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Cytactic beside TryHackMe: training types and facts side by side
Short answer
Cytactic sells tabletop and crisis simulation; TryHackMe sells hands-on lab libraries and tabletop and crisis simulation, and, with a condition, cyber range. They differ on 2 of 4 training types and 4 of 8 checks on the pages we read. This page sets their published facts side by side; it does not pick one.
By The Range Desk · Cyber Range Compare · Published 2026-10-11 · Updated 2026-10-13
Desk research from public vendor, standards and regulator pages read on 27 September, 11 October and 13 October 2026. Profiles follow our published method; we did not run the products.
Which training types does each sell?
- Targets: Cytactic
- Diamonds: TryHackMe
- RANGE · Cyber range: Not in our sources; TryHackMe: Sold with a condition
- LABS · Hands-on lab libraries: Not in our sources; TryHackMe: Sold
- CRISIS · Tabletop and crisis simulation: Sold; TryHackMe: Sold
- AWARE · Awareness training: Not in our sources; TryHackMe: Not in our sources
- Filled target: the platform sells this training type on the pages we read
- Hatched target: sold with a condition (an add-on, an adjacent product, or part of the type)
- Dashed target: not in our sources (it may exist; we did not find it)
| Type | Cytactic | TryHackMe |
|---|---|---|
| Cyber range | Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read. | Sold with a condition SOC Simulator, Threat Hunting Simulator and Live Breach Exercises are listed for business teams; a range on your own tools is not described on the pages we read. Source: TryHackMe for business · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Hands-on lab libraries | Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read. | Sold 800+ labs, with a Custom Content Studio for business teams. Source: TryHackMe for business · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Tabletop and crisis simulation | Sold "Risk-tuned, Realistic Crisis Simulation (Digital TTX)", with a Simulation Generator: five ready-made simulations plus an AI engine that builds new ones. Source: Cytactic blog: the next generation of cyber tabletops · Read 13 Oct 2026 | Sold Tabletop exercises generated from industry, attack vector and tech stack, with playbook upload and Co-Create. Source: TryHackMe: tabletop exercises · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Awareness training | Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read. | Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read. |
Where do their published facts differ?
Cyber range: Cytactic Not in our sources, TryHackMe Sold with a condition
Cytactic: Not described on the pages we read.
TryHackMe: SOC Simulator, Threat Hunting Simulator and Live Breach Exercises are listed for business teams; a range on your own tools is not described on the pages we read.
Hands-on lab libraries: Cytactic Not in our sources, TryHackMe Sold
Cytactic: Not described on the pages we read.
TryHackMe: 800+ labs, with a Custom Content Studio for business teams.
Hands-on keyboard work: Cytactic Not in our sources, TryHackMe Matches
Cytactic: Not in our sources.
TryHackMe: 800+ labs and simulators.
Price published: Cytactic Not in our sources, TryHackMe Partly
Cytactic: Not in our sources.
TryHackMe: Business plans are listed at $99 (Foundation) and $199 (Advanced) per month, with Enterprise on request; whether the price is per user, and the billing period, were not confirmed in our read.
Free start (free tier, trial or free material): Cytactic Not in our sources, TryHackMe Matches
Cytactic: Not in our sources.
TryHackMe: A free individual tier.
Sessions of an hour or less: Cytactic Not in our sources, TryHackMe Partly
Cytactic: Not in our sources.
TryHackMe: TryHackMe lists a "10 min average time" on its tabletop page; what the time covers is not explained.
Where do they match?
- Sold Tabletop and crisis simulation
- Partly Executives and non-technical roles take part
- Partly Built around your own environment or tools
- Matches Reports or evidence for auditors, boards or regulators
Neither platform's pages describe: Awareness training, Reaches the whole workforce.
What do they cost?
Business: Foundation $99 per month and Advanced $199 per month; Enterprise on request. Whether these prices are per user, and the billing period, were not confirmed in our read, so check before budgeting. A free individual tier and paid individual plans are also published.
Source: TryHackMe business pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
How do their strengths and limits compare?
Strengths
- A ready library of five crisis simulations plus a generator that drafts new ones from the organisation's profile.
- Simulation artefacts such as ransom notes, breaking news and system data appear automatically.
- Sits next to playbooks, crisis communication and legal disclosure tools.
Limits
- Not a lab platform or a cyber range: no hands-on technical environment is described.
- No published price, and board formats and measurement are not described on the pages we read.
Strengths
- A free individual tier and 8M+ users: the easiest start for analysts.
- 800+ labs plus SOC and threat hunting simulators and live breach exercises.
- Tabletop exercises with unlimited exercises and participants, audit-ready reports and alignment to NIST and ISO 27035.
Limits
- Tabletops centre on the security team rather than the boardroom.
- A range on your own tools is not described, and its SOC Simulator and Live Breach Exercises are not documented in detail on the pages we read.
Which one fits which team?
Look at Cytactic if you want tabletop practice next to your playbooks and disclosure tools, or if you want ready-made crisis scenarios to start from. Look at TryHackMe if you want analysts to start free and build skills in the browser, or if you want a tabletop generator inside the same platform as your labs.
Not sure which training type you need first? The training type finder weighs your answers before it lists platforms.
Questions people ask
Is Cytactic or TryHackMe cheaper?
TryHackMe publishes a price: Business: Foundation $99 per month and Advanced $199 per month; Enterprise on request. Whether these prices are per user, and the billing period, were not confirmed in our read, so check before budgeting. A free individual tier and paid individual plans are also published. Cytactic does not publish a price on the pages we read.
Do Cytactic and TryHackMe sell the same kind of training?
They both sell tabletop and crisis simulation. TryHackMe also sells cyber range and hands-on lab libraries.
Can I compare several platforms at once?
Yes. The platform fact grid puts up to twelve side by side, and you can pick which ones.
Read next
- Cytactic profile
A cyber incident response management hub with a simulation generator: five ready-made crisis simulations and an AI engine that builds new ones from the organisation's profile, run in a Simulation Mode inside the platform.
- TryHackMe profile
Browser-based labs with a free tier and a large community, plus SOC and threat hunting simulators, live breach exercises and AI-driven tabletop exercises for business teams.
- Tabletop and crisis simulation
The people who own decisions in an incident work through a scenario and decide what to do, from a scripted discussion to an adaptive simulation.
- Cyber range
A team detects and responds to a live simulated attack in a realistic environment, using real security tools.
- Platform fact grid
Every platform's facts in one table.