Sophos Home vs ThreatDown (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Sophos Home if

• Fits if you look after your parents' computers from another house
• Works for households with several PCs and Macs, as one $59.99 plan covers 10 computers

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a VPN, password manager or identity monitoring in the same subscription
• Not for you if you need help at weekends, as live support is weekdays in US Eastern hours
• Watch out: the $44.99 first year is a 25% offer, and it renews by itself at $59.99
• Tight if you want to stay free, as there's no free plan and protection stops after the 30-day trial

Pick ThreatDown if

• Fits if you want bundled antivirus for a small business with a path up to managed response
• Works for teams that want ransomware rollback of files changed in the last 7 days

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you read the homepage's $10 a device a month, which is the vendor's own figure, not a quoted plan
• Skip it if you need servers or mobile devices covered, as those are paid add-ons
• Not for you if you want exact plan prices: they load from a store script and were not readable
• Watch out: the trial length is not stated on the pages read
• Tight if you want identity threat detection, which appears in the Ultimate bundle only

Sophos Home

• The advertised $44.99 is a 25% first-year offer; the subscription renews automatically at the published price, $59.99 a year.
• There is no free plan: the trial stops protecting after 30 days unless you buy.
• There is no VPN, password manager or identity monitoring in the plan.
• Live support is available only on weekdays during US Eastern office hours.

ThreatDown

• The per-device prices load from a store script and could not be read, so no plan prices are listed here; the page shows a Devices and Years selector.
• The homepage puts the cost at about $10 per device per month, which is the vendor's own figure and not a quoted plan price.
• The pricing page offers a 20% saving for a 3-year purchase.
• Server Protection, Mobile Security, DNS Filtering and Email Security are paid add-ons, not part of the bundles.

Sophos Home

AI threat detection

Deep learning models flag malware that has never been seen before, alongside real-time scanning against the SophosLabs threat databases.

Ransomware rollback

Blocks ransomware from encrypting personal files and photos, and rolls back any files it managed to change.

Web protection

Blocks compromised and phishing sites, adds browser protection for banking and shopping, and scans downloads automatically.

Remote management

One dashboard shows and manages the protection on every computer in the family, wherever those computers are.

Parental web filtering

Choose categories of websites that children cannot open on a protected computer.

Support by chat and email

Live chat and email support from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern, Monday to Friday, with a knowledge base available around the clock.

ThreatDown

Next-gen antivirus and ransomware rollback

Core covers AI-based malware prevention, device control and application blocking. Ransomware Rollback can restore files changed in an attack for up to 7 days.

Endpoint detection and response

The Advanced bundle adds EDR for investigating suspicious behavior, on top of vulnerability assessment and patch management.

Managed detection and response

Elite adds 24x7 human-led monitoring and response. Ultimate adds MDR Plus, with malware removal, root cause analysis and a published SLA.

Identity threat detection

ITDR watches for compromised credentials, privilege abuse and lateral movement, for human and non-human identities. It appears in the Ultimate bundle.

Add-ons

Premium Support, DNS Filtering, Email Security, Server Protection and Mobile Security for Chromebook, Android, iOS and iPadOS are sold separately.

Sophos Home

• Sophos Home Premium$59.99

  per year for 10 computers at renewal, after a first year for $44.99

  Up to 10 Windows and Mac computers plus unlimited phones and tablets. First year $44.99 (25% off $59.99), then renews at the published price.

ThreatDown

Pricing could not be confirmed. See threatdown.com.

Sophos Home

• Other savings

  25% off the first year for new customers

  Sophos Home Premium costs $44.99 for the first year instead of $59.99, then renews automatically at the published price.

ThreatDown

• Annual discount

  Save 20% on a 3-year term

  Each bundle on the pricing page shows a 20% saving for buying three years at once instead of one.