Sophos increases prices by almost double

The latest price increase at Sophos hits some products extremely hard, with some prices increasing by up to 40%. In this article, we look at all changes that apply from January 5, 2023. This gives you some time to benefit from the currently still favorable prices.

Sophos Firewall / Switch - 2 and 3-year discounts eliminated

If you bought a license for more than just 1 year, there were good discounts for longer terms:

• 1-year license
• 2-year license +75% instead of +100%
• 3-year license +140% instead of +200%

Now, this discount no longer exists, and the 3-year license is three times as expensive as the annual license. This affects the following products:

• Sophos Firewall licenses of the XGS series, XG series, and SW/Virtual (up to +25%)
• Sophos Firewall licenses of the SG series (UTM) (up to +25%)
• Sophos Firewall licenses (XG, XGS, and SW/Virtual) (up to +25%)
• Sophos Firewall licenses (UTM and UTM Software) (up to +25%)
• Sophos Switch licenses (up to +25%)
• Central Firewall Reporting Advanced (up to +25%)

Access Points & REDs

The Sophos Access Points APX 120, APX 320, APX 530, and APX 740 plus accessories will be +10% more expensive.

The Sophos SD-RED 20, SD-RED 60, and RED accessories will also be +10% more expensive.

Sophos Central Products – Multi-year discount reduced

Similar to firewalls, the 2- and 3-year discounts are being adjusted. The discounts are not completely eliminated but reduced. This affects the following products:

• Central Device Encryption
• Central Mobile Standard and Advanced
• Intercept X Essentials, Advanced, Advanced with XDR
• Intercept X for Server Essentials, Advanced, Advanced with XDR
• Cloud Native Security
• Cloud Optix Advanced
• Zero Trust Network Access

Compared to the 1-year license, the 2-year license is 1.7 times more expensive, and the 3-year license is 2.2 times more expensive.

Sophos Central Email is not affected by this. Or is it? 🙈

Sophos Central Email

Both Central Email Standard and the Advanced variant will be 40% more expensive.

Sophos UTM no longer a core product

We stopped UTM support some time ago and also the sale of UTM licenses through the shop. As of next year, the SG hardware with UTM licenses will officially no longer be a core product at Sophos. This marks the first time Sophos has shown that these products no longer have a future. The non-core products will automatically become a minimum of 20% more expensive in the new year.

A final thought

A price adjustment triggered by the pandemic and consequently the chip crisis and logistical problems was foreseeable, but this price increase came rather unexpectedly. We thought that the inflation had already been covered by the last adjustment, as the money supply expansion reached a peak at the turn of the year and Sophos made price adjustments in Q2 and Q3. However, it seems that the macroeconomic effects only occurred later at Sophos. For many other products in our daily lives, we have already seen higher prices for a longer time.

Especially due to the promo, it was interesting to acquire 3-year licenses. In the future, an subscription license will be even cheaper.