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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CrowdStrike Falcon

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACrowdStrike offers the Falcon Endpoint Protection suite, an antivirus and endpoint protection system emphasizing threat detection, machine learning malware detection, and signature free updating. Additionally the available Falcon Spotlight module delivers vulnerability assessment with no performance impact, no additional agents, hardware, scheduled scans, firewall exceptions or admin credentials.

    $59.99

    per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)

    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AKnowBe4 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 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 risk management through personalized training and automation. With…

    $2.79

    per seat

    Pricing
    CrowdStrike FalconKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Editions & Modules
    Falcon Go (Small Business)
    $59.99
    per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)
    Falcon Go (Small Business)
    $59.99
    Falcon Pro
    $99.99
    per endpoint/month (for 5-250 endpoints, billed annually)
    Falcon Enterprise
    $184.99
    per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)
    SAT Advanced 501-1000 Monthly Pricing 3 Year
    $2.79
    per seat
    SAT Advanced 251-500 Monthly Pricing 3 Year
    $2.96
    per seat
    SAT Advanced 101-250 Monthly Pricing 3 Year
    $3.19
    per seat
    SAT Advanced 51-100 Monthly Pricing 3 Year
    $3.40
    per seat
    SAT Advanced 25-50 Monthly Pricing 3 Year
    $3.75
    per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CrowdStrike FalconKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Pricing listed is for SAT Advanced. Other levels available. For organizations with over 1,000 seats, get a quote.
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    Community Pulse
    CrowdStrike FalconKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Considered Both Products
    CrowdStrike
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    CrowdStrike is a very easy tool to manage. There is only one agent that is needed to deploy. This makes management much easier.
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    It was the easiest to deploy and manage, while the dashboard was also very clear and precise in terms of useful information.
    Another major reason in selection CrowdStrike Falcon was its AI and ML detection capabilities which really impressed us during evaluation. Other tools …
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    CrowdStrike is always working. We used to have endless issues with endpoints not being connected, but CrowdStrike is always there and we can see and connect to that device wherever it is.
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    It was a company decision to move based on the Gartner 4Quadrant to move towards CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection.
    Incentivized
    Chose CrowdStrike Falcon
    Crowdstrike [Falcon Endpoint Protection] blows [McAfee Endpoint Security] out of the water. At least when you compare their traditional AV to CrowdStrike. Operational and Security wise, leaps and bounds.
    Incentivized
    KnowBe4
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    No other security awareness training tools evaluated.
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training is by far the most polished and advanced out of the vendors we reviewed. If you are in an environment with Microsoft E5 licensing, you will want to evaluate Microsoft Attack Simulation Training which comes included with Defender. It lacks …
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training coming with much more content to cover if not most of the ways and tracks that hackers and Scammers that will might let the employees get them to do an action like clicking suspicious links or attachments which might lead to hacking the …
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    It provided us cheapest rate and had best reputation in market.
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training has many more features and capabilities than defender does, albeit defender does more overall but for phishing and end user training KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training takes the cake.
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Support is excellent. Documentation is spot on when I have issues.
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    KnowBe4 has the most diverse feature set compared to the others. I also chose KnowBe4 over others due to the PhishER capabilities.
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Superior to cover a broad range of learning styles and taste for our user base
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    We chose KnowBe4, and stayed with them, because of their robust offering of training material/content. We did look at other products, but nothing compared to KnowBe4. Every couple years we'll look at the market and see what else is out there. So far, there is nothing even close …
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    We did not evaluate any other, based on previous experiences, reviews from peers, and ease of use went with this product.
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    The content of KnowBe4 is updated and well-created, the ModStore provides a lot of ideas to address the Awareness activities in your company, and also you can identify the riskiest users based on their behavior
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    We selected KnowBe4 because of the value of the money spent. No one else has the breadth and depth of training, testing, and knowledge articles, as well as a first-class support program to go with it. We would pick KnowBe4 over any other product still today, four years after …
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Much better ROI, better total cost of ownership. Very happy with KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training and the support from others in similar businesses. Very happy with the increasing complexity of phishing attempts as users gain awareness and need to "up their game" to stay …
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training is the leader in the anti-phishing and cyber training area. KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training is the world's largest library of phishing and email templates, no other product can offer this selection of templates! KnowBe4 Security …
