Cofense PhishMe vs. Infosec IQ

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cofense PhishMe
Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Cofense PhishMe is a cyber threat and phishing simulator meant to be of use in training employees to be wary against threats and also to gain information about general employee threat knowledge and preparedness. A free trial is available for small business.N/A
Infosec IQ
Score 7.6 out of 10
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Infosec IQ security awareness and training aims to empower employees with the knowledge and skills to stay cybersecure at work and home. With over 2,000 awareness and training resources, Choose Your Own Adventure® Security Awareness Games and personalized learning experiences, the solution aims to present everything needed to prepare employees and strengthen the user's cybersecurity culture. The platform can be customized and personalized to match an organization’s…N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Cofense PhishMe
Chose Cofense PhishMe
PhishMe is a market leader in terms of phishing simulation solutions. The customization appears unmatched when compared with competitors and the support we have experienced from Cofense has been excellent. Phish me offers lots of realistic templates which are updated regularly …
Chose Cofense PhishMe
Cofense phishing simulation product is one of the best security awareness solutions that our security team has tested. The product is feature-rich and easy to navigate. Awareness templates are numerous to select from and in multiple languages, which is a big plus. Campaign …
Chose Cofense PhishMe
Cofense PhishMe was the first choice for us as the user interface as well as their bundle package with Cofense Triage and Vision has helped the organisation to alleviate the overall security awareness posture. The other vendors did not provide a vast range of phishing scenarios …
Chose Cofense PhishMe
Cofense PhishMe has a more robust offering and better pricing structure. We used Wombat prior to them being acquired by Proofpoint.
Chose Cofense PhishMe
Cofense PhishMe is price competitive and provides lots of value. We are also utilizing Cofense's other products such as Triage, Vision, and Report PhishMe. We are seeing lots of value from these products and hopefully, your company will see some value also. Support also is …
Chose Cofense PhishMe
I have not used similar kinds of products previously. So this is hard for me to compare anyone here. But as long as I used PhishMe I loved it. The ease of use, the neat designs, and distinct tabs help reduce the clutter. The learning curve to get comfortable with the tool is …
Chose Cofense PhishMe
Cofense provides more templates. We couple the reporter service with the Triage product & managed triage service.
Cofense's support is better and more engaged. We utilized Wombat before acquisition.
Chose Cofense PhishMe
Cofense is more comprehensive in its offerings given that the field of email security and email-related staff awareness is their focus area, while for Cymulate, it is only a component of testing and nothing else. Hence, it was quite beneficial to use Cofense in that regard.
Chose Cofense PhishMe
Cofense was selected as a vendor before I was in this role. Another vendor was evaluated for additional security awareness training but not to replace the Cofense PhishMe program. We also looked at Ninjio to supplement our phishing education program.
Chose Cofense PhishMe
We chose PhishMe due to its ease of use and integration. The many different scenarios available and the price point were the main selling points vs the competitors.
Chose Cofense PhishMe
For reporter, we've used GoSecure IDR. KnowBe4 is probably the biggest paid competitor I've seen and tried a demo.

For opensource, things like GoPhish or the Social Engineering Toolkit within Kali Linux aren't bad. Both require more effort, so you either pay Cofense for ease of …
Chose Cofense PhishMe
We haven't used another provider. However, we used our internal phishing simulation solution prior to contracting Cofense. The internal solution gives you more flexibility (you can send emails to any domain and can impersonate any company) but you'd be missing the Reporter …
Chose Cofense PhishMe
Our previously used product was SANS ACLP. This wasn't an altogether horrible product and for the time we used it the purpose for its use was served. We had multiple issues though with how this product delivered emails, captured clicks, and generated reporting once the …
Chose Cofense PhishMe
PhishMe had similar features and was less expensive.
Chose Cofense PhishMe
We closely looked at KnowBe4's platform as well when it came time to renew. We chose to continue with Cofense because we already had over a year's worth of data in the platform that we would lose by switching vendors.
Chose Cofense PhishMe
I have not used any other products that do the same thing as PhishMe. I was not the decision maker in deploying PhishMe so I can not comment as to why we chose it or any other similar competitors in the field. PhishMe works well for what we use it for.
Chose Cofense PhishMe
Cofense PhishMe is a very usable and customizable suite and compared to a previous product, it's hard to go back. After using [Cofense] PhishMe, I don't want to look for another product since the features are rich and the usability is relatively straightforward. Information and …
Infosec IQ
Chose Infosec IQ
Infosec brings better content, and has the best Spanish library that we found when comparing with others, since we are located in Dominican Republic, we need most of our employees to be able to understand the trainings for a better comprehension, so this why we decided to pick …
Chose Infosec IQ
Webroot also has their own CSAT platform. We were with them before but Infosec IQ is much better and has a lot more content, it is cheaper, most importantly it is customizable. For example, if we want to send out a phishing email and customize it so it really looks real, like …
Chose Infosec IQ
Much lower price, more directed training, support issues are handled in a more efficient way
Chose Infosec IQ
I would say that Infosec IQ stacks up evenly with KnowBe4. They have very similar training and awareness videos. I would say that Infosec IQ provides more content for the overall prices. I would say that KnowBe4 provides better product support to ensure you are getting the most …
Chose Infosec IQ
Infosec was recommended by one of our business partners. I am satisfied with our choice.
Chose Infosec IQ
They seemed pretty equivalent. I chose Infosec based on a business partner's recommendation.

