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Immersive Labs beside TryHackMe: training types and facts side by side

Short answer

Immersive Labs sells cyber range, hands-on lab libraries and tabletop and crisis simulation, and, with a condition, awareness training; 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 5 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?

Immersive Labs lanes: sells 4 of 4 training types, 1 with a condition. Compared with TryHackMe lanes: sells 3 of 4 training types, 1 with a condition; not in our sources for 1.SoldRANGELive fireSoldLABSSolo skillsSoldCRISISDecisionsConditionAWAREEvery employee
  • Targets: Immersive Labs
  • Diamonds: TryHackMe
  • RANGE · Cyber range: Sold; TryHackMe: Sold with a condition
  • LABS · Hands-on lab libraries: Sold; TryHackMe: Sold
  • CRISIS · Tabletop and crisis simulation: Sold; TryHackMe: Sold
  • AWARE · Awareness training: Sold with a condition; TryHackMe: Not in our sources
The lanes show what each platform's own pages describe, or how your answers weigh the four training types. They do not measure how well a product works.
  • 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)
From each platform's own pages, read 27 September or 11 October 2026.
TypeImmersive LabsTryHackMe
Cyber rangeSold

Dynamic Threat Range runs live-fire attacks on the customer's own stack, with tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Splunk and CrowdStrike.

Source: Immersive Labs: cybersecurity technical exercises · Read 27 Sep 2026

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 librariesSold

Browser-based labs across AI, application security, cloud, OT and offensive security, with an AI Lab Builder.

Source: Immersive Labs: labs · Read 27 Sep 2026

Sold

800+ labs, with a Custom Content Studio for business teams.

Source: TryHackMe for business · Read 27 Sep 2026

Tabletop and crisis simulationSold

Crisis Sim for executives, incident leaders and cross-functional teams, with dynamic injects, AI actors and AI scenario creation.

Source: Immersive Labs: Crisis Sim · Read 27 Sep 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 trainingSold with a condition

Lab audiences include non-technical employees; phishing simulation is not described on the pages we read.

Source: Immersive Labs: labs · Read 27 Sep 2026

Not in our sources

Not described on the pages we read.

Where do their published facts differ?

  • Cyber range: Immersive Labs Sold, TryHackMe Sold with a condition

    Immersive: Dynamic Threat Range runs live-fire attacks on the customer's own stack, with tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Splunk and CrowdStrike.

    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.

  • Awareness training: Immersive Labs Sold with a condition, TryHackMe Not in our sources

    Immersive: Lab audiences include non-technical employees; phishing simulation is not described on the pages we read.

    TryHackMe: Not described on the pages we read.

  • Executives and non-technical roles take part: Immersive Labs Matches, TryHackMe Partly

    Immersive: Crisis Sim targets executives, incident leaders and cross-functional teams; digital tabletops list audiences including the board.

    TryHackMe: Tabletop exercises are aimed at managers, practitioners and security leaders.

  • Built around your own environment or tools: Immersive Labs Matches, TryHackMe Partly

    Immersive: Dynamic Threat Range: a live-fire attack on your own stack.

    TryHackMe: Scenarios are generated from your industry, attack vector and tech stack, and teams can upload their own playbooks.

  • Price published: Immersive Labs Not in our sources, TryHackMe Partly

    Immersive: 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): Immersive Labs Not in our sources, TryHackMe Matches

    Immersive: Not in our sources.

    TryHackMe: A free individual tier.

  • Reaches the whole workforce: Immersive Labs Partly, TryHackMe Not in our sources

    Immersive: Lab audiences include non-technical employees.

    TryHackMe: Not in our sources.

Where do they match?

  • Sold Hands-on lab libraries
  • Sold Tabletop and crisis simulation
  • Matches Hands-on keyboard work
  • Matches Reports or evidence for auditors, boards or regulators
  • Partly Sessions of an hour or less

What do they cost?

Immersive Labs

Not published.

Source: Immersive Labs homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026

TryHackMe

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?

Immersive Labs

Strengths

  • The broadest set here: labs, cyber drills, a live-fire range and crisis simulation in one platform.
  • Dynamic Threat Range runs live-fire attacks on the customer's own stack, with tools such as Sentinel, Elastic, Splunk and CrowdStrike.
  • Evidence for boards and regulators: a Resilience Score, benchmarks and references to frameworks such as NIS2 and DORA.

Limits

  • No published pricing and no free tier on the pages we read.
  • Breadth needs program ownership: someone has to decide which of labs, drills, range and crisis simulation each team gets.

TryHackMe

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 Immersive if you want one platform for analysts, responders and executives, or if you need live-fire exercises on the tools you already run. 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 Immersive Labs 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. Immersive Labs does not publish a price on the pages we read.

Do Immersive Labs and TryHackMe sell the same kind of training?

They both sell cyber range, hands-on lab libraries and tabletop and crisis simulation. Immersive Labs also sells awareness training.

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.

  • Immersive Labs profile

    One platform, Immersive One, with hands-on labs, cyber drills, a live-fire range on the customer's own tools, and crisis simulations.

  • 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.

  • 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.