KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus vs. Microsoft Defender for Office 365

KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus

215 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Defender for Office 365

24 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus	Score9.2 out of 10	N/A	PhishER is presented as a lightweight Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platform to orchestrate threat response and manage the high volume of potentially malicious email messages reported by users. And, with automatic prioritization of emails, PhishER helps InfoSec and Security Operations team cut through the inbox noise and respond to the most dangerous threats more quickly.	$0.75 per month (billed annually) per seat
Microsoft Defender for Office 365	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a security solution used to protect Office 365 against advanced threats, such as phishing and business email compromise. It helps prevent volume-based and targeted attacks, including business email compromise, credential phishing, ransomware, and advanced malware with a robust filtering stack, as well as to detect malicious and suspicious content like links and files across Office 365.	N/A

Pricing

KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus

Microsoft Defender for Office 365

3001-5000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat: $0.75
per month (billed annually) per seat
2001-3000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat: $0.85
per month (billed annually) per seat
1001-2000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat: $1.00
per month (billed annually) per seat
501-1000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat: $1.15
per month (billed annually) per seat
101-500 Monthly Pricing Per Seat: $1.50
per month (billed annually) per seat

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Pricing Offerings
KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus	Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus	Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Considered Both Products	KnowBe4 Verified User Chose KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus Abnormal is on an entirely nother level both in cost and functionality. Costs is 25x but is borderline magic. Barracuda was finicky and cost more. Defender for email we already had but falls short in a lot of areas, especially with the reporting piece. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus We use the two tools in parallel to ensure that we can effectively manage and report on Phishing and further enhance our training campaigns. Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Boivin Senior Technology & Commissions Specialist in Information Technology at Premier Group Insurance (Insurance, 51-200 employees) Chose KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus I was not involved in selecting KnowB4 as our phishing solution I am not aware if we considered any other options. I know Microsoft Defender has it's own simulated phishing system but I have not researched it or used it much nor am I interested in doing that. KnowB4 Customer … Incentivized Helpful? Eric Sawyer Director of Technology in Information Technology at New Hampshire Public Radio (Media Production, 51-200 employees) Chose KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus KB4 has a more complete solution and it simpler to initiate and manage. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus Mimecast internal email protection feature offer the capability to detect and block any suspicious emails that has been delivered to the users inbox. But they do not have a phish alert button type plug-ins that users can use to report the email. Mimecast solution only act when … Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft No answer on this topic
	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

KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus

Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Comparison of Incident Response Platforms features of KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus and Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Feature	KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus 8.7 94 Ratings	Microsoft Defender for Office 365 - Ratings
Company-wide Incident Reporting	8.776 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integration with Other Security Systems	8.572 Ratings	00 Ratings
Centralized Dashboard	8.793 Ratings	00 Ratings
Machine Learning to Prevent Incidents	8.679 Ratings	00 Ratings
Live Response for Rapid Remediation	8.680 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus	Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Likelihood to Recommend	8.8 (99 ratings)	8.6 (8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.3 (6 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (14 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.2 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	7.3 (7 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.2 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)