KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training vs. Sophos Phish Threat

Sophos Phish Threat

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training	Score 9.0 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 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…	$1.63 per month (billed annually) per seat
Sophos Phish Threat	Score 8.3 out of 10	N/A	Sophos offers security awareness and phishing training and preparation testing via Sophos Phish Threat, the company's phishing attack simulator.	N/A

Pricing

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training

Sophos Phish Threat

Editions & Modules

Foundation: $1.63
per month (billed annually) per seat
Diamond: $1.70
per month (billed annually) per seat
Advanced: $2.79
per month (billed annually) per seat

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training	Sophos Phish Threat
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

No setup fee

Additional Details

Pricing listed is for 501-1000 seats. Other levels available. For organizations with over 1,000 seats, get a quote.

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Community Pulse
	KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training	Sophos Phish Threat
Considered Both Products	KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Verified User Analyst Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Sophos Phish Threat does not really come close to KnowBe4, at least in the older version we used. I would say in comparing the two of them, KnowBe4 benefits from having more advanced security experts on their staff to keep training fresh and up to date. Lots more here to like. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training KnowBe4 is just an overall better product. Sophos Phish Threat is very basic in comparison, and the training campaigns are not as intuitive. Incentivized Helpful? Michael Mok Director - Head Of Infrastructure Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Sophos Phish Threat and KnowBe4 are both security awareness training and phishing simulation platforms, but they have some differences. KnowBe4 offers a wide range of training modules and customizable content, allowing organizations to tailor the training to their specific … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training We have been with knowBe4 before there were any competitors in this market space. KnowBe4's experience continues to outshine its competitors. The last time we looked at these competitors, their features were not close to what we had in our current product, BUT they were less … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training has more flexibility with putting together phishing campaigns over Sophos when it comes to content, landing pages, etc. I would say, though, that Sophos tracking of who opened, clicked, and did or did not report is a little more robust than … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training KnowBe4 showed superior content and integration with our technology stack. Their overall platform is easily configurable and doesn't tie into an SEG as most of the other offerings do. Allowing us to be flexible with our use case and continue to train no matter our selection of … Incentivized Helpful? DA Dan Adams IT Director Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Other providers had stale content and a small library to choose from and did not integrate training. KnowBe4 is lightyears ahead of these other providers. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training KnowBe4 is much better for basic users than any other system I've looked into. Incentivized Helpful? DK David Kontur IT Support Specialist Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training KnowBe4 is leaps and bounds ahead of these competitors and more that we researched against. Overall KnowBe4 continues to stay even more relevant and ahead of the game. The competitors out there are often to obsessed with using buzzwords and fancy marketing terminology. All the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training provided a wider variety of training materials and topics than other vendors. The management capabilities and flexibility in communicating with the trainees were deciding factors. Cost per user was a key contributor to the purchasing decision … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Seems to do a better job of getting the point across to the users in an easy to understand manner and usually is entertaining while doing so. The voice-overs and graphics are pleasant and easy to grasp for almost any user's technical abilities. I would say it is the best in the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training KnowBe4 seems to have a lot of smart people running the show as we always get the latest info on new bad emails coming out. You could say they know the hackers before the hackers make a new move! I guess it definitely helps to have white hat hackers on their team! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Supervisor Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training seems to be the best product currently versus the competition. They have people working around the clock to see what the next phishing trick will be and make our users and others aware of what to look out for. This is head and shoulders above … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Sophos' product was offensive to women, frankly--it always showed the woman as the dumb secretary that clicked something her boss had told her not to. It was a decent product otherwise. KnowBe4 has great simulated emails but the training modules could be better. Incentivized Helpful? Daniel Beato Director Of Technology 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. Incentivized Helpful?	Sophos Phish Threat Ryhlen Schoeberl Server Administrator Chose Sophos Phish Threat We selected Sophos as it integrates with our antivirus solution and we only have one dashboard for both. It just made sense to bundle the sophos phish threat with intercept X and antivirus solutions we have in place, and all of it is on a cloud based interface for easily … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training

