system.

No equivalent product

Rapid7 lacks a dedicated product equivalent to Sophos AI Defense for discovering and governing employee use of generative AI tools.

IDENTITY THREAT DETECTION AND RESPONSE

Dedicated identity protection and response

Sophos ITDR identifies identity misconfigurations and compromised credentials, detects identity-based attacks, and enables Sophos MDR analysts to lock compromised accounts.

No ITDR product

Rapid7 offers identity-related detections and credential-leak monitoring, but does not provide a dedicated ITDR solution equivalent to Sophos ITDR.

SIEM DATA RETENTION

13 months included as standard

Sophos Next-Gen SIEM add-on includes 13 months of searchable data retention as standard, supporting longer investigations and compliance needs.

Partial - Shorter standard log retention

Rapid7 Incident Command supports 90 days of log retention for Essential and 180 days for Advanced and Ultimate bundles, with additional retention offered as an add-on.

THIRD-PARTY INTEGRATIONS

500+ integrations included

Sophos MDR and XDR connect to 500+ third-party technologies, with all integrations included at no extra cost. This supports existing tools while enabling coordinated response.

Partial - Coverage varies by MDR tier

Rapid7 MDR supports third-party alert monitoring for 14 products. Advanced includes monitoring for 2 products; Ultimate, 4. Both offer additional monitoring at extra cost. Essential requires a paid add-on for third-party monitoring.

“Sophos MDR has dramatically reduced our cyber risk by cutting incident response times from days to hours. The service has proven its worth multiple times, stopping active attacks before any damage can be done.”

IT Manager in the Manufacturing Industry, $50M-$250M

_{High Five: Sophos Named a 2026 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers' Choice for Managed Detection and Response | SOPHOS}

Validated by the analysts, testing firms, and organizations that matter most.

Sophos earns top recognition from leading analyst firms, customer review platforms, and independent testing organizations.

A Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms for 17 consecutive reports

Sophos vs ESET - Recognition Cards - Mitre

A top performer in the MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations for Enterprise Products and Managed Services (MDR)

The only vendor named Gartner Customers’ Choice for Endpoint Security, XDR, MDR, Email, and Firewall

Sophos vs ESET - Recognition Cards - IDC

A leader in IDC MarketScape assessments – Worldwide endpoint security for enterprises 2026, Worldwide MDR for midmarket 2026, and Worldwide XDR 2025

The only vendor named a G2 Leader in EPP, EDR, XDR, MDR, and Firewall in the G2 Summer 2026 Reports

Won three awards at SE Labs Awards 2026: Enterprise Endpoint (Windows), Small Business Endpoint (Windows), and Small Business Security Development

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Capability	Sophos MDR	Rapid7
PORTFOLIO BREADTH	Prevention, detection, and response Sophos provides native endpoint, firewall, email, identity, network, XDR, SIEM, MDR, managed risk, and incident response capabilities through one coordinated portfolio.	Focused on exposure and security operations Rapid7 centers on exposure management, SIEM, and managed services. It does not provide native firewall, email security, secure access, wireless, or switching products.
CYBER DEFENSE SYSTEM	Sophos Fusion Sophos Fusion connects native controls, third-party telemetry, threat intelligence, AI, and human experts so detections can drive coordinated action across the environment.	No equivalent cyber defense system Rapid7’s platform centers on exposure management but lacks Sophos’ comparable cyber defense architecture and breadth of native preventive controls.
NATIVE ENDPOINT PROTECTION AND XDR	Prevention is the foundation Sophos XDR combines endpoint protection, EDR, cross-product telemetry, investigation, and response in one system. Endpoint, firewall, email, NDR, identity, cloud, and third-party data can be investigated together.	Partial - XDR capabilities limited to the highest tier Incident Command is Rapid7’s SIEM and SecOps platform. Only the Ultimate tier adds XDR capabilities, including EDR and NDR; Essential and Advanced provide just endpoint telemetry.
MANAGED DETECTION AND RESPONSE	Prevention and response included Sophos MDR includes Sophos Endpoint and 500+ third-party integrations at no extra cost, with broad hands-on-keyboard response across native and third-party controls.	Partial - Capabilities vary by tier Unlike Sophos MDR, which includes Sophos Endpoint, Rapid7 charges extra for managed AV across all MDR tiers. Its separately listed ransomware prevention and DFIR capabilities are included only with their topmost tier.
AI USE SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE	Visibility and control for AI use Sophos AI Defense is designed to discover sanctioned, unsanctioned, and shadow AI use and apply governance controls across AI apps and tools through the Sophos cyber defense system.	No equivalent product Rapid7 lacks a dedicated product equivalent to Sophos AI Defense for discovering and governing employee use of generative AI tools.
IDENTITY THREAT DETECTION AND RESPONSE	Dedicated identity protection and response Sophos ITDR identifies identity misconfigurations and compromised credentials, detects identity-based attacks, and enables Sophos MDR analysts to lock compromised accounts.	No ITDR product Rapid7 offers identity-related detections and credential-leak monitoring, but does not provide a dedicated ITDR solution equivalent to Sophos ITDR.
SIEM DATA RETENTION	13 months included as standard Sophos Next-Gen SIEM add-on includes 13 months of searchable data retention as standard, supporting longer investigations and compliance needs.	Partial - Shorter standard log retention Rapid7 Incident Command supports 90 days of log retention for Essential and 180 days for Advanced and Ultimate bundles, with additional retention offered as an add-on.
THIRD-PARTY INTEGRATIONS	500+ integrations included Sophos MDR and XDR connect to 500+ third-party technologies, with all integrations included at no extra cost. This supports existing tools while enabling coordinated response.	Partial - Coverage varies by MDR tier Rapid7 MDR supports third-party alert monitoring for 14 products. Advanced includes monitoring for 2 products; Ultimate, 4. Both offer additional monitoring at extra cost. Essential requires a paid add-on for third-party monitoring.

