Cybersecurity Training Platforms
Alternatives to ScamDrill
{"intro": "ScamDrill gives families and employee teams a structured way to practice spotting scams. Its safe email, SMS, and QR-code simulations adjust difficulty as learners improve, while dashboards show progress, scam types caught, and areas needing practice. Family members can submit suspicious messages for AI checking, and organization plans support roster sync, compliance exports, automated campaigns, risk scoring, and higher-tier API access. Android, iOS, web, and API availability covers common deployment choices, with a free plan and paid options beginning at $9/mo.\n\nReaders may look elsewhere for broader security-awareness libraries, voice or deepfake simulations, email and WhatsApp coverage, or products centered on message protection. ScamDrill’s free plan allows one email drill monthly for one learner at beginner difficulty. Family training is capped at four learners, organizational tiers have seat limits, and SSO/SCIM is an add-on on Business and Enterprise. Compare audience fit, attack channels, lesson formats, reporting, integrations, platform coverage, and the total price before switching.", "rows": [{"ref": "sw:wizer", "name": "Wizer", "best_for": "Organizations wanting broad awareness courses and LMS support", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from $8/user/yr; 10-day trial", "key_difference": "Wizer adds courses on ransomware, GDPR, insider threats, AI, deepfakes, and secure code, plus SCORM packages for external LMS platforms.", "choose_when": "Choose it when your organization needs a wider course catalog, developer assignments, or Moodle, SAP Litmos, Docebo, or Blackboard import."}, {"ref": "sw:brightside-ai", "name": "Brightside AI", "best_for": "Teams needing voice, video, and personalized attack simulations", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from €0.50/user/mo", "key_difference": "Brightside AI adds vishing, hybrid voice-and-email, audio deepfake, and managed video deepfake simulations with role-matched scenarios.", "choose_when": "Choose it when live AI conversations, custom caller personas, multilingual voices, voice cloning, or Microsoft 365 deployment matter."}, {"ref": "sw:phishskill", "name": "PhishSkill", "best_for": "Organizations wanting risk-based phishing and WhatsApp training", "pricing": "Pricing on request; 30-day trial", "key_difference": "PhishSkill runs authorized email and WhatsApp simulations, with AI templates supporting OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google Gemini.", "choose_when": "Choose it when departmental risk scores, WhatsApp coverage, bring-your-own AI keys, and fully managed cloud delivery fit your program."}, {"ref": "sw:proofpoint-email-dlp-and-encryption", "name": "Proofpoint Email DLP and Encryption", "best_for": "Businesses needing portal-based email DLP and encryption", "pricing": "Pricing on request", "key_difference": "Proofpoint focuses on secure email delivery through a portal, message expiry, Outlook integration, and administrator access controls.", "choose_when": "Choose it when protecting and controlling email messages is more important than learner simulations and follow-up awareness training."}, {"ref": "sw:hoxhunt", "name": "Hoxhunt", "best_for": "Enterprises needing multi-channel, context-personalized training", "pricing": "Pricing on request", "key_difference": "Hoxhunt adds personalized email, SMS, phone, and Teams simulations, a 300+ module library, and automated reported-threat remediation.", "choose_when": "Choose it when you need broad identity-provider support, Microsoft Exchange deployment, regulatory tracks, or policy-to-training content creation."}, {"ref": "sw:boxphish", "name": "Boxphish", "best_for": "Organizations wanting large template libraries and Teams delivery", "pricing": "From £5/user/yr", "key_difference": "Boxphish offers over 150 phishing templates, custom scenario building, Teams course delivery, and Enhanced dark web monitoring.", "choose_when": "Choose it when drill-down analytics, Microsoft Teams learning, credential monitoring, or Google and Microsoft user syncing are priorities."}, {"ref": "sw:breach-secure-now", "name": "Breach Secure Now", "best_for": "Organizations buying training through IT providers", "pricing": "Pricing on request; 30-day trial", "key_difference": "Breach Secure Now combines security, AI-awareness, Microsoft 365 productivity, compliance training, dark web monitoring, and risk scoring.", "choose_when": "Choose it when employee education must include Microsoft 365 skills, generative-AI safety, exposed-credential remediation, and weekly Teams tips."}]}
- 01 Brightside AI
It suits security teams and CISOs seeking employee training, attack simulations, and reporting.
