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Cofense LMS vs. KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cofense LMS

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACofense’s Learning Management System™ (LMS) helps raise employees’ cybersecurity awareness and enhances their ability to detect phishing threats. With LMS, the user can zero in on the security and compliance issues that are important to a company. And LMS complements the behavioral conditioning and experiential learning of Cofense's awareness simulation program, Cofense PhishMe™.N/A

    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AKnowBe4 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 human 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 human risk management through personalized training and automation. With…

    $0.95

    per month (billed annually) per seat

    Pricing
    Cofense LMSKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Editions & Modules
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    Silver
    $0.95
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Gold
    $1.10
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Platinum
    $1.25
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Diamond
    $1.70
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cofense LMSKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Cofense LMSKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Considered Both Products
    Cofense
    Chose Cofense LMS
    Cofense LMS was received to us a bundled pack of Cofense LMS, Cofense Traiage, Cofense Vision and Cofense Reporter. The overall phishing and protection suite by Cofense is super effective to tackle and improve the phishing campaigns and mitigate the on going attacks. Other LMS …
    Incentivized
    KnowBe4
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    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.
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Although Cofense was a good product, years of limited updates of any substance caused us to look into additional products. We have reduced our time of needing to review phishing emails by almost 90%. For example, 800 messages delivered into our phishing platform resulted in 650 …
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    We tried other vendors but we found KnowBe4 was easy to onboard and we were too ready to roll out our first training in no time. SAML integration was very straightforward. Getting Started guide was very well written which simplified the onboarding experience and support was …
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    The cost benefit ratio was significantly better for KnowBe4, the seamless integration was considered to be the best for our needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    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
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Cofense LMSKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Cofense LMS and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    Cofense LMS
    7.1
    2 Ratings
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal6.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gamification8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Cofense LMS and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    Cofense LMS
    -
    Ratings
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    8.8
    303 Ratings
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.6269 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.0293 Ratings
    Security Awareness Training
    Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of Cofense LMS and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    Cofense LMS
    -
    Ratings
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    8.3
    331 Ratings
    Training Content Library00 Ratings8.8328 Ratings
    Multilingual Training Content00 Ratings9.3181 Ratings
    Training Gamification00 Ratings8.4271 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Security Training00 Ratings6.2289 Ratings
    Individualized Security Training Plans00 Ratings7.5280 Ratings
    Phishing Simulations00 Ratings9.5326 Ratings
    Security Reporting00 Ratings8.3319 Ratings
    Integration with Security Tech Stack00 Ratings8.1187 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cofense LMSKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (677 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (53 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (164 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (18 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (19 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (258 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (21 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (13 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (39 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (19 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (15 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (14 ratings)