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Automation, ease of use, cost, content, sub-products (phishing, ASAP, etc.).
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    We choose KnowBe4 because is the best-known Security Awareness platform for end user training and phishing simulation. Not only was KB4 an usual referral from partners and peers within the industry but also, researching and consulting with Gartner validated our initial …
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    We checked their product and decided to go with KnowBe4 due to the abilities and multi-language training.
    We do use iSpring for other things but not for awareness training
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    82 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    673 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    75 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    639 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    84 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    679 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    532 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    75 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    572 Answers
    Features
    CrowdStrike FalconKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of CrowdStrike Falcon and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    CrowdStrike Falcon
    8.7
    98 Ratings
    2% above category average
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    -
    Ratings
    Anti-Exploit Technology8.989 Ratings00 Ratings
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)9.296 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Management8.997 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hybrid Deployment Support8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infection Remediation8.993 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management7.772 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware Detection9.396 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of CrowdStrike Falcon and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    CrowdStrike Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    8.7
    350 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.8312 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.7338 Ratings
    Security Awareness Training
    Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of CrowdStrike Falcon and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    CrowdStrike Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    8.2
    382 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Training Content Library00 Ratings8.6379 Ratings
    Multilingual Training Content00 Ratings8.4215 Ratings
    Training Gamification00 Ratings7.4316 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Security Training00 Ratings7.6334 Ratings
    Individualized Security Training Plans00 Ratings8.1324 Ratings
    Phishing Simulations00 Ratings9.2377 Ratings
    Security Reporting00 Ratings8.6367 Ratings
    Integration with Security Tech Stack00 Ratings8.1219 Ratings
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CrowdStrike FalconKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (101 ratings)
    9.1
    (727 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (56 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (215 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (20 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    7.8
    (260 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (17 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (16 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (39 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (8 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (17 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (16 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CrowdStrike FalconKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CrowdStrike
    Crowdstrike is a unified platform for monitoring endpoint devices, whether they're workstations, servers, cloud-native machines, or even mobile devices. It uses AI/ML to monitor anomalies and suspicious behavior, including zero-day attacks. It is suitable for large organizations but may be costlier or less appropriate for smaller organizations, those who want an on-prem EDR setup, and those who need custom scanning based on compliance requirements.
    Incentivized
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    KnowBe4
    I think the most important factor is that our risk has decreased significantly among staff. Our staff is well below the industry (Education) benchmark in terms of users that are "prone to phishing". We also have multiple instances over the years where employees have stopped real efforts to access data illegally or an attempt to take funds from our institution
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    CrowdStrike
    • The Log analysis is very detailed and easy to use.
    • Prevent and block all type of malwares.
    • Great threat intelligence which is very up-to-date with the recent cyber attacks
    • very user friendly in access and management
    • Automated feature of detecting, taking action and closing incidents using fusion workflow.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    CrowdStrike
    • Support - we are often tasked with running down problems rather than being directed by support.
    • The sales staff we have dealt with are not very responsive or timely.
    • I believe this is a product built for installations of 300 users or more.
    Incentivized
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    KnowBe4
    • Many items in the library aren't applicable to our use case, and it's sometimes difficult to filter out what I'm looking for.
    • I don't love the training dashboard, but maybe that's just a "me" thing.
    • Setting up groups can be tedious.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CrowdStrike
    Crowdstrike has a large suite of tools built for helping the engineers triage and respond to security event whenever identified. The ability to customize the security policies and implement more granular policies to different devices based on the functionality is unmatched. Crowdstrike provides so much of ability in a decent budget which ascertains the value for money or ROI.
    Incentivized
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    KnowBe4
