Avanan vs. KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avanan
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Avanan, from Check Point since the August 2021 acquisition, connects security technologies to enterprise cloud applications in order to improve protection of sensitive corporate data and IP. According to the vendor, Avanan's one-click deployment allows customers to deploy a new security solution in seconds. Because it requires no appliance, agent or gateway proxy, Avanan can begin protecting any cloud application immediately, with no effect on users.
$4
per user per month
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
KnowBe4 is a security awareness and compliance training and simulated social engineering product. It is used by organizations worldwide to strengthen their security culture and reduce human risk. The product includes a comprehensive suite of awareness and compliance training, real-time user coaching, AI-powered simulated social engineering, crowdsourced anti-phishing defense and an AI suite that enhances human risk management through personalized training and automation.…
$0.95
per month (billed annually) per seat
Pricing
AvananKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Editions & Modules
Advanced Anti-Phishing
$4.00
per user per month
Complete Malware Protection
$5.00
per user per month
Full-Suite Protection
$8.00
per user per month
Silver
$0.95
per month (billed annually) per seat
Gold
$1.10
per month (billed annually) per seat
Platinum
$1.25
per month (billed annually) per seat
Diamond
$1.70
per month (billed annually) per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AvananKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsPrices for fewer than 500 users.There are four subscription levels: Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond. Each level is priced per user with a sliding scale based on number of users. Monthly pricing per seat billed on an annual basis.
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Community Pulse
AvananKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Considered Both Products
Avanan
Chose Avanan
Comparing Avanan to the competitors listed above, I think Mimecast would be the only real threat to accurately detecting and quarantining phishing and malware attempts as well as ransomware. With the advanced API, Avanan has an extremely high chance of catching things that …
Chose Avanan
We selected Avanan based on compelling evidence and performance. The product simply stands up and does so higher than Mimecast, Barracuda, and other such products with a very reasonable price point. It's the most effective weapon against spammers and phishing that we have used …
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
We looked at HookPhish before we went with KnowBe4 but it was like comparing apples to oranges and KnowBe4 is far superior for roughly the same cost
Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Cyren seemed like they would be good, unfortunately they went out of business so I'll never know if we could have used them.
Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
I haven't used Mimecast Awareness Training before but my company left MAT and moved to KnowBe4 and hasn't looked back. From what I was told, the Mimecast solution was lacking in content and quality questions and answers. Now Arctic Wolf just came out with their own Awareness …
Features
AvananKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Avanan
8.5
111 Ratings
1% above category average
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
-
Ratings
Anti-malware10.0106 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability8.0107 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Loss Protection8.094 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Detection10.0107 Ratings00 Ratings
Sandboxing6.594 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption7.276 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tools10.0107 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Avanan
-
Ratings
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
8.9
319 Ratings
4% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.3283 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.5309 Ratings
Security Awareness Training
Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of Product A and Product B
Avanan
-
Ratings
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
8.2
349 Ratings
3% below category average
Training Content Library00 Ratings8.5346 Ratings
Multilingual Training Content00 Ratings8.2194 Ratings
Training Gamification00 Ratings8.2289 Ratings
Industry-Specific Security Training00 Ratings7.2307 Ratings
Individualized Security Training Plans00 Ratings7.8294 Ratings
Phishing Simulations00 Ratings9.4344 Ratings
Security Reporting00 Ratings8.5336 Ratings
Integration with Security Tech Stack00 Ratings8.0197 Ratings
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User Ratings
AvananKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(113 ratings)
9.2
(695 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(5 ratings)
9.8
(56 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(34 ratings)
9.2
(182 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.4
(20 ratings)
Performance
6.4
(1 ratings)
9.3
(21 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(35 ratings)
8.8
(260 ratings)
In-Person Training
1.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(5 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
9.2
(17 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.3
(24 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.7
(16 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(39 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(8 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.1
(21 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(12 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.2
(17 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.1
(16 ratings)
User Testimonials
AvananKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Likelihood to Recommend
Check Point Software Technologies
What it says, it provides. It has the Data leak prevention that is the major help while we have to deal with lot of clients at a time. It has the Secure Click that checks any embedded hyperlink so that when we work on emails we don't have to worry about the hidden security threats inside a email.
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KnowBe4
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Trainings are suited for every company. We have tested really a lot of those platforms out there and we can say that there are other platforms that are better at the one or the other feature, but as it is always in life nothing is perfect. However, having tested all those platforms, we can with great certainty say the KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training platform is overall the best one there is out there at this time!
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Pros
Check Point Software Technologies
  • The dashboard for Avanan makes all of the most important information easy to digest.
  • Alerting - specifically, the Geo-Location alerts allow us to see if a user has possibly been compromised.
  • The End-User Email Quarantine experience gives users the ability to request emails be released, which trains them to better spot legitimate emails.
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KnowBe4
  • Phish tests can be set to various difficulty levels as staff becomes more knowledgeable in catching phish emails.
  • Automated phish tests and training save a lot of admin time. The product can also test for phone and USB stick practices.
  • The phish alert button in Outlook, along with PhishER and PhishFlip allow easy managing and response to actual phishing emails.
  • The interactive training is well designed to cover all types of phishing and safe email and phone behavior.
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Cons
Check Point Software Technologies
  • I only ever had one complaint, we had a few hiccups during the setup process. We have now been a customer for two years and have had no further issues. It is likely that the setup pain points have now been resolved as well. Overall the product does what it claims while providing a very intuitive interface.
