KnowBe4 is a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform used by more than 65,000 organizations around the globe. Founded by IT and data security specialist, Stu Sjouwerman, KnowBe4 helps organizations address the human element of security by raising awareness about ransomware, CEO fraud, and other social engineering tactics through a new-school approach to awareness training on security. The KnowBe4 platform offers multi-language support for the Admin Console and end…
$0.90
per month per seat
Pricing
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Editions & Modules
Silver
$0.90
per month per seat
Gold
$1.05
per month per seat
Platinum
$1.20
per month per seat
Diamond
$1.70
per month per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
Optional
Additional Details
There are four subscription levels: Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond. Each level is priced per user with a sliding scale based on number of users. Monthly pricing per seat billed on an annual basis.
Knowbe4 overall has more functionality than the competition. The other items out there simply send some emails and monitor, but not to the extend this application does. That and the level of customer service you get, is FAR above the industry standard in this area. I've never …
Main reason was for the phishing simulation content, not all users get the same content, the content goes out at different times on different days and the targeted phishing element. The training content is also great and very intuitive with videos / games and you can create …
KnowBe4 is easy to integrate with AD and Outlook so onboarding and off boarding users is easy. The reporting, training, and templates are varied and easily changed to tailor to our business. PhishMe is strictly a security training and reporting tool, while KnowBe4 includes …
Proofpoint has a more streamlined product that tries to do to many things where Knowbe4 is a more specialized tool focusing on security awareness training without all the other IT tools and data. It's like they say you can be a jack of all trades but a master at none. Knowbe4 …
We prefer KnowBe4 from a granularity perspective as well as a simplicity perspective. I do sometimes like the Mimecast training better, but overall KnowBe4 is better for me
We didn't compare it to any specific product, as it was recommended by a sister company. We compared it to the effort o of standing up our own training, creating it, filming etc. In the end we thought that KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training gave a more polished, comprehensive …
We did not evaluate other programs. Knowbe4 was the leader in this field, and I attended several conferences where KnowBe4 was brought up. We decided that it was worth the money, and we are happy that we did.
KnowBe4 is similar in many ways to its competitors, but has an edge in terms of training content, usability, and integration. I would like to see more technical options with our level of subscription.
KnowBe4 integrates seamlessly with Drata to monitor security compliance. It is possible to chose which training campaigns are mandatory to consider the security awareness training control passed. The integration is easy to configure and works with complex scenarios (optional …
Based on product evaluation, KnowBe4 provides a more robust and thorough awareness training and phishing campaign product. It is impossible for users to share what to be on the lookout for in a phishing campaign as each end-user receives a different phishing email at a …
At this point, I am used to and comfortable with KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training and expect the same level of product features and rapid support from any other vendor providing security awareness training for our company. Some of the others I have tried just did not have as …
I've used this twice now with two organizations that have experienced some form of a cyber-attack prior to implementation of KnowBe4. Both organizations drastically increased their cyber security awareness and have had much better success at keeping their users from clicking unwanted or dangerous things. This system drastically improves users' knowledge and awareness as they traverse email and even the internet. There is not a better tool for this currently.
Real World Examples - Many of the training modules show Kevin Mitnick actually gaining access to a machine showing how one click can allow a malicious actor access to a machine or network.
Up-to-Date content - They are always adding new training and phishing examples.
The ability to schedule training and phishing tests.
Uploading your own SCORM content can be problematic with what seem like arbitrary restrictions (e.g. file size, quiz word count, etc.)
Content that once was available at our level was taken away so that they could repackage it as a new "product" for an additional cost. They should have grandfathered in existing clients.
Reporting capabilities (key for compliance artifacts) should be better designed with flexibility for users to present content in a manner suited to their specific circumstances
Between the ease of use, cost effectiveness, functionality and continued improvements Knowbe4 continues to make it would be pretty hard to find another competitive product that wraps it all up like KnowBe4 has. Not saying it couldn't happen, but haven't seen anything that competes at this point.
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training is simple to use, simple to administer, effective, with quality content. It is easy to take the training and we have the reminders set so that the longer a user puts the training off, the more frequently they will receive reminder emails. Eventually they get emailed every day until they take the training. But with a simple click, they can get into the training content.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
KnowBe4 integrates seamlessly with Drata to monitor security compliance. It is possible to chose which training campaigns are mandatory to consider the security awareness training control passed. The integration is easy to configure and works with complex scenarios (optional and mandatory training campaings, different progress status per each employee, etc.).
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
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.
The smart group feature has provided us insight to users who continually fail phishing simulations and allows automatic training assignment. This has greatly reduced our technician's time spent inside the service, allowing them to focus on more important projects.
After switching to KnowBe4, for Cybersecurity training, our business has seen an increase of more than 20% participation in training.
I can't say enough about the Cybersecurity Assessment feature, which informs us of end-user weaknesses and strengths. Knowing where the company is strong and weak allows us to adjust training and system configurations, keeping the business more secure.