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KnowBe4 beside Reflex Security: training types and facts side by side
Short answer
KnowBe4 sells awareness training; Reflex Security sells tabletop and crisis simulation. They differ on 2 of 4 training types and 8 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: KnowBe4
- Diamonds: Reflex Security
- RANGE · Cyber range: Not in our sources; Reflex Security: Not in our sources
- LABS · Hands-on lab libraries: Not in our sources; Reflex Security: Not in our sources
- CRISIS · Tabletop and crisis simulation: Not in our sources; Reflex Security: Sold
- AWARE · Awareness training: Sold; Reflex Security: 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 | KnowBe4 | Reflex Security |
|---|---|---|
| Cyber range | Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read. | Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read. |
| Hands-on lab libraries | Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read. | Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read. |
| Tabletop and crisis simulation | Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read. | Sold Builds the scenario from the organisation's public footprint, can enrich it with telemetry, and runs an unscripted adversary that reacts to each decision. Source: Reflex Security blog: Reflex Security vs Immersive Labs · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Awareness training | Sold Security awareness training and simulated phishing, with 1,000+ modules, videos and games. Source: KnowBe4 homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read. |
Where do their published facts differ?
Tabletop and crisis simulation: KnowBe4 Not in our sources, Reflex Security Sold
KnowBe4: Not described on the pages we read.
Reflex: Builds the scenario from the organisation's public footprint, can enrich it with telemetry, and runs an unscripted adversary that reacts to each decision.
Awareness training: KnowBe4 Sold, Reflex Security Not in our sources
KnowBe4: Security awareness training and simulated phishing, with 1,000+ modules, videos and games.
Reflex: Not described on the pages we read.
Hands-on keyboard work: KnowBe4 Not in our sources, Reflex Security Partly
KnowBe4: Not in our sources.
Reflex: Technical players can run plain-English queries against simulated logs, endpoint telemetry and network traffic in an Investigation Console; there is no lab library or range.
Executives and non-technical roles take part: KnowBe4 Not in our sources, Reflex Security Matches
KnowBe4: Not in our sources.
Reflex: Built for technical, legal and executive teams; AI agents fill absent seats, including the CEO.
Built around your own environment or tools: KnowBe4 Not in our sources, Reflex Security Matches
KnowBe4: Not in our sources.
Reflex: Reflex states it builds the crisis from your real environment; org context listed as AWS, GitHub, Cloudflare and six more.
Reports or evidence for auditors, boards or regulators: KnowBe4 Not in our sources, Reflex Security Matches
KnowBe4: Not in our sources.
Reflex: An after-action report in which every finding traces to the moment it came from; reports map to SOC 2, ISO 27001 and DORA.
Price published: KnowBe4 Matches, Reflex Security Not in our sources
KnowBe4: US list prices per seat per month on a 3-year term (May 2026): SAT Foundation $2.40 to $1.63 and SAT Advanced $3.75 to $2.79, from 25 to 1,000 seats; above 1,000 seats on quote.
Reflex: Not in our sources.
Free start (free tier, trial or free material): KnowBe4 Partly, Reflex Security Not in our sources
KnowBe4: A free Cybersecurity Awareness Month kit for October 2026: posters, four tabletop exercise documents, training videos and modules.
Reflex: Not in our sources.
Sessions of an hour or less: KnowBe4 Not in our sources, Reflex Security Matches
KnowBe4: Not in our sources.
Reflex: "Sixty minutes, your real environment, no slides."
Reaches the whole workforce: KnowBe4 Matches, Reflex Security Not in our sources
KnowBe4: Security awareness training and simulated phishing for the whole workforce.
Reflex: Not in our sources.
Where do they match?
They match on no lane or check that either platform's pages describe.
Neither platform's pages describe: Cyber range, Hands-on lab libraries.
What do they cost?
SAT Foundation from $2.40 (25–50 seats) to $1.63 (501–1,000 seats) and SAT Advanced from $3.75 to $2.79, per seat per month, 3-year term, US MSRP as of May 2026, taxes excluded. Above 1,000 seats: quote. Add-ons such as PhishER Plus ($1.50) and Compliance Plus ($0.93) per seat per month at 101–500 seats.
Source: KnowBe4 security awareness training pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
Not published. reflexsecurity.io/pricing returned a 404 when we read it.
Source: reflexsecurity.io/pricing (returned 404) · Read 11 Oct 2026
How do their strengths and limits compare?
Strengths
- Built for every employee: awareness training and simulated phishing with 1,000+ modules, videos and games.
- A free Cybersecurity Awareness Month kit for October 2026, including four tabletop exercise documents.
- Published per-seat pricing for two awareness tiers, from $1.63 to $3.75 per seat per month on a 3-year term.
Limits
- Not incident response training: no range, no technical labs and no crisis simulation platform.
- Published prices assume a 3-year term and stop at 1,000 seats; larger organisations get a quote.
Strengths
- Builds the crisis from your own environment and runs an unscripted adversary that reacts to each decision.
- Puts technical, legal and executive teams in one exercise, with AI agents in the seats nobody fills, including the CEO's.
- Short to run: sixty-minute sessions, an AI facilitator in Zoom, Meet or Teams, and an after-action report in which each finding points to the moment it came from.
Limits
- Not a hands-on lab platform or a cyber range: technical players can query simulated logs in its Investigation Console, but there is no lab library and no live-fire range.
- No published price and no free tier.
- Not awareness training: it exercises the response team, not every employee.
Which one fits which team?
Look at KnowBe4 if your gap is employees clicking on or not reporting phishing, or if you need training that reaches every employee. Look at Reflex if you want to replace the annual scripted tabletop with exercises the response team can run often, or if your gap is decisions and coordination across security, legal and leadership.
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Questions people ask
Is KnowBe4 or Reflex Security cheaper?
KnowBe4 publishes a price: SAT Foundation from $2.40 (25–50 seats) to $1.63 (501–1,000 seats) and SAT Advanced from $3.75 to $2.79, per seat per month, 3-year term, US MSRP as of May 2026, taxes excluded. Above 1,000 seats: quote. Add-ons such as PhishER Plus ($1.50) and Compliance Plus ($0.93) per seat per month at 101–500 seats. Reflex Security does not publish a price on the pages we read.
Do KnowBe4 and Reflex Security sell the same kind of training?
They do not overlap on the pages we read. KnowBe4 also sells awareness training; Reflex Security also sells tabletop and crisis simulation.
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
- KnowBe4 profile
Security awareness training and simulated phishing for the whole workforce. It trains employees to spot and report threats, not the incident response team to run an incident.
- Reflex Security profile
A crisis simulation that replaces the scripted tabletop: it builds a live crisis from your real environment, runs an adaptive adversary and pressured stakeholders, and produces an after-action report.
- Awareness training
Short modules and simulated phishing that teach every employee to spot and report threats.
- 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.
- Platform fact grid
Every platform's facts in one table.