Sophos Phish Threat

Security

Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
	KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training 8.9 350 Ratings 3% above category average	Sophos Phish Threat 7.0 1 Ratings 21% below category average
Single sign-on capability	9.0312 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Role-based user permissions	8.7338 Ratings	00 Ratings

Security Awareness Training

Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of Product A and Product B
	KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training 8.3 382 Ratings 2% below category average	Sophos Phish Threat 7.4 1 Ratings 14% below category average
Training Content Library	8.6379 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Multilingual Training Content	8.3215 Ratings	00 Ratings
Training Gamification	7.7316 Ratings	5.01 Ratings
Industry-Specific Security Training	7.5334 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Individualized Security Training Plans	8.2324 Ratings	00 Ratings
Phishing Simulations	9.3377 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Security Reporting	8.5367 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Integration with Security Tech Stack	8.1219 Ratings	00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training	Sophos Phish Threat
Likelihood to Recommend	9.2 (705 ratings)	9.0 (5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (56 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.3 (196 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Availability	9.6 (20 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.6 (21 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.9 (260 ratings)	8.1 (2 ratings)
In-Person Training	8.8 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	9.4 (17 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.2 (24 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	8.9 (16 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	8.1 (39 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	6.5 (8 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.6 (21 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Professional Services	8.9 (12 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.6 (17 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.6 (16 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training	Sophos Phish Threat
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 Incentivized ES Eric Stewart Director of Technology and Facilities Read full review	Sophos If you're looking for a tool to maximize digital productivity without hindering the effectiveness of your workforce, Sophos is a great tool. It quickly & safely manages the threat level across all of our digital channels to reduce the potential engagement with fishy characters or websites that might present vulnerabilities. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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. Incentivized John Cook Director of Applications and Networking Read full review	Sophos Set up an easy-to-use low overhead system of training and protection. Works through a single pane of glass when using other Sophos products. Incentivized Beau Sorensen COO Read full review
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. Incentivized DH Daven Hunsicker Technology Director Read full review	Sophos It should be easier to follow up with a user when they haven't completed training. More options for reporting would be nice. Better choice of users as all emails have been imported (aliases, dist. list. etc) taking up licenses. Incentivized Christopher Fritz Senior IT Supporter Read full review
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. Incentivized DJ David Judice IT Director Read full review	Sophos No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized JD John Dougherty CIO (Chief Information Officer) Read full review	Sophos It is easy to use and setup. You can schedule the Phish email test to be sent out in the future or right away. You can also send to all users in your list as well as stagger so all users do not get the email at the same time and tell each other there is a test going on Incentivized Ryhlen Schoeberl Server Administrator Read full review
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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Sophos No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Sophos No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized PM Peigi Maides Security Awareness & Communication Read full review	Sophos Support is solid but not spectacular. While I haven't used support for Phish Threat specifically, this is a general rating for Sophos' support across the board. It could be easier to find the FAQ or other information I need, but when I've needed to reach out to support they've been good to work with. Incentivized Beau Sorensen COO Read full review
In-Person Training	KnowBe4 Helpful and knowledgeable account managers have helped us navigate and use the system to our full potential Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Sophos No answers on this topic
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 RC Rusty Carter Information security & Privacy Manager Read full review	Sophos No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Sophos No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized João Paulo Chief Information Security Officer Read full review	Sophos Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	KnowBe4 I was not involved in the pricing, billing or contract terms. Incentivized Michael Zwarg Senior Systems Administrator Read full review	Sophos No answers on this topic
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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Sophos No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Tyson Wilcox IT Operations Manager Read full review	Sophos No answers on this topic
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! Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Sophos ROI seems to be there though I have no direct stats. Positively impacts my web-browsing experience. As an Account Executive, it enables me to do my company research quickly without engaging with any bad actors. It runs in the background so it never impedes my workflows. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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