I'm very happy with my choice. I cannot overstate how important it is to have training modules which are concise, packed with valuable information, and engaging. The Choose Your Own …
Chose Infosec IQ
Knowbe4's product is good, but its harder to use and the quality of the phishing simulations are not as good quality in my opinion. And the pricing model is difficult. To get the basic stuff we needed we had to buy stuff we didnt and navigate an overly complicated pricing model.
Chose Infosec IQ
User friendly interface, ease of management for the admin side and simple integration of Infosec IQ stack up against other contenders that we evaluated
Chose Infosec IQ
Currently considering a switch Current product met the needs at the time.
Chose Infosec IQ
When evaluating potential solutions for their effectiveness and return on investment (ROI), several factors stood out in our decision to choose Infosec IQ: Single Sign-On (SSO) Integration, excellent Support and Customer Service: and scalability/flexibility:
Chose Infosec IQ
I haven't used or been involved in the process of software/programs like Infosec IQ in previous jobs. Most of them were developed in-house as the organizations I worked for were much larger and had staff to design and manage training like these. And since our current MSP has …
Chose Infosec IQ
There is traning modules at workday too but it is almost other world when you use InfosecIQ
Chose Infosec IQ
InfoSec IQ was better positioned to deliver training for all staff, rather than very specific training to all users.