    No question, KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training is a great value to our organization. Properly training our users in the proper use of email and how to be aware of possible dangerous emails is incredibly important now. Also, training users in the best practices for phone calls, as well as internet browsing can prevent data or information from being stolen or exposed. Users have even benefited when using their personal devices as a result of the trainings they have received at work.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    CrowdStrike
    I think it is a complete and very trustful XDR platform, with very few False Positives. It is very well supported by highly skilled professionals on all levels: from pre-sales engineers, Customer Account Managers and support engineers.
    Incentivized
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    KnowBe4
    The training videos we have access to are high quality, and provide a wide variety. The Inside Man videos has a cult following within our organization, and has driven a much greater interest in security awareness. And KB4's willingness to negotiate pricing for us as a nonprofit has been very valuable to us as well.
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    Reliability and Availability
    CrowdStrike
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    CrowdStrike
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    CrowdStrike
    Any time we need to engage the Crowdstrike Falcon Complete Team, their response is switch, thorough, and they are sure to not close out any request until the customer confirms that they have provided an acceptable resolution. If I ever need anything from the account team related to the product, I also get a response from them within minutes typically to address my question. Top notch customer service!
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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.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    CrowdStrike
    There is limited amount of learning that can be completed in an in-person training available. In my opinion, the self-paced learning provided by Falcon portal is more useful over in-person training. The support from Falcon is great and useful to overcome difficulties, if any.
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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
    CrowdStrike
    The training provided by Crowdstrike Falcon is complete in terms of the depth of technical knowledge and teaches the users about going through with the platform. There are lots of jargons for different tools that Crowdstrike Falcon has and this training teaches them all which helps in managing the platform better. Plus, the regular knowledge checks are also very helpful for the end user.
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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
    CrowdStrike
    Read the documentation
    Incentivized
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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
    CrowdStrike
    It was just a legacy AV program onboarded during initial setup days. As the org. As it expanded, its threat landscape also grew, and we needed a next-gen solution to protect against evolving threat vectors. Falcon EDR was the one that solved all these in a single place.
    Incentivized
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    KnowBe4
    KnowBe4 offered a significantly more favorable cost-benefit ratio compared to other solutions. Its seamless integration with our existing infrastructure—particularly Active Directory and email systems—was the most compatible with our operational and security requirements.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    CrowdStrike
    No answers on this topic
    KnowBe4
    I was not involved in the pricing, billing or contract terms.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    CrowdStrike
    No answers on this topic
    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
    CrowdStrike
    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
    CrowdStrike
    • CrowdStrike Falcon's proactive threat mitigation has significantly reduced the risk of successful cyber attacks, resulting in tangible savings related to potential data breaches or system compromises.
    • The cloud-native architecture and automated features have improved operational efficiency.
    • The platform's real-time visibility and threat hunting capabilities have drastically improved incident response times.
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    KnowBe4
    • There is really no way one can make all the needed trainings with in house resources anymore! The cost for this would be way way more than that of any platform!
    • There is no way to even calculate the damage a company would suffer in case of a cybersecurity breach! So the cost for the use of the KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training platform if minimal compared to that of a possible breach!
    • The cost of creating content for security awareness training is no longer realistic for a company. This is really no option, and it is in no way comparable to the cost of access to the training material available in the KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training platform. Also the training content needs to be constantly updated!
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    ScreenShots

    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Screenshots

    Screenshot of The Phishing Dashboard. This displays how end users are doing at-a-glance and in comparison to peers across industries with Industry Benchmarking.Screenshot of KnowBe4's partners, including The Security Awareness Company, Popcorn Training, exploqii, Twist & Shout, El Pescador, CLTRe, Saya University, and MediaPRO. Together, they create security awareness training content available in the ModStore.Screenshot of A security training quiz question showing "Security Moments Series: Spot the Bad Link" asking what Lisa should do when receiving an unexpected email with an HTML attachment, with three answer options and Submit/Cancel buttons.Screenshot of The AIDA Phishing Template Generator interface, which displays a customizable phishing simulation tool with template setup options on the left and a preview of a generated "Annual Bonus Announcement" email featuring a QR code attack vector on the right.Screenshot of The AIDA Configure Training interface, which displays settings for personalized remedial phishing training, including user enrollment options, completion timeframes, knowledge refresher schedules, and notification preferences, with an "Activate Remedial Training" button to implement the configuration.