Alternatives to Sophos Home
Antivirus for Windows and macOS home users, with protection managed remotely for the whole family. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Sophos Home
Antivirus for Windows and macOS home users, with protection managed remotely for the whole family.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Sophos Home.
Bitdefender Total Security
A paid consumer antivirus suite with malware scanning, ransomware protection and a firewall.
Bitdefender Total Security is a paid suite that adds a firewall and extends coverage to Android and iOS as well as Windows and macOS.
Norton 360
A paid security suite combining antivirus, a VPN, identity protection and scam detection.
Norton 360 is a paid subscription bundling antivirus with a VPN, identity protection and scam detection across Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, and requires a Norton account.
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft's security app for individuals and families, part of a Microsoft 365 subscription.
Microsoft Defender manages several family devices from one dashboard and adds dark web monitoring, but requires a Microsoft account and a Microsoft 365 subscription.
ESET HOME Security
A commercial antivirus and internet security suite for home computers and phones.
ESET HOME Security is a paid suite with anti-phishing and payment protection that also covers Linux and Android, not only Windows and macOS.
Kaspersky Premium
A commercial antivirus and internet security suite for home users, sold by Kaspersky.
Kaspersky Premium is a paid Windows and macOS suite at the top of Kaspersky's consumer range, with a trial before purchase and related VPN and password manager products.
Avast Free Antivirus
A free antivirus for Windows, Mac and Android from Avast, alongside optional paid products.
Avast Free Antivirus costs nothing on Windows, macOS and Android, but lacks family remote management and promotes paid products from within the free offer.
AVG AntiVirus Free
A free antivirus that scans files and downloads and blocks scam websites on computers and phones.
AVG AntiVirus Free is a free antivirus with scam website blocking on Windows, Mac, Android and iOS, with advanced protection limited to paid tiers.
Malwarebytes
An anti-malware scanner with real-time protection, VPN and scam detection for computers and phones.
Malwarebytes is a freemium scanner with VPN and scam detection on computers and phones, with most protection features requiring a paid plan.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Sophos Home as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Intego Mac Internet Security
A commercial Mac security suite combining real-time antivirus, an outbound firewall, cleanup tools and a VPN.
Sophos Home offers remotely managed paid antivirus with ransomware and phishing protection for Windows and macOS family computers.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
HitmanPro
A Windows malware scanner and removal tool meant as a second opinion alongside existing antivirus.
AdwCleaner
Free on-demand Windows scanner that removes adware, PUPs and browser hijackers.
SUPERAntiSpyware
Windows scanner that detects and removes spyware, adware and other malware.
ClamAV
An open source antivirus engine, used mostly for scanning mail servers and file shares rather than desktops.
RansomWhere?
A macOS utility that detects processes encrypting files like ransomware and stops them for review.
CleanMyMac
A Mac maintenance app that clears junk files, scans for malware and removes clutter.
