We performed a comparison between KnowBe4 and Sophos Phish Threat based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Security Awareness Training solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The main thing is the overall report card. We get to tell the percentages of users who click on links and who don't click on links. We also get an overall score or risk score from them, which also helps us."
"There are many valuable features. It's already deployed in the cloud, and you don't have to install anything. You just upload your users to the cloud and tweak something if needed. You can whitelist some servers to work with this properly. When everything is ready, you can start using the platform and its many automated features."
"Their customizable nature allows us to create scenarios that closely resemble real-world phishing attempts, making them highly relatable to our end users."
"It is easy to use."
"The installation is straightforward. You only need to upload the user's email address to the cloud and you can start using it."
"The most valuable features of Sophos Phish Threat are internal web filtering and security."
"It is very simple to install and you can do it by yourself."
"The solution is easy to integrate because it is on the cloud. We have been able to limit users to only accessing the Sophos platform by modifying the firewall and Sophos platform settings. The dashboard gives us detailed reports allowing us to be able to manage better."
"It is simple to push tests out to a group of users."
"The scalability is very good."
"I find the solution's reports very valuable."
"Enhancing the product's emotional intelligence, particularly by providing training content tailored to specific audiences, is an area for improvement."
"It could be more localized for Ukrainian users. This platform is international, and it has a lot of material in different languages, but not in Ukrainian and Russian languages. There's plenty of different content updated regularly for English, French, and German users. They have a lot more information, and Ukrainian users also want more."
"It can be more interactive with users. We want to put the users in different scenarios and let them make decisions. For example, instead of making users go through a video and then asking questions, it can have a video where they click on the scenarios and have to make decisions. It can maybe have something like a live simulation. It would be nice for users."
"Sophos should offer tests where we can emulate new attacks happening now."
"The security could be simplified within the product."
"It would be great if the price was reduced."
"Sophos Phish Threat can improve load balancing."
"The pricing of Sophos Phish threat can be improved."
"The product's price is an area of concern, and it can be improved if Sophos reduces the prices by seven to nine percent, considering the current market price at which the product is offered."
"The security of the solution could improve."
"The solution could be much more secure."
KnowBe4 is ranked 1st in Security Awareness Training with 3 reviews while Sophos Phish Threat is ranked 3rd in Security Awareness Training with 10 reviews. KnowBe4 is rated 9.0, while Sophos Phish Threat is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of KnowBe4 writes "Provides an ease of customization and robust reporting capabilities ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Phish Threat writes "Significantly reduced phishing attacks in my customers' environments by training their users". KnowBe4 is most compared with Proofpoint Email Protection, Terranova Security, Barracuda PhishLine, Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness and Kaspersky Security Awareness, whereas Sophos Phish Threat is most compared with . See our KnowBe4 vs. Sophos Phish Threat report.
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