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bucketAV powered by Sophos - Antivirus for Amazon S3
Install bucketAV powered by Sophos in just 15 minutes and detect malware like viruses, worms, and trojans in your S3 buckets. Choose when to scan and keep full data control within your AWS account.
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5
9 ratings
9 AWS reviews
Reviews (9)
reviewer2900358
Reduced manual security overhead while file scanning integrates seamlessly into existing workflows
Reviewed on Sep 24, 2026
Review from a verified AWS customer
What is our primary use case?
Our main use case for bucket_av involves using the Scan on Access feature to scan files whenever they are accessed from our S3 buckets, specifically files that are provided by our customers.
bucket_av works for our team in a fully transparent manner, as we are using the Scan on Access functionality which allows us to use the S3 bucket as if it were a normal S3 bucket.
It fits very nicely into our workflow and required no changes in our application code.
What is most valuable?
The Scan on Access feature of bucket_av stands out especially for us because we did not have to make any changes to our application code, which was already using an S3 bucket.
That is the main feature we are using; we are not using any other features at the moment.
bucket_av has positively impacted our organization by giving us confidence that the files we are handling do not contain any malware or anything of that nature, so it definitely brings benefits to our security posture.
What needs improvement?
bucket_av has actually added the features that we wanted within a couple of days, showing they were very responsive and helpful.
My experience working with their team has been great, as the response times have always been very short and they have always taken any input seriously and acted on it.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using bucket_av for about two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
bucket_av is stable with zero downtime, but there was one incident when it did not seem to scan the files; however, restarting the nodes helped and that has happened only once in two years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
bucket_av's scalability is perfect, as the autoscaling group seems to work just fine and handle all the traffic we can throw at it.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for bucket_av is perfect, as they usually answer within thirty minutes of an email and always provide very clear answers to the questions that we have.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
In a different project, we used a self-hosted ClamAV solution, which required continuous instances and maintenance, so I switched to bucket_av because it just works on spot instances for us.
How was the initial setup?
It was very straightforward to deploy bucket_av in my environment with Terraform, utilizing the Terraform CloudFormation they provided.
My experience with the configuration process was mostly easy, though the only issue was that they changed the subnet feature somewhat, which resulted in some update failures, but other than that, it was very straightforward.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment, as in a previous project where we managed our own antivirus solution, it was quite a bit more work and required effort almost monthly, if not weekly, so bucket_av is clearly saving us time and the pricing is perfect.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for bucket_av was as expected with no surprises; it is a very cost-effective way to perform this task.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We discovered bucket_av and it was the most convenient option right away, so there was no need to look for anything else.
What other advice do I have?
My experience with the procurement process was easy.
It was really easy to buy bucket_av through the AWS Marketplace; I encountered no problems.
My thoughts about the metering and billing experience are positive, as bucket_av provides their own dashboard for the volumes and data usage, so it is fairly easy to see how much data is going through and the amount of money it costs.
My advice to others looking into using bucket_av is that if you want a bolt-on solution to scan S3s, I think it is a perfect solution if you do not want to modify your application code that is already using an S3 bucket.
I give this product a rating of five out of five.
reviewer2866284
Secure file scanning has supported privacy compliance while pricing still needs improvement
Reviewed on Jun 30, 2026
Review from a verified AWS customer
What is our primary use case?
We use BucketAV for scanning S3 objects for potential malware and viruses.
How has it helped my organization?
BucketAV has helped our organization by assisting with privacy compliance when handling highly sensitive data.
What is most valuable?
The ease of set-up and configuration are valuable. The ability to scan S3 objects on upload and quarantine files if appropriate is very useful since it allows us to have a compliant architecture. In addition, the support from the BucketAV team has been quick and reliable. I trust that we can rely on this product for future maintenance.
What needs improvement?
The pricing is a little high. We still need to evaluate if pricing is acceptable once we start scanning more objects.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for 3 weeks.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not use a different product before BucketAV.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is competitive, but I wish it was a little cheaper.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated Cloud Storage Security.
What other advice do I have?
I don't have additional comments.
Jhair C.
Nice product
Reviewed on Nov 04, 2024
Review from a verified AWS customer
Easy to install and integrate. It also has a lot of configurations that makes very flexible. Quick technical support responses too.
It is really good for our use case.
Christoph E.
Good product
Reviewed on Jun 23, 2024
Review from a verified AWS customer
BucketAV conviced us regarding
- slim infrastructure requirements and costs (at least one EC2 instance, SQS, SNS and Lambdas) prepared as handy CloudFormation stack templates.
- setup modes (creates a dedicated VPC or re-use an existing one)
- intuitive and comprehensible data flows and great documententation
- dashboard tooling
- easy to integrate into own applications with prepared SNS finding topics
- it fits with GDPR
- reduced maintenance (automated AV updates)
- quick support responsive
Tanmay
Good product for most use cases
Reviewed on Jun 07, 2024
Review from a verified AWS customer
BucketAV has a comprehensive list of features and scan modes that can fulfill a wide variety of scanning needs - scheduled scans, on demand, realtime (on file upload) and on access (on file download) as well as reporting integrations and dashboards
Its not a perfect product as there is no "one shoe fits all sizes" in this category. Out of the box it will fulfill 95% of use cases. For the remaining 5% the user will find a really good base setup that they can build upon to get their custom solution
They are really fast with support, and organised a call with me within a day
Its a really good product and I hope that it keeps getting better
Michael
Well built product, easy to use and great support
Reviewed on Mar 08, 2024
Review from a verified AWS customer
Well built and easy to install product. The installation stack works seamlessly and has a lot of configurable options to attain the behaviour you need.
Updates are easy to install. Documentation is exellent and explains all options well and includes step-by-step instructions on how to install and modify your stack. The provided dashboard is comprehensive and gives good metrics on the performance of the stack.
Scanning is prompt and caught our tests very quickly. Engine is very economical to run in our use case of approx 10GB per month.
We've added on a couple of add-on stacks too which integrate seamlessly with the core product.
The support team are always on hand for questions and have been fast and friendly.
Highly recommend this solution to provide peace of mind for the precious data in your buckets.
Richard N
Excellent Product, Excellent Documentation, Excellent Support
Reviewed on Jan 26, 2024
Review from a verified AWS customer
We use bucketAV powered by Sophos and its sister product bucketAV powered by ClamAV to parallel scan files being uploaded to our S3 buckets in real time.
bucketAV was extremely easy to integrate with (simply publish messages onto an SQS queue and consume the findings from an SNS topic). We found their documentation to be outstanding and their customer support to be extremely helpful, responsive and knowledgable.
Being able to deploy the entire solution using Terraform was also integral to our CI/CD processes and the bucketAV solution made the whole deployment and upgrade process very simple.
Overall I would very highly recommend this product!
Sai
Effective Tool!
Reviewed on Oct 11, 2023
Review from a verified AWS customer
Been using both SophosAV & ClamAV variants for the past 2 years and the utility serves our purpose perfectly.
SophosAV has greatly impacted on cost reduction since we have multiple environment with minimum average document count.
Aubrey Holland
Fantastic service, highly recommended
Reviewed on Aug 01, 2023
Review from a verified AWS customer
We had a similar, custom solution set up that used ClamAV. It was slow, which was causing problems for us, and we had no reporting tools set up for it. I switched to bucketAV for all of our systems in about an hour and it's dramatically faster, costs about the same, has a great reporting dashboard, and can use Sophos for scanning which allows for bigger file sizes. I'm very happy with bucketAV and would recommend it to anyone.