From €0.50/mo Free plan Web · API · Browser extension9.2 Visit Specs - 02 PhishingBox From $68.75/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · iOS8.7 Visit Specs
- 03 Wizer
Wizer suits organizations that need security awareness training alongside phishing simulations and reporting.
From $0.67/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API8.5 Visit Specs - 04 Boxphish
Boxphish suits organisations seeking phishing practice, security awareness training, and risk reporting.
From £0.42/mo Web · iOS · Android8.1 Visit Specs - 05 PhishSkill
The platform is positioned for IT managers, security-conscious SMBs, results-driven teams, and organizations using managed service providers or resellers.
Free plan Web · Browser extension8.1 Visit Specs - 06
Breach Secure Now It is intended for MSPs serving small and midsize businesses that need employee security, AI, productivity, or compliance training.
Free trial Web8.0 Visit Specs - 07
BullPhish ID BullPhish ID is intended for MSPs, mid-market enterprises, and small and medium-sized businesses.
Web8.0 Visit Specs - 08 CAPS by Cypherdote From $59/mo Free trial Web8.0 Visit Specs
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CyberHoot It suits individuals or organizations seeking phishing-awareness training, with options described for MSPs, businesses, education institutions, enterprises and partners.
From $125/mo Free trial Web8.0 Visit Specs - 10
Huntress Security Awareness Training From $1.75/mo Free trial Web8.0 Visit Specs - 11
Keepnet Labs From $1.80/mo Free trial Web · API · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs - 12
Cofense PhishMe PhishMe suits organizations seeking phishing simulations and targeted security awareness training.
Free plan Web7.7 Visit Specs - 13
Hoxhunt Hoxhunt suits organizations seeking phishing simulations and structured security training for employees.
Web · Windows · macOS · iOS7.7 Visit Specs - 14
Living Security Living Security suits organizations running role- or risk-based awareness programs across departments and languages.
Web · API7.7 Visit Specs - 15
Hook Security From $1.67/mo Web · API7.6 Visit Specs - 16 Infosec IQ
Infosec IQ suits organizations that need employee security training and phishing simulations, including teams administering multiple divisions, regions or client accounts.
Web · iOS · Android · API7.4 Visit Specs - 17
Adaptive Security Web7.3 Visit Specs - 18 MetaCompliance
It suits companies and organisations that need scheduled security awareness, phishing exercises, compliance management and risk analytics.
Web · Windows7.1 Visit Specs - 19
SoSafe From €52.08/mo Web7.1 Visit Specs - 20
SafeTitan Web · iOS · Android7.0 Visit Specs - 21 NINJIO Web6.8 Visit Specs
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Phished Web6.7 Visit Specs - 23
KnowBe4 From $2.40/mo Web6.6 Visit Specs - 24
Mimecast Engage Web6.0 Visit Specs - 25 Check Point SmartAwareness 5.9 Visit Specs
- 26 Fortra Security Awareness Training Web5.8 Visit Specs
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FortiSAT Web5.7 Visit Specs - 28
Proofpoint Security Awareness Training Web5.5 Visit Specs - 29 SANS Security Awareness Web5.4 Visit Specs
- 30 Sophos Phish Threat Web5.3 Visit Specs
ScamDrill, head to head
- ScamDrill vs Brightside AI
- ScamDrill vs PhishingBox
- ScamDrill vs Wizer
- ScamDrill vs Boxphish
- ScamDrill vs PhishSkill
- ScamDrill vs Breach Secure Now
- ScamDrill vs BullPhish ID
- ScamDrill vs CAPS by Cypherdote
- ScamDrill vs CyberHoot
- ScamDrill vs Huntress Security Awareness Training
- ScamDrill vs Keepnet Labs
- ScamDrill vs Cofense PhishMe