Capability

Sophos MDR

Rapid7

PORTFOLIO BREADTH

Prevention, detection, and response

Sophos provides native endpoint, firewall, email, identity, network, XDR, SIEM, MDR, managed risk, and incident response capabilities through one coordinated portfolio.

Focused on exposure and security operations

Rapid7 centers on exposure management, SIEM, and managed services. It does not provide native firewall, email security, secure access, wireless, or switching products.

CYBER DEFENSE SYSTEM

Sophos Fusion

Sophos Fusion connects native controls, third-party telemetry, threat intelligence, AI, and human experts so detections can drive coordinated action across the environment.

No equivalent cyber defense system

Rapid7’s platform centers on exposure management but lacks Sophos’ comparable cyber defense architecture and breadth of native preventive controls.

NATIVE ENDPOINT PROTECTION AND XDR

Prevention is the foundation

Partial - XDR capabilities limited to the highest tier

Incident Command is Rapid7’s SIEM and SecOps platform. Only the Ultimate tier adds XDR capabilities, including EDR and NDR; Essential and Advanced provide just endpoint telemetry.

MANAGED DETECTION AND RESPONSE

Prevention and response included

Sophos MDR includes Sophos Endpoint and 500+ third-party integrations at no extra cost, with broad hands-on-keyboard response across native and third-party controls.

Partial - Capabilities vary by tier

AI USE SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE

Visibility and control for AI use

Sophos AI Defense is designed to discover sanctioned, unsanctioned, and shadow AI use and apply governance controls across AI apps and tools through the Sophos cyber defense system.

No equivalent product

Rapid7 lacks a dedicated product equivalent to Sophos AI Defense for discovering and governing employee use of generative AI tools.

IDENTITY THREAT DETECTION AND RESPONSE

Dedicated identity protection and response

Sophos ITDR identifies identity misconfigurations and compromised credentials, detects identity-based attacks, and enables Sophos MDR analysts to lock compromised accounts.

No ITDR product

Rapid7 offers identity-related detections and credential-leak monitoring, but does not provide a dedicated ITDR solution equivalent to Sophos ITDR.

SIEM DATA RETENTION

13 months included as standard

Sophos Next-Gen SIEM add-on includes 13 months of searchable data retention as standard, supporting longer investigations and compliance needs.

Partial - Shorter standard log retention

Rapid7 Incident Command supports 90 days of log retention for Essential and 180 days for Advanced and Ultimate bundles, with additional retention offered as an add-on.

THIRD-PARTY INTEGRATIONS

500+ integrations included

Sophos MDR and XDR connect to 500+ third-party technologies, with all integrations included at no extra cost. This supports existing tools while enabling coordinated response.

Partial - Coverage varies by MDR tier

Sophos vs. Rapid7

Broader Protection. One Coordinated Defense.

A Broader Cyber Defense System for Today’s Threats

Validated by the analysts, testing firms, and organizations that matter most.

A Broader Cyber Defense System for Today’s Threats

Validated by the analysts, testing firms, and organizations that matter most.

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