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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Metasploit

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMetasploit is open source network security software described by Rapid7 as the world’s most used penetration testing framework, designed to help security teams do more than just verify vulnerabilities, manage security assessments, and improve security awareness.N/A

    Trend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AThe Trend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security application secures Microsoft Office 365 and other cloud storage applications.N/A
    Pricing
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness TrainingMetasploitTrend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Pricing Offerings
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness TrainingMetasploitTrend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing listed is for SAT Advanced. Other levels available. For organizations with over 1,000 seats, get a quote.——
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Multiple Products
    KnowBe4
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    KnowBe4 has been the top leader for a while now. The products researched do not meet the broadness and requirements as KnowBe4 has it. The other tools lack reporting, training modules, tools and much more.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
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    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
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    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness TrainingMetasploitTrend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training and Metasploit and Trend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security
    Feature
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    8.7
    350 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Metasploit
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    Trend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security
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    Single sign-on capability8.8312 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.7338 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security Awareness Training
    Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training and Metasploit and Trend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security
    Feature
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    8.2
    382 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Metasploit
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    Trend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security
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    Training Content Library8.6379 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multilingual Training Content8.4215 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Training Gamification7.4316 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Security Training7.6334 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individualized Security Training Plans8.1324 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Phishing Simulations9.2377 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security Reporting8.6367 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Security Tech Stack8.0219 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness TrainingMetasploitTrend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (727 ratings)
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    9.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (56 ratings)
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    9.0
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    Usability
    9.1
    (215 ratings)
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    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    9.6
    (20 ratings)
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (260 ratings)
    7.0
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    9.0
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    In-Person Training
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
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    Online Training
    9.5
    (17 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
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    Configurability
    8.9
    (16 ratings)
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.1
    (39 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (8 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.6
    (17 ratings)
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.6
    (16 ratings)
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness TrainingMetasploitTrend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Rapid7
    It is easy to use with sufficient documentation on how to use the tools for end users or newbies. Experienced testers will find it easy to customise and configure the test cases. Just wished that I could have taken up a course on using this tool in my study days so that I could had explored more and improved my familiarity with the tool, unlike when working where access and time to explore the other features of the tool is limited
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    Trend Micro
    The product works great when I have to quarantine a mass email attack. Seems students are always susceptible to email base attacks, we are no different, but when one occurs on a mass email basis I can very easy and quickly block/quarantine those emails either by sender, domain, or URL or all three if need be. We have played with the data loss component but it is hard to do anything but "monitor" because there are way too many false positives. Such as with SSNs and bank routing numbers, but I figure any solution provider would experience the same problem. However, even with monitor and notification only, it is useful to make our users aware they are potentially sending personal information.
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    Pros
    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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    Rapid7
    • Easy to use.
    • Many exploits available.
    • Multi-platform.
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    Trend Micro
    • Provides a great summarized view of all user end-points via a web-based portal
    • Provides a simple but strong policy format for users and computers
    • Fairly light agent installed on end-points
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    Cons
    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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    Rapid7
    • More robust menus
    • Better plugin inter-operation
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    Trend Micro
    • Wish I could customize the notification emails more, like including html code to personalize and highlight messages that my end users see when an item is flagged.
    • Wish there was a word or phrase component to block/flag emails as I can with files, links, senders and domains.
    • Automation of the BEC list would be a plus...such as pulling in an OU or security group so that I do not have to do manually perform this task.
    • We have multiple TrendMicro products. Thus it would be nice to have one dash board to "see" or login at least for ApexOne, CAS, etc.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Trend Micro
    Only a 9 if the product become completely unaffordable. Covid-19 has adversely affected Higher Ed budgets, if that should happen I would lobby hard to find cuts elsewhere...TrendMicro CAS is a necessary tool for any business to have!
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    Usability
    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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    Trend Micro
    Once Cloud App Security is up and running there is no need to do anything additional. The program will begin protecting all the environment immediately and end results are proven. All notifications come to the administrator email to verify and mitigate a response and check the endpoint if necessary. Very easy to use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Trend Micro
    Has always been available for us in 2+ years...100% uptime thus far
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    Performance
    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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    Trend Micro
    On the desktop/laptop it works flawlessly, just need a mobile friendly site or an app to support a workaholic like me
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    Support Rating
    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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    Rapid7
    We don't use it.
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    Trend Micro
    Trend Micro Cloud App Security’s support has been highly competent and thorough when we have needed their assistance. Their support has been quickly dispatched, both through telephone and Email, while answer our questions and providing the “inside baseball” answers we have wanted when discussing the why and how of certain issues. When it came to implementation, their support sat through us as we deployed agents and took us on an adventure few implementations have.
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    In-Person Training
    KnowBe4
    Helpful and knowledgeable account managers have helped us navigate and use the system to our full potential
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    Trend Micro
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    Online Training
    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
    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
    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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    Rapid7
    Metasploit is the most well-known tool in the average pen tester's toolkit. It's hard to compare to its neighbor's due to its size and following.
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    Trend Micro
    To date we had only utilized Symantec Small Business Suite for all of our antivirus needs. We had only moved to the cloud environment during the summer of 2020, and after doing so I'm not sure that I would ever change from Trend Micro Cloud App Security. The cost and features all are a great fit for the small to medium-sized business such as ours.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    KnowBe4
    I was not involved in the pricing, billing or contract terms.
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    Scalability
    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
    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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    Trend Micro
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Rapid7
    • Positive: Improves efficiency of our network penetration testing operations.
    • Positive: Allows for collaboration and information sharing during a penetration test.
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    Trend Micro
    • CAS gives us peace of mind knowing the file systems we rely on in the cloud are protected the same way they would be if they were sitting in our office. This leads to a reduced risk of downtime that could otherwise limit us from being able to properly support our customers.
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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.