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KnowBe4
  • Campaign settings are overwhelming and non-intuitive
  • While the domains available for sending phishing emails are numerous, they are still often obviously fake
  • Certain features are locked away behind paid addons, when they should be incorporated in the base tool/licence, e.g. PhishER. It's fine that, for example, Compliance+ is an added feature, but PhishER is practically integral to the task KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training performs
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Likelihood to Renew
Check Point Software Technologies
Cost, need to make sure the cost is competitive for how many users are using email protection as we move users to MS Teams and don't rely so much on full access to email accounts (both sending and receiving internal and external).
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KnowBe4
Between the ease of use, cost effectiveness, functionality and continued improvements Knowbe4 continues to make it would be pretty hard to find another competitive product that wraps it all up like KnowBe4 has. Not saying it couldn't happen, but haven't seen anything that competes at this point.
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Usability
Check Point Software Technologies
The end-users love not having their inboxes fill up with extra useless emails. As an administrator, it is simple to implement and maintain. The ability to put something into test mode before going live makes our life a lot easier and less stressful. Avanan has many different components to make your life easier.
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KnowBe4
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training is simple to use, simple to administer, effective, with quality content. It is easy to take the training and we have the reminders set so that the longer a user puts the training off, the more frequently they will receive reminder emails. Eventually they get emailed every day until they take the training. But with a simple click, they can get into the training content.
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Reliability and Availability
Check Point Software Technologies
Always been available as needed.
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KnowBe4
There have only been a handful of outages in the 2 years we have had the product. Even during those instances, parts of the system were still operational
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Performance
Check Point Software Technologies
It's not all the time, on occasion the platform can delay email by seven to ten minutes.
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KnowBe4
Pages load quickly, filter/sort quickly, and don't slow down or freeze. Everything is smooth and very easy to use. There are a places in the UI where you can forget how to get there, but other than that everything is great. We have had no issues using any part of the website.
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Support Rating
Check Point Software Technologies
Support has always been there for me, they take on suggestions and product improvements quite seriously. I've spoken to techs and you can tell that they care about the product and the service in which they deliver. Avanan support is always responsive in everything I throw them and in most cases they don't tell me how to build out a widget or custom query, they actually do it for me and send it to me.
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KnowBe4
Tech prod support is great! I did have to ask for a new customer success rep, needed a more experienced person to match my 12 years of experience running Cybersec training programs. Would suggest that more matching of rep level of knowledge to client level knowledge would help.
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In-Person Training
Check Point Software Technologies
There was no in person training.
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KnowBe4
Helpful and knowledgeable account managers have helped us navigate and use the system to our full potential
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Online Training
Check Point Software Technologies
Takes a lot to get a 10 out of 10.
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KnowBe4
confusing question. I inherited this application so I didnt get any formal training other than the person who was leaving. The CSM provided some later on when I asked in a zoom call
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Implementation Rating
Check Point Software Technologies
Ensure system administration and exchange admin are up to speed on Avanan
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KnowBe4
The implementation went really well and KnowBe4 was there the whole time on setup to make sure things were setup correctly. The only thing we had to figure out on our own was to script users automatically being added to security groups. So that when they sync to knowBe4 from AD they are placed into the same/correct groups.
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Alternatives Considered
Check Point Software Technologies
Avanan has a one-click solution, which subscribers or clients use to deploy a new security update. Further, Avanan has the protection of any cloud application, which means, it bypasses any security threat and maintain the set safety processes. Finally, data leakage is a shield that Avanan has deployed, a very smooth process in the firm.
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KnowBe4
Initially we were using Mimecast Awareness Training. Mimecast was totally different from KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training. They do not have a proper setup for the awareness training. The training video quality and category was very poor. In Mimecast, you will get only human based training, no animated training is available for the users. They do not have proper topics to train the users. They do not have a phishing campaign category to test the users understanding. They do not have a proper setup of training campaigns as well. you cannot launch the same training to more than one groups until you do not delete the first training from the other group.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Check Point Software Technologies
No answers on this topic
KnowBe4
I was not involved in the pricing, billing or contract terms.
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Scalability
Check Point Software Technologies
It does what they claim and then some.
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KnowBe4
The product scales greatly. As long as you upgrade the license to support the number of users you are needing, adding in those new users is easy. Also getting those users set up with trainings/campaigns is very easy as well
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Professional Services
Check Point Software Technologies
No answers on this topic
KnowBe4
The team was great to work with and took their time to ensure that we knew what we were doing with the product and that it was set up to meet the specific needs of our organization. This wasn't just a cookie-cutter deployment, but rather they focused specifically on our needs.
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Return on Investment
Check Point Software Technologies
  • Improved risk mitigation by providing additional layer protection for M365.
  • Easy to setup and configure. No expert knowledge required and no downtime required.
  • Customizable license count. No need to buy the same number of mailbox users if you really don't want to protect some unused mailboxes.
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KnowBe4
  • We are able to prepare new hires more efficiently and consistently
  • We have seen a dramatic decrease in how prone our users are to phishing attacks
  • We better meet external risk assessment requirements because of the training programs we have set up in KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
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KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Screenshots

Screenshot of The Phishing Dashboard 
Displays how end users are doing at-a-glance and in comparison to peers across industries with Industry Benchmarking.Screenshot of Virtual Risk Officer™
The Virtual Risk Officer functionality helps identify risk to support data-driven decisions about a security awareness plan.Screenshot of the library of security awareness training content. KnowBe4 partners with The Security Awareness Company, Popcorn Training, exploqii, Twist & Shout, El Pescador, CLTRe, Saya University, and MediaPRO.Screenshot of the library of security awareness training content. KnowBe4 partners with The Security Awareness Company, Popcorn Training, exploqii, Twist & Shout, El Pescador, CLTRe, Saya University, and MediaPRO.