Value for money was far better.
Chose Infosec IQ
I haven't been part of a team during the evaluation period of a product like Infosec IQ. The previous company I worked for had a different group make this decision and this company already had it in place before I joined. Though I would have loved to see what else was …
Chose Infosec IQ
To be honest I did not like the fact that KnowB4 supports Scientology. It doesn't really have anything to do with the product. I just could not financially support a company giving money to that group.
Chose Infosec IQ
In overall value for the investment, Infosec IQ was the favorite.....
Chose Infosec IQ
Knowbe4
Infosec IQ has better content and is a much cheaper Product.
Chose Infosec IQ
I decided to purchase Infosec IQ over the competitors I evaluated because I thought the quality and content of their training modules were better, less expensive, and provided more flexibility.
Chose Infosec IQ
InfoSecIQ was selected and deployed by my colleagues before joining the team so I am not confident in answering this question. However, based on my experience while dealing with Infosec IQ, It provides good training materials with animation and good phishing campaigns. …
Chose Infosec IQ
I have not used or evaluated any other tools
Features
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Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Cofense PhishMe
7.8
Ratings
9% below category average
Infosec IQ
8.3
Ratings
3% below category average
Single sign-on capability7.40 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.20 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Security Awareness Training
Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of Product A and Product B
Cofense PhishMe
7.3
Ratings
15% below category average
Infosec IQ
8.4
Ratings
1% below category average
Training Content Library7.20 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Multilingual Training Content7.10 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Training Gamification7.10 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Industry-Specific Security Training7.80 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Individualized Security Training Plans6.90 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Phishing Simulations7.20 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Security Reporting8.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Integration with Security Tech Stack7.30 Ratings7.80 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
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7.8
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Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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8.2
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Usability
7.3
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8.2
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Availability
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8.2
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Performance
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8.2
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Support Rating
9.1
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7.3
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Online Training
9.1
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8.2
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Implementation Rating
8.2
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8.2
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Configurability
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8.2
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Ease of integration
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8.2
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Product Scalability
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8.2
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Vendor post-sale
9.1
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
It's a very apt tool for the scenario where there are multiple users and verticals in an organisation. Phishing Campaigns and recording their response actions is quite easier through this tool. Not suitable for a small organization (less than 500) that can maybe use some open tools or self-made emails for campaigns.
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If the company is very small, the Infosec IQ solution might be a little overkill. However, for a medium to large company, I think Infosec IQ is a great tool for providing cybersecurity training, reporting, and assessment testing for all employees. Based on the information gathered during training, testing, etc., it allows the cybersecurity manager to focus on what employees need additional training or potential weak spots in the current training. This is important information to report to senior leadership. It also serves to meet cybersecurity awareness training that may be a compliance requirement for customer contracts, governmental standards, etc
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Pros
  • Easy to Navigate GUI - easy to create and run scenarios
  • In depth reporting - Ability to provide detailed reports by department, title, etc. for follow-up training
  • Adoption of new technology - new additions such as Responsive Delivery and Recipient Sync allow less overhead for running scenarios
  • Introduction of new templates - new templates being introduced all the time to keep up with currently seen campaigns
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  • Set it and forget it: Multiple recurring options for campaigns to run automatically.
  • Program assistance: The team at InfoSec creates content intended to meet annual training needs and produces how-to and promotional content to help guide resellers in packaging and deploying.
  • Integrates with O365 and can deploy a button to minimize false alarms from employees when they accurately identify training spam.
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Cons
  • Many of the URLs come in with an unknown reputation and although it may be challenging from threat intel feeds, somehow allowing a more in-depth analysis of the URL can provide better/quicker decision making or validation.
  • Adjustable widgets for reporting, although the provided are already built very well.
  • Provide in-house templates or summaries of actionable items, such as a single brief on a major phish.
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  • In our case, being in Mexico, a limit to the type of content we can use is the Spanish translation. Not all resources have this option.
  • You can set dates for your monthly campaigns, but you are unable to set a time for their launch.
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Likelihood to Renew
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because with infosec we are able to achieve our goals regarding training awarness, and we are really satisfied with frecuency they update their content, so our users never get bored with the courses and campaigns we run monthly, they also have a great support team, and we can also have role courses
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Usability
Its built with UX in mind and is aimed at non-tech people, to ensure that almost everyone can run the campaign. But if we go deeper - sometimes you will need an HTML editor or support in order to figure out some advanced edits you might want to add in your scenarios.
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They continue to work on the interface but there are still weird places where you have to hover to see options come up, weird navigation sometimes. Administering is not my favorite part of it. Need to increase their capability for uploading your own training.
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Reliability and Availability
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I’ve never experienced an outage
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Performance
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InfoSec system has been up 100% since we started. never had a latency issue
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Support Rating
I have not had to use their support for pretty much anything. The software works well, and is very intuitive. I would imagine their support would be rather basic as there is not too much that can go wrong with a report phishing button, and if it were I would probably consider a different software.
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We've gotten great help when we needed it. When our IT guy left who managed security, we had limited knowledge internally with all of the configuration and implementation. Support helped get us running quickly. They spent an hour or so with the new IT person and they hit the ground running. That was super easy.
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In-Person Training
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Efficient and effective. Responsive
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Online Training
It's a must, even if you are never going to use the tool. Cofense aims to provide phishing training first and tool second.
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preparing a presentation and a step by step was really easy
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Implementation Rating
There are some hiccups, but there are meant to be, when you implement something in a large scale enterprise.
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It is so very easy to set up and use and get going with, which makes the implementation process very quick and efficient.
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Alternatives Considered
PhishMe is a market leader in terms of phishing simulation solutions. The customization appears unmatched when compared with competitors and the support we have experienced from Cofense has been excellent. Phish me offers lots of realistic templates which are updated regularly which is far ahead of other solutions. Phish me also provides lots of detailed statistics as well as high-level numbers which are really useful for some clients who want details, and others who only want high-level overviews.
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When evaluating potential solutions for their effectiveness and return on investment (ROI), several factors stood out in our decision to choose Infosec IQ: Single Sign-On (SSO) Integration, excellent Support and Customer Service: and scalability/flexibility:
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Scalability
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It’s designed for small and large companies
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Return on Investment
  • From a normal user's perspective, it's an easy and fast, very very user-friendly phishing email reporting structure. No need to remember any email address, no need for sophisticated handling of malicious emails while sending/ reporting. Just a click and it is done.
  • From the admin and analyst point of view: Easy and clutter-free triaging pane, IOC reputation check facility, Rules and Recipes section for automation and focused triaging, Notification to the reporter based on the triaging done is really a helpful feedback loop.
  • Overall: Simple to handle, less learning curve, well managed, less administration time, fewer issues, less maintenance time.
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  • InfoSec IQ has been a profitable addition to our security stack. After getting everything set up, the normal profit margin per customer is 65% - 75%.
  • Many cyber-security insurance policies require some form of mandatory employee security training, and some policy premiums can be reduced based on your organization's training statistics.
  • It has allowed us to have a common "cyber-security" language with our customer base, making support requests flow smoother and breaches addressed quicker. It also lets us establish and enforce a more security-aware workplace tone with our customers.
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ScreenShots

Cofense PhishMe Screenshots

Screenshot of Image 1 – Board of Directors (BOD) report showcasing results of your phishing defense programScreenshot of Image 2 – Create New Scenario PageScreenshot of Image 3 – Intelligent Program Automation using PlaybooksScreenshot of Image 4 – Organizational Suspicious Email Reporting StatisticsScreenshot of Image 5 – Phishing Scam Announcement Templates

Infosec IQ Screenshots

Screenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Content LibraryScreenshot of Phishing IndicatorsScreenshot of Learner Experience and Grades