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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Forcepoint DLP

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AForcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protects sensitive data everywhere it resides and moves, across endpoints, cloud apps, web, email, and on-premises environments. It delivers unified policy management and centralized control from a single console.N/A

    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
    Forcepoint DLPKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Forcepoint DLPKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    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
    Forcepoint DLPKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Considered Both Products
    Forcepoint
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    KnowBe4
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    None at this time.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    673 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    639 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    679 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    532 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    572 Answers
    Features
    Forcepoint DLPKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    26% below category average
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    -
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    Data Encryption6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    -
    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 Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    -
    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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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Forcepoint DLPKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (35 ratings)
    9.1
    (727 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (56 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (215 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (20 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.3
    (12 ratings)
    7.8
    (260 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (17 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 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
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    9.6
    (16 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Forcepoint DLPKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Forcepoint
    -Where companies need to secure their attachment, which goes outside, means from their company to outside -Where companies need to ensure their client's personal information -Where companies need DLP. They need to look for Forcepoint only, as they have the upper hand over the rest of their competitors.
    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
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    Pros
    Forcepoint
    • It has predominantly protected us from unauthorized parties and has provided us with better visibility and control over our data.
    • This software has also successfully prevented us from both malicious and accidental tasks, which are quite flexible actions when it comes to the violation of data loss prevention policies.
    • This product has been successful in improving compliance and even mitigating compliance violations, which further facilitated IT security.
    • I think there is room for improvement, as the user interface is slightly rough and difficult to adopt in the beginning. The software also hangs up at a few instances, which leads to some wasting of time and annoyance, but other than that, this software is good. The technical staff should work on the complexities for a better user experience.
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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
    Forcepoint
    • Forcepoint technical support--specially for users who go with essential support--is challenging to get support on time. You need the ticket to be raised long beforehand to get support from TAC. However, in the case of enterprise support, its is not like this technical person will come on a priority basis.
    • However it comes with higher prices, especially for SMB, it is allowed to pay that amount for support only.
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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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Forcepoint
    We have been fairly happy with the product and how it has worked. We have looked at other vendors for url filter and such and have not found one that meets our needs or does what we have been doing with Websense. The product has been fairly stable and we have only had a few issues in the past. We have all seen that it was one of the highest leaders from the Gartner Group Magic Quadrant for Web Gateways.
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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.
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    Usability
    Forcepoint
    For us, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention was difficult to administer, did not work well when it did work, was incredibly expensive for the feature set you get, and was difficult to uninstall when we moved on from the software. Once it was fully set up, it worked occasionally for us.
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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
    Forcepoint
    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
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    Performance
    Forcepoint
    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.
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    Support Rating
    Forcepoint
    Support from Forcepoint has been lacking. When calling in with a high priority issue we rarely are able to work with a technician immediately. The queue waits are very long and when you get through there are no support engineers available and we need to wait for a call back for hours it seems.
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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
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    KnowBe4
    Helpful and knowledgeable account managers have helped us navigate and use the system to our full potential
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    Online Training
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Forcepoint
    User friendly solution that makes it easy to deploy and manage. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention very effective to protecting our valuable data on endpoints and where data lives like in the Cloud, server and on-premises disk drives and its valuable to just set policies once and start utilizing Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention solution.
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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.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    KnowBe4
    I was not involved in the pricing, billing or contract terms.
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    Scalability
    Forcepoint
    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
    Forcepoint
    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
    Forcepoint
    • The exchange of financial documents with customers creates extreme risk as data loss could result in financial and reputation damage to the customer. The cost of deploying Forcepoint is fractions of pennies compared to the potential financial impact of data loss.
    • There is some administrative overhead associated as false positives are inevitable, requiring a manual review and a potential loss of productivity.
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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.