Fazlur Rahman
Sophos Intercept X Advanced pricing in 2026 starts at $66.46 per user per year for 1-9 users and drops to $25.25 per user per year at 5,000+ users; Intercept X Advanced with XDR starts at $129.77 and drops to $53.18 per user per year at the same volumes. Sophos MDR bundles Intercept X Advanced with XDR plus a 24/7 SOC at $8 to $16 per endpoint per month. Median Sophos contract sits at $2,000 per year per Vendr's 13-purchase dataset (Sophos + Vendr, August 2026).
Sophos does not publish prices on its own website. Every deal goes through partners and resellers, and the per-user economics depend heavily on the partner and the multi-year commitment.
Last verified: Sep 15, 2026.
At a glance
- Intercept X Advanced $66.46/user/year (1-9 users) down to $25.25/user/year (5,000+ users)
- Intercept X Advanced with XDR $129.77/user/year down to $53.18/user/year
- Sophos MDR Essentials $8 to $12 per endpoint per month (24/7 SOC, Intercept X Advanced with XDR)
- Sophos MDR Complete $10 to $16 per endpoint per month (with full response)
- 3-year TrustRadius rates: Advanced $28/user/year, with XDR $48/user/year, MTR $79/user/year
- Median contract $2,000 per year per Vendr (13 purchases)
Sophos Intercept X tiers and what each includes
Sophos sells Intercept X as three primary tiers, with managed detection available as a fourth. Intercept X Advanced covers endpoint protection with anti-ransomware CryptoGuard, deep learning AI malware detection, and exploit prevention. Intercept X Advanced with XDR adds the XDR data lake, cross-product telemetry, and threat hunting. Intercept X Advanced with MTR (Managed Threat Response) adds a 24/7 Sophos SOC for fully outsourced security operations. Sophos MDR is the standalone managed detection service that bundles any Intercept X tier with full SOC coverage (Sophos, September 2026).
| Tier | Best fit | List price per user per year (1-9 users) | List price per user per year (5,000+ users) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intercept X Advanced | SMBs needing endpoint protection without XDR | $66.46 | $25.25 |
| Intercept X Advanced with XDR | Security teams needing active threat hunting | $129.77 | $53.18 |
| Intercept X Advanced with MTR Essentials | Teams wanting 24/7 SOC escalation | Quote | Quote |
| Sophos MDR Complete | Organizations without in-house SOC | $10 to $16 per endpoint per month | Custom |
The jump from Intercept X Advanced to Intercept X Advanced with XDR roughly doubles the per-user line. The XDR data lake unlocks cross-product telemetry, which means signals from Sophos Firewall, Sophos Email, and other Sophos products get correlated into the same investigation workbench. Most mid-market teams that buy Sophos skip straight to the XDR tier because the firewall integration is one of Sophos's strongest selling points (itsecops.cloud, September 2026).
Sophos MDR Essentials and Complete
Sophos MDR is the bundled managed detection service. Sophos MDR Essentials lists at $8 to $12 per endpoint per month and includes Intercept X Advanced with XDR plus a 24/7 Sophos SOC that monitors alerts and escalates validated threats. Sophos MDR Complete adds full incident response and is listed at $10 to $16 per endpoint per month. The price difference is the response capability: Complete includes active remediation, while Essentials is alert triage and escalation only (Sophos, 2026).
Sophos MDR undercuts CrowdStrike Falcon Complete by 30 to 50 percent at comparable scales. For organizations without a dedicated SOC, Sophos MDR Complete is the strongest single-vendor path for endpoint, firewall, email, and 24/7 SOC coverage. The 2026 release includes Aurora Agentic SOC inside MDR contracts at no additional cost (Sophos, September 2026).
Worked cost examples at 100 and 1,000 users
Volume discounts are steep on 1-year terms and even steeper on 3-year terms. The table below shows annual list cost at two common scales on 1-year terms, before partner discount (Sophos, 2026).
| Tier | 100 users per year (list) | 1,000 users per year (list) |
|---|---|---|
| Intercept X Advanced | $4,519 ($45.19 per user) | Between $25.25 and $45.19 per user ($25,250 to $45,190) |
| Intercept X Advanced with XDR | $11,080 ($110.80 per user) | Between $53.18 and $110.80 per user ($53,180 to $110,800) |
| Sophos MDR Complete ($12 per endpoint per month) | $14,400 per year | $144,000 per year |
For organizations buying Sophos through a partner, the partner discount is typically 10 to 25 percent off the partner-channel list. A 1,000-user Intercept X Advanced with XDR deployment through a partner at 20 percent off lands near $88,640 per year, or $88.64 per user. At 5,000 users, the per-user line drops to $53.18 list and below $50 per user at typical partner discounts (Vendr, 2026).
Volume discounts and 3-year commitment economics
Volume discounts and multi-year commitments compound. List pricing on 1-year terms already drops 62 percent from 1-9 users to 5,000+ users. Multi-year 3-year commitments cut another 50 to 60 percent: TrustRadius lists Intercept X Advanced at $28 per user per year on 3-year terms, Intercept X Advanced with XDR at $48 per user per year, and Sophos Managed Threat Response at $79 per user per year. A 1,000-user Intercept X Advanced with XDR on 3-year terms at TrustRadius rates lands near $48,000 per year, or $48 per user annually (TrustRadius + Sophos, 2026).
The 3-year commitment is the single biggest pricing lever for Sophos Intercept X. For most mid-market teams that have already chosen Sophos as the endpoint vendor, the 3-year commitment combined with a bundled firewall and email purchase achieves the deepest discount. Sophos's bundle economics for endpoint plus firewall plus email plus XDR plus MDR commonly reach 30 to 45 percent off list in competitive scenarios (Vendr, 2026).
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