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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/APhishER is presented as a lightweight Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platform to orchestrate threat response and manage the high volume of potentially malicious email messages reported by users. And, with automatic prioritization of emails, PhishER helps InfoSec and Security Operations team cut through the inbox noise and respond to the most dangerous threats more quickly.

    $1.15

    per seat

    Squadcast

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASquadcast is an end-to-end incident response platform that helps tech teams adopt SRE best practices to maximize service reliability, accelerate innovation velocity and deliver outstanding customer experiences.

    $7

    per user/month

    Pricing
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusSquadcast
    Editions & Modules
    501-1000 Monthly Pricing 3 Year
    $1.15
    per seat
    101-500 Monthly Pricing 3 Year
    $1.50
    per seat
    Essential
    $7.00
    per user/month
    Standard
    $19.00
    per user/month
    Pro
    $39.00
    per user/month
    Enterprise
    $79.00
    per user/month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusSquadcast
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$7 per user/month
    Additional DetailsFor organizations with over 1,000 seats, contact sales for a quote.The stated prices are only for annual commitment only, for other details please refer the pricing page. We do offer custom pricing for large Enterprise customers and On-Premise deployments.
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    Community Pulse
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusSquadcast
    Considered Both Products
    KnowBe4
    No answer on this topic
    Squadcast Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    125 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    112 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusSquadcast
    Incident Response Platforms
    Comparison of Incident Response Platforms features of KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus and Squadcast
    Feature
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus
    8.4
    122 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Squadcast
    -
    Ratings
    Company-wide Incident Reporting8.3101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Other Security Systems8.497 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Dashboard9.0120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Machine Learning to Prevent Incidents8.0103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live Response for Rapid Remediation8.1102 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusSquadcast
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (128 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (44 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusSquadcast
    Likelihood to Recommend
    KnowBe4
    From an MSP perspective, it’s easier to sell products that provide cybersecurity protections if it’s all in one bundle. If you start providing 5 different email security products (even with the same vendor), it becomes confusing to non-technical individuals. They need a single package that doesn’t break the bank. Other products like Ironscales do that by providing an “all-in-one” package, essentially. And for a much less expensive price. I believe if you included all the features of anti-phishing, account takeover protection, and security awareness training, it would be close to $8/person each month. Competitors offer rates closer to $2/user, which include all those features and sometimes more.
    Incentivized
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    Squadcast Inc.
    We tied Squadcast into our CI/CD pipeline for Airflow monitoring of workflows, and had it looking for failures and specific jobs. Then communicating out to a resource group with automated no answer or response next person communication. A lot of tools stop at one generic communication, but Squadcast allows you to take it a step further.
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    Pros
    KnowBe4
    • KnowBe4's Phish Alert Button effectively collects all reported emails from end-users in one place.
    • The PhishML feature of PhishER effectively auto-scan reported emails using machine learning technologies, providing a tag for each email based on its body content and other aspects.
    • The PhishRIP feature works well by allowing the security team to create a query and quarantine all relevant emails from the end user's email system.
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    Squadcast Inc.
    • Allows you to configure monitoring on events across the enterprise
    • Very flexible in the channels that you can communicate to - i.e. Slack, Email, SMS, etc...
    • Provides integrations into the systems that you use on a daily basis
    • Has a very easy to use online interface that comes with little to no learning curve
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    Cons
    KnowBe4
    • Issues with Global Blocklist
    • Email Template Modification - Simplification
    • Target Specific Users vs. Groups
    • PhishRIP info tabs (i.e. if improperly check ripped emails are turned into tests. This has caused issues.) Info tabs or markers allow user to hover and get more information about what action a check box or slider provides.
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    Squadcast Inc.
    • Can be costly depending on how deep your budget is!
    • Support is not always the best
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    Likelihood to Renew
    KnowBe4
    When we first discovered that KnowBe4 released something like this, we saw a demo of it and were floored at what it could do and how it could help us from a security standpoint. Gone are the days of us in IT sending out a mass email saying please don't click on anything in the email from sender "X", and it allows us to quietly and easily ensure that people don't take any action on malicious emails.
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    Squadcast Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    KnowBe4
    It has been super easy for users to work with training and quizzes. Admin is a little difficult because you have to build the specific campaign type you want. But you can even create your own training and upload it to your LMS. This is great!!
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    Squadcast Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    KnowBe4
    When I have a question, their were fast to respond. The downside is a that at least once I had to work through the issue with the person assigned to help me because they didn't know the answer. That said they did try and were patient. However they should have known the answer on integration.
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    Squadcast Inc.
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    Implementation Rating
    KnowBe4
    It was very simple to implement - with just a few settings needed to connect it to our O365 environment
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    Squadcast Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    KnowBe4
    We evaluated the Titan options because we have already used their DNS filtering product. However, KnowBe4 came in with a better price per user and a significantly stronger product lineup, particularly with its security awareness training component.
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    Squadcast Inc.
    Squadcast is a much more user friendly product that works with multiple platforms and tools. I can't say this easily for the other tools that I've used
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    Return on Investment
    KnowBe4
    • There has been a 700% increase in emails being reported now. Previously, staff were only reporting 4 emails a month. It is easier for us to promote the phish alert button, receive automated remediation and rapidly respond.
    • We had no reports on the amount of phishing emails were coming through Mimecast but now we have reports for the board of trustees.
    • Every Wednesday we talk about cyber security to all staff, PhishER allows us to point out the trend and what to look out for which raises awareness. Never before were we able to talk about cyber security like this.
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    Squadcast Inc.
    • Squadcast has allowed us to reduce cost of an incident overall by reducing time to find an issue, communicate, and get an assigned resource.
    • Squadcast has created an increased awareness among teams in the enterprise of services and processes.
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    ScreenShots

    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus Screenshots

    Screenshot of How PhishER Plus enables a critical workstream to help IR teams work together to mitigate the phishing threat and is suited for any organization that wants to automatically prioritize and manage potentially malicious messages.

    Squadcast Screenshots

    Screenshot of Incident TimelineScreenshot of Incident Response page, with War RoomScreenshot of Incident Dashboard